Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills

Originally Aired: January 9, 1947 In Suspense #227, “The Will to Power,” an ambitious secretary named Charles Ross schemes to eliminate his tyrannical employer and claim both his fortune and his wife. Poison, a staged accident, and a solid alibi set the plot in motion—but Charles doesn’t count on a blackmailing elevator man or the deadly fallout of a letter left behind. As lies compound and the bo...

Originally Aired: January 2, 1947 In Suspense #226, “Tree of Life,” a pair of identical front doors leads to a deadly mix-up in a suburban duplex. Advertising man James Dawson returns home to find himself mistaken for his neighbor, Roxborough—by two professional killers who’ve just murdered a woman. Dawson is forced to play along, forging a confession and writing a payoff check, while plotting his...

Originally Aired: December 26, 1946 In Suspense #225, “Philomel Cottage,” newlywed Alex Martin settles into a picturesque country home with her charming husband Gerald—but happiness turns to dread as unsettling clues hint at a dark secret in his past. An entry in his diary, rumors from the gardener, and the reappearance of a jilted suitor stir Alex’s suspicions. As 6 p.m. approaches, she discovers...

Originally Aired: December 19, 1946 In Suspense #224, “The Thing in the Window,” a reclusive actor named Martin Ames becomes obsessed with what he believes is a corpse seated in a chair across the street. Night after night, he watches the window, convinced he sees the lifeless body, despite reassurances from neighbors, the superintendent, and even the police that nothing is there. As the line betw...

Originally Aired: December 12, 1946 In Suspense #223, “They Call Me Patrice,” a young divorcée named Helen assumes the identity of a deceased bride, stepping into the role of a wealthy family’s daughter-in-law after a tragic train accident. What begins as a desperate bid for comfort and security spirals into a web of deception, guilt, and blackmail. When her scheming ex-husband resurfaces, threate...

Originally Aired: December 5, 1946 In Suspense #222, “The House in Cypress Canyon,” a grisly manuscript found in a newly finished house reveals a tale too terrifying to be true—until reality begins to mirror the story’s events. James and Ellen Woods move into a long-vacant California home, only to be haunted by inexplicable howls, a locked closet seeping blood, and a creeping madness that drives t...

Originally Aired: November 28, 1946 In Suspense #221, “The Strange Death of Gordon Fitzroy,” Johnny Malone emerges from prison hideously disfigured and consumed by vengeance. Betrayed by his childhood friend Gordon Fitzroy during a botched jewelry heist, Malone’s only aim upon release is retribution. But his plan to destroy Fitzroy backfires catastrophically, leaving Malone mistaken for the very m...

Originally Aired: November 21, 1946 In Suspense #220, “Drive-In,” Judy Garland stars as Mildred, a Hollywood carhop whose late-night shift turns into a nightmare when she serves one last customer—a man with blood on his hands and a dark past he’s desperate to escape. What begins as a seemingly harmless offer of a ride becomes a harrowing drive into the hills above Los Angeles, where secrets unrave...

Originally Aired: November 14, 1946 In Suspense #219, “The One Who Got Away,” Hume Cronyn stars as James Carroll, a weary bank auditor trapped in a soul-crushing marriage. Desperate for freedom, he crafts a perfect murder plot—backed by the coerced alibi of a compromised colleague. But when the plan succeeds and justice seems thwarted, fate has one more twist in store. A chilling portrait of psych...

Originally Aired: November 7, 1946 In Suspense #218, “Easy Money,” struggling nightclub pianist Paul Bentley sees a path to freedom when he learns that his estranged, powerful wife, Martha Lathrop, has returned to America. Trapped in a marriage that ended in all but name, Paul’s desire to remarry is blocked—until he devises a chilling plan. But Martha, now a paranoid recluse surrounded by loyal st...

Originally Aired: October 31, 1946 In Suspense #217, “Lazarus Walks,” Dr. Robert Graham, a psychiatrist, offers sanctuary to Roger Holcomb—a man once declared dead and revived after four minutes. But Holcomb has returned with a haunting gift: the compulsive ability to speak the truth, revealing dark secrets others would kill to keep hidden. As Roger becomes a psychic mirror to the subconscious gui...

In Suspense #216, “Dame Fortune,” former stage actress Jean Marley—now Jean Nicholson—receives an unwelcome call from her past: Charlie Prescott, a bitter ex-con with a shared history, fresh out of prison and hungry for a cut of her wealthy husband's fortune. What begins as a blackmail threat turns into a deadly game of manipulation, deception, and calculated murder. As Jean struggles to maintain...

Originally Aired: October 17, 1946 In Suspense #215, “The Man Who Thought He Was Edward G. Robinson,” mild-mannered Homer J. Hubbard is trapped in a miserable marriage, mocked and henpecked by his domineering wife, Ada. But after seeing Little Caesar, he becomes obsessed with Edward G. Robinson—so much so that he starts mimicking the actor’s gangster persona and plotting murder. When fate hands hi...

Originally Aired: October 10, 1946 In Suspense #214, “A Plane Case of Murder,” war veteran Randy Judson returns home to find the woman he obsessed over during years of captivity married to someone else. When he re-enters Marion's life under the guise of wealth and success, she quickly reignites old feelings—and darker ambitions. Together, they plot to kill her husband in what seems like the perfec...

Originally Aired: October 3, 1946 In Suspense #213, “Three Times Murder,” Rita Hayworth stars as Laura, a woman whose charm hides a calculating will to survive—and profit. When her husband dies from a conveniently faulty electric razor, Laura stands trial and narrowly escapes conviction. She vanishes into a new life, complete with a wealthy chemist husband—until the past resurfaces in the form of...

Originally Aired: September 26, 1946 In Suspense #212, “Statement of Employee Henry Wilson,” Gene Lockhart stars as a mild-mannered office worker whose quiet hatred for his smug rival explodes into murder—and spirals into paranoia and delusion. After eliminating his foe with an iron vase and pinning the crime on the eccentric night janitor, Henry Wilson believes he’s committed the perfect crime. B...

Originally Aired: September 19, 1946 In Suspense #211, “Till the Day I Die,” Dane Clark stars as Frankie, a hardened criminal on the run after a deadly heist. When he sees a newspaper photo of the man he murdered—someone who looks exactly like him—Frankie begins to unravel. Trying to escape his guilt, he crosses paths with the victim’s widow and child, discovering a shocking personal connection th...

Originally Aired: September 12, 1946 In Suspense #210, “Hunting Trip,” a casual reunion between two old friends, Stan and Eric, turns into a chilling psychological battle in the remote wilderness. When Eric invites Stan to his secluded mountain cabin, the trip seems like a peaceful getaway—until Stan begins to suspect Eric’s intentions aren’t friendly. Haunted by the mysterious death of Eric’s for...

Originally Aired: September 5, 1946 In Suspense #209, “You'll Never See Me Again,” newlywed Ed Bliss reports his wife Janet missing after she storms out during a quarrel. But his tale of innocence unravels as Detective Stillman uncovers disturbing clues—Janet’s clothes found burned in the furnace, lies from her stepfather, and a suspiciously altered room. As the truth emerges, a tangled plot of fr...

Originally Aired: August 29, 1946 In Suspense #208, “Blue Eyes,” a mild-mannered accountant named Oliver Littlefield begins an ordinary day with a blue tie and a rosebud in his lapel—small gestures he hopes will draw the attention of his charming co-worker. But as friends and strangers alike start to question his health, Oliver spirals into paranoia, convinced his life is crumbling and his nagging...

Originally Aired: August 22, 1946 In Suspense #207, “The Great Horrell,” Alma, the long-suffering assistant and wife of the famed mind-reader Martin Horrell, is desperate to reclaim her autonomy. When she begins to suspect her husband can truly read her mind—even across oceans—Alma spirals into paranoia, fear, and ultimately violence. But as her grip on reality unravels, a new and even more distur...

Originally Aired: August 15, 1946 In Suspense #206, “The Last Letter of Dr. Bronson,” a brilliant but disturbed psychiatrist turns himself into the subject of a macabre psychological experiment. Determined to prove that mankind refrains from murder due to five key internal checks, Dr. Bronson tempts five carefully chosen individuals with a chance to kill him for profit. But as the clock ticks towa...

Originally Aired: August 8, 1946 In Suspense #205, “Dead Ernest,” a simple traffic accident turns into a nightmarish chain of coincidences when cataleptic Ernest Bowers—alive but motionless—is pronounced dead and sent to the morgue. His medical warning bracelet and letter of explanation are lost, pawned, and sold for pocket change, while his frantic wife tries in vain to reach the doctor whose pho...

Originally Aired: August 1, 1946 In Suspense #204, “Commuter’s Ticket,” teletype repairman Bert Gavin (J. Carrol Naish) plans the perfect crime: kill his unfaithful wife during a passing train’s roar, then ride back into town unseen among thousands of daily commuters. But when the police close in, his carefully timed alibi collapses—every witness he counted on fails to remember him, and even the c...

Originally Aired: July 25, 1946 In Suspense #203, “Can’t We Be Friends,” Michael Gordon (Elliot Lewis) revisits his ex-girlfriend Fran to “make peace,” but rejection curdles into obsession and violence. What begins as a plea for forgiveness becomes a chilling confession of premeditated murder—only for fate to twist the knife one last time. When the police arrive, Michael learns his crime was point...