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The Best Episodes of Suspense Season 2

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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 authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Suspense Season 2 Episode 1 - Lunch Box
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Lunch Box

    S2:E1

    A man plants a bomb in his son's lunch box at work and tells him to get out in time, but a friend, thinking he has forgotten his lunch box, places it in his car.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Suspense Season 2 Episode 2 - Collector's Item
    5.6/10(50 votes)

    #2 - Collector's Item

    S2:E2

    Evans, an older man, walks into a record store, slips the young clerk, Fred, a huge bill and pleads for him to come to his hotel to discuss something important. He goes and finds Evans beaten and mumbling something about a record. Fred gets knocked out and awakens to find Evans now dead and himself set-up to take the rap for his murder. Fred races back to the store, hoping to find the record the dead man was talking about.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Suspense Season 2 Episode 3 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    S2:E3

    Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Suspense Season 2 Episode 4 - The Comic Strip Murder
    6.4/10(62 votes)

    #4 - The Comic Strip Murder

    S2:E4

    Julia, the model for a character in her husband's comic strip, informs a police detective that her spouse is going to murder her. He bumped off her "twin" in that morning's strip and she's sure he's going do get rid of her in the same grizzly way that evening.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Suspense Season 2 Episode 5 - Doctor Violet
    6.1/10(60 votes)

    #5 - Doctor Violet

    S2:E5

    A college student studying abnormal psychology thinks the owner of a wax museum dedicated to murderers can teach her a few things. Police lock down Dr. Violet's exhibit after an actual corpse is found in the museum. unfortunately, this traps the co-ed alone with the murder expert.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Suspense Season 2 Episode 6 - The Cask of Amontillado
    7.0/10(105 votes)

    #6 - The Cask of Amontillado

    S2:E6

    In World War II Italy, Count Montressor has watched with horror as his former stable boy became a powerful Nazi general. In the process, General Fortanato has murdered the Count's sister and stolen his wife. Knowing the General plans to murder him, Count Montressor lures him into the palace's catacombs to taste the rare cask of Amontillado he has procured.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Suspense Season 2 Episode 7 - The Serpent Ring
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    #7 - The Serpent Ring

    S2:E7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Suspense Season 2 Episode 8 - The Murderer
    6.3/10(44 votes)

    #8 - The Murderer

    S2:E8

    Detained by the side of the road where his wife Mollie was found murdered, John explains to a deputy the events leading up to that moment. Their busybody neighbor Lillybelle had made accusations about Mollie's infidelity, as had a mysterious stranger who traveled the road near their home. Realizing John was wise to her, Mollie tried to flee but Lillybelle blocked the door.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Suspense Season 2 Episode 9 - Black Passage
    5.9/10(68 votes)

    #9 - Black Passage

    S2:E9

    An American lover of architecture is escorted to a crumbling Mexican castle by the local padre. He warns the visitor to keep his room door locked and avoid the family that lives there--especially the maniacal mother when the black wind blows. Eventually, the curious American learns the horrible truth about the family's history of blood lust.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Suspense Season 2 Episode 10 - Suspicion
    6.6/10(51 votes)

    #10 - Suspicion

    S2:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Suspense Season 2 Episode 11 - The Thin Edge of Violence
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - The Thin Edge of Violence

    S2:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Suspense Season 2 Episode 12 - The Third One
    6.0/10(47 votes)

    #12 - The Third One

    S2:E12

    A self-absorbed couple takes their daughter on a vacation, unaware that the child is urgently wanted by health officials. The little girl was afraid to tell them she'd been bitten by a dog, and the animal turns out to have been rabid. The child hears on the radio that authorities are searching for the dog bit victim, panics that she could die, and tells her parents the truth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Suspense Season 2 Episode 13 - The Man in the House
    6.4/10(47 votes)

    #13 - The Man in the House

    S2:E13

    Emily has moved back home to care for her battle-ax old mother and it has placed her marriage in jeopardy. Arriving home from work, she finds an escapee from a mental hospital with the old bitty tied up and gagged; she was so irritating he couldn't stand her talking anymore. While he hides at their house for a few days, Emily is supposed go to work as usual, but not utter a word of his presence to anyone or it will be curtains for the old lady.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Suspense Season 2 Episode 14 - The Scar
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - The Scar

    S2:E14

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Suspense Season 2 Episode 15 - The Gray Helmet
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - The Gray Helmet

    S2:E15

    A dramatic story of the Black Hand's operations in New York's Little Italy during the 1890's.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Suspense Season 2 Episode 16 - The Seeker and the Sought
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - The Seeker and the Sought

    S2:E16

    An elderly man is in a desperate search for a youngster who is in peril of passing evil's point of no return.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Suspense Season 2 Episode 17 - The Case of Lady Sannox
    6.8/10(62 votes)

    #17 - The Case of Lady Sannox

    S2:E17

    Lady Sannox, the toast of London society, carries on an obvious affair with Douglas Stone, an arrogant, young surgeon. Lord Sannox, a retired star of the stage, is thought to be a clueless old man unaware of the liaison. After discussing with the Lady his plan to murder her husband so they can marry, Stone is hired by a desperate man to perform a questionable operation on his wife. Lord Sannox, we learn, is not as oblivious to his wife's infidelity as he appears.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Suspense Season 2 Episode 18 - Morning Boat to Africa
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Morning Boat to Africa

    S2:E18

    A wayward wife of a jealous husband brings trouble home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Suspense Season 2 Episode 19 - The Bomber Command
    6.3/10(58 votes)

    #19 - The Bomber Command

    S2:E19

    Former bomber pilot D.P. Bradford and his wife Zita host a reunion for D.P.'s World War II crew. In the midst of the celebration, the Bradfords's daughter Susan is kidnapped and held for ransom by a mysterious German. The bomber crew joins forces to track down and rescue the little girl.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Suspense Season 2 Episode 20 - Summer Storm
    6.2/10(50 votes)

    #20 - Summer Storm

    S2:E20

    A father and son moving out of a boarding house get into a tussle with the sleazy landlord who promptly drops dead on the floor. Since the father has a past record, the two hide in the attic while the police investigate, waiting to make their escape.

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Suspense Season 2 Episode 21 - The Horizontal Man
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - The Horizontal Man

    S2:E21

    The murder of a Professor has undergraduate Kate investigating the case with help from a newspaper reporter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Suspense Season 2 Episode 22 - The Distant Island
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - The Distant Island

    S2:E22

    The story of an amnesia victim and what happens when he regains his memory.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Suspense Season 2 Episode 23 - Escape This Night
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Escape This Night

    S2:E23

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Suspense Season 2 Episode 24 - The Suicide Club
    6.5/10(55 votes)

    #24 - The Suicide Club

    S2:E24

    Prince Florizel and his cohort, Gerard, masquerade under false identities and hit the city in search of adventure. One night in a bar, they encounter a young man who says he does not wish to go on. Claiming to feel the same way, the prince and his friend soon find themselves at the Suicide Club, an organization whose members want to die. Each evening using a deck of cards, the "lucky" next victim is decided, as is the member who must commit the deed and make it look like an accident. Florizel and Gerard's charade ceases to be entertaining when a club member is ...

    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Suspense Season 2 Episode 25 - Roman Holiday
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Roman Holiday

    S2:E25

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Lunch Box" is the best rated episode of "Suspense" season 2. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/6/1949. This episode is rated 5.6 points higher than the second-best, "Collector's Item".