Episode 27 - Jack Benny (Part 2) | Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) Podcast

BONUS - Best of Jack Benny: Jack Benny sets down his violin and trades mirth for mystery in my three favorite Suspense episodes starring the legendary comedian. First, he finds a bag of money and a pile of trouble in "Murder in G-Flat" (originally aired on CBS on April 5,... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

97 min listen

Episode 361 - John McIntire (Part 2): Veteran character actor John McIntire is back in the spotlight in two episodes of Suspense. First, he's a promising poet who suddenly becomes a killer in the sixty-minute production of "House by the River" (originally aired on CBS on February 28,... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

93 min listen

Episode 22 - Vincent Price (Part 2): Vincent Price returns to “Stars On Suspense” for two more installments from “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills.” The big screen master of horror lends his voice to these chilling mysteries that deliver surprising twists before the final... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

63 min listen

Episode 121 - Ray Milland (Part 2): Oscar-winner Ray Milland makes two more visits to “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills” as two men in two very different but equally desperate situations. First, the star of The Lost Weekend is a man whose wife has been kidnapped in “After... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

70 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 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 5 - Jack Benny: Radio’s stingiest would-be violin virtuoso Jack Benny traded puns for peril when he visited Suspense. Benny was the star of one of radio’s most popular comedies, but he proved himself quite adept in the dramatic world when he guested on radio’s... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

64 min listen

Episode 302 - New Carr Smell (Suspense & Cabin B-13): Master mystery writer John Dickson Carr embraced radio in a big way. He wrote scripts for Suspense and his own anthology show Cabin B-13. Carr also acted as master of ceremonies for Murder by Experts. In honor of his birthday on... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

69 min listen

Episode 340 - Jeff Chandler (Part 3): Silver-haired star Jeff Chandler takes his final bow on Suspense in "A Good Neighbor" (originally aired on CBS on March 31, 1957). Chandler stars as a thief who's trying to lay low after a heist, but a nosy neighbor may discover his secret. Plus... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

90 min listen

Episode 140 - J. Carrol Naish (Part 2): J. Carrol Naish shows why he was "Hollywood's one-man U.N." in his first and last visits to Suspense. The two-time Oscar nominated actor could convincingly play characters from all over the world, and his knack for accents is put to great use in... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

97 min listen

Episode 225 – Dashiell’s Detectives (Suspense & Screen Guild Theatre): In honor of Dashiell Hammett’s birthday, we’re saluting the master of hard boiled mystery with radio adaptations of two of his stories. First, Suspense – “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills” – presents John Payne and Frank McHugh in... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

64 min listen

Episode 109 - Herbert Marshall (Part 2): Dapper British leading man Herbert Marshall returns to the Suspense microphone in two radio thrillers - including a chiller of a Christmas story. The star of Foreign Correspondent and The Little Foxes stars in "My Own Murderer"... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

67 min listen

Episode 40 - Suspenseful Singers: Some of the twentieth century's best singers made visits to "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" during the twenty year run of Suspense. This week, we'll hear two of them in uncharacteristic dark and dramatic roles. First, Frank Sinatra is a... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

58 min listen

BONUS - Keep Smiling (Jack Benny & Our Miss Brooks): After a few weeks of quarantine and social distancing, I could use a few laughs and I bet you could too. So enjoy a midweek comedy break with two of the radio era's funniest shows. Listen as Jack Benny opens a new season of his program (originally... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

69 min listen

Episode 176 - Philo Philes (Philo Vance): Brilliant, handsome, and foppish, amateur sleuth Philo Vance went through some character makeovers as he jumped from the pages of S.S. Van Dine’s detective novels to the big screen and later to radio. Jackson Beck played Vance as a nearly... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

66 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 259 - Jack Carson (Part 2): Character actor and comedian Jack Carson closes out his run on Suspense with three old time radio thrillers. First, he's an ambitious circus employee with the gift of gab in "Death Pitch" (originally aired on CBS on March 29, 1951). Then, Carson... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

80 min listen

Episode 168 – Van Johnson (Part 2): Van Johnson is back in the Suspense spotlight in his final three visits to "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." The star of Battleground and The Caine Mutiny (and a Batman TV villain) stars in "Salvage" (originally aired on CBS on... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

91 min listen

Episode 238 – Jeff Chandler (Part 2): Jeff Chandler returns to the podcast in another pair of old time radio thrillers. First, he stars in a story set to the lyrics of a haunting ballad in "My True Love's Hair" (originally aired on CBS on October 19, 1953). Then, Chandler is on trial for... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

95 min listen

Episode 464 – Dear John (The Judge, Frontier Gentleman, Have Gun - Will Travel, & The Whistler): We're saluting John Dehner - the Disney animator and award-winning radio news editor who became one of the radio era's best actors and a great big and small screen character actor from the 50s to the 80s. He found his biggest radio fame in a pair of... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

116 min listen

Episode 66 - Dennis Day: Best known for crooning and comedy, Dennis Day shows off his dramatic side in a pair of thrillers from Suspense. The longtime cast member of The Jack Benny Program plays a beatnik who thinks a murder wrap is a gas in "Like, Man, Somebody Dig... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

83 min listen

Episode 188 – Ray Milland (Part 3): For his final appearance on the podcast, Ray Milland stars in a Suspense story from Raymond Chandler. Milland plays a private eye in the comedic caper "Pearls are a Nuisance" (originally aired on CBS on April 20, 1950). Then, he recreates his big... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

96 min listen

BONUS - Oh, Rochester (Jack Benny Program & Private Life of Rochester Van Jones): Eddie Anderson, the vaudeville star and comedian with a trademark gravelly voice, made his first appearance on The Jack Benny Program in 1937. He'd become an iconic part of the series and a member of Benny's cast on radio and television for... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

71 min listen

Episode 349 - Jumping Jack (Somebody Knows, Johnny Dollar, & CBS Radio Workshop): If all he did was revive Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Jack Johnstone would still be a radio legend. But the multi-talented Johnstone brought listeners everything from true crime tales to offbeat western adventures. We're saluting the man who wrote... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

137 min listen

BONUS - Gang’s All Here (A Day in the Life of Dennis Day & Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show): Jack Benny's supporting cast was one of the best in radio, so it was no surprise when two of his co-stars launched shows of their own. We'll hear A Day in the Life of Dennis Day, starring the gullible and goofy tenor (originally aired on NBC on... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

70 min listen

Episode 82 - Mickey Rooney (Part 2): Big and small screen legend Mickey Rooney plays two small-time hoods yearning to be big and facing the consequences of their actions in these old time radio thrillers: "Alibi Me" from Suspense - his final appearance on "radio's outstanding... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

61 min listen

BONUS - Five Favorites: Sleuths from Suspense: In this bonus episode, I'm sharing my five favorite detective stories from Suspense. Over its twenty year run, "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" presented many great mysteries, including these five tales adapted from stories by some of... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

159 min listen

Episode 178 – Jack Carson: Jack Carson came out of the vaudeville comedy circuit and carved out a niche as an arrogant, but ignorant, know-it-all in films and on his own radio comedy show. But he could walk on the dramatic side of the street in movies like Cat on a Hot Tin... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

97 min listen

Episode 303 - John Dehner: Many's the time John Dehner was gunned down in a classic TV western. With his deep, smooth voice, he was a natural to play heavies on screen but on radio, the versatile Dehner could play almost anybody - from Scotland Yard inspectors to murderers,... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

88 min listen

Episode 9 - Joseph Cotten: One of Hollywood’s top stars of the 1940s, Joseph Cotten was practically a member of the family on Suspense, making 18 appearances between 1944 and 1959. The star of Shadow of a Doubt and The Third Man excelled at playing... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

63 min listen

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