Episode 76 - Charles Laughton (Part 2) | Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) Podcast

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 526 - Master Class (Mollé Mystery Theatre & Campbell Playhouse): This week, we've got stories from three of the all-time great mystery writers - literary giants who gave us some of the most famous detectives in fiction. We'll hear adaptations of Raymond Chandler's "Murder in the City Hall" and Agatha Christie's... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

130 min listen

Episode 351 - Lucille Fletcher: Lucille Fletcher penned some of the best old time radio thrillers of all time - stories that can still keep listeners on the edge of their seats over eighty years later. She wrote "Sorry, Wrong Number," "The Hitch-hiker," and many more episodes that... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

130 min listen

Episode 64 - Vincent Price (Part 3): Horror icon Vincent Price is back on Suspense in two more old time radio thrillers - including one of the scariest the medium ever produced. We'll hear Price as an artist with a dangerous muse in "The Name of the Beast" (originally aired on CBS... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

64 min listen

The Affairs of Anatole | The Mercury Theatre on the Air, 1938 by The Complete Orson Welles

63 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 128 - Paul Henreid: In Casablanca as resistance leader Victor Lazlo, Paul Henreid rallies a crowd to drown out the Nazis with a spirited rendition of “La Marseillaise.” But in his two visits to Suspense, he played a pair of men with murder on their minds and... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

67 min listen

Episode 81 - Baker Street Bash (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes): On October 20, 1930, Sherlock Holmes made his debut as a radio detective. In honor of his on-the-air anniversary, we'll hear the master sleuth (and his companion Dr. Watson) in two radio mysteries. John Stanley is Holmes and Alfred Shirley is Watson... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

64 min listen

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 Vincent Price: In this bonus show, I'm sharing my four favorite episodes of Suspense starring the great Vincent Price. First, he co-stars with Ida Lupino in "Fugue in C Minor," a Victorian-era chiller from Lucille Fletcher (originally aired on CBS on June 1,... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

126 min listen

Episode 459 - Baker Street Quartet (Sherlock Holmes): Sherlock Holmes started his career as a radio detective on October 20, 1930, and to mark the occasion we'll hear the brilliant sleuth in four old time radio mysteries. Basil Rathbone stars as Holmes (with Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson) in "The Strange... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

125 min listen

BONUS - Best of Lucille Ball: Whether she's making us laugh or keeping us in Suspense, we love Lucille Ball. In this spotlight episode, we'll hear my three favorites from her six visits to "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." First, she's a dance hall girl trying to stay... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

95 min listen

Episode 336 - Marsha Hunt (Part 2): Actress and activist Marsha Hunt returns to Suspense in a pair of radio thrillers. First, she's a racecar driver's wife on a collision course with death in "The Last Kilometer" (originally aired on CBS on June 22, 1958). Then, she's convinced a... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

64 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 94 - Claire Trevor (Part 2): Claire Trevor - the "queen of film noir" - returns to the Suspense microphone in two more old time radio thrillers. We'll hear Trevor as a woman scorned out for revenge against a cheating husband in "The Light Switch" (originally aired on CBS on... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

66 min listen

Episode 267 - Joseph Kearns (Part 2): After he introduced stories on Suspense as the "Man in Black," Joseph Kearns moved into starring roles on radio's outstanding theater of thrills. We'll hear him in "The Case for Dr. Singer," a tale of atomic espionage ripped from the headlines... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

97 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 381 – Members Only (Crime Club): Murder and mayhem leap from the printed page to the airwaves in The Crime Club. This anthology show blended adaptations of mystery novels with original radio plays to deliver tales of mystery emceed by the eerie tones of the club's Librarian. We'll... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

66 min listen

Episode 475 - Girls Just Wanna Solve Crimes (Candy Matson, Phyl Coe Mysteries, & Suspense): We've got a trio of women solving old time radio crimes in this week's show. First, Natalie Masters is the Golden Gate girl detective Candy Matson in "Valley of the Moon" (originally aired on NBC on December 17, 1949). Then, we'll hear a pair of... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

96 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 295 - Fabulous Baker Street Boys (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes): It didn't take a brilliant detective to bring one of fiction's greatest sleuths to radio, but it did take a talented writer and devoted fan. Edith Meiser penned the very first Sherlock Holmes radio show on October 20, 1930, and her efforts behind the... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

99 min listen

Episode 137 - Three Pipe Problems (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes): In October 1930, Sherlock Holmes began his long career as a radio sleuth. In honor of the great detective's anniversary on the airwaves, we'll hear two of his adventures with John Stanley as Holmes and Alfred Shirley as Dr. John Watson. The game's... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

67 min listen

BONUS - When Irish Stars Are On Suspense: To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, we've got a line-up of Irish-American stars making appearances on "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." Maureen O'Hara is an amateur sleuth hunting a killer in "The White Rose Murders" (originally aired on CBS on... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

174 min listen

Episode 76 - Saintly Sherlock (Sherlock Holmes & The Saint): Russian-born British actor Tom Conway thrilled audiences on screen as The Falcon, and his crime-solving career extended to radio as star of two popular radio detective series. In this episode, we'll hear him take center stage as Sherlock Holmes (with... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

65 min listen

Episode 248 – Back to Baker Street (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes): The game’s afoot as we join Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in three of their old time radio adventures. John Stanley is the world’s most famous detective and Alfred Shirley plays his loyal companion and biographer in these original adventures that... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

94 min listen

Episode 461 – Crime by Cornell (Suspense & Lux Radio Theatre): Cornell Woolrich's stories of crime inspired dozens of films and radio programs, including Rear Window and nearly three dozen episodes of Suspense. We'll hear a pair of his stories recreated for radio, including an offering from "radio's... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

94 min listen

Episode 187 – Sorry, Wrong Number: Nearly 80 years after it first aired, Lucille Fletcher's "Sorry, Wrong Number" remains a powerful masterpiece of suspense. It's one of the all-time great radio dramas and one of the very best episodes ever produced on "radio's outstanding theater of... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

68 min listen

Episode 482 - Stage Fright (Let George Do It, Boston Blackie, & The Whistler): Places, please! We've got three old time radio mysteries set onstage, backstage, and in the aisles of the theatre. Actors, playwrights, and critics are all suspects, victims, and killers and it's up to the detectives to figure out whodunnit before the... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

93 min listen

Episode 193 - Seven Percent Solutions (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes): The game is afoot with three old time radio mysteries starring the master detective of Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s immortal character made his debut as a radio sleuth on October 20, 1932, and we’re celebrating his... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

92 min listen

BONUS - Eighty Years of Wrong Numbers: Eighty years ago this week - on May 25, 1943 - listeners first heard "Sorry, Wrong Number" on Suspense. The terrifying tale from Lucille Fletcher starred Agnes Moorehead as a woman who overhears a murder plot over crossed phone lines. It would be... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

61 min listen

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