Episode 240 – Joseph Cotten (Part 5) | Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) Podcast

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

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

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 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 344 – Zither Dither (Lux Radio Theatre): Released 70 years ago this week in the UK, The Third Man remains one of the greatest films ever made. It's an engrossing, morally ambiguous noir drama set in the ruins of postwar Vienna and it finds Joseph Cotten's Holly Martins searching for the... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

69 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

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 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 44 - Joseph Cotten (Part 2): Perennial Suspense favorite Joseph Cotten is back in two more "tales well calculated." The popular star of Shadow of a Doubt appears first as a man tormented by the sight of a corpse that no one else can see in "The Thing in the... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

63 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 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

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 327 - Joan Lorring (Part 3): Academy Award-nominated actress Joan Lorring returns in two more Suspense thrillers from the early 1960s. First, it's "The Luck of the Tiger Eye," a tale of greed and graverobbing set in a mansion on a dark and stormy night (originally aired on... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

79 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 508 - The Fabulous Holmes Boys (Sherlock Holmes): An older and smarter brother, Mycroft Holmes was the only member of Sherlock's family we ever met in Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories. He appeared in just two stories, but he's been featured in original Holmes adventures in print and on screen... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

94 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 535 - Price Club (Thirteenth Juror, Philip Morris Playhouse, & The Saint): In honor of Vincent Price's birthday on May 27th, we've got the screen legend in three old time radio mysteries. First, he narrates what might have happened to John Wilkes Booth if the assassin escaped death at the hands of the army in The... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

92 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 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

Episode 425 – Change for a Dollar (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar): Seventy-two years ago this month, "the man with the action-packed expense account" made his two-fisted radio debut. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar ran until 1962 and helped to bring down the curtain on the golden age of radio. We'll hear three... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

95 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 501 - Federal Agent Express (FBI in Peace and War, This is Your FBI, & I Was a Communist for the FBI): Old time radio's G-men are on the case in three shows starring FBI agents. First, we'll hear "The Crack-Up" from The FBI in Peace and War (originally aired on CBS on September 14, 1950). Then, Stacy Harris stars as Agent Taylor in "The Unhappy... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

96 min listen

Episode 522 - Fistful of Dollars (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar): "America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator" is on the case - three of them - in this week's episode. We're celebrating the anniversary of the radio debut of Johnny Dollar with a trio of old time radio mysteries starring "the man with the... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

94 min listen

Episode 14 - Peter Lorre (Part 2): Peter Lorre returns in two more “tales well calculated to keep you in Suspense.” First, Lorre plays a down-on-his-luck boxing manager who concocts a murder scheme in “Of Maestro and Man” (originally aired on CBS on July 20, 1944). Then, just... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

62 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

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

Episode 116 - Charles Laughton (Part 3): Charles Laughton plays two very different - but equally disturbed - men in these installments of “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills.” The star of Witness for the Prosecution and Mutiny on the Bounty is “An Honest Man” (originally aired... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

66 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

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 356 - Sheldon Leonard: Big screen tough guy Sheldon Leonard went from cutting a menacing figure in To Have and Have Not and It's a Wonderful Life to producing classic TV sitcoms like The Andy Griffith Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show. In three old time... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

128 min listen

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Episode 240 – Joseph Cotten (Part 5)

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