Conceived like a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to point, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportion. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is known as by many to be the best mystery/drama series of the golden age. Known as “Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills”, it centered on suspenseful tales starring the biggest names in Hollywood. Early in the operate, the episodes were hosted with the ‘Guy In Black’ who, from an omniscient perch, narrated tales of people thrown into about Suspense Collection 2 harmful or bizarre circumstances with plots that, at the end, usually had an unseen twist or two. Hollywood’s finest actors jumped at the opportunity to appear on Suspense, including: Cary Grant, James Stewart, Alan Ladd, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis and Orson Welles. Scripts had been by John Dickson Carr, Lucille Fletcher, James Poe, Ray Bradbury and many others. Running more than 20 years, Suspense aired nearly 1,000 radio broadcasts. It produced the changeover to tv in 1949, nonetheless it was much better fitted to radio where in fact the “theatre from the brain” could operate free.

11/16/44 “Deceased of the Night” w/ Robert Cummings

1/4/45 “I Had an Alibi” w/ Keenan Wynn

2/8/45 “A Tale of Two Sisters” w/ Claire Trevor and Nancy Kelly

3/15/45 “Cricket” w/ Margaret O’Brien and Dame Might Whitty

4/5/45 “A Man Gets Lonely” w/ Dane Clark

6/7/45 “Two Sharp Knives” w/ John Payne

6/21/45 “The Story of Ivy” w/ Ann Richards

6/28/45 “The Dealings of Mr. Markham” w/ Henry Daniell and Joan Lorring

7/12/45 “Footfalls” w/ J. Carrol Naish

7/19/45 “Bank Vacation” w/ Bonita Granville

8/2/45 “A Guy in the House” w/ Joan Lorring

8/9/45 “Murder for Myra” w/ Lloyd Nolan