Suspense

Suspense was a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1940 to 1962. One of the longest running and most successful radio series ever produced, it ran for over 900 episodes, with its focus mainly on suspense thriller-type scripts. These are the SF, fantasy and supernatural episodes.
Episode 1: The Burning Court

​​In the wake of a murder at a dinner party, one of the guests discovers his wife bears a striking resemblance to a 17th Century poisoner.

​First broadcast: 17 June 1942.
Original Story by John Dickson Carr.
​Cast: Charles Ruggles, Julie Haydon.​
Episode 2: The Hitch-Hiker
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​​A motorist on a cross-country journey keeps seeing the same hitch-hiker over and over again.

First broadcast: 2 September 1942.
Original Story by Lucille Fletcher.
​Cast: Orson Welles, John Brown.
Episode 3: A Passage To Benares
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​​A murder in a Hindu temple is investigated by an American psychologist who finds himself experiencing strange dreams and visions.

First broadcast: 23 September 1942.
Original Story by T. S. Stribling.
​Cast: Paul Stewart, Horace Brent, Alan Hewitt, Guy Repp, Berry Kroeger.
Episode 4: The Diary of Sophronia Winters

​​A newly-married young woman's husband is not the man she thought he was - but neither is she!
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​First broadcast: 27 April 1943.
Original Story by Lucille Fletcher.
​Cast: Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins.
Episode 5: Lazarus Walks

Following a near-death experience, a man finds he can detect lies and has a compulsion to reveal them.

​First broadcast: 19 October 1943.
Original Story by J. M. Speed.
​Cast: Hans Conried, Orson Welles.
Episode 6: The Sisters

A woman buys herself a coffin following a premonition that she is to die within three weeks.

​First broadcast: 3 February 1944.
Original Story by George Wells.
​Cast: Ida Lupino, Agnes Moorehead.
Episode 7: Donovan's Brain (Part 1)
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​Following a plane crash, a ruthless tycoon's brain is kept alive in a jar.
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​First broadcast: 18 May 1944.
Original Story by Curt Siodmak.
​Cast: Orson Welles, Hans Conried, Jerry Hausner, John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan.
Episode 8: Donovan's Brain (Part 2)

The brain becomes ever more powerful and decides it must have a body.

​First broadcast: 25 May 1944.
Original Story by Curt Siodmak.
​Cast: Orson Welles, Hans Conried, Jerry Hausner, John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan.
Episode 9: Cricket

In wartime London, is a little girl being visited by her ghostly pet dog?

​First broadcast: 15 March 1945.
Original Story by Mel Dinelli.
​Cast: Raymond Lawrence, Margaret O'Brien, May Whitty.
Episode 10: August Heat
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​An artist finds his premonition beginning to come true.

​First broadcast: 31 May 1945.
Original Story by William Fryer Harvey.
​Cast: Ronald Colman, Dennis Hoey.
Episode 11: The Dunwich Horror

​What monstrous events are occurring in the village of Dunwich?

​First broadcast: 1 November 1945.
Original Story by H. P. Lovecraft.
​Cast: Ronald Colman, William Johnstone, Elliott Lewis.
Episode 12: A Week Ago Wednesday

​A woman seemingly travels a week into the future, only to find another woman living in her apartment and her husband gone.

First broadcast: 29 November 1945.
Original Story by Winifred Wolfe.
​Cast: Nancy Kelly, Jane Morgan, William Johnstone, Verna Felton.
Episode 13: The House In Cypress Canyon

A young couple experience terrifying events when they move into what seems to be their ideal home.

​First broadcast: 5 December 1946.
Original Story by Robert L. Richards.
​Cast: Cathy Lewis, Hans Conried, Jim Backus, Paul Frees, Robert Taylor, Wally Maher, Howard Duff.
Episode 14: Riabouchinska

A ventriloquist's dummy helps solve a murder.

​First broadcast: 13 November 1947.
Original Story by Ray Bradbury.
​Cast: Joseph Kearns, Lurene Tuttle, Wally Maher, June Havoc (as "Armana Fargey").
Episode 15: The Black Curtain

Following an accident, a man wakes up to find himself three years in the future with a new identity.

​First broadcast: 3 January 1948.
Original Story by Cornell Woolrich.
​Cast: Robert Montgomery, Lurene Tuttle, Cathy Lewis, Jerry Hausner, William Conrad, Jeanette Nolan, Jack Kruschen, Paul Frees, Junius Matthews, Conrad Binyon, Jeff Chandler, Harry Lang, Sidney Miller.
Episode 16: The Time Machine

Adventure in the year 100,080 in H. G. Wells' classic time travel story.

​First broadcast: 9 May 1948.
Original Story by H. G. Wells.
​Cast: Erik Rolf, Kaye Brinker, Jeff Corey.
Episode 17: She
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​H. Rider Haggard's classic tale of immortality and 'She who must be obeyed'.

​First broadcast: 11 July 1948.
Original Story by H. Rider Haggard.
​Cast: Ben Wright, Wilms Herbert, Berry Kroeger, Lawrence Dobkin, Kaye Brinker, William Conrad.
Episode 18: S.S. San Pedro

An old sea freighter encounters serious problems following a visit from the mysterious and creepy Dr. Percival.

​First broadcast: 22 August 1948.
Original Story by James Gould Cozzens.
​Cast: Charlotte Lawrence, Jay Novello, John Dehner, Don Diamond, Lawrence Dobkin, William Conrad, Harry Bartell, Jeff Corey.
Episode 19: A Dream of Armageddon
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​A man is tormented by a dream of the future where he is powerless to prevent a terrible world war.

​First broadcast: 5 September 1948.
Original Story by H. G. Wells.
​Cast: Stacy Harris, Betty Lou Gerson, Jack Kruschen, Charlotte Lawrence, Erik Rolf, John Dehner.
Episode 20: The Man Who Could Work Miracles

George Fotheringay discovers he can work miracles, but he soon realises his new-found ability is not the boon he thought it would be.
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​First broadcast: 19 September 1948.
Original Story by H. G. Wells.
​Cast: Ben Wright, Wilms Herbert, John Dehner, Constance Cavendish, Eleanor Audley, William Conrad, Jeff Corey.