Tales of Suspense

Robert Montgomery returns to Suspense in a favorite Lucille Fletcher story. The plotline offers a unique and unscrupulous way to get the apartment you really want to have out from under its current tenant. There’s a housing shortage, and finding a place to live requires some hustle and ingenuity. This is not the right way to do it, but it makes for great drama. It was first broadcast on 1946-12-19...

A disc jockey spends the night in a haunted house...with surprising results. Ghost Hunt premiered June 23, 1949 on Suspense. A well-written ghost story with a fine performance by Ralph Edwards. Written by Walter Newman & Herbert Russell Wakefield, also featuring William Johnstone. asylumbookstore.com

Based on Daphne du Maurier 's novella, The Birds, Lux Radio Theater presents 'The Birds' which is about a sudden violent attack of birds on a town in California. A true nightmare. This radio play originally aired July 20, 1953. Alfred Hitchcock's classic film adaptation was released in 1963. asylumbookstore.com

A killer commandeers the car of a couple who are leaving the movies. This performance was recorded on January 19, 1955, after the smashing success of the first performance several years prior in February of 1949. Husband and wife Jim and Marian Jordan appear as their characters from Fibber McGee and Molly, who in turn play the roles of Joe and Ellie, a couple who become victims of a carjacking as...

Fred Gwynne (most famous for playing Herman Munster) stars in this adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart, produced for Himan Brown's Mystery Theatre Revival.

Cathy was expecting her parents home that day at six in the morning. When she arises in the morning at eight-thirty she goes down to her parents room to find that they have not yet arrived. Noon passes and still they are not home. Suddenly the telephone rings. It's someone from the papers, but they will not tell Cathy what they want. Written by: Norton Fine and David Freidkin Starring: Irene Tedro...

The would-be CEO of his father-in-law's corporation is threatened with the revelation of a dark deed in his past. Starring Jackson Beck, Sydney Walker, and Tom Keena. Written by Sidney Sloan. First Run - January 10, 1974

A young lady chooses a gangster boyfriend over her fiance even though her beloved forces her to abort her child. Along comes a perfect chance at revenge for the rejected man. Title: The Doppelganger (CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Episode 0242)  Air Date: March 20, 1975 (repeated June 15, 1975) Writer: Ian Martin Cast: Howard DaSilva as Dr. Felix Brandt  Rosemary Rice as Fran Brandt  Tony Roberts as H...

It's Alfred Hitchcock's thrilling hit, Notorious, produced by R.K.O. and stars its original leading lady, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten, two of Hollywood's leading performers. Original broadcast January 26, 1948.

Suspense's The Burning Court was the second episode of the series. It aired on June 17, 1942, two years after the pilot episode of the series began with The Lodger. The Burning Court was adapted from the controversial 1937 novel of the same name by John Dickson Carr, master of the "locked room mystery." What made the book controversial was the inclusion of supernatural elements.  By picking this p...