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The Worst Episodes of Suspense

Every episode of Suspense ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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...
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS

Worst Episodes Summary

"Goodbye New York" is the worst rated episode of "Suspense". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/6/1949. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Suspicion".

  • Goodbye New York
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    #1 - Goodbye New York

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1949

    Ray Gardner is deep in debt and can't find work due to his ruthless ex-boss. Desperate and angry, he kills his boss and steals some money. His loyal wife Mary stands by him and the two make plans to flee New York. They spend a day filled with paranoia before leaving on the train without being noticed.

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  • Suspicion
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    #2 - Suspicion

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/15/1949

    Everyone's in a tizzy over the arsenic poisoner who's still at large; police think the murder might be a woman. In the Thomas household, doting old George acts surprised to find his weed poison (with arsenic) under the kitchen sink. His wife, a delicate woman with bad nerves, defends their cook, a woman they hired who came with no references. George becomes suspicious of their employee and has the hot cocoa she left for him analyzed. When the results come back positive, he races home to save his wife before it's too late.

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  • Cabin 3-B
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    #3 - Cabin 3-B

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/29/1949

    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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  • The Man Upstairs
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    #4 - The Man Upstairs

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/5/1949

    A woman complains about the man upstairs, but no one has ever seen him.

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  • After Dinner Story
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    #5 - After Dinner Story

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/12/1949

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  • The Monkey's Paw
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    #6 - The Monkey's Paw

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/17/1949

    A talisman of great power can grant three wishes to its owner.

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  • Help Wanted
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    #7 - Help Wanted

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 6/14/1949

    An elderly man who's barely getting by looks for employment to continue giving his daughter the institutional help she requires. He receives an offer from a "Mr. X" that turns things around for him. That is, until he finds out that he must kill "Mr. X"'s wife's first husband who is blackmailing them

    Director: Robert Stevens

    Writer: N/A

  • Stolen Empire
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    #8 - Stolen Empire

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 6/21/1949

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  • The Hands of Mr. Ottermole
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    #9 - The Hands of Mr. Ottermole

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 6/28/1949

    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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  • Lunch Box
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    #10 - 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.

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  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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    #11 - 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.

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  • The Serpent Ring
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    #12 - The Serpent Ring

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/1949

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

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/15/1949

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  • The Scar
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    #14 - The Scar

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/6/1949

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Morning Boat to Africa
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    #17 - Morning Boat to Africa

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/3/1950

    A wayward wife of a jealous husband brings trouble home.

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  • The Horizontal Man
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    #18 - 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.

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  • The Distant Island
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    #19 - 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.

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  • Escape This Night
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    #20 - Escape This Night

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/7/1950

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  • Roman Holiday
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    #21 - Roman Holiday

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 2/21/1950

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  • The Ledge
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    #22 - The Ledge

    Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 3/7/1950

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  • The Second Class Passenger
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    #23 - The Second Class Passenger

    Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 3/28/1950

    A man taking a cruise around the world finds second-class passengers are much more interesting, and by the time things become more complicated he wished that he'd missed the boat.

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  • Steely, Steely Eyes
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    #24 - Steely, Steely Eyes

    Season 2 Episode 32 - Aired 4/11/1950

    The notorious criminal Ma Barker and her gang of four sons blaze a murderous path from beginnings in Missouri to their final showdown with FBI agents and their machine guns in Florida.

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  • The Gentleman from America
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    #25 - The Gentleman from America

    Season 2 Episode 34 - Aired 4/25/1950

    An American bets two London friends that he can spend the night alone in a "haunted house."

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