Suspense

The Best Episodes of Suspense

Genre:Drama
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Every episode of Suspense ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Suspense!

An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known...
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  1. 7.5/10(33 votes)

    #1 - Death of an Editor

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    S5:E35

    A militant editor's death is plotted and carried out by foreign agents.

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  2. 7.2/10(31 votes)

    #2 - The Scrap Iron Curtain

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    S6:E20

    The true story of Baclav Uhlik, a Czech machinist who built an armored car and last July transported his wife, two children and four friends 40 miles through the Bohemian forests to the town of Waldmeunchen in the western zone of Germany.

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  3. 7.0/10(45 votes)

    #3 - They Haven't Killed Me Yet

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    S5:E25

    An Asian-American agent's life is in jeopardy while attempting to break a powerful protection racket in Chinatown. Based on the work of Gon Sam Mue.

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  4. 6.9/10(31 votes)

    #4 - The Sister

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    S6:E5

    The tragic tale of a pair of recluses whose lives are brought into focus for the first time after years of frustration and jealousy.

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  5. 6.8/10(29 votes)

    #5 - The Foggy Night Visitor

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    S3:E33

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  6. 6.8/10(44 votes)

    #6 - Night Drive

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    S4:E26

    Mrs. Haley takes her horse to blacksmith Bob to have its shoes checked since she'll be traveling alone by buggy to meet her husband at the train station. She's delighted when Dr. Tabor, whose wife was one of two women murdered in the woods along the way, asks if his sister can ride along. As they approach the spot of the two unsolved crimes, the behavior of Mrs. Haley's passenger becomes unsettling.

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  8. 6.8/10(36 votes)

    #7 - The Tortured Hand

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    S5:E15

    A 19th century nobleman is tortured with pain in his hand, the one he used to commit murder defending his family's honor.

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  9. 6.7/10(43 votes)

    #8 - Frisco Payoff

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    S4:E12

    Postal inspector Winters has infiltrated a criminal gang and their big plan is about to go down. A postal employee drops a $120,000 in bonds out a back window to Winters waiting in an alley. Needing time to switch the real bonds with phonies, he makes up a story about being robbed and knocked unconscious. The boss, Cruze is not amused and gives Winters two hours to find the bonds and bring them back, or be rubbed out.

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  10. 6.7/10(28 votes)

    #9 - Day of Infamy

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    S4:E27

    The story opens in Germany, where a young girl loses face with Herr Goebels and enlists into the espionage service of the Japanese and sets herself up in Hawaii.

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  11. 6.7/10(28 votes)

    #10 - Four Days to Kill

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    S4:E28

    Johnny, a professional assassin with a hair-trigger temper, is sent by his boss to Havana to do a job. His target is his former mentor, Barney Moyer, the man who taught him everything he knows about killing. That's why the intended victim knows Johnny will spend three days watching him and move in for the kill on the fourth; Barney anticipates Johnny's every move.

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  12. 6.7/10(48 votes)

    #11 - Mutiny Below

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    S5:E22

    After saving the chief engineer's life, Danny and Snow are hired as watch officers on a rusty steamer traveling the Indian Ocean. Reading a newspaper story about a stolen diamond being smuggled into Australia, the boiler room crew becomes convinced that Danny and Snow have the jewel. They stage a mutiny, even though the old ship is about to sink.

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  13. 6.7/10(93 votes)

    #12 - The Mascot

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    S5:E43

    An American correspondent risks his life to secretly record a candid interview with an army deserter, exposing his evil plan to become dictator of a Mediterranean Island.

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  14. 6.6/10(25 votes)

    #13 - The Monkey's Paw

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  15. 6.6/10(50 votes)

    #14 - On a Country Road

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    S3:E29

    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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  16. 6.6/10(42 votes)

    #15 - The Letter

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    S4:E34

    In 1880 France, a wealthy woman's determined her husband, becomes a success. After paying to the have him named the minister of justice, in exchange, he writes her a note guaranteeing the job. Only the notes's disappears, and she must find the letter and save the government.

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  17. 6.6/10(41 votes)

    #16 - Fingers of Fear

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    S4:E36

    A policeman searches for the killer of a young woman.

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  18. 6.6/10(42 votes)

    #17 - The Debt

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    S4:E38

    A young drifter is robbed by two other hobos after hopping off a train. Making his way to a country store, he's offered refuge from the rain by the young woman and her father who run the business. During the night the store is robbed and the old man is murdered. The drifter's first instinct is to run, but he quickly figures out who the real murderers are.

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  19. 6.6/10(30 votes)

    #18 - Kiss Me Again, Stranger

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    S5:E31

    A serial killer is on the loose in 1946 London with five victims so far. Elderly Mrs. Thompson rents a room to a secretive young Tim Matthews and is convinced he's the murderer. She calls police after discovering a knife in his room. Meanwhile, Tim has taken a young woman he's obsessed with on a picnic in the country. Having been discharged from the Royal Air Force for physical reasons, he's insanely jealous of her former boyfriend, a strapping man who had served during the war.

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  20. 6.5/10(42 votes)

    #19 - Wisteria Cottage

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    S3:E47

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

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  21. 6.5/10(39 votes)

    #20 - The Spider

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    S4:E20

    Scientists Bob and Muriel Torres honeymoon in rural Florida. Despite being warned that a professor and his son had gotten lost in the nearby swamp and were never seen again, Muriel goes exploring alone. With night approaching, she stumbles upon a shack inhabited by a blind former explorer. Muriel's fear escalates when the doctor shows off the two shrunken heads he made himself; he learned the skill directly from jungle natives.

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  22. 6.5/10(37 votes)

    #21 - Death Cargo

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    S4:E46

    A freighter bound for New Orleans for a cargo delivery encounters a great risk of spoiled fruit.

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  23. 6.4/10(38 votes)

    #22 - Double Entry

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    S3:E25

    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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  24. 6.4/10(51 votes)

    #23 - Flare Week

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    S4:E19

    The story of death and terror which springs from a sports scandal on a college campus.

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  25. 6.4/10(44 votes)

    #24 - The Crooked Frame

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    S4:E45

    Kelly Davis, the unscrupulous creator of "Sally Forth" comic books, announces she's retiring the character. This move puts her resentful staff of cartoonists out of work. She offers Webb the chance to write the stories for her "new idea"--an idea she's stealing from him. Kelly is found dead the next morning, and Webb is the obvious suspect.

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  26. 6.3/10(39 votes)

    #25 - A Pocketful of Murder

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    S3:E2

    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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Best Episodes Summary

"Death of an Editor" is the best rated episode of "Suspense". It scored 7.5/10 based on 33 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/12/1953. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Scrap Iron Curtain".