Suspense, Vol. 3 Audiobook (Free)

Conceived like a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to escort, Suspense was a radio group of epic proportion. It shown on CBS from 1942 to 1962, and is known as by many to be the best secret/drama series of the fantastic age. Also known as “Radio’s Outstanding Theatre of Thrills” it centered on suspenseful, thrillers starring the largest brands in Hollywood. Early in the run, the episodes had been hosted by the ‘Man in Dark’ who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of people about Suspense, Vol. 3 tossed into harmful or bizarre circumstances with plots that, at the very end, usually got an unseen twist or two. Hollywood’s finest actors jumped at the opportunity to show up on Suspense, including: Cary Offer, Jimmy Stewart, Alan Ladd, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis and Orson Welles. Scripts had been by John Dickson Carr, Lucille Fletcher, James Poe, Ray Bradbury and many more. Running a lot more than twenty years, Suspense shown nearly 1,000 radio broadcasts. It made the transition to tv in 1949, nonetheless it was on radio that Suspense appreciated its glory times.

“Suspense was a dramatic anthology series and among the very best OTR applications, with many episodes still refreshing and exciting to hear today. It had been produced by CBS and ran from 1942 to 1962. It drew upon the skills of many from the leading Hollywood superstars of your day, such as Orson Welles, Cary Grant, Peter Lorre, and Agnes Moorehead. As the name suggests, Suspense concentrated primarily on thrillers, but it also offered research fiction, dream, and horror tales. Indeed, among the great talents from the series was its selection of subject material: one week, the listener would be offered a chilling ghost story, the next, a hard-boiled detective tale. Episodes were adapted from the works of many from the greats of their particular genres, with stories by as different a range of authors as Edgar Allan Poe, Raymond Chandler, John Buchan, and H. P. Lovecraft.”-Older Time Radio Review