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Suspense presents “Nightmare,” episode 3, originally broadcast March 1, 1948. This full-hour thriller stars Eddie Bracken in a dramatic role and is adapted by Alfred Palker from Cornell Woolrich’s story “And So to Death,” later published as “Nightmare.”

Vince Hardy wakes from a terrifying dream of a mirrored room and a violent attacker—only to find troubling marks and clues that seem to have followed him into waking life. As a police friend helps investigate, Vince must decide whether the nightmare was imagination or a warning of something very real.

Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
01:00:48 Closing

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Suspense presents “The Waxwork (William Conrad Voices All CHARACTERS),” originally broadcast May 1, 1956. This local archival recording is identified as episode 1. Adapted by Mel Dinelli from A. M. Burrage’s 1931 short story, the CBS thriller features William Conrad in a rare one-man dramatic showcase.

Hard-pressed freelance reporter Raymond Hewson agrees to spend a night in a wax museum’s Murderers’ Den in search of a saleable story. Surrounded by unnervingly lifelike figures and deepening shadows, he finds isolation and imagination becoming difficult to separate. Antony Ellis directed and produced.

Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:42 Original Broadcast
29:27 Closing

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Suspense presents “Ghost Hunt,” episode 3, with a listed original broadcast date of June 2, 1949.

Radio disc jockey Smiley Smith turns stunt night into a ghost hunt at an isolated Malibu house haunted by a grim reputation. Joined by psychic-phenomena investigator Dr. Clarence Reed, Smiley plans to document the night on wire recording. Ralph Edwards stars as Smiley Smith, with Joseph Kearns as Dr. Reed; the story was adapted for radio by Walter Newman from an original tale by H. R. Wakefield.

Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:55 Original Broadcast
30:35 Closing

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Suspense presents “The Abc Murders,” episode 8, originally broadcast May 1, 1943. This archival drama is a compressed radio adaptation of Agatha Christie’s The A.B.C. Murders, featuring Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester.

Mild, forgetful commercial traveler Alexander Bonaparte Cust draws uneasy attention with his A.B.C. initials and a familiar railway guide as a disturbing sequence of alphabetically arranged crimes grips England. The adaptation centers on Cust’s growing predicament rather than Christie’s Hercule Poirot.

Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:56 Original Broadcast
29:19 Closing

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Suspense presents “Neal Cream, Doctor of Poison,” episode 7, originally broadcast September 1, 1951. Charles Laughton stars in this fact-based historical crime drama, written by Antony Ellis.

Drawn from an actual case, the story follows Dr. Neal Cream and the disturbing contrast between his respectable medical profession and his sinister reputation. The cast also includes Charles Davis, Betty Harford, and Alma Lawton.

Suspense presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
30:33 Closing

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