Suspense
Thriller anthology delivering a new self-contained story each episode, drawing big-name stars into tales of crime, dread, and menace.
Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1940 through 1962.
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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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