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, with Gloria Blondell and Raymond Burr. The script was adapted for radio by Les Crutchfield from a story by Lou Lusty.Back from vacation, Cochran learns that gangster Lou Cromwell has given him a seven-day deadline. Seeking refuge in Las Vegas, he meets Helen Ludlow and finds that escaping an old enemy may be more dangerous than facing him. A compact, noir-tinged tale of pressure, pursuit, and mounting uncertainty.Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:58 Original Broadcast30:40 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/suspense-old-time-radio--7218827/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 postmaster Douglas Jordan in a script by John F. Suter, aired on CBS and sponsored by Auto-Lite.An anonymous warning sends Jordan and his postal staff into a race against time: somewhere in the mail system is a deadly package. As undelivered parcels, trucks, and delivery routes are searched, the ordinary routines of a busy post office become a tightly wound ordeal.Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:52 Original Broadcast30:03 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/suspense-old-time-radio--7218827/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 the CBS broadcast as March 24, 1949, episode 333; it stars Pat O’Brien and Alan Reed and was written by Selig Lester and Mervyn Gerard.After Ernest Bowers is struck by a car at a busy city intersection, an unusual medical condition makes it urgently difficult to determine what has happened to him. A tense, race-against-time thriller set amid police, hospital, and morgue procedures, “Dead Ernest” was sponsored by Autolite.Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:39 Original Broadcast30:18 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/suspense-old-time-radio--7218827/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 episode 241, broadcast April 17, 1947.Lloyd Nolan stars as Michael Dawson, whose uneasy encounter with police over a recovered automobile draws him into a tightening web of suspicion, jealousy, and fear. Cathy Lewis and Wally Maher co-star in this psychological crime drama, written by Elliott Lewis and Robert L. Richards.Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:43 Original Broadcast30:32 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/suspense-old-time-radio--7218827/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 Cornell Woolrich’s story “And So to Death,” later published as “Nightmare.”Vince Hardy wakes from a terrifying dream of a mirrored room and a violent attacker—only to find troubling marks and clues that seem to have followed him into waking life. As a police friend helps investigate, Vince must decide whether the nightmare was imagination or a warning of something very real.Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:50 Original Broadcast01:00:48 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/suspense-old-time-radio--7218827/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 Dinelli from A. M. Burrage’s 1931 short story, the CBS thriller features William Conrad in a rare one-man dramatic showcase.Hard-pressed freelance reporter Raymond Hewson agrees to spend a night in a wax museum’s Murderers’ Den in search of a saleable story. Surrounded by unnervingly lifelike figures and deepening shadows, he finds isolation and imagination becoming difficult to separate. Antony Ellis directed and produced.Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:42 Original Broadcast29:27 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/suspense-old-time-radio--7218827/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 isolated Malibu house haunted by a grim reputation. Joined by psychic-phenomena investigator Dr. Clarence Reed, Smiley plans to document the night on wire recording. Ralph Edwards stars as Smiley Smith, with Joseph Kearns as Dr. Reed; the story was adapted for radio by Walter Newman from an original tale by H. R. Wakefield.Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:55 Original Broadcast30:35 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/suspense-old-time-radio--7218827/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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, featuring Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester.Mild, forgetful commercial traveler Alexander Bonaparte Cust draws uneasy attention with his A.B.C. initials and a familiar railway guide as a disturbing sequence of alphabetically arranged crimes grips England. The adaptation centers on Cust’s growing predicament rather than Christie’s Hercule Poirot.Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:56 Original Broadcast29:19 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/suspense-old-time-radio--7218827/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 Antony Ellis.Drawn from an actual case, the story follows Dr. Neal Cream and the disturbing contrast between his respectable medical profession and his sinister reputation. The cast also includes Charles Davis, Betty Harford, and Alma Lawton.Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:46 Original Broadcast30:33 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/suspense-old-time-radio--7218827/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 traditional ballad “Barbara Allen,” a young woman’s devotion to a sailor is tested by a merchant’s jealous pursuit and a damaging accusation. Anne Baxter stars as Barbara Allen, with William Conrad as Shawn, in a script by Morton Fine and David Friedkin produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:54 Original Broadcast30:22 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/suspense-old-time-radio--7218827/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio