Suspense
An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Jan 06, 1949
- Popularity: 24.382
- 11 votes
- Networks
- (US)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
6 seaons till Aug 17, 1954
Last episode: Barn Burning
Seasons & episodes
Total 6 seasons, 262 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Goodbye New York min
Ray Gardner is deep in debt and can't find work due to his ruthless ex-boss. Desperate and angry, he kills his boss and steals some money. His loyal wife Mary stands by him and the two make plans to flee New York. They spend a day filled with paranoia before leaving on the train without being noticed.
Episode 2Revenge min
A woman tries to escape her gangster husband by running away to Cuba with her new love.
Episode 3Suspicion min
Everyone's in a tizzy over the arsenic poisoner who's still at large; police think the murder might be a woman. In the Thomas household, doting old George acts surprised to find his weed poison (with arsenic) under the kitchen sink. His wife, a delicate woman with bad nerves, defends their cook, a woman they hired who came with no references. George becomes suspicious of their employee and has the hot cocoa she left for him analyzed. When the results come back positive, he races home to save his wife before it's too late.
Episode 4Cabin 3-B min
Shortly after a newlywed couple board a luxury liner for their honeymoon cruise, the man vanishes along with the fortune his wife game him as a wedding present. She reports his disappearance to the captain and is told that there is no record of either herself or her husband as passengers and that what she claims to have been their cabin doesn't exist.
Episode 5The Man Upstairs min
A woman complains about the man upstairs, but no one has ever seen him.
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