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Radio Spirits
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Radio Spirits dares you to face fog-shrouded streets, escaped madmen, haunted houses, deadly creatures and curses…and the most horrifying thing of all... the heavy curtain descending on the final episode of Suspense. In this exciting collection, relive great moments from the last two years of this legendary series. These thrill-packed episodes feature Raymond Edward Johnson, Robert Readick, Paul McGrath, Bernard Lenrow, Jackson Beck, and more in these 30 digitally remastered and restored taut, tense tales!
EPISODES INCLUDE: The Long Night 01-10-60; Lt. Langer's Last Collection 02-28-60; A Shipment of Mute Fate 04-03-60; Call Me at Half Past 06-25-61; Night of the Storm 07-02-61; The Man Who Knew How to Hate 07-16-61; You Can Die Laughing 07-30-61; Bells 08-06-61; Murder Is a Matter of Opinion 08-20-61; Sold to Satan 08-27-61; The Juvenile Rebellion 09-03-61; The Man in the Fog 09-24-61; No Hiding Place 10-01-61; Dreams 10-08-61; Seeds of Disaster 10-15-61; The Imposters 11-12-61; Man Trap 11-26-61; The Luck of the Tiger Eye 12-03-61; Feathers 01-14-62; Friday 02-04-62; The Man Who Went Back to Save Lincoln 02-11-62; Heads You Lose 03-11-62; You Died Last Night 04-01-62; The Curse of Kamoshek 04-22-62; Blackbeard's Ace 04-29-62; The Second Door 05-06-62; Hide and Seek 05-13-62; Formula for Death 06-10-62; Run Faster 08-05-62; Devilstone 09-30-62
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Crime, mystery, and just a touch of the supernatural - they're all on display in Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills! Join your host, The Man in Black, for 20 gripping installments of Suspense (including the first ever broadcast of "Sorry, Wrong Number"). Legends like Cary Grant, Agnes Moorehead, Peter Lorre, Vincent Price, Orson Welles, and Gene Kelly star in stories by thriller greats like Agatha Christie, Lucille Fletcher, John Dickson Carr, and Cornell Woolrich. Enjoy these tales well calculated to keep you in…Suspense!
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Love these old radio shows!!!
- By Goldilocks on 05-29-20
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Suspense
- Murders of Necessity
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Elliott Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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A new era dawns for Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills in 1950, as producer-director Anton M. Leader gives way to one of the medium's all-time creative geniuses—radio Renaissance man Elliott Lewis! Compare and contrast their styles as you listen, but hold onto your seat—because no matter who's running the show, the objective remains the same. Suspense!
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Suspense: Dead of Night
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Angela Lansbury, Donald O'Connor, Gloria Swanson, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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When great stars (like Kirk Douglas and Ava Gardner) took their talents to the radio microphones, it was always a treat. But when these accomplished actors worked under the masterful direction of William Spier, it was radio's outstanding theater of thrills. You'll hear Angela Lansbury, Donald O'Connor, Gloria Swanson, José Ferrer, and more in well-crafted tales of doubt, double cross, and death. Steady your nerves for 20 classic tension-packed thrillers from 1947!
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Suspense: One Way Street
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: William Spier, Vincent Price, Rita Hayworth, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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Tight, tense, and packed with excitement! No director in radio could do more with 30 minutes than William Spier...and no half hour in radio could do more to keep you on the edge of your chair than Suspense!
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Well Done Series
- By Ken on 11-12-21
What listeners say about Suspense: Final Curtain
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- WmPowellFan
- 07-31-21
If This Is Your Introduction to "Suspense" ...
Arguably Suspense is the crown jewel of Old Time Radio, known for superlative story-crafting, acting and production. But as with any entertainment with a venerable run (20 years!), in my opinion the show lost much of its luster toward the end. If this is your first foray into Suspense, I would recommend "Final Curtain" AFTER you've heard episodes from the 1940s-50s, featuring guests like Agnes Moorehead, Cary Grant, Orson Welles, Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball and Vincent Price. After you've heard gripping classics like "Sorry, Wrong Number" and "The Hitchhiker." Because in contrast, many of the stories on Final Curtain are somewhat formulaic, and while the actors may be well-known to radio, I was not familiar with many of them. So in short, I think you might enjoy this radio anthology as the capstone to the run of a truly remarkable series. Just please be sure to experience Suspense in its heyday!
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