Suspense
Season 3
195053 episodes
Episode 1
Poison
Aug 29, 1950
A Britain in India awakens from a nap to discover a poisonous snake on his belly. The slightest movement on his part would mean death. It was placed on him by his hysterical wife.
Episode 2
A Pocketful of Murder
Sep 5, 1950
Cocky newspaper reporter Turk Wilson has made it clear in articles and in person that he believes druggist Max Hensig murdered his wife. When Hensig is acquitted, he puts Wilson on notice that there are many undetectable ways to kill a man. Wilson's swagger turns to panic when a fellow reporter who borrowed his coat dies from a drug-resistant strain of flu.
Episode 3
Edge of Panic
Sep 12, 1950
Harry Martin is an insurance agent with an alcohol problem. In a drunk stupor he apparently murders a flirty blonde who was trying to buy a large annuity. He returns to his wife Alice a few minutes before the police arrive. Harry hides while his wife is taken to the police station. The police allow Alice to see the scene of the crime since she is desperate to find her husband innocent. Alice talks to the woman's doctor and later finds a note that convinces her it was a frame up. The police arrest Harry as he is trying to board a ship out of the country. Alice becomes ...
Episode 4
Dark Shadows
Sep 19, 1950
I. B. Trane lost his sight at the hands of brutal criminal Takama while he was in Japan on military duty. Trane's sixth sense tells him the barbarian is now in New York and that has him panicked for his life. The police and the FBI tell Trane that Takama died in a prison break over a year ago, but his gut tells him otherwise.
Episode 5
Six to One
Sep 26, 1950
A released prisoner seeks to avenge himself on five "friends" who testified falsely against him.
Episode 6
The Monkey's Paw
Oct 3, 1950
Episode 7
Criminals Mark
Oct 10, 1950
The story of a wife of an ex-criminal who tries to go straight but gets involved in another hold-up through his "pals."
Episode 8
The Man Who Would Be King
Oct 17, 1950
Episode 9
Breakdown
Oct 24, 1950
A cruel and tyrannical office boss breaks his neck in a plane crash and is taken for dead until just before his body is cremated.
Episode 10
Halloween Hold Up
Oct 31, 1950
A gang wearing masks finds the perfect opportunity for a hold-up during Halloween.
Episode 11
Nightmare
Nov 7, 1950
A young father gets tragedy in double doses.
Episode 12
The Brush Off
Nov 14, 1950
Ralph Farley, a struggling actor, overhears a plot to kill Roger Sherman, a powerful Hollywood agent. Ralph attempts to prevent the murder, but is thwarted by everyone from the police to Sherman himself.
Episode 13
The Death Cards
Nov 21, 1950
Episode 14
Hands of Mr. Ottermole
Nov 28, 1950
London is being plagued by a strangler who baffles police. Sgt. Ottermole investigates, but has a difficult time when an obnoxious reporter constantly gets in his way.
Episode 15
The Guy From Nowhere
Dec 5, 1950
A young football coach in a small town gets involved with big time gamblers.
Episode 16
The Mallet
Dec 12, 1950
A bellicose huckster travels the fairs of England shilling his magic elixir. The "doctor," as he's called, is befriended by a couple in a local tavern who proceed to get him intoxicated. The husband tells Dr. Potteton that he'd love to kill his greedy brother and asks him how he could go about it without being caught. The sideshow charlatan launches into a elaborate step by step instructions on how to get away with murder.
Episode 17
Dancing Dan's Christmas
Dec 19, 1950
In the days of prohibition, jewel thief "Dancing Dan" is taken with the gorgeous speakeasy hostess. In the holiday spirit, he makes like Santa for the woman's elderly grandmother.
Episode 18
The Tip
Dec 26, 1950
Elaine Court recently had a heart attack and needs relaxation, but she's stressed over a strange man she claims has been lurking about. With her husband at work, she walks into the apartment one afternoon to find that stranger waiting for her. Elaine is held hostage by the armed man who says he's just waiting for her husband to get home so that he can kill him.
Episode 19
Death in a River
Jan 2, 1951
Two drownings, strikingly similar in their details, provide a mystery to investigators.
Episode 20
Tough Cop
Jan 9, 1951
Rookie cop Eddie Stone takes out his anger on suspects after Ruth, his fiancé, tells him she's fallen for another man. For two years he seethes, just hoping for the day the "other man" is brought into the police station. He finally comes face to face with the scoundrel who stole his girl--right after he's been dismissed from the force for brutal conduct.
Episode 21
The Fool's Heart
Jan 16, 1951
A story depicting a cowboy's idea of the perfect crime.
Episode 22
Dead Fall
Jan 23, 1951
The innocent involvement of a young scientist in a touch-and-go duel between government agents and an espionage ring brings a surprising and thrilling climax.
Episode 23
The Rose Garden
Jan 30, 1951
Two elderly spinsters bury bodies in their rose garden.
Episode 24
Night Break
Feb 6, 1951
A killer escapes authorities while being taken to Sing Sing and searches for the person who betrayed him.
Episode 25
Double Entry
Feb 13, 1951
Bookkeeper Horace Maybee has been skimming money for years from the small finance company where he works. With auditors coming in to examine the books, he's desperate to come up with $25,000 in a hurry. He goes to a bookie, puts $500 on a dog race, and wins. As he's about to get his cash, the police stage a raid and Horace runs off with a huge sack of the criminals' cash.
Episode 26
The Victims
Feb 20, 1951
Episode 27
Margin for Safety
Feb 27, 1951
Episode 28
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mar 6, 1951
What is the connection between the eminently respectable Dr. Jekyll and the ruthlessly murderous and cruel Mr. Hyde?
Episode 29
On a Country Road
Mar 13, 1951
Running out of gas on a foggy back road in Maine, a couple become frightened by news reports of a murderous woman who's escaped from an asylum. Searching for help, the two take refuge in an abandoned shack. When an hysterical woman appears at the window wanting refuge, they're convinced she's the lunatic that's on the loose.
Episode 30
Telephone Call
Mar 20, 1951
The Haskells are throwing a drunken New Year's Eve party in their New York apartment. Next door, Everett Kelsey has had enough of tending to the bitter supposedly invalid wife who treats him like dirt. He's just poisoned the shrew when he gets an unnerving phone call; the female on the line says that she saw what he did to his wife through the window. Kelsey doesn't realizes it's a prank call from one of the Haskell's tipsy party guests.
Episode 31
The Three of Silence
Mar 27, 1951
Racketeer Frank Cadwallder isn't allowed to play cards at the speakeasy because of the huge debt he currently owes. He recruits a nobody off the street to play poker on his behalf, win their "sucker money," and split the take with him. The three gambles at the table have other plans for Frank; he's shot by one of them under the table.
Episode 32
Go Home Dead Man
Apr 3, 1951
Williams is a pilot who works for Scandinavian Export, flying by night to deliver unknown shipments to somewhere in the Arctic. Feeling something's fishy, he tries to quit but is strong-armed into making another flight. His bosses are smugglers and they plot his "accidental" death. When their attempt to murder him on a train fails, they plan an explosion with the help of the woman he believes is in love with him.
Episode 33
The Foggy Night Visitor
Apr 10, 1951
Episode 34
The Juice Man
Apr 17, 1951
A committee investigating racketeering and political corruption in Chinatown fails to get Chan Sou, a local leader to cooperate. The district attorney convinces a detective and a newspaper reporter to probe further and the two men convince the old man to testify. Before Chan Zu can meet with the investigators he's murdered and his daughter becomes the target of the criminals because they believe her father confided in her before he died.
Episode 35
The Meeting
Apr 24, 1951
The thief who just robbed and murdered a jeweler is trying to escape the office building when the police arrive. Sneaking down the hallways, he stumbles across a meeting of the International Association of Assassins, a group of mystery writers. They mistake him for famous author Bothwell Anderson, a writer who has come to speak to the group about his newest novel.
Episode 36
No Friend Like an Old Friend
May 1, 1951
Story of an ailing concert pianist.
Episode 37
Murder in the Ring
May 8, 1951
Drama about a crooked fight manager who wants to go straight.
Episode 38
Too Hot to Live
May 15, 1951
Jefferson meets Rachel, an enigmatic young waitress. One moment he has a drink with her and the next moment she's dead. Jefferson doesn't think that he did it, but if he didn't do it; who did?
Episode 39
Escape This Night
May 22, 1951
Episode 40
Vamp Till Dead
May 29, 1951
Episode 41
The Call
Jun 5, 1951
Episode 42
De Mortuis
Jun 12, 1951
A devoted husband is suspected by friends of having murdered his faithless, much younger wife. He hasn't; but he might do.
Episode 43
A Killing in Abilene
Jun 19, 1951
A man is determined to avenge his brother's death.
Episode 44
The Greatest Crime
Jun 26, 1951
Espionage in a Russian setting.
Episode 45
Blood on the Trumpet
Jul 3, 1951
Story of a man's flight from a murder he did not commit.
Episode 46
Tent on the Beach
Jul 10, 1951
A wealthy socialite, kidnapped for ransom by a man whose closeness to the police helps him keep one step ahead of their attempts to track him down, wins her freedom through the astute observation of a newspaper reporter.
Episode 47
Wisteria Cottage
Jul 17, 1951
A young man with murderous intentions latches onto a woman and her daughters.
Episode 48
The Incident at Story Point
Jul 24, 1951
The story of a prison break.
Episode 49
A Vision of Death
Jul 31, 1951
A nightclub performer discovers that his mind-reading act is real.
Episode 50
Killers of the City
Aug 7, 1951
The story of a teenage drug addict and the ravages of narcotics.
Episode 51
Death Sabre
Aug 14, 1951
Episode 52
This is Your Confession (1)
Aug 21, 1951
A drama of an American scientist's involvement with secret police behind the Iron Curtain.
Episode 53
This is Your Confession (2)
Aug 28, 1951
A drama of an American scientist's involvement with secret police behind the Iron Curtain.