onesmedia Store HOME | BOOKS | JEAN SHEPHERD | MOVIES | OLD TIME RADIO AUDIO CD | OLD TIME RADIO mp3 CD ROM |OLD TIME RADIO mp3 DVD ROMSUSPENSE - BOX SETOLD TIME RADIO -12 CD-ROM - 910 mp3Suspense, one of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." It was heard on CBS from 1942 through 1962. Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run, and more than 900 are extant in mostly high-quality recordings Suspense went through several major phases, characterized by different hosts, sponsors and director/producers. There were a few rules which were followed for all but a handful of episodes: Protagonists were usually a normal person suddenly dropped into a threatening or bizarre situation. Evildoers must be punished in the end. The program made only occasional forays into science fiction and fantasy. Among its science fiction entries were "The Man who Went Back to Save Lincoln" (a time travel fantasy) and an adaptation of Curt Siodmak's Donovan's Brain, as well as an adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft short story, "The Dunwich Horror".Alfred Hitchcock directed its audition show (for the CBS series Forecast). This was an adaptation of "The Lodger," [1] a story Hitchcock had filmed in 1926 with Ivor Novello. Martin Grams, Jr., author of Suspense: Twenty Years of Thrills and Chills, described the Forecast origin of Suspense:On the second presentation of July 22, 1940, Forecast offered a mystery/horror show titled Suspense. With the co-operation of his producer Walter Wanger, Alfred Hitchcock received the honor of directing his first radio show for the American public. The condition agreed upon for Hitchcock's appearance was that CBS make a pitch to the listening audience about his and Wanger's latest film, Foreign Correspondent. To add some flavour to the deal, Wanger threw in Edmund Gwenn and Herbert Marshall as part of the package. All three men (including Hitch) would be seen in the upcoming film, which was due for a theatrical release the next month. Both Marshall and Hitchcock decided on the same story to bring to the airwaves, which happened to be a favorite of both of them: Marie Belloc Lowndes' "The Lodger." Alfred Hitchcock had filmed this story for Gainsborough in 1926, and since then it had remained as one of his favorites. Herbert Marshall portrayed the mysterious lodger, and co-starring with him were Edmund Gwenn and character actress Lurene Tuttle as the rooming-house keepers who start to suspect that their new boarder might be the notorious Jack-the-Ripper. [Gwenn was actually repeating the role taken in the 1926 film by his brother, Arthur Chesney. And Tuttle would work again with Hitchcock exactly 20 years later, playing Mrs Al Chambers in Psycho.] Character actor Joseph Kearns also had a small part in the drama, and Wilbur Hatch, head musician for CBS Radio at the time, composed and conducted the music specially for the program. Adapting the script to radio was not a great technical challenge for Hitchcock, and he cleverly decided to hold back the ending of the story from the listening audience in order to keep them in suspense themselves. This way, if the audience's curiosity got the better of them, they would write in to the network to find out whether the mysterious lodger was in fact Jack-the-Ripper. For the next few weeks, hundreds of letters came in from faithful listeners asking how the story ended. Actually a few wrote threats claiming that it was "indecent" and "immoral" to present such a production without giving the solution. In the early phase, the program was hosted by "The Man in Black" (played by Joseph Kearns or Ted Osborne) and many episodes written or adapted by the prominent mystery author John Dickson Carr. Escape was a similar anthology thriller and suspense program. Both occasionally adapted the same stories, though Escape had lower budgets--and thus, fewer sound effects and name actors.PLEASE READ HOW TO LISTEN AT THESE CDTHESE ARE MP3 CD RECORDINGTHEY WILL NOT PLAY IN REGULAR CD PLAYERSYou will need CD players that read mp3 files.Here some of the more popular mp3 players: Coby, Memorex, Panasonic, Philips, Sony and many more. Be sure you buy a model that support mp3 files.You can upload the files in ipods like Apple Ipod, Sansa and 100's more. Many new car CD players reads mp3, again check your player first. Many new home DVD players and virtually every Blu Ray reads mp3 files, please check your manual. Finally you can use your computer. 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If your item doesn't get there or is damaged, please notify us and we'll reship for you.FULL REFUND IF NOT SATISFIEDEPISODES LISTSuspense 400722 000 The Lodger (Suspense audition)Suspense 420617 001 The Burning CourtSuspense 420624 002 Wet SaturdaySuspense 420819 010 The Cave of Ali BabaSuspense 420902 011 The Hitch-HikerSuspense 420916 012 The Kettler MethodSuspense 420923 013 A Passage to BenaresSuspense 420930 014 One Hundred in the DarkSuspense 421027 015 The Lord of the Witch DoctorsSuspense 421103 016 The Devil in the Summer HouseSuspense 421110 017 Will You Make a Bet with DeathSuspense 421117 018 Menace in WaxSuspense 421124 019 The Body SnatchersSuspense 421201 020 The Bride VanishesSuspense 421215 021 Till Death Do Us PartSuspense 421222 022 Two Sharp KnivesSuspense 430105 023 Nothing up My SleeveSuspense 430112 024 The Pit and the PendulumSuspense 430119 025 The Devils SaintSuspense 430202 027 The Doctor Prescribed DeathSuspense 430209 028 The Hangman Wont Wait - 1st Half OnlySuspense 430216 029 In Fear and TremblingSuspense 430223 030 Will You Walk into My Parlor - 1st Half OnlySuspense 430323 034 The Customers Like MurderSuspense 430330 035 The Dead Sleep LightlySuspense 430406 036 Fire Burn and Cauldron BubbleSuspense 430413 037 Fear Paints a PictureSuspense 430420 038 The Moment of DarknessSuspense 430427 039 The Diary of Sophronia WintersSuspense 430504 040 Death Flies BlindSuspense 430511 041 Mr Markham Antique DealerSuspense 430518 042 The ABC MurdersSuspense 430525 043 Sorry Wrong NumberSuspense 430601 044 Banquos ChairSuspense 430608 045 Five Canaries in the RoomSuspense 430615 046 Last NightSuspense 430622 047 The Man Without a BodySuspense 430629 048 Uncle Henrys RosebushSuspense 430706 049 The White Rose MurdersSuspense 430720 050 Murder Goes for a SwimSuspense 430727 051 The Last Letter of Dr BronsonSuspense 430803 052 A Friend to AlexanderSuspense 430810 053 The Fountain PlaysSuspense 430821 054 Sorry Wrong NumberSuspense 430828 055 The Kings BirthdaySuspense 430902 056 The Singing WallsSuspense 430909 057 Marry for MurderSuspense 430916 058 The Cross-Eyed BearSuspense 430923 059 The Most Dangerous GameSuspense 430930 060 The Lost SpecialSuspense 431007 061 Philomel CottageSuspense 431019 062 Lazarus WalksSuspense 431026 063 The After Dinner StorySuspense 431102 064 Statement of Employee Henry WilsonSuspense 431109 065 Cabin B-13Suspense 431116 066 Thieves Fall OutSuspense 431123 067 The Strange Death of Charles UmbersteinSuspense 431202 068 The Black CurtainSuspense 431209 069 The Night RevealsSuspense 431216 070 Wet SaturdaySuspense 431223 071 Back for ChristmasSuspense 431230 072 Finishing SchoolSuspense 440106 073 One-Way Ride to Nowhere Suspense 440113 074 Dime a DanceSuspense 440120 075 A World of DarknessSuspense 440127 076 The Locked RoomSuspense 440203 077 The SistersSuspense 440210 078 SuspicionSuspense 440217 079 Life Ends at MidnightSuspense 440224 080 Sorry Wrong NumberSuspense 440302 081 Portrait Without a FaceSuspense 440309 082 The Defense RestsSuspense 440316 083 Narrative About ClarenceSuspense 440323 084 Sneak PreviewSuspense 440330 085 Cat and MouseSuspense 440406 086 The Woman in RedSuspense 440413 087 The Marvelous BarastroSuspense 440420 088 The Palmer MethodSuspense 440427 089 Death Went Along for the RideSuspense 440504 090 The Dark TowerSuspense 440511 091 The VisitorSuspense 440518 092 Donovans Brain Part OneSuspense 440525 093 Donovans Brain Part TwoSuspense 440601 094 Fugue in C-Minor REHEARSALSuspense 440608 095 Case History on Edgar LowndesSuspense 440615 096 A Friend to AlexanderSuspense 440622 097 The Ten GrandSuspense 440629 098 The Walls Came Tumbling DownSuspense 440706 099 The Search for Henri LeFevreSuspense 440713 100 The Beast Must DieSuspense 440720 101 Of Maestro and ManSuspense 440727 102 The Black ShawlSuspense 440803 103 Banquos ChairSuspense 440810 104 The Man Who Knew HowSuspense 440817 105 The Diary of Sophronia WintersSuspense 440824 106 Actors BloodSuspense 440831 107 Black Path of FearSuspense 440907 108 Voyage Through DarknessSuspense 440914 109 Youll Never See Me AgainSuspense 440921 110 The Bluebeard of BellacSuspense 440928 111 The Man Who Couldnt LoseSuspense 441005 112 Dateline - LisbonSuspense 441012 113 The Merry WidowerSuspense 441019 114 Eve Suspense 441026 115 The Night ManSuspense 441102 116 The Singing WallsSuspense 441109 117 You Were WonderfulSuspense 441116 118 Dead of the NightSuspense 441123 119 The Fountain PlaysSuspense 441130 120 The Black CurtainSuspense 441214 121 The LodgerSuspense 441221 122 The Brighton StranglerSuspense 441228 123 A Thing of BeautySuspense 450104 124 I Had an AlibiSuspense 450111 125 Drive-InSuspense 450118 126 To Find HelpSuspense 450125 127 Drurys BonesSuspense 450201 128 The Most Dangerous GameSuspense 450208 129 Tale of Two SistersSuspense 450215 130 Sell Me Your LifeSuspense 450222 131 John Barbie and SonSuspense 450301 132 My Wife GeraldineSuspense 450308 133 Loves Lovely CounterfeitSuspense 450315 134 CricketSuspense 450322 135 Hearts DesireSuspense 450329 136 The Taming of the BeastSuspense 450405 137 A Guy Gets LonelySuspense 450419 138 Pearls Are a NuisanceSuspense 450503 139 Fear Paints a PictureSuspense 450510 140 ReprieveSuspense 450517 141 Two Birds with O