Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)
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BONUS - Friday Frights: Three Skeleton Key
Oct 16, 2026
31m 40s
Episode 471 - Stars of "The Spiral Staircase"
Oct 15, 2026
2h 06m 31s
BONUS - Friday Frights: On a Country Road
Oct 9, 2026
32m 11s
Episode 470 - Stars of "The Uninvited"
Oct 8, 2026
2h 03m 40s
BONUS - Friday Frights: Ghost Hunt
Oct 2, 2026
33m 11s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/16/26 |  BONUS - Friday Frights: Three Skeleton Key | Rats! Our series of scariest stories from Suspense continues with a showcase of radio sound effects. Listen as a horde of ravenous rodents comes to life in one of the all-time terror treats of the radio era. Vincent Price stars in "Three Skeleton Key" (originally aired on CBS on November 11, 1956). | 31m 40s | ||||||
| 10/15/26 |  Episode 471 - Stars of "The Spiral Staircase" | A killer has his eye on a young woman who can't speak in The Spiral Staircase. Dorothy McGuire, Kent Smith, and Ethel Barrymore star in this classic Hollywood chiller, which we'll hear recreated for radio along with Suspense episodes featuring the cast. Kent Smith co-stars with Margo in "Last Night" (originally aired on CBS on June 15, 1943); Ethel Barrymore appears alongside Gene Kelly in "To Find Help" (originally aired on CBS on January 6, 1949); and Dorothy McGuire stars in "Last Confession" (originally aired on CBS on September 15, 1949). Plus, Ms. McGuire recreates her film role on Screen Directors' Playhouse (originally aired on NBC on November 25, 1949). | 2h 06m 31s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 |  BONUS - Friday Frights: On a Country Road | Our Halloween series of the scariest stories from Suspense continues with "On a Country Road" (originally aired on CBS on November 16, 1950), a cautionary tale about avoiding shortcuts and keeping your gas tank topped off. Cary Grant stars in this classic chiller with Cathy Lewis and Jeanette Nolan in supporting roles. Listen with the lights out if you dare! | 32m 11s | ||||||
| 10/8/26 |  Episode 470 - Stars of "The Uninvited" | A dream house becomes a nightmare in The Uninvited. This week's October chiller stars Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey as siblings who buy a seaside home and discover it comes complete with a resident ghost. We'll hear Mr. Milland and Ms. Hussey, along with their co-star Donald Crisp, in episodes of Suspense: Mr. Crisp in "Banquo's Chair" (originally aired on CBS on August 3, 1944); Mr. Milland in "Night Cry" (originally aired on CBS on October 7, 1948); and Ms. Hussey in "Firing Run" (originally aired on CBS on November 3, 1957). Then, Mr. Milland recreates his role on Screen Directors' Playhouse (originally aired on NBC on November 18, 1949). | 2h 03m 40s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 |  BONUS - Friday Frights: Ghost Hunt | We're counting down to Halloween with some of the scariest stories from Suspense. In our first October bonus episode, Ralph Edwards plays a radio DJ who spends a memorable night in a haunted house in "Ghost Hunt" (originally aired on CBS on June 23, 1949). | 33m 11s | ||||||
| 10/1/26 |  Episode 469 - Stars of "The Canterville Ghost" | In honor of the spooky season, we're kicking off a series of films about things that go bump in the night. First up is the frightfully fun adaptation of The Canterville Ghost with Charles Laughton as a cowardly specter and Margaret O'Brien and Robert Young as the pair who try to help him break his curse with an act of courage. We'll hear the three stars in Suspense stories: Mr. Laughton in "The Fountain Plays" (originally aired on CBS on November 23, 1944); Mr. Young in "You'll Never See Me Again" (originally aired on CBS on September 5, 1946); and Ms. O'Brien in "The Screaming Woman" (originally aired on CBS on November 25, 1948). Then, Mr. Laughton and Ms. O'Brien recreate their screen roles on The Lux Radio Theatre (originally aired on CBS on June 18, 1945). | 2h 35m 35s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 |  Episode 468 - Star of "Captain Horatio Hornblower" | Take to the seas with Gregory Peck as C.S. Forester's British naval hero in Captain Horatio Hornblower. Peck starred as Hornblower in Raoul Walsh's 1951 swashbuckling adventure, and we'll hear Peck recreate his role on The Lux Radio Theatre (originally aired on CBS on January 21, 1952). But first we'll hear him on a different type of dangerous trip in "Hitchhike Poker" from Suspense (originally aired on CBS on September 16, 1948). Finally, we'll hear a spoof of the film from The Jack Benny Program (originally aired on CBS on September 23, 1951). | 2h 07m 25s | ||||||
| 9/17/26 |  Episode 467 - Stars of "Knute Rockne, All American" | Let's win one for the Gipper with Pat O'Brien and future president Ronald Reagan in Knute Rockne, All American. The biopic starred O'Brien as the legendary Notre Dame football coach and Reagan as the player whose struggles off the field inspire his teammates. We'll hear them recreate their roles in a Lux Radio Theatre production (originally aired on CBS on December 2, 1940), as well as episodes of Suspense: Ronald Reagan in "One and One's a Lonesome" (originally aired on CBS on March 23, 1950) and Pat O'Brien in "True Report" (originally aired on CBS on August 31, 1950). | 2h 06m 33s | ||||||
| 9/10/26 |  Episode 466 - Stars of "Fancy Pants" | Comedy legends Bob Hope and Lucille Ball head west in the romantic comedy Fancy Pants. Hope is an actor posing as an English butler, and Ball is the rough riding lady he's tasked with teaching the ways of refinement. We'll hear them in Suspense shows - "A Little Piece of Rope" (originally aired on CBS on October 14, 1948) and "Death Has a Shadow" (originally aired on CBS on May 5, 1949) before they reprise their film roles on The Lux Radio Theatre (originally aired on CBS on September 10, 1951). | 2h 06m 23s | ||||||
| 9/4/26 | Alfred Hitchcockradio adaptations+3 | — | CBSWet Saturday+5 | — | Alfred HitchcockSuspense+6 | — | 2h 53m 07s | ||
| 9/3/26 | Alfred Hitchcockclassic films+4 | — | CBSShadow of a Doubt+4 | — | Alfred HitchcockShadow of a Doubt+8 | — | 2h 06m 22s | ||
| 8/30/26 | Alfred Hitchcockradio adaptations+3 | — | CBSThe Lodger+4 | — | Alfred Hitchcockradio+5 | — | 1h 38m 41s | ||
| 8/26/26 | suspenseradio thrillers+3 | Henry HullHume Cronyn+3 | The Pit and the PendulumToo Many Smiths+3 | — | Alfred HitchcockLifeboat+3 | — | 3h 04m 53s | ||
| 8/20/26 | Alfred Hitchcockradio adaptations+3 | Herbert MarshallEdmund Gwenn+1 | Foreign CorrespondentThe Beast Must Die+4 | — | Alfred HitchcockForeign Correspondent+3 | — | 2h 07m 19s | ||
| 7/31/26 | Hollywood westernsNative American portrayal+3 | — | Broken ArrowConsequence+2 | — | Broken ArrowJeff Chandler+5 | — | 2h 07m 06s | ||
| 7/24/26 | Hollywoodnoir+4 | Gloria SwansonWilliam Holden | Sunset BoulevardMurder by the Book+2 | — | Sunset BoulevardGloria Swanson+5 | — | 2h 36m 59s | ||
| 7/16/26 | I Love LucyOld Time Radio+4 | — | I Love LucyDime a Dance+1 | — | Lucille BallDesi Arnaz+4 | — | 1h 37m 40s | ||
| 7/9/26 | radio thrillersfilm adaptation+3 | — | The Sea WolfReprieve+3 | — | The Sea WolfEdward G. Robinson+5 | — | 2h 01m 54s | ||
| 7/2/26 | musical biopicGeorge M. Cohan+5 | — | Yankee Doodle DandyLove's Lovely Counterfeit+2 | — | Yankee Doodle DandyJames Cagney+5 | — | 2h 06m 57s | ||
| 6/25/26 | Western filmsClassic cinema+5 | Claire TrevorThomas Mitchell | CBSNBC+5 | — | StagecoachJohn Wayne+5 | — | 2h 05m 19s | ||
| 6/18/26 | Disney classicsfilm history+3 | — | CBSThe Absent-Minded Professor+1 | — | flubberCharles Ruggles+6 | — | 2h 35m 34s | ||
| 6/11/26 | film adaptationclassic legend+3 | Olivia de HavillandAlan Hale, Sr. | The Adventures of Robin HoodVoyage Through Darkness+2 | — | Robin HoodErrol Flynn+5 | — | 1h 36m 13s | ||
| 6/4/26 | old time radioscience fiction+3 | James MasonKirk Douglas+2 | Walt DisneyCBS+2 | — | 20,000 Leagues Under the Seaold time radio+3 | — | 2h 34m 20s | ||
| 5/28/26 | classic comedyold time radio+4 | — | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldThe Swift Rise of Eddie Albright+5 | — | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldPhil Silvers+4 | — | 2h 54m 42s | ||
| 5/22/26 | Citizen KaneOrson Welles+3 | — | Citizen KaneMarry for Murder+5 | — | Citizen KaneOrson Welles+3 | — | 3h 00m 25s | ||
| 5/14/26 | radio thrillerscomedy+4 | — | The Jack Benny ProgramShort Order+5 | — | radiosuspense+5 | — | 2h 54m 26s | ||
| 5/8/26 | radio sitcomSuspense thrillers+5 | — | Our Miss BrooksThe Well-Dressed Corpse+2 | — | Our Miss BrooksEve Arden+5 | — | 2h 00m 21s | ||
| 4/30/26 | Cold Wardrama+3 | — | CBSSeven Days in May+4 | — | Seven Days in MayKirk Douglas+3 | — | 2h 08m 39s | ||
| 4/29/26 | Ray BradburySuspense+4 | — | CBSThe Crowd+3 | — | Ray BradburySuspense+6 | — | 1h 47m 33s | ||
| 4/16/26 | film analysisclassic noir+4 | — | The Third ManThe Dark Tower+4 | — | The Third ManOrson Welles+4 | — | 2h 38m 03s | ||
| 4/9/26 | SupermanOld Time Radio+4 | Glenn FordJackie Cooper | SupermanThe End of the Road+1 | — | SupermanGlenn Ford+5 | — | 2h 17m 45s | ||
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Chart history for Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)
Peaked at #18 in United States, currently #18 in United States.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | — | #18 | #18 | — |
| Canada | — | #19 | #19 | — |
| PH | — | #30 | #30 | — |
| Ireland | — | #46 | #46 | — |
| Denmark | — | #47 | #47 | — |
| Germany | — | #50 | #50 | — |
| Netherlands | — | #55 | #55 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #56 | #56 | — |
| CH | — | #60 | #60 | — |
| Australia | — | #73 | #73 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #110 | #110 | — |
| Canada | — | #113 | #113 | — |
| United States | — | #124 | #124 | — |
| PL | — | #127 | #127 | — |
| TH | — | #144 | #144 | — |
| Japan | — | #149 | #149 | — |
Chart Positions
16 placements across 14 markets.
Chart Positions
16 placements across 14 markets.