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The Best Episodes of Suspense

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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. Background image for Cabin 3-B
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #1 - Cabin 3-B

    S1:E4

    Shortly after a newlywed couple board a luxury liner for their honeymoon cruise, the man vanishes along with the fortune his wife game him as a wedding present. She reports his disappearance to the captain and is told that there is no record of either herself or her husband as passengers and that what she claims to have been their cabin doesn't exist.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Death of an Editor
    7.5/10(33 votes)

    #2 - Death of an Editor

    S5:E35

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Scrap Iron Curtain
    7.2/10(31 votes)

    #3 - The Scrap Iron Curtain

    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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    Director:Unknown
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  4. Background image for They Haven't Killed Me Yet
    7.0/10(46 votes)

    #4 - They Haven't Killed Me Yet

    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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    Director:Unknown
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  5. Background image for The Sister
    6.9/10(31 votes)

    #5 - The Sister

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for The Doors on the 13th Floor
    6.8/10(69 votes)

    #6 - The Doors on the 13th Floor

    S1:E13

    Elderly Agatha Leighton returns from a trip to find her apartment on the thirteenth floor has been robbed. As she attempts to call the police, someone grabs her. Sally, who lives down the hall, attempts to visit the old lady as she'd promised, but finds she's been locked in her apartment and the phone is dead. Through the door's peephole, she sees the building's desk clerk leaving Agatha's apartment. Sally realizes something bad has happened to the old lady.

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Foggy Night Visitor
    6.8/10(29 votes)

    #7 - The Foggy Night Visitor

    S3:E33

    No description available

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    Director:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Night Drive
    6.8/10(44 votes)

    #8 - Night Drive

    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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  10. Background image for The Tortured Hand
    6.8/10(36 votes)

    #9 - The Tortured Hand

    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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  11. Background image for Dead Ernest
    6.7/10(54 votes)

    #10 - Dead Ernest

    S1:E9

    Ernest Bowers suffers an attack of catalepsy while crossing the street, lapsing into a coma that resembles death. Believing he was killed by a passing car, his body is sent to the city morgue. His coat, with a note in the pocket describing his medical condition, is taken by the owner of a secondhand clothing store and quickly sold. The couple who purchase the jacket finds the note and begins a race to save Ernest from a premature embalming.

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  12. Background image for Post Mortem
    6.7/10(28 votes)

    #11 - Post Mortem

    S1:E10

    Following the sudden death of her husband, Josie marries Doc Archer, the man named beneficiary of her husband's life insurance policy. Investigator Westcott is suspicious after learning the doctor has a history of collecting such payouts. Westcott informs Josie that she is in danger of becoming her husband's next heavily insured "accident." She doesn't believe him--until she's almost killed when Doc "accidentally" knocks a sunlamp into the tub while she's bathing.

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  13. Background image for Frisco Payoff
    6.7/10(43 votes)

    #12 - Frisco Payoff

    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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  14. Background image for Day of Infamy
    6.7/10(28 votes)

    #13 - Day of Infamy

    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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  15. Background image for Four Days to Kill
    6.7/10(28 votes)

    #14 - Four Days to Kill

    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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  16. Background image for Mutiny Below
    6.7/10(48 votes)

    #15 - Mutiny Below

    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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  17. Background image for The Mascot
    6.7/10(94 votes)

    #16 - The Mascot

    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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  18. Background image for A Night at the Inn
    6.6/10(63 votes)

    #17 - A Night at the Inn

    S1:E8

    Three merchant sailors and their enigmatic leader hide out at a British inn. They've been followed from India after stealing the priceless ruby eye from a holy statue. The grimy sailors ambush and kill the men who've come to retrieve the gem, unaware of how badly the statue wants its eye back. It arrives at the inn and, one by one, makes the thieves pay for their offense.

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  19. Background image for The Monkey's Paw
    6.6/10(25 votes)

    #18 - The Monkey's Paw

    S3:E6

    No description available

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  20. Background image for On a Country Road
    6.6/10(50 votes)

    #19 - On a Country Road

    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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    Director:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Letter
    6.6/10(42 votes)

    #20 - The Letter

    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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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Fingers of Fear
    6.6/10(41 votes)

    #21 - Fingers of Fear

    S4:E36

    A policeman searches for the killer of a young woman.

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  23. Background image for The Debt
    6.6/10(43 votes)

    #22 - The Debt

    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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  24. Background image for Kiss Me Again, Stranger
    6.6/10(30 votes)

    #23 - Kiss Me Again, Stranger

    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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  25. Background image for The Yellow Scarf
    6.5/10(56 votes)

    #24 - The Yellow Scarf

    S1:E14

    In 1897 London, mysterious Mr. Bronson gives boarding to an attractive young woman from the streets. Hettie's purpose is to do housework and distract attention from his odd medical work. Bronson has two demands: she must not go out alone and must stay out of his laboratory. Restlessshe strikes up a romance with Tom, a handsome young mission worker. Suddenly, the cold Bronson turns jealous.

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  26. Background image for Wisteria Cottage
    6.5/10(42 votes)

    #25 - Wisteria Cottage

    S3:E47

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

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Best Episodes Summary

"Cabin 3-B" is the best rated episode of "Suspense". It scored 8.2/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/29/1949. This episode scored 0.7 points higher than the second highest rated, "Death of an Editor".