Episode 14 - Peter Lorre (Part 2) | Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) Podcast

Episode 300 - First Year Favorites: It's the 300th episode of Stars on Suspense! To celebrate, I'm going back to the first year of "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" to share six of my favorite shows from that initial year of Suspense. First, Orson Welles takes a... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

193 min listen

BONUS - Best of Peter Lorre: Note: No intro for this show; I'm still battling back from a cold and my voice isn't radio-ready. We're revisiting the performances of Peter Lorre in this bonus show, and I've selected my favorites of his six visits to "radio's outstanding theater of... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

63 min listen

BONUS - Season's Greetings from Suspense: We're back! And with Christmas right around the corner, I'm sharing my favorite holiday stories from "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." Peter Lorre has a killer idea for a present for his wife in "Back for Christmas" (originally aired on CBS on... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

144 min listen

BONUS - Romance Gone Wrong: In this bonus podcast episode, a collection of characters makes the St. Valentine's Day massacre look like a picnic. We'll hear five Suspense stories about romances gone wrong with husbands and wives at each other's throats. Peter Lorre... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

154 min listen

Episode 240 – Joseph Cotten (Part 5): The star of Shadow of a Doubt and The Third Man returns for more old time radio thrillers. Joseph Cotten stars in two tales of Suspense and plays three different characters. First, he plays a pair of twin brothers with a deadly case of... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

67 min listen

Episode 111 - Joseph Cotten (Part 3): Joseph Cotten - hero of The Third Man and heel of Shadow of a Doubt - is back for two more visits to "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." He stars as a director caught up in a real-life mystery in "Sneak Preview" (originally aired on... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

67 min listen

Episode 2 - Peter Lorre: An actor who could play both mysterious heroes and dastardly villains, Peter Lorre was able to employ the full range of his talents when he appeared on Suspense. We’ll hear the star of The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca as a jealous husband with... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

65 min listen

Episode 55 - Peter Lorre (Part 3): We bid adieu to Peter Lorre as the star of Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and M makes his final appearances on “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills.” First, he’s a mysterious count who makes a dangerous offer to his niece’s suitor in... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

64 min listen

Episode 392 – To Catch a Thief (Boston Blackie): Chester Morris puts his criminal past to work for the forces of good as Boston Blackie - "enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend." We'll hear the reformed safe cracker turned super sleuth in two old time radio... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

68 min listen

Episode 250 – Charles Laughton (Part 4): Charles Laughton stars in a pair of stories pulled from the pages of two great English writers. These tales of murder have plenty of dark comedy mixed in along with the corpses and crimes. First, a garden party results in an accidental homicide in... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

68 min listen

Episode 330 - Joseph Cotten (Part 7): Hitchockian heavy and Third Man hero Joseph Cotten returns for more "tales well calculated to keep you in Suspense!" We'll hear him first as a corrupt prosecutor who plans a murder to keep his dirty dealings a secret in "A Watery Grave"... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

66 min listen

BONUS - Best of Robert Young: In this bonus show, I'm sharing my favorite Suspense shows starring Robert Young. Before he made rounds as kindly old Marcus Welby or showed how Father Knows Best, Young made several memorable appearances on "radio's outstanding theater of... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

95 min listen

Episode 58 - Monster Mash: For Halloween, “Stars On Suspense” presents two of the biggest names in horror cinema – Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff starring in “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills.” Lugosi plays a psychologist with a murderous theory he plans to... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

63 min listen

Episode 342 - Dane Clark (Part 3): Self-described "Joe Average" Dane Clark plays criminals both amateur and professional in his final appearances on Suspense. First, he's an actor who tries to play a murderer in real life in "Spoils for Victor" (AFRS rebroadcast from May 23,... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

88 min listen

BONUS - Son of Halloween Hoopla!: The moon is full, there's a chill in the air, and everything smells like pumpkin spice. It's time for the annual Down These Mean Streets spooktacular special! We're trick-or-treating through the golden age of radio with eight shows that will get you... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

236 min listen

Episode 174 – Robert Young (Part 3): As a sitcom dad, Robert Young always "knew best," but he was no slouch in the Suspense department during his visits to "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." We'll hear Young co-star with Virginia Bruce in "Celebration" (originally aired on... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

66 min listen

Episode 219 - Raymond Burr (Part 2): Raymond Burr was doing double duty when he starred in these installments of Suspense. He could be seen every week on television in the earliest seasons of Perry Mason, but he continued to lend his voice to radio dramas. We'll hear him in... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

59 min listen

Episode 389 – Won’t You Come Home, Bob Bailey (Let George Do It & Johnny Dollar): To celebrate Bob Bailey's birthday, we'll hear the actor in four old time radio detective dramas. First, he's George Valentine in a pair of mysteries from Let George Do It: "Murder and One to Go" (originally aired on Mutual on January 3, 1949)... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

125 min listen

BONUS - Halloween Haunts: The Horla: Our annual countdown to Halloween begins with the great Peter Lorre as a man haunted by an unseen presence. Lorre stars in "The Horla," an adaptation of the short story by Guy de Maupassant from Mystery in the Air (originally aired on NBC on... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

33 min listen

Episode 364 - Jack Kruschen: Jack Kruschen earned an Oscar nod for his performance as Jack Lemmon's kindly and concerned neighbor in The Apartment, but before that he was a busy and very versatile radio performer. With a knack for accents and dialects, it wasn't uncommon for... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

91 min listen

Episode 30 - Comedians and Cut-ups: Two comedy legends trade jokes and laughs for thrills and chills when they visit “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills.” First, Bob Hope plays a man who has an appointment with a murderer in “Death Has a Shadow” (originally aired on CBS on... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

63 min listen

Episode 515 - Clues for Christmas (Escape, Dragnet, Let George Do It, & Broadway is My Beat): Happy Holidays! We're celebrating the season with four old time radio holiday mysteries. Grab an egg nog and a Christmas cookie or two and enjoy these Christmas crime tales. First, Paul Frees plans a perfect murder in "Back for Christmas" from Escape... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

136 min listen

Episode 370 - Joseph Cotten (Part 8): We bid farewell to Joseph Cotten - an institution on Suspense. The star of The Third Man made 18 appearances on "radio's outstanding theater of thrills," and we'll hear his final shows, including an adaptation of Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurence at... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

113 min listen

Episode 306 - Edgar Barrier: A frequent collaborator of Orson Welles, Edgar Barrier appeared with the Mercury Theatre onstage and on radio and he played Banquo in Welles' film version of Macbeth. Elsewhere, Barrier hunted the Phantom of the Opera on the big screen and... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

115 min listen

Episode 102 - Edward G. Robinson (Part 2): Edward G. Robinson - one of the great big screen gangsters, begins and ends his run on Suspense with these two old time radio thrillers. We'll hear him as a man with an imaginary wife in "My Wife, Geraldine" (originally aired on CBS on March 1,... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

65 min listen

BONUS - Best of Charles Laughton: NOTE: Due to some technical issues, this episode meant for July 28th isn't being uploaded until today. Sorry for the delay! In this bonus episode, I'm sharing my favorite Suspense shows starring Academy Award-winner Charles Laughton. One of the... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

125 min listen

Episode 328 - Lee Bowman: Lee Bowman enjoyed a brief run of success on the big screen during World War II, but when film roles dried up he turned to television and eventually to a second career as a corporate and political media consultant. We'll hear him as a man who comes... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

68 min listen

BONUS - Best of Gregory Peck: In this month's bonus spotlight episode, I'm sharing my favorite Suspense shows starring Gregory Peck. The star of To Kill a Mockingbird, Gentleman's Agreement, and Roman Holiday plays a variety of characters - some good, some bad,... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

125 min listen

Episode 476 - Dollars to Donuts (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar): We're shining the spotlight on a pair of Johnny Dollar stars who tend to get overlooked in the history of "America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator." We'll hear John Lund as Dollar in "The La Tourette Matter" (originally aired on CBS... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

121 min listen

Episode 362 - Alan Baxter: Alan Baxter made a name for himself playing dangerous characters on screen - moody men on the wrong side of the law. He turned to television as film roles dried up in the postwar years, and he was busy on the small screen up through the 1970s. In his... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

88 min listen

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Episode 14 - Peter Lorre (Part 2)

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