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Suspense Season 3 Episodes

55 Episodes 1950 - 1951

Episode 1

Poison

Tue, Aug 29, 195030 mins

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.

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Episode 2

A Pocketful of Murder

Tue, Sep 5, 195030 mins

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.

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Episode 3

Edge of Panic

Tue, Sep 12, 195030 mins

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 convinced that the someone else was behind the murder. Eventually she figures out that the woman Harry met wasn't murdered at all. She was the murderer setting Harry up.

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Episode 4

Dark Shadows

Tue, Sep 19, 195030 mins

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.

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Episode 5

The Six to One Shot

Tue, Sep 26, 195030 mins

A released prisoner seeks to avenge himself on five "friends" who testified falsely against him.

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Episode 6

The Monkey's Paw

Tue, Oct 3, 195030 mins

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Episode 7

Criminals Mark

Tue, Oct 10, 195030 mins

The story of a wife of an ex-criminal who tries to go straight but gets involved in another hold-up through his "pals."

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Episode 8

The Man Who Would Be King

Tue, Oct 17, 195030 mins

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Episode 9

Breakdown

Tue, Oct 24, 195030 mins

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.

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Episode 10

Halloween Hold-Up

Tue, Oct 31, 195030 mins

A gang wearing masks finds the perfect opportunity for a hold-up during Halloween.

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Episode 11

Nightmare

Tue, Nov 7, 195030 mins

A young father gets tragedy in double doses.

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Episode 12

The Brush Off

Tue, Nov 14, 195030 mins

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.

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Episode 13

The Death Cards

Tue, Nov 21, 195030 mins

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Episode 14

The Hands of Mr. Ottermole

Tue, Nov 28, 195030 mins

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.

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Episode 15

The Guy from Nowhere

Tue, Dec 5, 195030 mins

A young football coach in a small town gets involved with big time gamblers.

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Episode 16

The Mallet

Tue, Dec 12, 195030 mins

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.

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Episode 17

Dancing Dan's Christmas

Tue, Dec 19, 195030 mins

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.

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Episode 18

The Tip

Tue, Dec 26, 195030 mins

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.

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Episode 19

Death in a River

Tue, Jan 2, 195130 mins

Two drownings, strikingly similar in their details, provide a mystery to investigators.

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Episode 20

Tough Cop

Tue, Jan 9, 195130 mins

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.

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Episode 21

The Fool's Heart

Tue, Jan 16, 195130 mins

Jim Laxon and Al Moss have robbed a paymaster, and Moss has killed him. They hide out at an unoccupied ranch. A young fellow named Charley Ellis comes along and is "befriended" by Moss, who plans to use him to throw the pursuing posse off the scent. When the sheriff and his men arrive after tracking the bandits, they are faced with the difficulty of knowing which of the men is guilty of the paymaster's murder.

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Episode 22

Dead Fall

Tue, Jan 23, 195130 mins

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.

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Episode 23

The Rose Garden

Tue, Jan 30, 195130 mins

Two elderly spinsters bury bodies in their rose garden.

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Episode 24

Night Break

Tue, Feb 6, 195130 mins

A killer escapes authorities while being taken to Sing Sing and searches for the person who betrayed him.

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Episode 25

Double Entry

Tue, Feb 13, 195130 mins

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.

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Episode 26

The Victims

Tue, Feb 20, 195130 mins

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Episode 27

Margin for Safety

Tue, Feb 27, 195130 mins

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Episode 28

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Tue, Mar 6, 195130 mins

What is the connection between the eminently respectable Dr. Jekyll and the ruthlessly murderous and cruel Mr. Hyde?

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Episode 29

On a Country Road

Tue, Mar 13, 195130 mins

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.

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Episode 30

Telephone Call

Tue, Mar 20, 195130 mins

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.

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Episode 31

The Three of Silence

Tue, Mar 27, 195130 mins

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.

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Episode 32

Go Home Dead Man

Tue, Apr 3, 195130 mins

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.

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Episode 33

The Foggy Night Visitor

Tue, Apr 10, 195130 mins

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Episode 34

The Juiceman

Tue, Apr 17, 195130 mins

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.

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Episode 35

Murderers' Meeting

Tue, Apr 24, 195130 mins

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.

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Episode 36

No Friend Like an Old Friend

Tue, May 1, 195130 mins

Story of an ailing concert pianist.

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Episode 37

Murder in the Ring

Tue, May 8, 195130 mins

Drama about a crooked fight manager who wants to go straight.

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Episode 38

Too Hot to Live

Tue, May 15, 195130 mins

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?

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Episode 39

Escape This Night

Tue, May 22, 195130 mins

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Episode 40

Vamp Till Dead

Tue, May 29, 195130 mins

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Episode 41

The Call

Tue, Jun 5, 195130 mins

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Episode 42

De Mortuis

Tue, Jun 12, 195130 mins

A devoted husband is suspected by friends of having murdered his faithless, much younger wife. He hasn't; but he might do.

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Episode 43

A Killing in Abilene

Tue, Jun 19, 195130 mins

A man is determined to avenge his brother's death.

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Episode 44

The Greatest Crime

Tue, Jun 26, 195130 mins

Espionage in a Russian setting.

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Episode 45

Blood on the Trumpet

Tue, Jul 3, 195130 mins

Story of a man's flight from a murder he did not commit.

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Episode 46

Tent on the Beach

Tue, Jul 10, 195130 mins

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.

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Episode 47

Wisteria Cottage

Tue, Jul 17, 195130 mins

A young man with murderous intentions latches onto a woman and her daughters.

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Episode 48

The Incident at Story Point

Tue, Jul 24, 195130 mins

The story of a prison break.

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Episode 49

A Vision of Death

Tue, Jul 31, 195130 mins

A nightclub performer discovers that his mind-reading act is real.

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Episode 50

Killers of the City

Tue, Aug 7, 195130 mins

The story of a teenage drug addict and the ravages of narcotics.

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Episode 51

Death Sabre

Tue, Aug 14, 195130 mins

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Episode 52

This Is Your Confession: Part 1

Tue, Aug 21, 195130 mins

A drama of an American scientist's involvement with secret police behind the Iron Curtain.

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Episode 53

This Is Your Confession: Part 2

Tue, Aug 28, 195130 mins

A drama of an American scientist's involvement with secret police behind the Iron Curtain.

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Episode 54

This Way Out

Tue, Sep 4, 195130 mins

girl and fiance argue about carnival - goes in, watches show about murderers - displays about their deeds. is told to wait, as she has questions - he does not return, leaving her alone with likenesses of murderers. forced to find way out.

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Episode 55

Strange for a Killer

Tue, Sep 11, 195130 mins

The story of a hunted criminal who loses his nerve.

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