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  • Stars of "Bride of Frankenstein"

    October 22, 2026 · 1 hr 59 min

    We wrap up our series of classic Hollywood horror with a movie starring a pair of iconic movie monsters. Bride of Frankenstein saw the return of Boris Karloff's creature and the introduction of his mate, she of the high hair and hiss and…

  • BONUS - Friday Frights: Three Skeleton Key

    October 16, 2026 · 32 min

    Rats! Our series of scariest stories from Suspense continues with a showcase of radio sound effects. Listen as a horde of ravenous rodents comes to life in one of the all-time terror treats of the radio era. Vincent Price stars in "Three…

  • Stars of "The Spiral Staircase"

    October 15, 2026 · 2 hr 7 min

    A killer has his eye on a young woman who can't speak in The Spiral Staircase. Dorothy McGuire, Kent Smith, and Ethel Barrymore star in this classic Hollywood chiller, which we'll hear recreated for radio along with Suspense episodes…

  • BONUS - Friday Frights: On a Country Road

    October 9, 2026 · 32 min

    Our Halloween series of the scariest stories from Suspense continues with "On a Country Road" (originally aired on CBS on November 16, 1950), a cautionary tale about avoiding shortcuts and keeping your gas tank topped off. Cary Grant stars…

  • Stars of "The Uninvited"

    October 8, 2026 · 2 hr 4 min

    A dream house becomes a nightmare in The Uninvited. This week's October chiller stars Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey as siblings who buy a seaside home and discover it comes complete with a resident ghost. We'll hear Mr. Milland and Ms…

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  • BONUS - Friday Frights: Ghost Hunt

    October 2, 2026 · 33 min

    We're counting down to Halloween with some of the scariest stories from Suspense. In our first October bonus episode, Ralph Edwards plays a radio DJ who spends a memorable night in a haunted house in "Ghost Hunt" (originally aired on CBS…

  • Stars of "The Canterville Ghost"

    October 1, 2026 · 2 hr 36 min

    In honor of the spooky season, we're kicking off a series of films about things that go bump in the night. First up is the frightfully fun adaptation of The Canterville Ghost with Charles Laughton as a cowardly specter and Margaret O'Brien…

  • Star of "Captain Horatio Hornblower"

    September 24, 2026 · 2 hr 7 min

    Take to the seas with Gregory Peck as C.S. Forester's British naval hero in Captain Horatio Hornblower. Peck starred as Hornblower in Raoul Walsh's 1951 swashbuckling adventure, and we'll hear Peck recreate his role on The Lux Radio…

  • Stars of "Knute Rockne, All American"

    September 17, 2026 · 2 hr 7 min

    Let's win one for the Gipper with Pat O'Brien and future president Ronald Reagan in Knute Rockne, All American. The biopic starred O'Brien as the legendary Notre Dame football coach and Reagan as the player whose struggles off the field…

  • Stars of "Fancy Pants"

    September 10, 2026 · 2 hr 6 min

    Comedy legends Bob Hope and Lucille Ball head west in the romantic comedy Fancy Pants. Hope is an actor posing as an English butler, and Ball is the rough riding lady he's tasked with teaching the ways of refinement. We'll hear them in…

  • BONUS - Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Suspense"

    September 4, 2026 · 2 hr 53 min

    We wrap up our Hitchcock series with a bonus episode featuring stories from Suspense that were later adapted as episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents on television. Charles Laughton is a patriarch with a problem in "Wet Saturday"…

  • Stars of "Shadow of a Doubt"

    September 3, 2026 · 2 hr 6 min

    Shadow of a Doubt was Alfred Hitchcock's favorite of the many classic films he directed, with its small town setting disrupted by the arrival of a dastardly murderer on the run from police. Joseph Cotten played the charming killer, and…

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About the show

Presenting the biggest legends of Hollywood starring in "Suspense," radio's outstanding theater of thrills! Each week, we'll hear two chillers from this old time radio classic featuring one of the all-time great stars of stage and screen.