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Unravel the Mystery with Suspense! - The Classic Radio Thriller Series Step back in time to the golden age of radio with ”Suspense!” - the iconic series that captivated audiences from 1942 to 1962 with its thrilling tales and unforgettable performances. Featuring over 900 broadcasts penned by renowned authors and directors, ”Suspense!” brought the finest in thriller and mystery genres to the airwaves. Broadcast on the CBS Radio Network, ”Suspense!” showcased Hollywood’s brightest stars, including Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Orson Welles, and Marlene Dietrich. Under the masterful direction of William Spier, known as the ”Hitchcock of the airwaves,” the series delivered gripping human dramas that kept listeners on the edge of their seats. From the eerie introductions by the ”Man in Black” to the evocative scores by Bernard Hermann and Lucian Moraweck, ”Suspense!” was a paragon of radio production excellence. The show’s unique formula of minimal rehearsal and genuine unease created authe...

646 episodes

  1. The Evil of Adelaide Winters

    Jul 15, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: September 10, 1951 Suspense #438, "The Evil of Adelaide Winters," Adelaide Winters, played by Agnes Moorhead, defends herself from what she claims are unjust accusations. Speaking after years of paralysis caused by a bullet lodged in the base of her skull, Adelaide recounts her work as a medium during the war years. With her assistant Robert reading names of soldiers missing in action, Adelaide contacts grieving families, offering them hope of communication with their lost loved ones. When Edward Porter receives word that his son John is missing, Adelaide reaches out to him. Though Porter is a skeptical businessman who has always dealt in facts and figures, his desperation leads him to Adelaide's office. Over seven days of séances, Adelaide appears to make contact with John's spirit, bringing Porter both comfort and anguish. Adelaide insists she helped people when they had nowhere else to turn, but her methods and motivations remain deeply questionable as she builds toward explaining the horrible affair that left her shot and paralyzed.

  2. Steel River Prison Break

    Jul 15, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: September 3, 1951 Suspense #437, "Steel River Prison Break," starring Jeff Chandler, presents a tense escape drama based on actual events. Bragg, a hardened convict, has meticulously planned a prison break from Steel River Prison with his fellow inmate Muss. When Bragg hears radio reports of rising floodwaters threatening the area, he realizes they must accelerate their carefully timed escape. With a gun smuggled in by an outside contact named Cronin hidden in his radio, Bragg moves up the timetable, taping the weapon to his leg and preparing to make his move. The flood emergency provides an unexpected opportunity when prison guards ask for volunteers to help sandbag the town's flood walls. As the convicts are taken into Frickburg to fill sandbags, Bragg finds himself tantalizingly close to his mother's house, just blocks from freedom. However, when he and Muss are separated and assigned to different work details, Bragg faces an agonizing choice. The automatic taped to his leg cuts off circulation as he works through the day in the rain, but loyalty to his partner and the pressure of the rising waters create mounting tension as the escape plan threatens to unravel.

  3. Report on the Jolly Death Riders

    Jul 14, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: August 27, 1951 Suspense #436, "Report on the Jolly Death Riders," William Holden stars in this tense drama based on actual events. Lieutenant Harbor of the San Francisco Police Department investigates a tragic hit-and-run accident on the Oakland Bay Bridge. Warren and Gladys Milford are celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary when two hot rods racing across the bridge force Warren to swerve, crashing into a steel support beam. Warren survives with minor injuries, but Gladys dies in the ambulance. Before losing consciousness, Warren catches a glimpse of white letters on a gold background reading "Jolly High Riders" painted on one of the cars that didn't stop. Detective Sergeant Boyle tracks down the Jolly High Riders club to a cheap gymnasium on West Stockton, where he interrogates the five charter members: Lodge Brisson, the gym manager and hard boy; Mickey Holzer, who works at a parking garage; Julie and Wanda Lake; and overweight Wally Bergman. The club members claim their car was stolen just before a big Saturday race, but Harbor suspects one or more of them knows the truth about what happened that deadly night on the bridge.

  4. The Case for Dr Singer

    Jul 14, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: June 28, 1951 Suspense #435, "The Case for Dr Singer," When brilliant physicist Dr. Rudolf Ellman is shot outside the American Embassy in Switzerland and dies after revealing that secrets about America's thermonuclear weapons program are being leaked, the FBI must act quickly. Dr. George Singer, a scientist working on the top-secret H-23 project, is called to security headquarters where Mr. Whiteside from the FBI and General Busher inform him of the crisis. Ellman's dying testimony reveals that someone has been passing detailed information about their thermonuclear research to the Soviets. The information is so accurate and current that the spy must be one of only six people with access to the project: Professor Young, Dr. Singer himself, and four other trusted colleagues. Singer is shocked to learn he's been chosen to help unmask the traitor among his fellow scientists. Despite his protests that all his colleagues are trustworthy, the FBI insists they need someone on the inside to identify the spy before more deadly secrets fall into enemy hands. With national security hanging in the balance, Singer must investigate the very men he works alongside every day.

  5. The Greatest Thief in the World

    Jul 13, 2026 · 31 min

    Originally Aired: June 21, 1951 Suspense #434, "The Greatest Thief in the World," presents James Mason as Peter Marriott, a sophisticated gentleman who may or may not be the elusive criminal known as the Squire. Scotland Yard possesses two bulky files—one on Peter Marriott and one on the Squire, a jewel thief who has stolen half a million pounds over five years without leaving a trace of evidence. When Marriott attends a shooting party at the estate of Sir Leslie and Lady Banbridge, he listens politely as his host rails against the infamous thief and boasts about his own security measures. Days later, 8,000 pounds worth of jewels disappear from Sir Leslie's safe in the Squire's unmistakable style. Scotland Yard begins to notice a troubling pattern: Peter Marriott has attended several parties thrown by the Squire's victims. As detectives watch him more closely, they discover he maintains a relationship with Jenny, a working-class girl who keeps mysterious parcels for him. When Jenny mentions that a stranger came asking questions about Peter—a man who referenced Canada and someone named Bushby—Peter's composed demeanor cracks for the first time, revealing there may be more to his story than meets the eye.

  6. The Truth About Jerry Baxter

    Jul 13, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: June 14, 1951 Suspense #433, "The Truth About Jerry Baxter," tells the harrowing story of a teenage narcotics addict struggling to escape a life of crime and addiction. Gregory Peck stars in this hard-hitting drama based on actual events. Juvenile investigator McIntyre works to help sixteen-year-old Jerry Baxter, a boy who started using drugs to fit in with his crowd and eventually turned to dealing marijuana to support his growing habit. After Jerry's arrest for peddling narcotics in the high school yard, McIntyre sees past the angry, violent teenager to recognize a sick kid who needs help rather than more punishment. Despite Jerry's troubled record in correction school, including a vicious fight that lands him in the infirmary, McIntyre convinces the parole board to give the boy a second chance with a job in Oakland. Freshly paroled with fifty dollars and a warning to avoid his former associates, Jerry accepts a ride from a well-dressed woman in a fur coat. Though temptation surrounds him at every turn, Jerry resists his criminal impulses. But when the woman leaves him alone in her car with the keys in the ignition and police arrive on the scene, Jerry finds himself in the worst trouble of his young life.

  7. Tell You Why I Shouldn’t Die

    Jul 12, 2026 · 31 min

    Originally Aired: June 7, 1951 Suspense #432, "Tell You Why I Shouldn't Die," stars Richard Widmark as Nat, a smooth-talking Coney Island pitchman who must literally talk for his life. Charlie stands with a gun pointed at Nat's head, ready to kill him for stealing his girlfriend Eileen. With the police on their way, Nat launches into an elaborate pitch to convince Charlie he shouldn't pull the trigger. Through a series of flashbacks, Nat recounts how he deliberately pursued Eileen, wooing her away from the devoted Charlie with professional calculation and romantic manipulation. As Nat spins his version of events, he presents himself alternately as an honest man just following his heart and as a worthless pitchman unworthy of revenge. He argues that Eileen was too susceptible to temptation to ever be faithful to Charlie, that she never truly loved him, and that Charlie is better off without her. With each carefully crafted argument, Nat tries to talk his way out of the deadly confrontation, using every trick in his repertoire to keep Charlie from pulling the trigger before time runs out.

  8. Over Drawn

    Jul 12, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: May 31, 1951 Suspense #431, "Over Drawn," stars Dick Powell as Robert Farley, a bank teller who has spent 17 monotonous years waiting for the perfect opportunity. When armed robbers storm the bank one afternoon at closing time, chaos erupts and a guard named Pete Johnson is shot. While everyone crowds around the fallen man, Farley seizes his chance. He quickly stuffs his briefcase with the remaining cash from his drawer and calmly joins the confused crowd. As police question employees and check packages at the door, Farley nearly panics and abandons his briefcase, but the young teller Graves helpfully retrieves it for him. Bank president Mr. McPherson vouches for his trusted employee of 17 years, allowing Farley to walk out with over $28,000. Back in his apartment, Farley counts his unexpected fortune and takes a celebratory nap. But when Graves shows up at his door with a bottle of liquor, suggesting Farley might need a drink, the nervous teller must wonder: does the young man suspect something, or is this just a friendly gesture after a traumatic day?

  9. Another Man’s Poison

    Jul 11, 2026 · 27 min

    Originally Aired: May 17, 1951 Suspense #429, "Another Man's Poison," follows Claude Bourry, a 46-year-old real estate man of modest means who stumbles upon a brown paper package containing $98,000 while picking wildflowers. Despite his wife Elise's insistence that he turn the money over to the police immediately, Claude consults his lawyer friend Tom Haskell, who explains that the law allows him to keep possession of the money for twelve months while making his claim known to authorities. Claude files the required affidavit with the skeptical Lieutenant Gaston, who warns him that publicizing the find will attract every con artist and criminal in the country. As the months pass, Claude receives countless fraudulent claims and threatening letters, but nothing prepares him for the midnight phone call from Kansas City. A mysterious voice orders him not to spend the money, not to recognize any claims, and not to contact the police until they meet. The caller clearly knows something about the money's origins, and Claude realizes someone dangerous has been watching and waiting for the right moment to make their move. Now Claude must face the terrifying consequences of his decision to keep the money, as fear and paranoia consume him while he waits for the inevitable confrontation.

  10. Death on My Hands

    Jul 11, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: May 10, 1951 Suspense #428, "Death on My Hands," finds bandleader Dixie seeking refuge in a quiet New England valley town, looking forward to a simple one-night stand at the local high school dance. After an unexpectedly successful performance, Dixie runs into Julia, his former band singer, and the two plan to catch up after the show. But backstage, a teenage fan named Emily sneaks in begging for an autographed photo. When she reaches for Dixie's suitcase—which contains two weeks' worth of cash and a loaded gun—tragedy strikes. The girl falls, fatally wounded, and Dixie carries her through the streets desperately searching for help. As news of Emily's death spreads through the small town, the locals don't wait for the police inquest Dixie promised to attend. An angry mob gathers outside the Embassy Hotel, hurling rocks and threatening notes through his window. Trapped and terrified, Dixie faces a grim reality: this peaceful little town is ready to hang him for what he insists was an accident. When Julia appears at his door offering help, Dixie must decide whether friendship can save him from a lynch mob's noose.

  11. When the Bough Breaks

    Jul 10, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: May 3, 1951 Suspense #427, "When the Bough Breaks," stars Rosalind Russell as Evelyn Stryker, a woman in her late thirties who has just been acquitted of murdering her wealthy grandfather. As newlyweds Harry and Evelyn move into their new home, they believe the nightmare is behind them. However, their fragile fresh start is immediately threatened when newspaper reporter Corcoran arrives at their door with congratulations laced with suspicion. He reminds them of a chilling fact: while Evelyn can never be tried again for the same crime, Harry was never charged at all. If Evelyn were to claim that Harry, a photographer with access to cyanide, actually obtained the poison and conspired with her to kill the old man for his fortune, Harry could still face murder charges. Corcoran plans to write a feature story highlighting this precarious dynamic, noting that Evelyn now holds her husband's life in her hands. As the episode unfolds, the power balance in this marriage shifts dangerously. What began as a calculated partnership to secure an inheritance transforms into a psychological trap, where one word from Evelyn could send Harry to the gallows.

  12. The Thirteenth Sound

    Jul 10, 2026 · 27 min

    Originally Aired: April 26, 1951 Suspense #426, "The Thirteenth Sound," Mrs. Skinner has meticulously planned and executed the murder of her husband George. She shoots him four times in the back as he attempts to climb through a window at the abandoned Johnson house, then carefully stages the scene to make it appear as though an unknown assailant committed the crime. When Jonathan Brown from the sheriff's office arrives to deliver the news, she performs the role of the shocked, grieving widow to perfection. At the coroner's inquest, Mrs. Skinner's carefully constructed facade begins to crack. As Brown recreates the crime scene on a blackboard, the scraping sound of chalk against the board perfectly mimics the horrifying noise her husband's fingernails made as he desperately clawed at the building's stucco wall trying to save himself. The sound triggers something visceral in Mrs. Skinner, causing her to faint in open court. Now she must wonder: was her reaction simply an unfortunate accident, or has the observant Mr. Brown begun to suspect that the grieving widow knows far more about her husband's death than she claims?

  13. Early to Death

    Jul 9, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: April 12, 1951 Suspense #424, "Early to Death," follows Evie Weston and her lover Ben Faber as they execute an elaborate scheme to steal a $300,000 company payroll during a flight over Mexico. The pair stages a plane crash, deliberately leaving their pilot Duke to die while they parachute to safety with the money, which they bury in the mountains. After convincing investigators that the payroll burned in the wreckage, they separate and wait for things to cool down before retrieving their fortune. Evie returns to New Orleans while Ben continues flying, and their plan seems foolproof. Their carefully constructed scheme unravels when Rico Sebastian, a mysterious man in a dirty Panama suit, approaches them with a chilling revelation: he witnessed their parachute jump and knows exactly what they did. Rico demands a quarter of the stolen money, forcing Ben and Evie into an impossible position. When Ben goes to negotiate with their blackmailer, the situation turns deadly. Evie arrives at Rico's apartment to find police waiting and Ben's bullet-riddled body, leaving her facing murder charges while the cunning Rico positions himself as her unlikely ally.

  14. Murder in G Flat

    Jul 9, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: April 5, 1951 Suspense #423, "Murder in G Flat," stars Jack Benny as Hercules Remington, a mild-mannered piano tuner who finds himself in police custody after making an extraordinary discovery. When Hercules accidentally switches identical brown bags with a mysterious bald-headed man on the subway, he expects to find his tuning tools when he arrives at the Lippinridge School of Music. Instead, he discovers twenty-five thousand dollars in crisp ten-dollar bills. Bringing the windfall home to his wife Martha and his freeloading Uncle Herman, Hercules faces an immediate dilemma: should he turn the money over to the police, as the sensible Martha insists, or keep it as found treasure? As Hercules tells his story to a skeptical police lieutenant on a Sunday night, the stakes become increasingly clear. His innocent subway mix-up has entangled him in something far more dangerous than he imagined, and his failure to contact Martha since that fateful morning only deepens the mystery. The seemingly simple case of mistaken baggage spirals into a web of treachery and greed that will test Hercules's honesty and survival.

  15. Death Pitch

    Jul 8, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: March 29, 1951 Suspense #422, "Death Pitch," stars Jack Carson as Nick Arnold, a carnival worker who decides that words will be his weapon to eliminate anyone standing between him and what he desires. Nick works for a struggling circus co-owned by Duke and Lee, though Duke runs everything while Lee drowns himself in drink and memories of his glory days as a lion tamer. Nick has his eye on both the beautiful trapeze artist Annette and ownership of the show itself. He knows that with Lee out of the way, Duke would control everything—fattening him up like a turkey for the slaughter. Nick begins his deadly scheme with Lee, exploiting the broken man's alcoholic nostalgia and wounded pride. As Lee looks through old photographs and boasts about his former prowess with lions and tigers, Nick plants a suggestion about Jezebel, the circus's killer cat that Duke plans to destroy. Through careful manipulation and well-chosen words, Nick goads the drunken has-been toward a fatal encounter, demonstrating that sometimes the deadliest weapon isn't a gun or knife, but simply knowing exactly what to say.

  16. Three Lethal Words

    Jul 8, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: March 22, 1951 Suspense #421, "Three Lethal Words," stars Joan Crawford in a chilling tale of obsession and revenge. Jane Winters, a screenwriter recently recovered from illness, arrives at the office of Philip Lewis, now head of a studio story department. She pitches him what she claims is a new story idea about Sally Summers, a 43-year-old screenwriter married to Chris, an actor 19 years her junior. In Jane's narrative, Sally waits anxiously as Chris comes home late one night, and their confrontation reveals the cruel reality of their May-December marriage. Chris has endured constant mockery at the studio about their age difference, with colleagues making cutting remarks that compare Sally to his mother and reference Sunset Boulevard. When Chris announces he's leaving her, declaring he's finally gotten wise, Sally's desperate pleas turn to something darker. As Jane continues her pitch to Philip, the line between the story she's telling and her own life begins to blur in disturbing ways. Her nervous energy, the bottle of nitric acid she's carrying, and the intimate details she provides all suggest this may be more confession than fiction, leading toward a revelation about those three lethal words.

  17. A Vision of Death

    Jul 7, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: March 8, 1951 Suspense #419, "A Vision of Death," presents Ronald Colman as Judd, a nightclub mind reader who finds himself in a police precinct explaining his sophisticated act with his beautiful wife Aurora. As he recounts their story to a skeptical lieutenant, Judd reveals the secret behind their successful telepathy routine: an intricate code system disguised as casual patter that has kept them working for top dollar in the finest venues. Their smooth operation includes their abrasive agent Harry Arnold, who handles bookings while constantly clashing with the temperamental Aurora. Everything changes one terrifying evening during a performance at the Grove when Aurora suddenly begins calling out correct answers before Judd can give her the coded cues. The act collapses as Aurora faints on stage, leaving Judd badly shaken. What was once a clever deception has somehow transformed into genuine telepathy, and neither performer understands how or why. Now sitting in a police station discussing a murder charge, Judd must explain how their fake mind-reading act became terrifyingly real, and what dark visions this newfound power has revealed.

  18. The Gift of Jumbo Brannigan

    Jul 7, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: March 1, 1951 Suspense #418, "The Gift of Jumbo Brannigan," stars William Bendix as Jumbo Brannigan, a career criminal who walks out of prison after serving yet another sentence with no intention of going straight. Despite promising the warden he'll make an honest living and provide a home for his fourteen-year-old son, Jumbo plans to return immediately to his life of crime on the south side of town. But when the boy meets him at the prison gates, starry-eyed and desperate for a father's love, Jumbo finds himself unexpectedly burdened by the kid's devotion. Though he lays down hard rules and refuses to be called "daddy," the boy's excitement and adoration begin to chip away at Jumbo's hardened exterior. As Jumbo assembles his crew for one last big job, the conflict between his criminal nature and his unexpected role as a father intensifies. The heist goes disastrously wrong when Jumbo accidentally triggers the alarm while drilling into a safe, leaving him and his partners trapped with police closing in. The story explores whether a lifetime criminal can find redemption through the unconditional love of a son he barely knows.

  19. The Death Parade

    Jul 6, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: February 15, 1951 Suspense #416, "The Death Parade," stars Agnes Moorehead as Ellen Johnson, a meticulous office worker whose orderly morning routine is disrupted when a rude stranger deliberately spills coffee on her dress. Forced to return home to change, Ellen discovers an unsealed letter on the sidewalk addressed to a Sheila Mannox. The cryptic message warns that someone named Jack has deadly intentions, and Ellen becomes obsessed with delivering this urgent warning to the right person. When the letter's original address proves unhelpful and phone calls yield no results, Ellen's determination leads her on a desperate search through the city. As the hours tick by on parade day, Ellen's quest becomes increasingly frantic. Her investigation eventually brings her to the rooftop of the Benson building, where a young woman falls to her death while crowds gather below. Now sitting in a police interrogation room, a shaken Ellen insists to the Lieutenant that she was only trying to help, and that the tragedy never would have happened if not for that spilled cup of coffee. The question remains: was the fatal fall an accident, or was Ellen somehow involved in something far more sinister?

  20. The Windy City Six

    Jul 6, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: February 8, 1951 Suspense #415, "The Windy City Six," takes listeners back to the Roaring Twenties, where drummer Carstairs "Rimshot" Hamilton finds himself in dangerous territory. Playing with his jazz band at Crazy Jack Fisher's speakeasy, Ham can't keep his eyes off a beautiful girl named Cora, despite warnings from her menacing companions, Bull Hurley and Red Rocks Farrell, who threaten him to stay away. When a police raid turns deadly and Ham witnesses a vicious murder in the hallway, he flees into the snowy night, vowing to leave the speakeasy life behind. But Cora appears on his doorstep with a summons he can't refuse: Farrell and Hurley want the Windy City Six to play at their mountain hideaway for a holiday party. As Ham drives Cora through the deepening snow toward the isolated location, romantic tension builds between them. Cora trembles with fear beneath a blanket, and Ham suggests they run away together. She's clearly trapped in a dangerous world, and Ham realizes too late that something is terribly wrong. The journey to the mountain estate promises to bring the young drummer face-to-face with the killer he saw—and deadly consequences he never imagined.

  21. Fragile-Contents Death

    Jul 5, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: February 1, 1951 Suspense #414, "Fragile-Contents Death," Postmaster Jordan receives a chilling anonymous phone call that transforms an ordinary morning into a desperate race against time. The caller warns that a time bomb has been mailed to someone in town, set to detonate at 2:30 that afternoon—just five hours away. The deadly package will also explode if opened. When Jordan presses for details about who sent it or who the intended victim is, the caller abruptly hangs up, leaving him with almost nothing to work with. Jordan immediately assembles his staff—Fox, Stuart, Williams, and Hartley—to devise a plan. The bomb could be anywhere: in carrier packages, on delivery trucks already making rounds, sitting in substations, or even already delivered to an unsuspecting resident. With thousands of parcels to sort through and the clock ticking relentlessly toward 2:30, Jordan and his team must organize a massive search operation while hoping against hope that the mysterious caller will phone back with more information. The team faces an overwhelming task with precious little time and virtually no clues.

  22. Aria from Murder

    Jul 5, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: January 25, 1951 Suspense #413, "Aria from Murder," opens with renowned opera baritone Niccolò Mazzini calling police headquarters from his dressing room at the Grandier Opera House between acts of Don Giovanni. He confesses to Lieutenant Morgan that he has committed murder, then proceeds to explain the events that led to his crime. Mazzini reveals his fatal weakness: his affair with a woman named Leola Dantes, a secret known only to Felix Levine, the company's general manager. Two weeks earlier, Felix confronted Niccolò on the deserted opera house stage, presenting mountains of unpaid bills and announcing his intention to break Niccolò's contract. Believing Felix is motivated by hidden feelings for his wife Irene, the hot-tempered singer loses control and kills the manager with a stage light. But Niccolò's confession takes a chilling turn when he reveals that someone witnessed the murder—a mysterious red-haired man in a brown jacket who was sitting in the darkened auditorium. The terrified witness fled before Niccolò could catch him, leaving the opera singer to wonder who saw his crime and whether they will come forward before he finishes his final performance.

  23. The Well-Dressed Corpse

    Jul 4, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: January 18, 1951 Suspense #412, "The Well-Dressed Corpse," Ruth Franklin, a successful advertising executive and one of the ten best-dressed women in America, is found disheveled and incoherent in a Hell's Kitchen alley, wearing only a policeman's overcoat. When Captain Rourke questions her at the station, she confesses to murder. Through her account, Ruth reveals how her polished world unraveled when she met Roy Mason, one of the ten best-dressed men, at a press luncheon celebrating their fashion accolades. What began as witty banter blossomed into a whirlwind romance, with Ruth confidently assuming they would marry. Ruth's carefully constructed life shatters when Roy casually reveals he's already engaged to Elizabeth Granger, a Long Island socialite. Humiliated after the newspapers had documented their courtship, Ruth finds herself facing a devastating betrayal. As she sits before her fireplace burning Roy's books, nursing her wounds and confronting the ruins of her expectations, something dark takes hold. What transpires next transforms this sophisticated career woman into a disheveled murder suspect with no dress and no future.

  24. Vamp Till Dead

    Jul 4, 2026 · 31 min

    Originally Aired: January 11, 1951 Suspense #411, "Vamp Till Dead," stars Ginger Rogers as Amy Watkins, a secretary who travels from New York to work for the brooding writer Paul Gentry at his isolated estate. From the moment she arrives, Amy finds herself drawn into an unsettling atmosphere. Gentry openly tells her that people believe he murdered his wife Isabel, whose body was found with a broken neck in the guest cottage nearly a year ago. The cook, Jenny, a former English teacher devoted to Gentry, fills Amy in on the details of that fateful night when Isabel fled the house after an argument and was found dead at the piano the next morning. Despite the warnings and dark rumors, Amy feels a strange attraction to her mercurial employer. As Amy settles into her demanding job taking dictation, she discovers an eerie connection to the dead woman. Both Jenny and Gentry remark on Amy's striking resemblance to Isabel, and when a local newspaperman who tried to have Gentry indicted visits the house, tensions escalate. Amy finds herself slipping into Isabel's role in ways that seem to both fascinate and enrage the volatile writer, setting the stage for a dangerous confrontation.

  25. Alibi Me

    Jul 3, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: January 4, 1951 In Suspense #410, "Alibi Me," small-time hustler Georgie finds himself in desperate trouble after a confrontation with his childhood rival Julie goes horribly wrong. When Julie muscles in on Georgie's punch board territory in their old Brooklyn neighborhood, Georgie storms into Julie's office for a showdown. Their lifelong hatred is well known to the police, particularly Lieutenant Larkin, who once warned both men that if either turned up dead, the other would be the prime suspect. The confrontation turns violent, and Georgie suddenly realizes Julie is dead. With less than two hours before Julie's scheduled parole check-in with Larkin at six o'clock, Georgie frantically tries to construct an alibi. Racing against the clock, Georgie desperately seeks someone who will vouch for his whereabouts. He turns to Leo, an old bartender friend who owes him favors, pleading with him to say Georgie has been sitting in his bar since 3:30. But when Leo learns Lieutenant Larkin is already prowling nearby, he refuses to get involved. As precious minutes tick away, Georgie must find someone—anyone—willing to provide the airtight alibi he needs before Larkin discovers Julie's body and comes looking for him.