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Episode 201 - Victor Mature: Best known for his physical presence in epics like The Robe and Samson and Delilah, Victor Mature starred on stage, screen, and television in musicals, westerns, and noir dramas. We'll hear him in a pair of thrillers, beginning with Cornell... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

68 min listen

Episode 352 - Whitfield Connor: Whitfield Connor broke out on the Broadway stage in the 1940s, and he returned to the theatre in the 1960s as a manager and producer. In between, he made two starring turns on Suspense. First, he's an editor who finds a perfect murder plot in a... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

88 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 317 - William Conrad (Part 3): Radio legend, TV detective, and Rocky and Bullwinkle narrator William Conrad returns in a pair of thrillers well calculated to keep you in Suspense. First, he plays a man who confesses to murders he never committed. Charlotte Lawrence co-stars in... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

106 min listen

Episode 123 - Trouble is His Business (Adventures of Philip Marlowe): Philip Marlowe made his way from the pen of Raymond Chandler to the big screen and then to radio in some of the best private eye crime drama of the era. In honor of Chandler’s birthday, we’ll hear his legendary shamus in two radio mysteries voiced... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

67 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

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 312 - Lloyd Nolan (Part 4): Lloyd Nolan makes his final podcast visit in "Vial of Death" - the tale of a missing sample of cholera that threatens a city. This tense and timely thriller originally aired on CBS on May 18, 1953. We'll also hear the character actor in a radio... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

62 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 185 – Ronald Colman (Part 3): In 1953, Ronald Colman took his final bows on Suspense with a pair of terrific thrillers. We'll hear him in an encore performance of "A Vision of Death" (originally aired on CBS on June 1, 1953). Then, he's an amateur detective on the trail of a... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

97 min listen

Episode 97 - William Conrad: The great William Conrad lends his booming voice to two outstanding "tales well calculated to keep you in Suspense." One of the all-time legends of the medium, Conrad was best known as US Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, and he made these... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

66 min listen

Episode 256 – Victor Jory (Part 2): Stage and screen star Victor Jory makes his final appearances on Suspense in a pair of episodes that didn't belong on "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." We'll hear the actor from Gone With the Wind and A Midsummer Night's Dream... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

80 min listen

Episode 328 - Hey Bulldog (Bulldog Drummond): Captain Hugh Drummond comes out of the fog, into the night, and earns his nickname “Bulldog” as he fights evildoers everywhere. The gentleman adventurer of H.C. McNelie’s novels came to the big screen with Ronald Colman and Ray Milland logging... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

67 min listen

Episode 213 - William Conrad (Part 2): Before he solved TV crimes as Cannon, William Conrad was one of the titans of the golden age of radio. With his booming voice, Conrad gave life to the tough marshal of Dodge City Matt Dillon and hundreds of other characters - from historical... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

90 min listen

Episode 74 - Richard Widmark (Part 2): Suspense regular Richard Widmark is back in the saddle for two more old time radio thrillers. In "Tell You Why I Shouldn't Die" (originally aired on CBS on June 7, 1951), he's a pitchman trying to save his own life from an angry man with a gun. Then,... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

63 min listen

BONUS - Best of Richard Widmark: For this month's bonus episode, I'm sharing my favorite Suspense shows starring Oscar-nominee Richard Widmark. First, he's an innocent man on the run in his bare feet in "Too Hot to Live" (originally aired on CBS on October 26, 1950). Next,... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

125 min listen

BONUS - Suspense Goes West: For this bonus episode, we're saddling up with the best Suspense stories of the old west. Alan Ladd hunts for his brother's murderer in "A Killing in Abilene" (originally aired on CBS on December 14, 1950). Then, Richard Widmark fights a bloody feud... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

182 min listen

BONUS - Haunted and Hilarious (Life of Riley & Sealtest Variety Theatre): Ghosts, ghouls, and grins are in the air with two more old time radio Halloween comedies. We'll hear William Bendix take a trip to a haunted house on The Life of Riley (originally aired on ABC on October 29, 1944). Then, Dorothy Lamour and Eddie... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

68 min listen

Episode 258 – Otto Kruger: Suave and silver-haired, Otto Kruger made a name for himself as debonair villains on screen. He memorably ran a deadly domestic spy ring in Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur, menaced Philip Marlowe in Murder, My Sweet, and many more. We'll hear... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

98 min listen

Episode 165 - Howl at the Moon (Suspense): Reformed thief turned private detective Michael Lanyard was known to friend and foe alike as “The Lone Wolf.” The debonair rogue thrilled readers from his first appearance in 1914, and he was a mainstay on the big screen from the silent film era... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

37 min listen

Episode 96 - Cornel Wilde: Actor, writer, and director Cornel Wilde was a gifted mimic with a talent for languages. It served him well in his screen career, and it especially helped in his five appearances on Suspense, where Wilde could play characters both good and bad... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

66 min listen

Episode 532 - Lines by Louis (The Saint, Man from Homicide, & Barrie Craig): Louis Vittes wrote episodes of The Wild Wild West and The Invaders, and he penned the classic sci-fi horror picture I Married a Monster from Outer Space. But before that, he wrote adventures of radio sleuths like Simon Templar, Barrie... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

129 min listen

Episode 366 – It’s a Miracle (The Saint): The adventures of The Saint came to radio seventy-five years ago this month, and we're tipping our hats (and halos) to Simon Templar with a pair of his old time radio adventures. Vincent Price stars as "the Robin Hood of modern crime" in "The... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

64 min listen

Episode 179 - Famous Ray's (Philip Marlowe & Suspense): When it comes to hard-boiled crime fiction, fewer did wrote it better than Raymond Chandler. One of the titans of the genre, Chandler penned dozens of pulp stories before he introduced his signature character of private eye Philip Marlowe. We’ll... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

98 min listen

Episode 441 – No One Else Could Love You Mohr (Philip Marlowe & The Whistler): Gerald Mohr's voice blasted like a .45 automatic when he starred as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe in one of radio's best hard-boiled detective dramas. But the actor could also be heard as the glib gumshoe Archie Goodwin and an amorous French... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

97 min listen

Episode 205 - Eddie Bracken (Part 2): In his final visit to Suspense, Eddie Bracken sheds his lovable and dopey screen persona honed in comedies from Preston Sturges. We'll hear him in "Nightmare," a sixty-minute story from Cornell Woolrich (originally aired on CBS on March 13,... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

99 min listen

Episode 227 - One Mohr for the Road (Philip Marlowe & Nero Wolfe): From 1948 to 1951, Gerald Mohr turned in a star performance as Raymond Chandler's L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe and gave us one of the best detectives of the radio era. But there was more to Mohr than his celebrated turn as "crime's most deadly... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

124 min listen

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Episode 216 - Richard Basehart: Before he spent four seasons on a Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Richard Basehart was a rising Hollywood star and made a visit to the Suspense microphone. His performance elevates "The Perfectionist," a far-fetched episode about a killer... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

69 min listen

Episode 368 - William Conrad (Part 4): Whether he was keeping the peace in Dodge City or playing a villain on Suspense, William Conrad was one of radio's all-time greatest performers. We'll hear the man with one of Hollywood's best voices in three old time radio thrillers. First, he's... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

114 min listen

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Episode 209 - Cornel Wilde (Part 2)

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