The old radio show "Suspense" --anyone else a fan?

[raccoon]

I'm old enough to remember it (born in 50's) but I don't. But I discovered it about 10 years ago on cassette (yes,
cassette) tapes from my local library.

I've listened to some of the episodes on my computer. Now I'm in the mood to hear some more.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

1. Did you go to the Internet Archive?

https://archive.org/details/SUSPENSE

[raccoon]

2. yes! nt

[cyberswede]

3. Yes! I discovered it via iTunes podcasts.

Now I want to try some Roma Wine!

[Arkansas Granny]

4. I don't remember that one, but we used to listen to several others.

I remember "Gunsmoke", "Have Gun Will Travel", "The Lone Ranger" and others that went on to become tv shows. We always listened to "One Man's Family" (a kind of soap opera) during dinner and I have a strong memory of watching my mother do ironing while she listened to "Our Gal Sal" (another soap opera). My brother and I used to listen to Woody Woodpecker "cartoons" on Saturday mornings.

OMG, I really am older than dirt.

[HeiressofBickworth]

5. In an effort to walk more (before I retired)

I bought a set of 20 Suspense cassettes. They were perfect: walk in one direction for the first side, when the tape turns, turn around and walk back. It came out to just about an hour. When I used that up, I bought a set of Dragnet, Greatest Mysteries, Gunsmoke, Boston Blackie, and a few others I can't think of right now. Now that I'm retired, I need to walk more so I'll get out the old Walkman and start the series of cassettes again. I don't have the money to buy a CD player and replace all the cassettes, so I'll just go old-school with the Walkman.

[Zorro]

6. For a real hoot

download "Pat Novak for Hire" from the Internet Archive.

Jack Webb is the hardboiled Novak, Raymond Burr is the hard-nosed Detective Hellman. The narrative and dialog are tremendously entertaining to listen to.

[cyberswede]

10. One of my faves!

Best dialog ever. And the descriptions/similes are priceless.

"Her hair was red, and her eyes were about as cold as rigor mortis. And you knew the first time you met her, you'd been seeing her too often."

[Tom Kitten]

14. Yes!

To this day, people do not understand why I love Jack Webb...this show is the main reason why (plus his album "Try A Little Tenderness&quot ...this guy was total deadpan, as straight as can be, and he spews the most ludicrous unbelievable metaphorical dialogue one can imagine.

[shenmue]

7. Sounds cool

[mrmpa]

8. Try gregbellmedia.com ......

Sirius radio channel 82 is old time radio shows. Greg Bell is the coordinator of the shows. I listen to it quite a bit & Suspense is one of my favorites.

[libnnc]

9. AM Radio Antioch 1710 is also a great source

This guy has a great schedule that runs 24/7 and offers many choices for streaming.

He's on the TuneIn app also.


http://radio.macinmind.com

The Judy Garland episode of Suspense is my favorite.

[orleans]

11. "suspense" was on the flipside of batman & his grandmother by dickie goodman

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

12. I love all those old radio shows

because of the way they stimulate the imagination. They're magic!

[Jenoch]

13. Thank you for this thread.

I will get some of these old radio shows for my 83 year old father.

[Tom Kitten]

15. I love Suspense

I was turned on to it by listening to a radio show in the 90s "When Radio Was", hosted by Art Fleming and then Stan Freberg. I heard the Shadow with Orson Welles, then the Saint with Vincent Price, and I was hooked! I had no idea famous actors were on these shows! And they were good shows!

I joined a club (the Radio Historical Archive of Colorado) and would rent tapes for real cheap and listen to them at work. I would often dupe them and built up a collection of over 1000 shows to listen to over and over. Suspense was one of my faves, in its prime from the mid 1940s to 50s, especially. I also loved Sam Spade (with Howard Duff - my favorite, hands down), the Shadow, Chandhu the Magician, Richard Diamond (with Dick Powell - another hard boiled detective show), Escape (similar to Suspense but more exotic), X Minus One (science fiction). Lights Out and Quiet Please (top notch horror) and so many more I can't list them all...

[Throd]

16. I used to listen to it as a kid on Armed Forces Radio in the 70's. Loved it.