Suspense
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Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1940 through 1962.
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Suspense. Radio program.
Original schedule
- 19429:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1942–19439:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19439:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19437:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 194310:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19437:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–19478:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19479:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19489:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1948–19519:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1951–19548:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19549:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1954–19558:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19558:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1955–19568:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19568:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19568:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1956–19584:35 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19585:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1958–19605:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1961–19626:35 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
B
Bob Stevenson
Announcer
FFrank Martin
Announcer
Larry Thor
Announcer
SStuart Metz
Announcer
TTruman Bradley
Announcer
Abby Lewis
Cast
A
Al Ramsen
Cast
Alice Frost
Cast
Ann Sothern
Cast
Barney Phillips
Cast
Berry Kroeger
Cast
B
CBertram Tanswell
Cast
Charlie Ruggles
Cast
CCourt Benson
Cast
DDonald Woods
Cast
E
Eddie Marr
Cast
E
Edmond 'Eddie' O'Brien
Cast
Edward G. Robinson
Cast
EElizabeth Morgan
Cast
EEllen Drew
Cast
Elliott Reid
Cast
GGeorge Kennedy
Cast
Gerald Mohr
Cast
Gil Stratton
Cast
Henry Morgan
Cast
Howard Duff
Cast
IIan Wolfe
Cast
J. Carrol Naish
Cast
Jack Kruschen
Cast
JJack Lloyd
Cast
Jack Webb
Cast
Jeanne Cagney
Cast
JJerome Cowan
Cast
Joan Lorring
Cast
JJohn Bagni
Cast
JJohn Carroll
Cast
John McIntire
Cast
JJoyce McCluskey
Cast
KKatina Paxinou
Cast
LLillian Gish
Cast
L
MLouis 'Lou' Krugman
Cast
Margaret O'Brien
Cast
Marie Wilson
Cast
MMarie Windsor
Cast
M
Michael Rye
Cast
Miriam Wolfe
Cast
NNancy Kelly
Cast
NNina Foch
Cast
Peggy Webber
Cast
Peter Lorre
Cast
RRita Lloyd
Cast
TTom Brown
Cast
Wally Maher
Cast
Walter Greaza
Cast
William Holden
Cast
J
RJohn Peyser
Director
Richard Lewis
Director
RRobert Lewis Shayon
Director
Bernard Herrmann
Music
Lud Gluskin
Musician
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Airwaves, no. 20 (June 1978): 5.
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Collectors Corner, no. 14 (April 1979): 12.
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Collectors Corner, no. 18 (August 1979): 15.
Collectors Corner, no. 19 (September 1979): 12.
Collectors Corner, no. 20 (October 1979): 13.
Collectors Corner, no. 28 (October 1980): 13.
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Collectors Corner, no. 32 (October 1981): 7.
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Hello Again, vol. 9, no. 9 (September 1978): 7.
Hello Again, vol. 10, no. 7 (July 1979): 6.
Hello Again, vol. 11, no. 3 (March 1980): 4.
Hello Again, vol. 11, no. 4 (April 1980): 6.
Hello Again, vol. 11, no. 6 (June 1980): 4.
Hello Again, vol. 11, no. 9 (September 1980): 3.
Hello Again, vol. 12, no. 1 (January 1981): 4.
Hello Again, vol. 12, no. 3 (March 1981): 8.
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Hello Again, vol. 12, no. 6 (June 1981): 4.
Hello Again, vol. 12, no. 8 (August 1981): 5.
Hello Again, vol. 23, no. 3 (May 1992): 5.
Hello Again, vol. 24, no. 4 (July 1993): 5.
Hello Again, vol. 25, no. 2 (March 1994): 6.
Hello Again, vol. 27, no. 6 (November 1996): 9.
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Illustrated Press, no. 20 (February 1978): 4.
Illustrated Press, no. 29 (November 1978): 7.
Illustrated Press (December 1978): 8.
Illustrated Press, no. 73 (October 1982): 14.
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Illustrated Press, no. 187 (April 1992): 11.
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Illustrated Press, no. 199 (April 1993): 8.
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Illustrated Press, no. 242 (November 1996): 9.
Illustrated Press, no. 248 (May 1997): 7.
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Illustrated Press, no. 257 (February 1998): 5.
Illustrated Press, no. 265 (December 1998): 5.
Illustrated Press, no. 272 (September 1999): 6.
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Illustrated Press (June 2000): 6.
Illustrated Press (October 2000): 5.
Illustrated Press (November 2000): 9.
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Illustrated Press (March 2001): 7.
Illustrated Press, no. 289 (April 2001): 7.
Illustrated Press (September 2002): 7.
Illustrated Press (December 2003): 9.
Illustrated Press (October 2004): 9.
Illustrated Press (November 2004): 9.
Illustrated Press (December 2004): 9.
Illustrated Press, no. 328 (March 2005): 9.
Illustrated Press, no. 333 (October 2005): 9.
Illustrated Press, no. 334 (November 2005): 9.
Illustrated Press, no. 359 (April 2008): 4.
Illustrated Press, no. 362 (September 2008): 4.
Illustrated Press, no. 363 (October 2008): 10.
Illustrated Press, no. 366 (January 2009): 3.
Memories, vol. 1, no. 1 (January 1975): 10.
Misc, no. 1 (January 1900): 22.
Misc, no. 2 (January 1900): 32.
Misc, no. 3 (January 1900): 28.
Misc (January 1970): 7.
Misc (January 1971): 7.
Misc (September 1971): 108.
Misc (December 1971): 8.
Misc (April 1972): 11.
Misc (May 1979): 16.
Misc (May 1979): 8.
Misc (January 1980): 31.
Misc (May 2008): 18.
Misc (September 2008): 7.
NARA News (October 1979): 49.
NARA News (April 1980): 54.
NARA News (July 1980): 68.
NARA News (April 1996): 44.
NARA News (July 1999): 49.
NARA News (January 2001): 49.
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Nostalgia Digest (February 1985): 26.
Nostalgia Digest (June 1985): 26.
Nostalgia Digest (August 1985): 26.
Nostalgia Digest, vol. 12 (December 1986): 26.
Nostalgia Digest, vol. 13 (February 1987): 18.
Nostalgia Digest, vol. 13 (June 1987): 18.
Nostalgia Digest, vol. 13 (October 1987): 18.
Nostalgia Digest, vol. 14 (February 1988): 18.
Nostalgia Digest, vol. 16 (February 1990): 18.
Nostalgia Digest, vol. 16 (April 1990): 6.
Nostalgia Digest, vol. 16 (October 1990): 18.
Nostalgia Digest, vol. 17 (August 1991): 16.
Nostalgia Digest, vol. 18 (June 1992): 3.
Nostalgia Digest, vol. 18 (December 1992): 15.
Nostalgia Digest, vol. 26 (December 2000): 14.
Nostalgia Digest, vol. 27 (August 2001): 7.
Nostalgia News, vol. 4, no. 8 (August 1977): 22.
Nostalgia News, vol. 4, no. 10 (October 1977): 15.
Nostalgia News, vol. 5, no. 2 (February 1978): 33.
Nostalgia News, vol. 5, no. 3 (March 1978): 46.
Nostalgia News, vol. 5, no. 5 (May 1978): 25.
Nostalgia News, vol. 5, no. 9 (September 1978): 27.
Nostalgia Newsletter (January 1976): 0.
Nostalgia Newsletter (August 1976): 3.
Nostalgia Newsletter (February 1977): 14.
Nostalgia Newsletter (March 1978): 9.
Nostalgia Newsletter (October 1978): 2.
Nostalgia Newsletter (October 1979): 9.
Nostalgia Newsletter (July 1980): 9.
Nostalgia Newsletter (February 1981): 9.
Nostalgia Newsletter (February 1982): 9.
Nostalgia Newsletter (April 1983): 14.
Nostalgia Newsletter (June 1983): 18.
Nostalgia Newsletter (August 1983): 11.
On_The_Air, vol. 1, no. 5 (September 1984): 18.
OTR Digest_1980s (March 1985): 29.
OTR Digest_1980s (January 1987): 4.
OTR Digest_1980s (March 1987): 4.
OTR Digest_1990s (March 1991): 18.
OTR Digest_1990s (July 1991): 27.
OTR Digest_1990s (July 1993): 8.
OTR Digest_1990s (September 1994): 8.
OTR Digest_1990s (March 1995): 12.
Past Times, no. 23 (May 1997): 25.
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Radio Mirror (September 1947): 30.
Radio Nostalgia (January 1976): 26.
Radio Nostalgia (January 1977): 21.
Radio TV Mirror (April 1949): 42.
Radio TV Mirror (July 1949): 38.
Remember Radio, vol. 1 (January 1971): 6.
Remember Radio (January 1972): 6.
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Suspense, no. 17 (January 1953).
Suspense, no. 27 (February 1953).
Suspense, no. 15 (June 1957).
Suspense, no. 16 (August 1957).
Tune In (November 1944): 31.