Suspense | Old Time Radio brings you classic mystery, crime, psychological thrillers, and suspense from the golden age of radio. Enter gripping stories of murder, danger, deception, desperate choices, and unexpected twists performed by some of the era’s greatest stars. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Suspense became one of radio’s most celebrated dramatic anthologies, known for exceptional performances, acclaimed writers, and unforgettable stories designed to keep listeners guessing until the end. Rediscover classic old time radi...
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Sep 29, 2026 · 29:34
Suspense presents “A Vision of Death,” originally broadcast March 8, 1951. This archival presentation is identified as episode 8. Ronald Colman stars with Cathy Lewis in a CBS…
Sep 28, 2026 · 30:24
Suspense presents “Song of the Heart,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 26, 1948, as episode 304. This Autolite-sponsored original drama was written by Elliott Lewis and…
Sep 27, 2026 · 24:12
Suspense presents “Formula for Death,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 10, 1962, as episode 929. The local archival recording is labeled episode 0 with a June 1, 1962 date. A…
Sep 26, 2026 · 25:10
Suspense presents “Death of an Old Flame,” episode 9, originally broadcast October 2, 1961. Cocktail-lounge pianist Ronnie Warren is pulled back toward Anna, the wife who left…
Sep 25, 2026 · 30:32
Suspense presents “Three Times Murder,” originally broadcast October 3, 1946. This archival recording is identified as episode 3. Rita Hayworth stars as Laura Williams, a woman…
Sep 24, 2026 · 30:32
Suspense presents “The Moonstone - Part Two,” episode 3, originally broadcast November 2, 1953. In the conclusion of this adaptation of Wilkie Collins’s classic detective novel,…
Sep 23, 2026 · 30:50
Suspense presents “Will You Make a Bet with Death,” identified in the supplied archival source as episode 0, originally broadcast November 1, 1942. At Coney Island’s Haunted…
Sep 22, 2026 · 29:47
Suspense presents “The Death Parade,” episode 5, originally broadcast February 1, 1951. Amid the noise and crowds of a downtown parade, Ellen Johnson finds an alarming letter…
Sep 21, 2026 · 30:15
Suspense presents “Dead of Night,” episode 9, originally broadcast on June 1, 1947. This archival edition is drawn from a local surviving recording of the classic radio suspense…
Sep 20, 2026 · 30:42
Suspense presents “Death on My Hands,” an archival episode listed with an original broadcast date of May 1, 1951, and episode number 0. Phil Harris and Alice Faye, better known…
Sep 19, 2026 · 30:46
Suspense presents “Dead of the Night,” documented as episode 118, originally broadcast on November 16, 1944. Local archival metadata lists the recording as episode 6, dated…
Sep 18, 2026 · 30:47
Suspense presents “The Story of Markham’s Death,” originally broadcast on CBS on October 2, 1947. This local archival recording is identified as episode 2. Kirk Douglas stars in…
Sep 17, 2026 · 30:40
Suspense presents “Dead Ernest,” originally broadcast May 8, 1947. This local archival recording is identified as episode 8. Written by Seeleg Lester and Merwin Gerard, the CBS…
Sep 16, 2026 · 30:38
Suspense presents “Report on the Jolly Death Riders,” identified in this archival source as episode 7, with an original broadcast date of August 2, 1951. Other episode listings…
Sep 15, 2026 · 31:44
Suspense presents “The Strange Death of Gordon Fitzroy,” originally broadcast November 2, 1946, as episode 8. Chester Morris stars as Johnny Malone, a recently released prisoner…
Sep 14, 2026 · 30:37
Suspense presents “The Dead Sleep Lightly,” identified in this archival recording as episode 0, originally broadcast March 3, 1943. In John Dickson Carr’s supernatural-tinged…
Sep 13, 2026 · 30:30
Suspense presents “Death Went Along for the Ride,” listed in this archival collection as episode 7, with an original broadcast date of April 2, 1944. On a cross-country drive…
Sep 12, 2026 · 30:39
Suspense presents “The Doctor Prescribed Death,” an archival episode originally broadcast on February 2, 1943. This local recording is identified as episode 2; established…
Sep 11, 2026 · 30:04
Suspense presents “Death Flies Blind,” originally broadcast May 4, 1943. This archival presentation is episode 4 of the series. Written by John Dickson Carr, the CBS wartime…
Sep 10, 2026 · 30:17
Suspense presents “The White Rose Murders,” originally broadcast July 6, 1943. This local archival recording is identified as episode 6. Starring Maureen O’Hara, the CBS drama…
Sep 9, 2026 · 26:32
Suspense presents “Death on Highway 99,” originally broadcast on CBS on October 4, 1945. Often listed as episode 161, this archival recording is identified in the source…
Sep 8, 2026 · 29:38
Suspense presents “Crime Without Passion,” originally broadcast on May 2, 1946. This archival recording is supplied as episode number 2. Joseph Cotten stars as Lew Hendricks, a…
Sep 7, 2026 · 30:46
Suspense presents “Death at Live Oak,” listed in this archival recording as episode 5, originally broadcast May 1, 1947. Financially ruined David Sutherland meets the frightened…
Sep 6, 2026 · 30:31
Suspense presents “Till Death Do Us Part,” identified in this archival recording as episode 5, originally broadcast December 1, 1942. In an isolated English cottage during the…
Sep 5, 2026 · 30:50
Suspense presents “The Angel of Death,” originally broadcast January 3, 1946. This archival recording is identified as episode number 3. Paul Henreid stars as John Forsyth in a…
Sep 4, 2026 · 30:38
Suspense presents “Death Has a Shadow,” originally broadcast on May 5, 1949. This local archival recording is episode 5. Bob Hope stars in an unusually dramatic role as Harvey…
Sep 3, 2026 · 30:54
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…
Sep 2, 2026 · 30:38
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…
Sep 1, 2026 · 30:53
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…
Aug 31, 2026 · 30:25
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…
Aug 30, 2026 · 30:52
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…
Aug 29, 2026 · 29:35
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…
Aug 28, 2026 · 30:43
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…
Aug 27, 2026 · 30:44
Suspense presents “A Murderous Revision,” originally broadcast December 3, 1951. This local archival recording is identified as episode 3; established broadcast listings also…
Aug 26, 2026 · 30:12
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…
Aug 25, 2026 · 30:32
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…
Aug 24, 2026 · 30:53
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…
Aug 23, 2026 · 30:48
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…
Aug 22, 2026 · 31:22
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…
Aug 21, 2026 · 30:50
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,…
Aug 20, 2026 · 30:11
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…
Aug 19, 2026 · 30:27
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…
Aug 18, 2026 · 30:39
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…
Aug 17, 2026 · 1:00:56
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…
Aug 16, 2026 · 29:35
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…
Aug 16, 2026 · 30:41
Suspense presents “Ghost Hunt,” episode 3, with a listed original broadcast date of June 2, 1949. Radio disc jockey Smiley Smith turns stunt night into a ghost hunt at an…
Aug 15, 2026 · 29:26
Suspense presents “The Abc Murders,” episode 8, originally broadcast May 1, 1943. This archival drama is a compressed radio adaptation of Agatha Christie’s The A.B.C. Murders,…
Aug 14, 2026 · 30:41
Suspense presents “Neal Cream, Doctor of Poison,” episode 7, originally broadcast September 1, 1951. Charles Laughton stars in this fact-based historical crime drama, written by…
Aug 14, 2026 · 30:29
Suspense presents “The Death of Barbara Allen,” originally broadcast October 2, 1952. This archival recording is listed as episode 0. In this music-centered adaptation of the…
Aug 14, 2026 · 26:07
Suspense presents “The Dunwich Horror (Ronald Colman) Lq,” originally broadcast November 1, 1945. This archival recording is listed as episode 1 in the supplied source metadata.…
Aug 13, 2026 · 29:52
The Man Who Knew How [episode 104], Broadcast 8/10/1944 The Man Who Knew How [episode 104], Broadcast 8/10/1944 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Aug 12, 2026 · 18:18
Spoils for Victor [episode 803], Broadcast 5/24/1959 Spoils for Victor [episode 803], Broadcast 5/24/1959 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Aug 11, 2026 · 30:09
The Chain [episode 382], Broadcast 4/27/1950 The Chain [episode 382], Broadcast 4/27/1950 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Aug 10, 2026 · 29:12
Goodnight Mrs Russell [episode 563], Broadcast 8/3/1954 Goodnight Mrs Russell [episode 563], Broadcast 8/3/1954 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Aug 9, 2026 · 30:07
Easy Money [episode 218], Broadcast 11/7/1946 Easy Money [episode 218], Broadcast 11/7/1946 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Aug 8, 2026 · 29:35
Pearls Are a Nuisance [episode 381], Broadcast 4/20/1950 Pearls Are a Nuisance [episode 381], Broadcast 4/20/1950 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Aug 7, 2026 · 24:36
Infanticide [episode 822], Broadcast 10/11/1959 Infanticide [episode 822], Broadcast 10/11/1959 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Aug 6, 2026 · 24:53
Beirut by Sunrise [episode 600], Broadcast 5/31/1955 Beirut by Sunrise [episode 600], Broadcast 5/31/1955 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Aug 5, 2026 · 29:54
You'll Never See Me Again [episode 109], Broadcast 9/14/1944 You'll Never See Me Again [episode 109], Broadcast 9/14/1944 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Aug 4, 2026 · 26:41
A Friend to Alexander [episode 96], Broadcast 6/15/1944 A Friend to Alexander [episode 96], Broadcast 6/15/1944 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Aug 3, 2026 · 29:38
Jack Ketch [episode 479], Broadcast 9/22/1952 Jack Ketch [episode 479], Broadcast 9/22/1952 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Aug 2, 2026 · 19:05
The Treasure Chest of Don Jose [episode 772], Broadcast 10/12/1958 The Treasure Chest of Don Jose [episode 772], Broadcast 10/12/1958 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Aug 1, 2026 · 30:23
The Lost Special [episode 60], Broadcast 9/30/1943 The Lost Special [episode 60], Broadcast 9/30/1943 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Jul 31, 2026 · 25:35
Spoils for Victor [episode 194], Broadcast 5/23/1946 Spoils for Victor [episode 194], Broadcast 5/23/1946 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Jul 30, 2026 · 24:58
Tarawa Was Tough [episode 698], Broadcast 5/12/1957 Tarawa Was Tough [episode 698], Broadcast 5/12/1957 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Jul 29, 2026 · 24:14
The Stool Pigeon [episode 616], Broadcast 9/20/1955 The Stool Pigeon [episode 616], Broadcast 9/20/1955 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Jul 29, 2026 · 29:42
Statement of Mary Blake [episode 383], Broadcast 5/4/1950 Statement of Mary Blake [episode 383], Broadcast 5/4/1950 Become a supporter of this podcast:…
Jul 29, 2026 · 29:51
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Circumstantial Terror [episode 542], Broadcast 3/8/1954 Circumstantial Terror [episode 542], Broadcast 3/8/1954 🎧 This episode…
Jul 27, 2026 · 25:03
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Never Follow a Banjo Act [episode 740], Broadcast 3/2/1958 Never Follow a Banjo Act [episode 740], Broadcast 3/2/1958 🎧 This…
Jul 27, 2026 · 24:53
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Five Buck Tip [episode 739], Broadcast 2/23/1958 Five Buck Tip [episode 739], Broadcast 2/23/1958 🎧 This episode is sourced…
Jul 24, 2026 · 24:56
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) One Chef Well Done [episode 738], Broadcast 2/16/1958 One Chef Well Done [episode 738], Broadcast 2/16/1958 🎧 This episode is…
Jul 21, 2026 · 25:03
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) The Long Shot [episode 737], Broadcast 2/9/1958 The Long Shot [episode 737], Broadcast 2/9/1958 🎧 This episode is sourced from…
Jul 20, 2026 · 24:56
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) The Silver Frame [episode 736], Broadcast 2/2/1958 The Silver Frame [episode 736], Broadcast 2/2/1958 🎧 This episode is sourced…
Jul 13, 2026 · 25:04
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Nineteen Deacon Street [episode 735], Broadcast 1/26/1958 Nineteen Deacon Street [episode 735], Broadcast 1/26/1958 🎧 This…
Jul 11, 2026 · 24:59
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) The Crowded Void [episode 734], Broadcast 1/19/1958 The Crowded Void [episode 734], Broadcast 1/19/1958 🎧 This episode is…
Jul 10, 2026 · 18:53
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) The Island [episode 733], Broadcast 1/12/1958 The Island [episode 733], Broadcast 1/12/1958 🎧 This episode is sourced from…
Jul 10, 2026 · 22:25
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) A Week Ago Wednesday [episode 732], Broadcast 1/5/1958 A Week Ago Wednesday [episode 732], Broadcast 1/5/1958 🎧 This episode is…
Jul 9, 2026 · 28:41
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) A Vision of Death [episode 419], Broadcast 3/8/1951 A Vision of Death [episode 419], Broadcast 3/8/1951 🎧 This episode is…
Jul 8, 2026 · 29:29
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Present Tense [episode 688], Broadcast 3/3/1957 Present Tense [episode 688], Broadcast 3/3/1957 🎧 This episode is sourced from…
Jul 7, 2026 · 27:46
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Two Hundred and Twenty-Seven Minutes of Hate [episode 687], Broadcast 2/24/1957 Two Hundred and Twenty-Seven Minutes of Hate…
Jul 6, 2026 · 29:03
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Murder and Aunt Delia [episode 686], Broadcast 2/17/1957 Murder and Aunt Delia [episode 686], Broadcast 2/17/1957 🎧 This…
Jul 6, 2026 · 28:29
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Door of Gold [episode 685], Broadcast 2/10/1957 Door of Gold [episode 685], Broadcast 2/10/1957 🎧 This episode is sourced from…
Jul 5, 2026 · 28:04
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Frankie and Johnny [episode 684], Broadcast 2/3/1957 Frankie and Johnny [episode 684], Broadcast 2/3/1957 🎧 This episode is…
Jul 4, 2026 · 29:16
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Freedom This Way [episode 683], Broadcast 1/27/1957 Freedom This Way [episode 683], Broadcast 1/27/1957 🎧 This episode is…
Jul 3, 2026 · 23:31
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Second Class Passenger [episode 682], Broadcast 1/20/1957 Second Class Passenger [episode 682], Broadcast 1/20/1957 🎧 This…
Jul 2, 2026 · 27:36
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Russian New Year [episode 681], Broadcast 1/13/1957 Russian New Year [episode 681], Broadcast 1/13/1957 🎧 This episode is…
Jul 2, 2026 · 23:48
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) A Shipment of Mute Fate [episode 680], Broadcast 1/6/1957 A Shipment of Mute Fate [episode 680], Broadcast 1/6/1957 🎧 This…
Jun 29, 2026 · 29:55
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Quiet Night [episode 640], Broadcast 3/6/1956 Quiet Night [episode 640], Broadcast 3/6/1956 🎧 This episode is sourced from…
Jun 22, 2026 · 59:57
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) In a Lonely Place [episode 287], Broadcast 3/6/1948 In a Lonely Place [episode 287], Broadcast 3/6/1948 🎧 This episode is…
Jun 15, 2026 · 29:46
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Elwood [episode 235], Broadcast 3/6/1947 Elwood [episode 235], Broadcast 3/6/1947 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified…
Jun 8, 2026 · 30:16
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) The Thirty-Nine Steps [episode 463], Broadcast 3/3/1952 The Thirty-Nine Steps [episode 463], Broadcast 3/3/1952 🎧 This episode…
Jun 1, 2026 · 28:47
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Listen Young Lovers [episode 637], Broadcast 2/14/1956 Listen Young Lovers [episode 637], Broadcast 2/14/1956 🎧 This episode is…
May 25, 2026 · 30:15
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Variations on a Theme [episode 636], Broadcast 2/7/1956 Variations on a Theme [episode 636], Broadcast 2/7/1956 🎧 This episode…
May 18, 2026 · 29:36
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Arctic Rescue [episode 635], Broadcast 1/31/1956 Arctic Rescue [episode 635], Broadcast 1/31/1956 🎧 This episode is sourced…
May 11, 2026 · 29:30
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) The Cellar Door [episode 634], Broadcast 1/24/1956 The Cellar Door [episode 634], Broadcast 1/24/1956 🎧 This episode is sourced…
Apr 27, 2026 · 29:38
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) End of the String [episode 633], Broadcast 1/17/1956 End of the String [episode 633], Broadcast 1/17/1956 🎧 This episode is…
Apr 20, 2026 · 23:36
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) Two Platinum Capsules [episode 632], Broadcast 1/10/1956 Two Platinum Capsules [episode 632], Broadcast 1/10/1956 🎧 This…
Apr 13, 2026 · 29:49
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) The Lovebirds [episode 330], Broadcast 3/3/1949 The Lovebirds [episode 330], Broadcast 3/3/1949 🎧 This episode is sourced from…
Apr 6, 2026 · 29:19
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) The Storm [episode 502], Broadcast 3/2/1953 The Storm [episode 502], Broadcast 3/2/1953 🎧 This episode is sourced from verified…
Mar 30, 2026 · 24:05
https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Suspense (OTRR) The Screaming Woman [episode 587], Broadcast 3/1/1955 The Screaming Woman [episode 587], Broadcast 3/1/1955 🎧 This episode is…
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