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Welcome to Stars On Suspense, presenting legends of Hollywood in "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." For twenty years, Suspense presented some of the greatest mysteries and thrillers on radio - legendary plays like "Sorry, Wrong Number," "The Hitch-Hiker," and "The House in Cypress Canyon." During its long radio run, Suspense attracted some of the biggest names in Hollywood to its microphones to play the hunter and the hunted, heroes and villains, and victims and killers. 

Each week, tune in for a new podcast episode spotlighting a star of stage, screen, or radio in old time radio mysteries that are "well calculated to keep you in Suspense!"

Dec 22, 2016

Peter Lorre returns in two more “tales well calculated to keep you in Suspense.” First, Lorre plays a down-on-his-luck boxing manager who concocts a murder scheme in “Of Maestro and Man” (originally aired on CBS on July 20, 1944). Then, just in time for the holidays, he stars as a henpecked husband with a deadly...


Dec 15, 2016

Burt Lancaster – the circus acrobat turned Oscar-winning actor – played a variety of complex characters in a screen career that spanned five decades. After early work in action and adventure films, he expanded into meatier roles and worked with some of Hollywood’s best directors. Lancaster made two appearances on...


Dec 8, 2016

Oscar-winner Joan Crawford was one of Hollywood’s all-time greatest stars, from her early days in the silent era to her award-winning turn in Mildred Pierce, all the way up to Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? in the 1960s. She made two visits to the Suspense microphone where she starred in a pair of tense psychological...


Dec 2, 2016

Tall, lanky, and with that unmistakable drawl, Jimmy Stewart made memorable impressions in classic films from It’s a Wonderful Life to Mr. Smith Goes to Washington to Vertigo. Stewart was a polished radio performer, whether he was starring in his own western drama The Six Shooter or making visits to appear on...


Nov 23, 2016

The man himself – Orson Welles – is back at the microphone in two “tales well calculated to keep you in Suspense.” First, he’s the dastardly General Zaroff, the master hunter who has his eye set on “The Most Dangerous Game” (originally aired on CBS on September 23, 1943). Then we’ll hear Welles as an...