Suspense presents “To None a Deadly Drug,” listed as episode 5 and originally broadcast October 2, 1955. This tense CBS drama was written by Hank Searls and directed by Antony Ellis.

A family pharmacist discovers that a dangerous prescription mix-up may put a young child at risk. With only scattered clues to the family’s travels, he and the police face an urgent search before it is too late. The cast includes Harry Bartell, Charlotte Lawrence, and Jack Kruschen.

Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
30:46 Closing

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This archival presentation of Suspense, “If the Dead Could Talk,” is listed in the supplied recording metadata as episode 0, dated January 2, 1949. Established episode logs identify the original CBS broadcast as January 20, 1949, episode 324.

On a traveling circus train, a flying-trapeze trio finds jealousy and romantic tension threatening their already perilous act. Dana Andrews stars with Peggy Webber and Tony Barrett in this adaptation of a Cornell Woolrich story, written for radio by Larry Marcus.

Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:54 Original Broadcast
30:27 Closing

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Suspense presents “Murder Goes for a Swim,” listed as episode 0 and originally broadcast July 2, 1943.

Michael Lanyard—the reformed jewel thief known as the Lone Wolf—arrives at an elegant house party with his valet, Jamison, after a mysterious invitation. When a society treasure hunt takes a sinister turn, Lanyard finds himself facing a tightly contained mystery among the guests. Warren William stars as the Lone Wolf, with Eric Blore as Jamison.

Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
30:45 Closing

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Suspense presents “Marry for Murder,” originally broadcast on September 9, 1943. Commonly cataloged as episode 57, this archival recording is listed as episode 9 in the supplied source metadata. Lillian Gish stars in one of her rare radio appearances, alongside Ray Collins and Bramwell Fletcher.

On a fogbound Cape, attorney Philip Alden grows increasingly concerned for newly widowed Letty Hawthorne after her marriage to the younger Mark Taylor. Reciprocal wills, an isolated waterfront cottage, and unsettling domestic tensions give this compact three-character thriller its ominous atmosphere. Written by Walker T. Field and produced by William Spier for CBS.

Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
30:18 Closing

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Suspense presents “Vamp Till Dead.” The archival source identifies it as episode 1, dated January 1, 1951; surviving episode logs and broadcast documentation list it as Suspense #411, originally aired January 11, 1951.

Ginger Rogers stars as Amy Watkin, a secretary who takes a job with Paul Gentry, a volatile novelist living on an isolated country estate. As Amy learns of the suspicion surrounding Gentry’s late wife, she is drawn into a brooding psychological thriller written by E. Jack Neuman and John Michael Hayes and produced and directed by Elliot Lewis.

Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:56 Original Broadcast
30:44 Closing

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Suspense presents “The Customers Like Murder,” identified in this archival recording as episode 3, originally broadcast March 2, 1943.

English mystery novelist Mr. Hopstone and his secretary find themselves caught in a dangerous criminal situation when Hopstone is mistaken for a doctor. Written by John Dickson Carr and starring Roland Young and Peggy Conklin, this compact thriller puts a detective writer’s imagination to an urgent real-world test.

Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
29:25 Closing

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This archival presentation of Suspense features “Murder Through the Looking Glass,” listed in the source recording as episode 7, dated March 1, 1949. Established episode references identify the CBS broadcast as episode 332, originally aired March 17, 1949.

Gregory Peck stars as mystery writer Jeffrey Bruno, who awakens aboard a Philadelphia-bound train with missing memories, an unfamiliar coat, and identification belonging to another man—one connected to a murder. Adapted by Ken Crossen from the novel by Michael Venning, the pseudonym of Craig Rice, this is an uneasy mystery of memory, identity, and mounting suspicion.

Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:55 Original Broadcast
30:33 Closing

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Suspense presents “A Murderous Revision,” originally broadcast December 3, 1951. This local archival recording is identified as episode 3; established broadcast listings also identify the program as episode 450. Richard Widmark stars in this tale adapted by David Ellis from a story by S. Lee Pogostin.

Chris Turner writes for the radio mystery series Murder, Please, but growing resentment over producer Ken Avery’s rewrites pushes their professional conflict into dangerous territory. Set in the pressured backstage world of a 1950s network thriller, the drama explores authorship, control, and the uneasy line between writing murder and facing it.

Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
30:34 Closing

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Suspense presents “My Own Murderer,” identified in this archival recording as episode 4, originally broadcast May 2, 1945.

In this tense British crime drama, solicitor Richard Sampson receives a disturbing visit from Alan Renwick, who seeks protection after a deadly encounter with his valet. As pressure mounts, Sampson must navigate a dangerous situation in which trust and leverage are never simple. Adapted from Richard Hull’s 1940 novel, the drama stars Herbert Marshall and Norman Lloyd.

Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
30:03 Closing

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This archival episode of Suspense, “The Strange Death of Charles Umberstein,” is listed as episode 3, with an original broadcast date of November 2, 1943.

In wartime Berlin, an Allied agent posing as Nazi officer Charles Umberstein finds his carefully built cover under growing Gestapo scrutiny. Vincent Price stars in this tense espionage drama, written by E. Jack Neuman.

Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:53 Original Broadcast
30:24 Closing

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