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The Best Episodes of Suspense Season 2

Every episode of Suspense Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Suspense Season 2!

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...
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS

Season 2 Ratings Summary

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

  • Lunch Box
    NaN/100 votes

    #1 - Lunch Box

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1949

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Collector's Item
    5.5/1042 votes

    #2 - Collector's Item

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1949

    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: N/A

  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    NaN/100 votes

    #3 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1949

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Comic Strip Murder
    6.4/1057 votes

    #4 - The Comic Strip Murder

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1949

    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: N/A

  • Doctor Violet
    6.0/1051 votes

    #5 - Doctor Violet

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1949

    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: N/A

  • The Cask of Amontillado
    7.0/1093 votes

    #6 - The Cask of Amontillado

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/1949

    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: N/A

  • The Serpent Ring
    NaN/100 votes

    #7 - The Serpent Ring

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/1949

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Murderer
    6.3/1039 votes

    #8 - The Murderer

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/1949

    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: N/A

  • Black Passage
    5.9/1059 votes

    #9 - Black Passage

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/1/1949

    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: N/A

  • Suspicion
    6.6/1049 votes

    #10 - Suspicion

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/8/1949

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Thin Edge of Violence
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    #11 - The Thin Edge of Violence

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/15/1949

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Third One
    6.1/1042 votes

    #12 - The Third One

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/22/1949

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Man in the House
    6.4/1044 votes

    #13 - The Man in the House

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/1949

    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: N/A

  • The Scar
    NaN/100 votes

    #14 - The Scar

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/6/1949

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gray Helmet
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    #15 - The Gray Helmet

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/13/1949

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Seeker and the Sought
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    #16 - The Seeker and the Sought

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 12/20/1949

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Case of Lady Sannox
    6.8/1059 votes

    #17 - The Case of Lady Sannox

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 12/27/1949

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Morning Boat to Africa
    NaN/100 votes

    #18 - Morning Boat to Africa

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/3/1950

    A wayward wife of a jealous husband brings trouble home.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bomber Command
    6.2/1056 votes

    #19 - The Bomber Command

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/10/1950

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Summer Storm
    6.1/1045 votes

    #20 - Summer Storm

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 1/17/1950

    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: N/A

  • The Horizontal Man
    NaN/100 votes

    #21 - The Horizontal Man

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 1/24/1950

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Distant Island
    NaN/100 votes

    #22 - The Distant Island

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 1/31/1950

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Escape This Night
    NaN/100 votes

    #23 - Escape This Night

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/7/1950

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Suicide Club
    6.5/1052 votes

    #24 - The Suicide Club

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 2/14/1950

    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: N/A

  • Roman Holiday
    NaN/100 votes

    #25 - Roman Holiday

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 2/21/1950

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A