Episode 260 - Frank Lovejoy (Part 3) | Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) Podcast

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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 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)

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Episode 465 – His Way (Rocky Fortune & Jack Benny): With Frank Sinatra's birthday right around the corner, it's the perfect time to revisit Rocky Fortune - Ol' Blue Eyes' six-month stint as a radio detective. We'll hear Rocky bounce between jobs and find trouble everywhere he goes in a pair of... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

89 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)

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Episode 88 - John Lund: We're back with more legends of Hollywood in tales well calculated to keep you in Suspense. This week, our star is John Lund, the boyishly good looking leading man who made thirteen visits to the program. He plays a man conspiring to bump off his... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

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Episode 577 - Islands of Adventure (Suspense, The Whistler, Bold Venture, & Johnny Dollar): We're off to the Caribbean with four old time radio mysteries full of island intrigue. An American professor finds murder on sabbatical in "A Passage to Benares" from Suspense (originally aired on CBS on September 23, 1942). Joan Banks pulls... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

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BONUS - Halloween Haunts: Three Tales of Terror: It's been a crazy month, and the Halloween Haunts countdown of bonus episodes suffered as a result. To make it up to you after a lengthy delay, I'm sharing a trilogy of terror - three scary old time radio shows to enjoy in the days before Halloween.... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

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Episode 165 – Humphrey Bogart: We wrap up 2019 with one of the biggest movie stars of all time - Humphrey Bogart. We'll hear the legendary leading man in his one and only visit to Suspense - "Love's Lovely Counterfeit" (originally aired on CBS on March 8, 1945). Then,... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

127 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)

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Episode 319 - Frank Lovejoy (Part 4): We kick off 2023 with Frank Lovejoy, star of radio (Night Beat), screen (I Was a Communist for the FBI, In a Lonely Place), and television (Meet McGraw). He co-stars with his wife Joan Banks as a married pair of entertainers caught in the path of a... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

97 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)

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BONUS‌ ‌-‌ ‌Halloween‌ ‌Hoopla‌!: Turn down the lights and grab your candy - it's time for the Down These Mean Streets Halloween Special! Join me for a king-sized trick-or-treating trip through the golden age of radio for some comedies and chillers designed to get you in the Halloween... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

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Episode 347 - John Dehner (Part 2): Veteran radio actor and superb character actor John Dehner returns to the podcast to star in a pair of thrillers. First, he's a doctor who arrogantly believes he cannot be murdered and devises an experiment to put his theories to the ultimate test in... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

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BONUS - Bride of Halloween Hoopla!: Put out your Jack-o-lantern, grab the candy bowl, and enjoy the Down These Mean Streets Halloween Special! It's a full-sized candy bar of a show with eight old time radio shows - a mix of frights and delights - to get you in the spirit of the season.... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

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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)

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BONUS - Five Favorites: The Fat Man: Created by Dashiell Hammett, The Fat Man was one of radio's most popular mystery shows. It was on the verge of spinning off into a series of movies with radio star J. Scott Smart reprising his role of private eye Brad Runyon. But then Hammett ran... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

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10: Full Circle: Showrunner Misha Green and Actor Jurnee Smollett join hosts Ashley C. Ford and Shannon Houston to discuss the season finale. by Lovecraft Country Radio

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Episode 437 - Whistle a Happy Tune (The Whistler): On May 16, 1942, listeners heard the first strange story told by The Whistler. The sinister narrator presented tales of men and women plotting and committing murder, only to see their plans undone in a final curtain twist. Bill Forman voices the... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

129 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 156 – Ralph Edwards: It's Halloween, and our star this week headlines one of the scariest shows Suspense ever aired. Ralph Edwards, best known as the jovial host of madcap game shows, stars as a radio DJ narrating his trip through a haunted house in "Ghost Hunt"... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

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Living in Harmony with Ben Blacker: Harmony? Never heard of it. by A Degree Absolute!

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Episode 248 – Joan Lorring (Part 2): After making her first visits to Suspense in 1945, Joan Lorring returned to "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" in 1960. By then, both the series and star had left Hollywood behind. The Oscar-nominee had transitioned to Broadway and... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

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Episode 387 – Brilliant Deductions (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes): To celebrate Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday, we'll hear radio adaptations of four Sherlock Holmes short stories, each featuring a different actor as the great detective. First, Basil Rathbone stars in "The Speckled Band" (originally aired on Mutual on... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

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Episode 293 - Fortune Favors the Bold (Rocky Fortune): The Chairman of the Board fights crime as Frank Sinatra stars in Rocky Fortune. The singer played Fortune - a man whose odd jobs always led to trouble - for a single season in a fun, well-produced mystery series. To celebrate the sixty-fifth... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

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Episode 45 - Joan Fontaine: Joan Fontaine earned acclaim for her performances in classic films like Rebecca and Suspicion, and she appeared on the stage and the big and small screens for nearly sixty years. Like her sister, fellow actress, and bitter rival Olivia de... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

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Episode 334 - John Lund (Part 4): John Lund returns to the podcast in a pair of radio thrillers. First, he's an ordinary man drawn into a dangerous adventure during Mardi Gras in "The Man Who Stole the Bible" (originally aired on CBS on November 25, 1956). Then, Lund narrates a... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

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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)

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BONUS - Noirvember with Cornell Woolrich: For this bonus episode, we're celebrating "Noirvember" with five tales from crime fiction master Cornell Woolrich. His stories inspired movies like Rear Window and Phantom Lady and dozens of old time radio shows. First, Nancy Kelly is out to... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

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Episode 546 - In this Corner (Crime Club, Frank Race, The Falcon, & Broadway is My Beat): That's the bell, and we're underway with four old time radio mysteries set in and around the world of boxing. First, a fight fixer winds up dead in "Death is a Knock-out" from Crime Club (originally aired on Mutual on June 12, 1947). ... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

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Episode 260 - Frank Lovejoy (Part 3)

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