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Two “hams” who are working on a secret defense weapon and talking to each other by shortwave. One of them is killed while talking to the other on the air. Original Air Date: March 30, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Sonny Tufts Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence […]

A Hollywood movie director joins the New York police in a hunt for a Nazi spy, murderer, and all-around bad guy. Original Air Date: March 23, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Star:• Joseph Cotten Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

Set in London in the year 1888, a London terrorized by the fifth in a succession of recent murders, murders of young attractive women. The unknown killer at large and little else absorbed their horrified imagination of the great city. A couple suspects that their lodger is really “The Avenger,” a homicidal maniac. Original Air […]

A man wakes up lying on a street, with no memories of the previous three and one half years! Original Air Date: November 30, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Star:• Cary Grant Writer:• John Dickson Carr Author:• Cornell Woolrich Producer:• William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

The Fountain Plays is an unusual murder study. It deals with the fortunes and misfortunes of a middleclass Englishman by the name of Archibald Spiller. He lives on a little country estate with a cook and a manservant and in the garden a fountain. Original Air Date: November 23, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Star:• Charles […]

A story about the troubles getting rid of a dead body at a seaside resort. Original Air Date: November 16, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Star:• Robert Cummings Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

You Were Wonderful stars Lena Horne as a noted entertainer called Lorna Dean who finds herself embroiled with dangerous intrigue and murder in a South American capital. Original Air Date: November 09, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Star:• Lena Horne Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Author:• Robert L. Richards Intro and Exit music from: […]

A cop’s brother wakes from a drugged stupor to find himself a killer! Original Air Date: November 02, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Star:• Van Johnson Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

Ten years ago Tom Nixon had killed Miss Rhodes’ mother in cold blood and was now in jail for it or so Rose thought until that day that she saw him in her building in the elevator and discovered he was the night man. She fears that he has escaped and come back to kill […]

A wife with a shady past tries to get the evidence needed to clear her husband of a charge of murder. Original Air Date: October 19, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Star:• Nancy Kelly Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A story about a music box that plays the famous title waltz, and the strange effect that it has on a strange man. Original Air Date: October 12, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Star:• Reginald Gardiner Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Adaptation:• Robert L. Richards Author:• Roy Vickers Based on a short story The […]

During the war, in a neutral port, Nazi and Allied spies are everywhere. A young photographer becomes involved in intrigue when she accidentally photographs a lobby full of them. Original Air Date: October 05, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Star:• John HodiakWriter:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter […]

A story about an incredible run of luck…both bad and good! By day Leonard Snell is a rather pathetic insurance salesman, but he has a penchant for betting on the horses. Unfortunately, he is as bad at gambling as he is at selling insurance policies and he’s up to his eyeballs in debt. The consequences […]

During the Nazi occupation of France, an amateur murderer is at work, filling the town with mutilated bodies. The story takes place in occupied France. The Bluebeard of Bellac has taken another victim. This time it is Captain Franz Murdoch, a medical officer… Original Air Date: September 21, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Star:• Merle Oberon […]

An American husband named Ed Bliss in a story of Marriage and Murder. Original Air Date: September 14, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Star:• Joseph Cotten Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Author:• Cornell Woolrich Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

It is 1939 shortly before England and Germany were at war. Judith was in London serving as travelling companion to wealthy American Mrs. Prescott. When Mrs. Prescott died Judith had promised to arrange her a burial at sea. It was on this journey that she learned of the “Blackout Killer” and feared that he was […]

It was their first day in Havana. Taking a hack in a open horse drawn carriage they had spent the afternoon driving around seeing the sights. They had stopped off in a bar and had just had their photograph taken when suddenly Eve collapsed… Original Air Date: August 31, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Star:• Brian […]

On a dusky summers night in 1927 Marsha made her final exit from the stage after being murdered. In the wake of his glamorous daughters demise from the stage, Maurice slid into depression. After witnessing a miserable modern dressed caricature of the Bard’s greatest play MacBeth he reappears with an idea to avenge his daughter […]

A most handsome man is following Sophronia Winters. When they meet she feels like she’s known him all of her life, and they fall in love. Before long, they decide to marry and be alone together. Soon after their marriage the cracks in their relationship begin to appear… Original Air Date: August 17, 1944Host: Andrew […]

On a late-night train, Mr. Pender strikes up a chilling conversation with a stranger about the perfect undetectable murder—a potion that only becomes fatal after a hot bath. A mere theory… or a deadly secret? With recent mysterious bathtub deaths, the line between fiction and reality blurs. Tune in for a gripping tale of intrigue […]

In the interest of justice Sir William Brent, ex-head of English Criminal Investigation, and his friend Arthur Grange make use of an unusual method to ring a confession of guilt from a criminal. Original Air Date: August 03, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Donald Crisp• John Loder Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Author:• […]

Twin sisters live alone in a large house. One of them is crazy, the sane one buys a coffin! Original Air Date: February 03, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Ida Lupino• Agnes Moorehead Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

Murder stalks the owner of the second largest diamond in the world. Original Air Date: January 27, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Virginia Bruce• Allyn Joslyn• George Zuko Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A young girl has been murdered, but the foul deed was “seen” by a blind man! Original Air Date: January 20, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Paul Lukas Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A madman has been murdering dance hall girls and then dancing with their bodies to the tune of, “Poor Butterfly!” Original Air Date: January 13, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Lucille Ball Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A story about a dead body on a roller coaster, and a wrecked hold-up getaway car…which is all grist for a private eye’s mill. Original Air Date: January 06, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Alan Ladd Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A story of murder and mystery at a girl’s school. Original Air Date: December 30, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Margo• Elsa Lanchester• Janet Beecher Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A meek British botany professor plans a “Devil’s Garden” in the basement; a grave for his henpecking wife! Original Air Date: December 23, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Peter Lorre Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

Who killed the curate? Almost everybody, it seems! On this rainy afternoon we should like you to meet the Princy family and their visitor. They are of course at home, Mrs Princy, daughter Millicent, George the son and heir and Finally Mr Princy. They are any middle class family at home on a wet day […]

An insurance investigator is convinced that his wife is a pyromaniac. It is the story of a husband and a wife and how they come to know that death was living with them… Original Air Date: December 09, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Robert Young• Margo Writer:• Sigmund Miller Author:• Cornell Woolrich Producer:• William Spier […]

A man recovers from amnesia to find himself wanted for murder. Original Air Date: December 02, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Cary Grant Author:• Cornell Woolrich Producer:• William Spier Music:• Lud Gluskin• Lucien Moraweck Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

An Allied spy undercover in Berlin feels the noose of discovery slowly tightening. “I was infuriated to think that I had been trapped. The thought that someone had discovered by intentions maddened me to the breaking point. Nothing had slipped, everything had run smoothly as I had planned. No evidence, not the slightest trace, nothing. […]

A confused mystery about black marketeers and double murder. Original Air Date: November 16, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Gene Kelly Special Guests:• Hans Conried• Bill Johnstone Writer:• Robert L. Richards Producer:• William Spier Music:• Lud Gluskin• Lucien Moraweck Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A very well-done and suspenseful drama about a new bride whose husband disappears aboard a cruise ship. Original Air Date: November 09, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Margo• Philip Dorn Special Guests:• Dennis Hoey• Bill Johnstone Writer:• John Dickson Carr Producer:• William Spier Music:• Lud Gluskin• Lucien Moraweck Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by […]

Six men are trapped in an elevator; one of them has been murdered. Whodunnit? Original Air Date: October 26, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Otto Kruger Writer:• Robert L. Richards Author:• Cornell Woolrich Producer:• William Spier Music:• Lud Gluskin• Lucien Moraweck Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A man who came back from the dead…able to detect a lie and compelled to correct it. Original Air Date: October 19, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Orson Welles Writer:• John Dickson Carr Author:• J.M. Speed Producer:• William Spier Music:• Wilbur Hatch• Lucien Moraweck Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A couple living in the English countryside has a few secrets to hide, from each other. Original Air Date: October 07, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Geraldine Fitzgerald• Orson Welles Writer:• Harold Medford Producer:• William Spier Author:• Agatha Christie Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

You are speeding through the English countryside, the fast express train rocking beneath your feet. You know that somewhere in the dark ahead of you, a band of men are plotting the destruction of the train. They are planning the moment of your death. Original Air Date: September 30, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Orson […]

A hunt for the deadliest animal of all…man! Through swamps and jungles…hunter against hunted. Original Air Date: September 23, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Orson Welles• Keenan Wynn Writers:• Richard Connell• Jack Finke Producer:• William Spier Music:• Bernard Herrmann• Lucien Moraweck Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A continuously twisting adventure involving a millionaire’s estate and his three heirs, who are out to kill each other. Original Air Date: September 16, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Virginia Bruce• John Loder Writer:• Robert L. Richards Author:• Dorothy Hughes Producer:• William Spier Director:• Ted Bliss Music:• Bernard Herrmann• Lucien Moraweck Intro and Exit music […]

A couple living out on the Cape with the sound of constant foghorns are heading for a murder. Original Air Date: September 09, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Lillian Gish• Ray Collins• Bramwell Fletcher Writer:• Walker T. Field Producer:• William Spier Director:• Ted Bliss Music:• Bernard Herrmann• Lucien Moraweck Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence […]

A man has committed murder, or has he? Original Air Date: September 02, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Preston Foster• Dane Clark Author:• Robert L. Richards Writer:• Cornell Woolrich Producer:• William Spier Director:• Ted Bliss Music:• Bernard Herrmann• Lucien Moraweck Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A touch of voodoo in Nazi occupied Denmark? This story is played against the background of the new order in Europe, a story of an oppressed people who used strange and effective methods in dealing with their oppressors and traitors… Original Air Date: August 28, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Dolores Costello• Martin Koslick• George […]

Sorry Wrong number is the dramatic and tense story of an invalid woman, Mrs. Stevenson who is all alone at home and trying desperately to contact her husband by telephone. When she contacts the operator to connect her, she accidentally overhears a conversation about death and strives frantically to prevent murder from claiming an innocent […]

Mr. Archibald Spiller, conservative John Bull that he may be, has lately had a bit of luck. Mr Spiller lives on a little country estate with a cook and a manservant and in the garden a fountain. Of all these little luxuries it is the fountain that pleases him the most an interesting sort of […]

A man has a recurring dream about the Hamilton-Burr duel. Original Air Date: August 03, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Robert Young• Geraldine Fitzgerald Writers:• Fria Howard Producer:• William Spier Author:• James Thurber Director:• Robert Lewis Shayon Music:• Lucien Moraweck• Bernard Herrmann Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

An office murder starts to prey of the mind of the killer. Original Air Date: November 02, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Gene Lockhart Author:• John Shaw Producer:• William Spier Music:• Lud Gluskin• Lucien Moraweck Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A scientist has an interesting theory about “The Five Checks To Murder”. Original Air Date: July 27, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Laird Cregar• Walter Kingsford• Ian Wolfe• Harold Huber• Helen Vinson• George Coulouris Writer:• Richard Kreyke Producer:• William Spier Director:• Robert Lewis Shayon Music:• Lucien Moraweck Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter […]

The first radio appearance of “The Lone Wolf”. A treasure hunt at a society party leads Michael Lanyard to a dead bathing-beauty and a dead gossip columnist. Original Air Date: July 20, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Warren William• Eric Blore Writer:• Louis Joseph Vance Producer:• William Spier Director:• Robert Lewis Shayon Music:• Bernard Herrmann• […]

A story about a maniacal murderer, one who kills only young girls and leaves a white rose behind. Original Air Date: July 06, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense Stars:• Maureen O’Hara Writer:• Cornell Woolrich Producer:• William Spier Director:• Ted Bliss Conductor:• Bernard Herrmann Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc