Suspense

Season 6

An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed.

Where to Watch Suspense • Season 6

51 Episodes

  • Paradise Junction
    E1
    Paradise JunctionThe story of a traveling circus and its unhappy owner.
  • Reign of Terror
    E2
    Reign of TerrorAn innocent woman is sentenced to death during the French Revolution.
  • The Darkest Night
    E3
    The Darkest NightMurder and blackmail ruin a bride-to-be's bridal shower.
  • The Riddle of Mayerling
    E4
    The Riddle of MayerlingA dramatic adaptation of the famous and true story of a commoner's ill-fated romance with the Archduke Rudolph of Hapsburg.
  • The Sister
    E5
    The SisterThe tragic tale of a pair of recluses whose lives are brought into focus for the first time after years of frustration and jealousy.
  • Death at Skirerud Pond
    E6
    Death at Skirerud PondThe story of a tense trial in Norway when a jury was asked to remember what it was like in their homeland during the war. The actual verdict is revealed at the end of the program.
  • The Accounting
    E7
    The AccountingThe story of a corrupt supply captain, son of an illustrious military hero, and a fiercely loyal major who challenges him to a duel to preserve the family's honor.
  • The Valley of the Kings
    E8
    The Valley of the KingsThe tense story of an archaeological expedition searching for the tomb of King Tutmose. They finally find it and its treasures untouched; but then the curse of the Pharaoh on anyone defiling his tomb's sacred precincts begin to strike.
  • The Others
    E9
    The Others
  • The Interruption
    E10
    The InterruptionAn English gentleman gloats over the murder of his wife only to learn that his evil housekeeper knows his secret.
  • Needle in a Haystack
    E11
    Needle in a HaystackThe behind-the-scenes story of how the U. S. Navy ferreted out the secret of Communist minefields in Wonsan Harbor, enabling minesweepers to clear the way for the safe landing of 22,000 Marines.
  • The Newcomer
    E12
    The NewcomerA story of a brash stranger in a small Western town who changes his ways when arrested for the murder of a local belle.
  • My Short Walk to Freedom
    E13
    My Short Walk to FreedomWhen a fugitive from a Russian concentration camp is cornered in his Budapest home, he disguises himself and his brother to try a get beyond the Iron Curtain.
  • Laugh It Off
    E14
    Laugh It OffA kindly young man believes a girl's story that she is marked for murder and risks his life to save her, despite warnings from friends that she is a habitual liar and thrill-seeker.
  • The Dance
    E15
    The DanceThis episode is a remake of an episode previously shown on the series. This episode and the previous one were both shown live and featured different casts.
  • Cagliostro and the Chess Player
    E16
    Cagliostro and the Chess PlayerA dramatization based on the life of the 18th Century Italian magician, Count Alessandro di Cagliostro. The cunning magician inveigles King Stanislaus into a chess game with his mechanical genius. That, in the end, becomes his downfall.
  • The Gift of Fear
    E17
    The Gift of FearA little boy in a department store and a night watchman who likes toys better than people are featured in this odd Christmas tale.
  • Mr. Nobody
    E18
    Mr. NobodyA wealthy, vicious woman turns a goodhearted but naive tramp into a pawn in her evil plans.
  • Diamonds in the Sky
    E19
    Diamonds in the SkyA gang of smugglers, diamonds and a beautiful woman add up to trouble for the pilot on a trans-Atlantic flight.
  • The Scrap Iron Curtain
    E20
    The Scrap Iron CurtainThe true story of Baclav Uhlik, a Czech machinist who built an armored car and last July transported his wife, two children and four friends 40 miles through the Bohemian forests to the town of Waldmeunchen in the western zone of Germany.
  • The Haunted
    E21
    The HauntedThe second wife of a ski-lodge owner suspects her husband of the murder of his first wife.
  • An Affair With a Ghost
    E22
    An Affair With a GhostA dead French underground leader returns to save a band of hostages when a Nazi collaborator goes back on his promise.
  • The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
    E23
    The Man Who Wouldn't TalkA drama based on the hoax of Canadian George DuPre, who claimed service in the French underground as a British intelligence officer during World War II.
  • The Moonstone
    E24
    The MoonstoneA precious stone taken from India is coveted by many parties.
  • The Execution
    E25
    The ExecutionHer son's heroic death in battle unseals the lips of a mother about a 10-year-old tragedy involving her brutal husband.
  • Death on the Screen
    E26
    Death on the ScreenA frantic wife sits by her TV set, watching a public dinner where a deranged man is getting ready to kill her husband.
  • I Do Solemnly Swear
    E27
    I Do Solemnly SwearThe story of the first woman juror in the United States, in 1870 in Laramie, Wyoming.
  • Before the Act
    E28
    Before the ActA young bank official is the intended scapegoat of a carefully designed plan to rob the vault of $100,000.
  • The Fourth Degree
    E29
    The Fourth DegreeA psychiatrist makes a weird experiment in a last ditch attempt to get a key witness in a homicide case to talk.
  • The Tenth Reunion
    E30
    The Tenth ReunionA college reunion crowd discover that one of the gang has been missing since graduation. Those present have had reasons to do away with her.
  • Torment
    E31
    TormentBehind the Iron Curtain, a condemned prisoner's wife tries to save him by appealing to an old friend, the police chief.
  • Open Transom
    E32
    Open Transom
  • Operation: Barracuda
    E33
    Operation: BarracudaOperation:Barracuda is a 1954 TV episode or short film directed by Robert Mulligan. "The heartless captain of a German u-boat crashes his vessel along the Atlantic coast at the close of WWII. Only the captain and his lieutenant escape the sinking vessel containing the personal fortune of Nazi leader Herman Goering. After eight years, the captain returns to salvage the loot and tries to recruit his former shipmate in the effort." - Episode Summary from TV.com
  • The Return Journey
    E34
    The Return JourneyA window washer is tempted by an unguarded amount of money and realizes the error in his judgment all too soon.
  • The Terror Begins
    E35
    The Terror BeginsThe story of how Stalin held a grip on the Russian people after assassinating S.M. Kirov.
  • Smoke
    E36
    SmokeThe two sons of a disgusting and destructive old man stand to benefit as a result of his violent death.
  • Operation: Nightmare
    E37
    Operation: NightmareA dramatization of the heroics of nurse Ann Bernatitus during the Battle of Bataan.
  • Breakout
    E38
    BreakoutA prison riot breaks out and a guard is taken hostage. The inmates want the keys to the main gate in exchange for the guard.
  • Fingerprints
    E39
    FingerprintsA true story taken from the cases of Alfonse Bertillon, chief of the Identification Bureau of the Paris Police in the early 1900's. Bertillon invented the first system of crime detection through the use of physical features.
  • Race Against Murder
    E40
    Race Against MurderA young doctor leaves his practice to find a cure for polio after watching his patients suffer.
  • North Side
    E41
    North SideThe true story of the workings of a New York homicide squad as it goes about the solution of a brutal murder.
  • The Pistol Shot
    E42
    The Pistol ShotAn Army Captain wants revenge on a fellow officer in 19th century Russia. The young Captain has bested him in cards and love.
  • String
    E43
    StringThirty men in a secret unit, started by President Roosevelt during World War II, are captured and tortured at the Belsen concentration camp before escaping.
  • The Hunted
    E44
    The HuntedAn unethical hunter is caught shooting a tame animal on a wildlife preserve. The game warden delivers an unexpected punishment: three bullets and a ten minute head start.
  • The Girl in Car Thirty-Two
    E45
    The Girl in Car Thirty-TwoAn investigator puts his life in danger after he falls for the woman he is tailing.
  • Conversation at an Inn
    E46
    Conversation at an InnA bicyclist makes up fantastic tales of murder on "clues" she finds along her rides. When she finds a shoe and a lighter, she tells an elaborate tale that turns out to be very close to the truth.
  • Once a Killer
    E47
    Once a KillerA woman's faith in a hoodlum is destroyed when the police prevail upon her to get him to surrender.
  • Main Feature: Death
    E48
    Main Feature: DeathA woman gets locked in movie theater by mistake and encounters a pair of killers who break in to rob the safe.
  • The Last Stand
    E49
    The Last StandA would-be recluse's best friend discovers gold on his land. He realizes his only security is his friend's death, but he is thwarted in the effort of murder by some fast-traveling news.
  • The Iron Cop
    E50
    The Iron CopA policeman's niece is murdered. He resolves to find the killer but has to pit his wits against an "electronic brain" to do so.
  • Barn Burning
    E51
    Barn BurningA mentally incapacitated war hero seeks revenge against society.

 

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