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Tales of Suspense

Tales of Suspense

By: Random Acts
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 Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1940 through 1962. One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, Suspense was subtitled “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills” and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era.Copyright Random Acts Drama & Plays
Episodes
  • Agatha Christie's "Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb"

    Agatha Christie's "Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb"
    Sep 21 2025
    Lady Willard, the widow of the famous Egyptologist Sir John Willard, asks Poirot to investigate the death of her husband. Sir John and the American financier of the excavation Mr Bleibner had both died within a fortnight of each other.

    The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb is a short story written by Agatha Christie, which was first published in The Sketch in September 1923 in the U.K. The story was published in the U.S. in The Blue Book Magazine in April 1924. In 1924 also, the story appeared as part of the collection Poirot Investigates.

    ▶ Narrated by Arthur Lane
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    33 mins
  • Ingrid Bergman in GASLIGHT • Lux Radio Theater

    Ingrid Bergman in GASLIGHT • Lux Radio Theater
    Sep 19 2025
    The classic Victorian melodrama of induced insanity! It’s many years later since the murder case was closed due to lack of evidence, and memories of Alice Alchrist of 9 Thornton Square in London are all but forgotten. On the shores of lake Como in Italy a young bride and her husband are on the terrace of their villa gazing in rapture at the beauty of the wonderful morning. It is the niece of Alice Alchrist, Paula and her new husband Gregory and after their honeymoon they move in to the house in London.

    Lux Radio Theatre presented Gaslight on April 29, 1946.

    STARRING
    Ingrid Bergman
    Charles Boyer
    Gloria Gordon
    Gale Gordon
    Raymond Lawrence
    Janet Scott
    Claire Verdera
    Frances Whitfield


    Walter Reisch (screenwriter)

    John L Balderston (screenwriter)
    John Van Druten (screenwriter)
    Patrick Hamilton (author)
    June Whitfield (commercial spokesman)
    Janet Thomas (intermission guest)
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    1 hr
  • Agatha Christie's "Million Dollar Bond Robbery"

    Agatha Christie's "Million Dollar Bond Robbery"
    Sep 17 2025
    After a million dollars of American bonds have gone missing on board a ship on the way to New York, the fiancée of the bank officer responsible for transporting them approaches Poirot for help.

    The Million Dollar Bond Robbery is a short story written by Agatha Christie, which was first published in The Sketch in May 1923 in the U.K. The story was published in the U.S. in The Blue Book Magazine in April 1924 as "The Great Bond Robbery. In 1924 also, the story appeared as part of the collection Poirot Investigates.

    ▶ Narrated by Arthur Lane
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    21 mins
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