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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!"

Apr 30, 2026

We wrap up this month of my favorite movies with Seven Days in May - John Frankenheimer’s tense Cold War drama about a planned coup d’etat in the United States. With a script from Rod Serling and an amazing cast, it’s a thriller that holds up over sixty years later. We’ll hear three of its stars: Kirk Douglas,...


Apr 29, 2026

My month of personal favorites continues with two for the price of one - my favorite Suspense episodes adapted from the stories of Ray Bradbury, one of my favorite writers. He’s best known for his science fiction stories, but the tales here are (mostly) down to earth tales of thrills and chills. Dana Andrews is a cop...


Apr 16, 2026

This week, I’m sharing another of my favorite movies - Carol Reed’s classic noir drama set on the streets of postwar Vienna The Third Man. Orson Welles makes one of his most memorable screen appearances as the charming rogue Harry Lime, and Joseph Cotten is Holly Martins, Lime’s friend who struggles to face the...


Apr 9, 2026

My month of favorite movies continues this week with Superman - the 1978 film that brought the Man of Steel to the big screen and still holds up as one of the best entries in its genre. We’ll hear two of its stars: Glenn Ford, who played Jonathan Kent, the adopted father of the future Superman, and Jackie Cooper, who...


Apr 2, 2026

For April, I’m featuring some of my favorite movies with their stars appearing in tales well calculated to keep you in Suspense. First up is Witness for the Prosecution, Billy Wilder’s engrossing courtroom drama adapted from the story by Agatha Christie. We’ll hear the stars of the film - Charles Laughton, Elsa...