Suspense, "radio's outstanding theater of thrills", was one of the premier programs of the Golden Age of Radio, featuring a who's who of Hollywood stars spread out over its 900+ episodes.  Scripts focused on suspense/thriller/mystery plots, typically involving a normal person being thrown into a bizarre or dangerous situation, with the solution withheld until the last moment--often with a surprising twist.

Guest stars included Cary Grant, Orson Welles, Frank Sinatra, Agnes Moorehead (pictured), Humphrey Bogart, Lucille Ball and Marlene Dietrich.  The show ran from 1942 to 1962.

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     One Hundred in the Dark  The Night Reveals (Robert Young)  The Plan  
     Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble  A Moment of Darkness (P. Lorre)  A Shroud for Sarah  
     Five Canaries in the Room  The Last Letter of Dr. Bronson  The Bet  
     Nineteen Deacon Street  Post Mortum (Agnes Moorehead)  The Dead of the Night  
     The Leading Citizen of Pratt County  Dateline Lisbon  The Brighton Strangler  
     The Black Shawl (Maureen O'Sullivan)  The Black Curtain (Cary Grant)  Eve  
     John Barby and Son  A Guy Gets Lonely  Pearls Are a Nuisance  
     Two Birds with One Stone  The Story of Ivy  19 Deacon Street  
     Furnished Room  Library Book (Myrna Loy)  Photo Finish  
     Too Many Smiths  Pink Camellias  Lonely Road  
     An Evening's Diversion  Win, Place and Murder  Community Property  
     The Great Horrell  Can't We Be Friends  Commuter's Ticket  
     Blue Eyes (Hume Cronyn)  Three Times Murder  Dame Fortune  
     You Take Ballistics  The Blue Hour (Claire Trevor)  Knight Comes Riding  
     The Strange Death of Gordon Fitzroy  The Swift Rise of Eddie Albright  Make Mad the Guilty  
     Murder By An Expert  Murder Aboard the Alphabet  Phobia  
     Double Ugly  The Twist  Smiley