Suspense, Volume 1 Audiobook (Free)

A thrilling assortment of episodes from the vintage radioshow Suspense

Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcockto escort, Suspense was a radioseries of epic proportion. It shown on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and it is consideredby many to be the best mystery drama series of the fantastic age. Often referred to as “Radio’sOutstanding Theatre of Thrills,” the show centered on suspenseful thrillers starringthe biggest brands in Hollywood. Early in the run, the episodes were hosted bythe “Guy about Suspense, Quantity 1 in Dark” who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of peoplethrown into dangerous or bizarre situations with plots that always acquired an unseen twist or two at the very end. Hollywood’s finest actors jumped at thechance to appear on Suspense,including Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Alan Ladd, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart,Bette Davis, and Orson Welles. Scripts were by John Dickson Carr, LucilleFletcher, Wayne Poe, Ray Bradbury, and many more.

Episodes include:

In “The Cave of Ali Baba,” Lord Whimsey infiltrates a key crime society, only to be caught; can they eliminate Lord Whimsey without destroying the society? In “The Hitchhiker,” a cross-country motorist views the same hitch-hiker all along his way! In “The KettlerMethod,” Dr. Kettler has been in an asylum since his “Kettler Technique” killed his last individual; then Kettler discovers a visiting woman with a headache a prime candidate for brain operation. In “A Passing to Benares,” the unusual death of a recently available bride inside a Hindu temple prompts Henry Pajoli to research. In “A HUNDRED at night,” several men within a writer’s golf club discuss the mystery story and how it is more convincing in the creation than in the quality. In “The Lord from the Witch Doctors,” the Germans assume control of parts of Africa by having one of their own pose being a witch doctor, terrifying the natives into submission.In “Will You Make a Bet with Death?,” a man matches his existence against his wicked stepfather for $25,000.In “Menace in Wax,” a reporter discovers Nazi spies are employing playing cards in the hands of wax dummies in Madame Trousseau’s Wax Museum to relate coded messages.In “YOUR BODY Snatchers,” a pair of “resurrection men” are paid by a health care provider for a fresh corpse; when the attempted body snatching will go incorrect, the grave robbers and an accomplice decide to make their personal corpse. In “THE PHYSICIAN Prescribed Loss of life,” a psychologist would go to severe lengths to show his theory a suicidal specific can easily become confident to commit murder instead.In “In Fear andTrembling,” a hypochondriac is sure that her husband and his lover want to get rid of her, thus she decides to act first.In “Fireplace Burn and Cauldron Bubble,” a popular actress is wiped out by a long blade through her eyes while watching Macbeth.