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Narrated by:
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Bill Forman
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Gale Gordon
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Old Time Radio
About this listen
While the shadows are lonely - a place where lost and lethal souls withdraw into the solitude of their own minds - there is one who knows that they are not deserted. Into this dark and murky realm there is one who can see with cutting clarity…The Whistler! When those who willingly put a first foot on a slippery slope, and then a second, The Whistler knows how such travels go, and how such journeys must end. At every treacherous step, the sly scorn of this circumspect counselor will whisper in their ear - urging them on…toward their undoing! Once again, these 18 digitally restored and remastered episodes are available from the Radio Spirits Archives Collection.
Episodes include: The Man Who Died Twice 09-24-45; Death Laughs Last 10-08-45; The House on Sycamore Road 10-15-45; Final Return 10-29-45; Harvest of Death 11-05-45; The Seeing Eye 11-12-45; Coincidence 11-19-45; The Stray Dream 11-26-45; The Sheriff’s Assistant 04-07-47; Stormy Weather 12-12-48; Telltale Brand 01-09-49; The Last Curtain 02-13-49; Murder in Mind 04-16-50; Return with the Spray 04-23-50; The Return 05-21-50; Rebound 06-11-50; Jessica 06-18-50; Manhunt 06-25-50.
©2009 RSPT LLC. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication strictly prohibited. (P)2018 RSPT LLC. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication strictly prohibited.Listeners also enjoyed...
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The Whistler
- Murder In Haste
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Bill Formane, William Conrad, Gerald Mohr, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Everyone has secrets...but some secrets are more sinister than others. And the more malevolent the secret, the more The Whistler knows! Wander the foreboding, shadow-filled streets of the imagination in tales that explore the "nameless terrors of which we dare not speak." Bill Forman stars as The Whistler, alongside the suspiciously skillful William Conrad, Gerald Mohr, Elliott and Cathy Lewis, Howard Duff, Doris Singleton, Betty Lou Gerson, and more. Hear them all in in 20 tense tales of crime, suspense, and fate!
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The Whistler: Grave Secret
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Bill Forman, Jeff Chandler, Betty Lou Gerson, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 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
"Even when you know who's guilty, you always receive a startling surprise at the final curtain." He knows who you are and he knows what you did! He's The Whistler—a mysterious figure of the night who knows the nameless terrors of which you dare not speak! Here's radio noir at its finest in twenty tales of crime, mystery, and fate starring Bill Forman as The Whistler. The plotters and the pawns are played by Jeff Chandler, Betty Lou Gerson, Frank Lovejoy, Gerald Mohr, Eleanor Audley, Joseph Kearns, Frances Robinson, and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Midnite Morality Plays - Addictive as Get-Out
- By O. on 01-21-24
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The Whistler: Death Watch
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Bill Forman, Marvin Miller, Robert Schopfer, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11
Whoever you are, wherever you go, whatever you do, he knows the nameless terrors of which you dare not speak! Tales of crime, intrigue, and grim fate are brought to you by The Whistler! We offer you 20 edge-of-your-seat journeys into the darkest realms of the human soul from radio's preeminent showcase for stories with an unexpected twist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The tales of the Whistler.
- By Chris Coyne on 06-18-20
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The Whistler: Notes on Murder
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Bill Forman, Gerald Mohr, John Dehner, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8
Radio Spirits brings you classic tales of mystery, crime, and suspense featuring everyday individuals caught in a web of their own making and tripped up by a twist of fate in the end. And heard throughout each radio play, as the events become a tangled web of crime, is that shadowy voice-of-fate, your host, The Whistler! Dripping with sarcasm, The Whistler follows the murderers’ slow descent into destruction while cautioning listeners about the futility of the criminal act they just heard.
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5 out of 5 stars
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radio
- By Daniel Scruggs on 09-04-23
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Whistler: Dark Moon
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Elliott Lewis, Cathy Lewis
- 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 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
You—yes, you! You might think you're getting away with it. You might think it's in the bag. You might think nobody knows what you're really up to! But The Whistler knows—and tells—in this new collection of twenty tale-twisting thrillers! Real life husbands and wives—Elliott and Cathy Lewis, Frank Lovejoy and Joan Banks, Jeanette Nolan and John McIntire—are heard in this suspenseful set, along with Bill Forman as The Whistler.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Whistler never fails
- By Gabriela Salgado on 07-27-24
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The Whistler: Skeletons in the Closet
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Joseph Kerns, Bill Forman, Old Time Radio
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
In the darkest reaches of the human psyche, there is no corner quite so dark as the fear of nameless, inevitable Fate. With its startling twists and its mocking laughter, Fate can take any of us at any time. We confront this fear by taking a grim satisfaction with the cruelties that Fate metes out to others. Because if it's happening to someone else, it isn't happening to us...right? The Whistler, the sneering narrator of each story, is the personification of Fate - bringing characters to their grim, well-deserved destinies with considerable panache.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Whistling in the Dark
- By Chris Coyne on 07-06-21
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The Whistler
- Murder In Haste
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Bill Formane, William Conrad, Gerald Mohr, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Everyone has secrets...but some secrets are more sinister than others. And the more malevolent the secret, the more The Whistler knows! Wander the foreboding, shadow-filled streets of the imagination in tales that explore the "nameless terrors of which we dare not speak." Bill Forman stars as The Whistler, alongside the suspiciously skillful William Conrad, Gerald Mohr, Elliott and Cathy Lewis, Howard Duff, Doris Singleton, Betty Lou Gerson, and more. Hear them all in in 20 tense tales of crime, suspense, and fate!
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The Whistler: Grave Secret
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Bill Forman, Jeff Chandler, Betty Lou Gerson, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 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
"Even when you know who's guilty, you always receive a startling surprise at the final curtain." He knows who you are and he knows what you did! He's The Whistler—a mysterious figure of the night who knows the nameless terrors of which you dare not speak! Here's radio noir at its finest in twenty tales of crime, mystery, and fate starring Bill Forman as The Whistler. The plotters and the pawns are played by Jeff Chandler, Betty Lou Gerson, Frank Lovejoy, Gerald Mohr, Eleanor Audley, Joseph Kearns, Frances Robinson, and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Midnite Morality Plays - Addictive as Get-Out
- By O. on 01-21-24
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The Whistler: Death Watch
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Bill Forman, Marvin Miller, Robert Schopfer, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11
Whoever you are, wherever you go, whatever you do, he knows the nameless terrors of which you dare not speak! Tales of crime, intrigue, and grim fate are brought to you by The Whistler! We offer you 20 edge-of-your-seat journeys into the darkest realms of the human soul from radio's preeminent showcase for stories with an unexpected twist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The tales of the Whistler.
- By Chris Coyne on 06-18-20
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The Whistler: Notes on Murder
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Bill Forman, Gerald Mohr, John Dehner, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8
Radio Spirits brings you classic tales of mystery, crime, and suspense featuring everyday individuals caught in a web of their own making and tripped up by a twist of fate in the end. And heard throughout each radio play, as the events become a tangled web of crime, is that shadowy voice-of-fate, your host, The Whistler! Dripping with sarcasm, The Whistler follows the murderers’ slow descent into destruction while cautioning listeners about the futility of the criminal act they just heard.
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5 out of 5 stars
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radio
- By Daniel Scruggs on 09-04-23
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Whistler: Dark Moon
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Elliott Lewis, Cathy Lewis
- 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 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
You—yes, you! You might think you're getting away with it. You might think it's in the bag. You might think nobody knows what you're really up to! But The Whistler knows—and tells—in this new collection of twenty tale-twisting thrillers! Real life husbands and wives—Elliott and Cathy Lewis, Frank Lovejoy and Joan Banks, Jeanette Nolan and John McIntire—are heard in this suspenseful set, along with Bill Forman as The Whistler.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Whistler never fails
- By Gabriela Salgado on 07-27-24
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The Whistler: Skeletons in the Closet
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Joseph Kerns, Bill Forman, Old Time Radio
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
In the darkest reaches of the human psyche, there is no corner quite so dark as the fear of nameless, inevitable Fate. With its startling twists and its mocking laughter, Fate can take any of us at any time. We confront this fear by taking a grim satisfaction with the cruelties that Fate metes out to others. Because if it's happening to someone else, it isn't happening to us...right? The Whistler, the sneering narrator of each story, is the personification of Fate - bringing characters to their grim, well-deserved destinies with considerable panache.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Whistling in the Dark
- By Chris Coyne on 07-06-21
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Black Museum
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Orson Welles, Old Time Radio
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Artifacts of crime's darkest moments and souvenirs of sinister significance can be found on display in The Black Museum. Presented here are 16 stranger-than-fiction tales of depravity and detection from 1952, hosted and narrated by the incomparable Orson Welles.
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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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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 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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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Absolutely engrossing and great fun
- By Alex O. on 02-28-24
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Suspense: One Way Street
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: William Spier, Vincent Price, Rita Hayworth, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
Tight, tense, and packed with excitement! No director in radio could do more with 30 minutes than William Spier...and no half hour in radio could do more to keep you on the edge of your chair than Suspense!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well Done Series
- By Ken on 11-12-21
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Suspense: Dead of Night
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Angela Lansbury, Donald O'Connor, Gloria Swanson, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
When great stars (like Kirk Douglas and Ava Gardner) took their talents to the radio microphones, it was always a treat. But when these accomplished actors worked under the masterful direction of William Spier, it was radio's outstanding theater of thrills. You'll hear Angela Lansbury, Donald O'Connor, Gloria Swanson, José Ferrer, and more in well-crafted tales of doubt, double cross, and death. Steady your nerves for 20 classic tension-packed thrillers from 1947!
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Whistler: Eleventh Hour
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Bill Forman, William Conrad, Old Time Radio
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8
On a cold, rainy night in the darkest shadows of your imagination, fate is waiting for you...in the form of The Whistler! Join him for 20 excursions into the realm of those nameless terrors of which we dare not speak! Bill Forman plays the role of the omniscient storyteller, offering terrible tales from the perspective of the very culprits themselves. Yet somehow, even though you know who’s guilty, there is always a shocking twist at the end!
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Suspense
- Omnibus
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: John Dehner, Howard Duff, Dick Powell, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story5 out of 5 stars 19
For 20 years Suspense brought radio listeners incalculable sharp inhales, tingled spines, and shortened breaths. Every week brought a fresh slate, a fresh cast, and a fresh challenge with an attention to detail and consistent script quality that never lost ground. From beginning to end, Suspense stands as one of radio’s lasting achievements - and the creative peak of the broadcast anthology format. Suspense: Omnibus includes 20 of the best episodes from the series.
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Suspense: Beyond Good and Evil
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Agnes Moorehead, John Dehner, Howard Duff, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story5 out of 5 stars 48
Agonizing predicaments, stellar sound effects, and high wattage Hollywood star power combine in radio's top thriller. Myrna Loy, Joseph Cotten, Lucille Ball, Robert Taylor, Ronald Colman, and Agnes Moorehead give brilliant performances in blood-chilling stories. Twenty white-knuckled episodes (produced and directed by the legendary William Spier) feature a superior supporting cast, including John Dehner, Howard Duff, Elliott Lewis, William Johnstone, Joseph Kearns, and more. The tension and excitement of this Peabody Award-winning series are well calculated to keep you in...Suspense!
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Storytelling & Acting!
- By Alex H on 11-13-18
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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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Suspense: Black Curtain
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Cary Grant, Agnes Moorehead, Peter Lorre, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Crime, mystery, and just a touch of the supernatural - they're all on display in Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills! Join your host, The Man in Black, for 20 gripping installments of Suspense (including the first ever broadcast of "Sorry, Wrong Number"). Legends like Cary Grant, Agnes Moorehead, Peter Lorre, Vincent Price, Orson Welles, and Gene Kelly star in stories by thriller greats like Agatha Christie, Lucille Fletcher, John Dickson Carr, and Cornell Woolrich. Enjoy these tales well calculated to keep you in…Suspense!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love these old radio shows!!!
- By Goldilocks on 05-29-20
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Imagination Theatre
- In Dark Places
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Larry Albert, Pat French, John Patrick Lowrie, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Jim French, the producer-director of Imagination Theatre, kept the tradition of great radio drama alive for nearly 40 years. He combined old-time skills with new-time production values - and here are 17 thought-provoking thrillers to prove it! In this collection, you'll hear favorites from his stock company, actors from radio's "Golden Age", and performers better known for their television work. You'll even hear a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who guest stars as a writer of horror novels!
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5 out of 5 stars
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fantastic
- By Anonymous User on 03-14-22
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: Fatal Matters
- By: Original Radio Broadcast
- Narrated by: Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Howard McNear, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 81
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Story5 out of 5 stars 79
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar was a man of contradictions. He was tough and compassionate, sardonic and thoughtful. You never knew quite what he might do to solve a case - but you always knew he'd get it done! You also knew that he'd be supported by many of the greatest radio performers ever to haunt "Radio Row": Virginia Gregg, Howard McNear, Lurene Tuttle, Joseph Kearns, John Dehner, Stacy Harris…even Vincent Price! Bob Bailey stars as Johnny for five fascinating five-part serial adventures, and a collection of harrowing half-hour tales! Prepare the expense report!
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5 out of 5 stars
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great detective stories with a twist
- By Rick R on 09-21-19
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- JP06
- 08-25-19
Great radio show
as always the whistler stories are great
excellent for road
loved the 30 minute programs
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- 06-16-23
This is good radio drama
In a world where everything seems to be part of an extended universe and good and evil seems to be less of a thing people care about. It’s nice to have the Whistler to listen to. The cast audio and story are all top notch.
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