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Narrated by:
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Boris Karloff
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Maurice Tarplin
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Paul McGrath
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Bernard Lenrow
About this listen
The screams...the grisly sound effects...the rumbling organ music. Sounds in the dark come strange, mysterious, and terrifying in 21 episodes of such classic series as Lights Out, Inner Sanctum, Suspense, and many more. Spine-chilling tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Guy de Maupassant, Arch Oboler, Robert A. Arthur, David Kogan, and Alonzo Deen Cole dabble in dark realms. Boris Karloff, Maurice Tarplin, Paul McGrath, and Bernard Lenrow deliver pulse-pounding performances as the haunted and the hypnotized who come face to face with forces beyond their comprehension.
Episodes include: The Mysterious Traveler: "If You Believe" 12-29-46, "The Man the Insects Hated" 07-27-47; Escape: "The Fall of the House of Usher" 10-22-47, "The Golden Snake" 04-14-50, "The Abominable Snowman" 09-13-53; Inner Sanctum: "Corridor of Doom" 10-23-45, "The Dark Chamber" 12-11-45, "Cause of Death" 12-06-48; Suspense: "The Man Without a Body" 06-22-43, "Return to Dust" 02-01-59, "Waxworks" 03-01-59; Dark Fantasy: "I Am Your Brother" 06-05-42; The Hermit's Cave: "The Plantation Mystery 1940s"; Lights Out: "Mirage" 09-21-43, "The Haunted Cell" 07-20-46; Quiet, Please: "Let the Lilies Consider" 06-28-48, "Good Ghost" 10-24-48; Mollé Mystery Theatre: "The Beckoning Fair One" 06-05-45; The Sealed Book: "Beware of Tomorrow" 09-30-45; The Weird Circle: "The Rope of Hair" 1944; The Witch's Tale: "Rockabye Baby" 1934.
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
Thrill to the hardboiled adventures of Ellery Queen, Philip Marlow, Dragnet, The Man called X, Philo Vance, Rocky Fortune and so many more as heroes fight the bad guys. 100 great detective classics in one collection.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Variable Quaality
- By Geoffrey on 04-29-24
By: various
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Imagination Theatre: Weird & Strange Fantasy
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Larry Albert, Pat French
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Head to distant worlds and alternate futures! Explore the limitless potential for twists and turns when stories are fueled by the infinite power of imagination! Here are twenty-four thought-provoking tales as up-to-date as tomorrow. It's new-time radio in the classic old-time-radio manner, from the mind of producer Jim French.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Keep these coming!
- By Carter on 07-20-23
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Suspense: Motive for Murder
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Robert Montgomery, Gregory Peck, Lana Turner
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
The greatest stars of screen and stage, the greatest writers of print and radio—all combine to keep you in…suspense! Here are twenty nerve-stretching exercises in crime, mystery, and the uncanny featuring Robert Montgomery, Gregory Peck, Lana Turner, William Powell, Ronald Reagan, Joseph Cotton, and more. Fates and fortunes may be threatened by a jealous spouse, an unscrupulous authority figure…or the truth. Find out what rash decisions are made in the desperation of the moment in riveting radio plays produced and directed by Anton M. Leader, William Spier, and Norman Macdonnell.
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Suspense
- Classics
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Gregory Peck, Jim Jordan
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Horror stars, action heroes, matinee idols, leading ladies - Suspense offered them all a showcase that expanded and emphasized their distinctive talents. Peter Lorre and Edward G. Robinson were particular favorites and appear here in tortured, desperate roles and never failing to wring every bit of tension from the scripts in their hands. Popular comedians - like Bob Hope and Milton Berle - were also regularly featured. Cast hard against type, the audience was forced to view them in an entirely different light and were left gasping in their wake.
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5 out of 5 stars
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loved it took me back
- By Dan LoPresto on 08-25-20
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Lights Out, Everybody!
- By: Arch Oboler
- Narrated by: Boris Karloff
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
It... is... later... than... you... think! Radio's premier showcase for heart-stopping horror is presented in this collection of 20 great episodes of Lights Out! Produced, written, and directed by broadcasting legend Arch Oboler - and starring Boris Karloff, Mercedes McCambridge, Dinah Shore, Gloria Blondell, and more - these tales are devilishly devised to keep you up all night!
By: Arch Oboler
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Arch Oboler
- Retrospective
- By: Arch Oboler
- Narrated by: James Cagney, Lloyd Bridges, Ingrid Bergman, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
Oboler was deeply devoted to the war effort, producing plays of men and women answering the call in spite of everything, and inspiring citizens on the home front to do the same. But, in a frightening world, perhaps he made people brave by poking a bit of fun at fear itself with his terrifying tales of the undoing of misguided souls. This 10-hour tribute featuring performances by James Cagney, Lloyd Bridges, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre, Irene Dunn, Ronald Colman, Dinah Shore, Mary Astor, Olivia De Haviland, Boris Karloff, and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Old time radio at its best!
- By Jeff A.Smith on 01-30-20
By: Arch Oboler
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The Weird Circle: Toll the Bell
- By: Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Emily Bronte
- Narrated by: William Johnstone, Frank Lovejoy, Mercedes McCambridge
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
Follow the sound of crashing waves, howling winds, and tolling bells to tales of treason and vengeance, beasts and plague, haunted houses and curses, mystery and murder. These vintage chillers, written by Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Charles Dickens, Emily Bronte, Alexandre Dumas, and Guy de Maupassant, are brought to life by William Johnstone, Frank Lovejoy, Mercedes McCambridge, Eleanor Audley, Lon Clark, and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Radio classics!
- By Joseph A. Ardine on 01-24-17
By: Edgar Allan Poe, and others
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Suspense: Fear & Trembling
- By: John Dickson Carr, Dashiell Hammett, Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrated by: Peter Lorre, Lou Merrill, Agnes Moorehead, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
From the very beginning of its two-decade run on radio, Suspense was tops in thriller entertainment! Its first year on the air brought together stories from such outstanding masters of the genre as John Dickson Carr, Dashiell Hammett, and Edgar Allan Poe! Tune in to 20 tense classics from Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills - starring Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, Susan Hayward, Richard Dix, Lou Merrill, Agnes Moorehead, Frank Readick, Alice Frost, and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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not a book, but still a great listen!
- By Jed W. on 10-13-19
By: John Dickson Carr, and others
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Suspense: Tales Well Calculated
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Dana Andrews, Joseph Cotton, Richard Widmark, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story5 out of 5 stars 13
Radio Spirits is pleased to present 20 classic episodes of Suspense, one of radio's longest running and best mystery anthology series. This collection features programs from the early 1950s as produced and directed by Elliott Lewis. Suspense was well-known for its guest star performers and the shows presented here are no exception, featuring appearances by Dana Andrews, Joseph Cotton, Richard Widmark, Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, Alan Ladd, Dennis Day, Fred MacMurray, Agnes Moorehead, William Bendix, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Phil Harris and Alice Faye and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a great addition to my library !
- By Alicia J on 11-27-19
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The Witch's Tale
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Alonzo Deen Cole, Adelaide Fitz-Allen, Martha Wentworth, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
Once she has your rapt attention, she begins to tell you - with a gleeful cackle - her tales of ghosts, devils, and curses. The narratives she weaves convey countless examples of how jealousy, revenge, greed and ambition can result in circumstances as frightening as any caused by supernatural beings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Halloween Material
- By Amazon Customer on 10-03-20
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- HH
- 02-25-24
Great Stories & Performances!
If you enjoy radio dramas, you'll really enjoy this selection of stories. They are from a different era, so keep that in mind while listening. Many titles will be familiar to you, as you may have seen these stories dramatized in film, movies or animation. You may also be familiar with these tales from sci-fi, theatre or literature. My only regret is that the titles of the stories are not listed and only shown as numbered chapters. But these are tales of mystery and suspense, so you will just have to listen and see how it all turns out. I'll divulge no secrets. Enjoy!
P.S. You'll enjoy the commercial breaks of the era as well.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Davidinark
- 06-07-16
Good for nostalgia, I suppose.
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This is old time radio melodrama at its best and its worst. Tedious, overacting from the VERY old days of radio. I'm sure this scared the pants off people 50-60 years ago. I barely got through half. On the upside, if you are looking for a trip back to a time when horror was simplistic and radio took the time to go full-on production, then it is worth a listen... when it is half-price.
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