Suspense | Old Time Radio

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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Suspense presents “Murder in Black and White,” episode 4, originally broadcast April 1, 1949. This archival recording features Edmund Gwenn in a darkly ironic story adapted for radio by Eli David from a short story by Anne Wormser and Jess Oppenheimer.

Meticulous businessman Rice Archer believes he has planned the perfect crime, complete with an airtight alibi and every detail recorded in advance. But while away at a hotel awaiting the news he expects, Archer finds that nothing is unfolding according to his carefully ordered plan.

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
30:46 Closing

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Suspense presents “A Plane Case of Murder,” listed in this archival source as originally broadcast October 1, 1946, episode 0. Other episode references commonly identify the production as a CBS broadcast from October 10, 1946.

Recently returned from wartime imprisonment, Randy Judson finds the woman he expected to marry now wed to a wealthy cattleman. A private aircraft and an uneasy romantic triangle set the stage for a tense postwar thriller. John Lund stars, with Cathy Lewis, in a script by Robert L. Richards.

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
00:47 Original Broadcast
30:39 Closing

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Suspense presents “Murder Aboard the Alphabet,” originally broadcast on August 21, 1947, as episode 259. Written by Charles Turrell McNair, this CBS production was sponsored by Roma Wines.

Aboard the transatlantic tugboat Alphabet, First Mate Marshland becomes increasingly troubled by Captain Godfrey Walker’s obsessive demand that every task be performed in alphabetical order. As unease grows among the reduced crew, Marshland must weigh obedience against the danger of challenging his captain. John Lund stars as Marshland, with Joseph Kearns as Captain Walker.

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
00:56 Original Broadcast
31:15 Closing

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Suspense presents “Death Sentence,” originally broadcast November 4, 1948. Listed here as episode 4, this CBS thriller stars John Garfield as private investigator Tommy Cochran, with Gloria Blondell and Raymond Burr. The script was adapted for radio by Les Crutchfield from a story by Lou Lusty.

Back from vacation, Cochran learns that gangster Lou Cromwell has given him a seven-day deadline. Seeking refuge in Las Vegas, he meets Helen Ludlow and finds that escaping an old enemy may be more dangerous than facing him. A compact, noir-tinged tale of pressure, pursuit, and mounting uncertainty.

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
00:58 Original Broadcast
30:40 Closing

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Suspense presents “Fragile-Contents Death,” originally broadcast on February 1, 1951. This local archival recording is identified as episode number 1. Paul Douglas stars as postmaster Douglas Jordan in a script by John F. Suter, aired on CBS and sponsored by Auto-Lite.

An anonymous warning sends Jordan and his postal staff into a race against time: somewhere in the mail system is a deadly package. As undelivered parcels, trucks, and delivery routes are searched, the ordinary routines of a busy post office become a tightly wound ordeal.

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
00:52 Original Broadcast
30:03 Closing

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Suspense presents “Dead Ernest,” listed in this archive as episode 4 with an original broadcast date of March 2, 1949. Contemporary listings and surviving documentation identify the CBS broadcast as March 24, 1949, episode 333; it stars Pat O’Brien and Alan Reed and was written by Selig Lester and Mervyn Gerard.

After Ernest Bowers is struck by a car at a busy city intersection, an unusual medical condition makes it urgently difficult to determine what has happened to him. A tense, race-against-time thriller set amid police, hospital, and morgue procedures, “Dead Ernest” was sponsored by Autolite.

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
00:39 Original Broadcast
30:18 Closing

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Suspense presents “Green-Eyed Monster.” The archival source lists this as episode 7, originally broadcast April 1, 1947; surviving episode catalogs also identify the title as episode 241, broadcast April 17, 1947.

Lloyd Nolan stars as Michael Dawson, whose uneasy encounter with police over a recovered automobile draws him into a tightening web of suspicion, jealousy, and fear. Cathy Lewis and Wally Maher co-star in this psychological crime drama, written by Elliott Lewis and Robert L. Richards.

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
00:43 Original Broadcast
30:32 Closing

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Suspense presents “Nightmare,” episode 3, originally broadcast March 1, 1948. This full-hour thriller stars Eddie Bracken in a dramatic role and is adapted by Alfred Palker from Cornell Woolrich’s story “And So to Death,” later published as “Nightmare.”

Vince Hardy wakes from a terrifying dream of a mirrored room and a violent attacker—only to find troubling marks and clues that seem to have followed him into waking life. As a police friend helps investigate, Vince must decide whether the nightmare was imagination or a warning of something very real.

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
01:00:48 Closing

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Suspense presents “The Waxwork (William Conrad Voices All CHARACTERS),” originally broadcast May 1, 1956. This local archival recording is identified as episode 1. Adapted by Mel Dinelli from A. M. Burrage’s 1931 short story, the CBS thriller features William Conrad in a rare one-man dramatic showcase.

Hard-pressed freelance reporter Raymond Hewson agrees to spend a night in a wax museum’s Murderers’ Den in search of a saleable story. Surrounded by unnervingly lifelike figures and deepening shadows, he finds isolation and imagination becoming difficult to separate. Antony Ellis directed and produced.

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
00:42 Original Broadcast
29:27 Closing

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