53 episodes

Suspense - Season 3

First aired Aug 29, 1950Season 3

Browse all 53 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Poison

NR
Aug 29, 1950

A Britain in India awakens from a nap to discover a poisonous snake on his belly. The slightest movement on his part would mean death. It was placed on him by his hysterical wife.

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Episode 2

A Pocketful of Murder

NR
Sep 5, 1950

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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Episode 3

Edge of Panic

NR
Sep 12, 1950

Harry Martin is an insurance agent with an alcohol problem. In a drunk stupor he apparently murders a flirty blonde who was trying to buy a large annuity. He returns to his wife Alice a few minutes before the police arrive. Harry hides while his wife is taken to the police station. The police allow Alice to see the scene of the crime since she is desperate to find her husband innocent. Alice talks to the woman's doctor and later finds a note that convinces her it was a frame up. The police arrest Harry as he is trying to board a ship out of the country. Alice becomes ...

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Episode 4

Dark Shadows

NR
Sep 19, 1950

I. B. Trane lost his sight at the hands of brutal criminal Takama while he was in Japan on military duty. Trane's sixth sense tells him the barbarian is now in New York and that has him panicked for his life. The police and the FBI tell Trane that Takama died in a prison break over a year ago, but his gut tells him otherwise.

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Episode 5

Six to One

NR
Sep 26, 1950

A released prisoner seeks to avenge himself on five "friends" who testified falsely against him.

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Episode 6

The Monkey's Paw

NR
Oct 3, 1950

TMDB has not published a written overview for this episode yet.

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Episode 7

Criminals Mark

NR
Oct 10, 1950

The story of a wife of an ex-criminal who tries to go straight but gets involved in another hold-up through his "pals."

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Episode 8

The Man Who Would Be King

NR
Oct 17, 1950

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Episode 9

Breakdown

NR
Oct 24, 1950

A cruel and tyrannical office boss breaks his neck in a plane crash and is taken for dead until just before his body is cremated.

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Episode 10

Halloween Hold Up

NR
Oct 31, 1950

A gang wearing masks finds the perfect opportunity for a hold-up during Halloween.

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Episode 11

Nightmare

NR
Nov 7, 1950

A young father gets tragedy in double doses.

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Episode 12

The Brush Off

NR
Nov 14, 1950

Ralph Farley, a struggling actor, overhears a plot to kill Roger Sherman, a powerful Hollywood agent. Ralph attempts to prevent the murder, but is thwarted by everyone from the police to Sherman himself.

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Episode 13

The Death Cards

NR
Nov 21, 1950

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Episode 14

Hands of Mr. Ottermole

NR
Nov 28, 1950

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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Episode 15

The Guy From Nowhere

NR
Dec 5, 1950

A young football coach in a small town gets involved with big time gamblers.

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Episode 16

The Mallet

NR
Dec 12, 1950

A bellicose huckster travels the fairs of England shilling his magic elixir. The "doctor," as he's called, is befriended by a couple in a local tavern who proceed to get him intoxicated. The husband tells Dr. Potteton that he'd love to kill his greedy brother and asks him how he could go about it without being caught. The sideshow charlatan launches into a elaborate step by step instructions on how to get away with murder.

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Episode 17

Dancing Dan's Christmas

NR
Dec 19, 1950

In the days of prohibition, jewel thief "Dancing Dan" is taken with the gorgeous speakeasy hostess. In the holiday spirit, he makes like Santa for the woman's elderly grandmother.

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Episode 18

The Tip

NR
Dec 26, 1950

Elaine Court recently had a heart attack and needs relaxation, but she's stressed over a strange man she claims has been lurking about. With her husband at work, she walks into the apartment one afternoon to find that stranger waiting for her. Elaine is held hostage by the armed man who says he's just waiting for her husband to get home so that he can kill him.

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Episode 19

Death in a River

NR
Jan 2, 1951

Two drownings, strikingly similar in their details, provide a mystery to investigators.

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Episode 20

Tough Cop

NR
Jan 9, 1951

Rookie cop Eddie Stone takes out his anger on suspects after Ruth, his fiancé, tells him she's fallen for another man. For two years he seethes, just hoping for the day the "other man" is brought into the police station. He finally comes face to face with the scoundrel who stole his girl--right after he's been dismissed from the force for brutal conduct.

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Episode 21

The Fool's Heart

NR
Jan 16, 1951

A story depicting a cowboy's idea of the perfect crime.

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Episode 22

Dead Fall

NR
Jan 23, 1951

The innocent involvement of a young scientist in a touch-and-go duel between government agents and an espionage ring brings a surprising and thrilling climax.

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Episode 23

The Rose Garden

NR
Jan 30, 1951

Two elderly spinsters bury bodies in their rose garden.

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Episode 24

Night Break

NR
Feb 6, 1951

A killer escapes authorities while being taken to Sing Sing and searches for the person who betrayed him.

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Episode 25

Double Entry

NR
Feb 13, 1951

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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Episode 26

The Victims

NR
Feb 20, 1951

TMDB has not published a written overview for this episode yet.

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Episode 27

Margin for Safety

NR
Feb 27, 1951

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Episode 28

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

NR
Mar 6, 1951

What is the connection between the eminently respectable Dr. Jekyll and the ruthlessly murderous and cruel Mr. Hyde?

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Episode 29

On a Country Road

NR
Mar 13, 1951

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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Episode 30

Telephone Call

NR
Mar 20, 1951

The Haskells are throwing a drunken New Year's Eve party in their New York apartment. Next door, Everett Kelsey has had enough of tending to the bitter supposedly invalid wife who treats him like dirt. He's just poisoned the shrew when he gets an unnerving phone call; the female on the line says that she saw what he did to his wife through the window. Kelsey doesn't realizes it's a prank call from one of the Haskell's tipsy party guests.

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Episode 31

The Three of Silence

NR
Mar 27, 1951

Racketeer Frank Cadwallder isn't allowed to play cards at the speakeasy because of the huge debt he currently owes. He recruits a nobody off the street to play poker on his behalf, win their "sucker money," and split the take with him. The three gambles at the table have other plans for Frank; he's shot by one of them under the table.

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Episode 32

Go Home Dead Man

NR
Apr 3, 1951

Williams is a pilot who works for Scandinavian Export, flying by night to deliver unknown shipments to somewhere in the Arctic. Feeling something's fishy, he tries to quit but is strong-armed into making another flight. His bosses are smugglers and they plot his "accidental" death. When their attempt to murder him on a train fails, they plan an explosion with the help of the woman he believes is in love with him.

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Episode 33

The Foggy Night Visitor

NR
Apr 10, 1951

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Episode 34

The Juice Man

NR
Apr 17, 1951

A committee investigating racketeering and political corruption in Chinatown fails to get Chan Sou, a local leader to cooperate. The district attorney convinces a detective and a newspaper reporter to probe further and the two men convince the old man to testify. Before Chan Zu can meet with the investigators he's murdered and his daughter becomes the target of the criminals because they believe her father confided in her before he died.

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Episode 35

The Meeting

NR
Apr 24, 1951

The thief who just robbed and murdered a jeweler is trying to escape the office building when the police arrive. Sneaking down the hallways, he stumbles across a meeting of the International Association of Assassins, a group of mystery writers. They mistake him for famous author Bothwell Anderson, a writer who has come to speak to the group about his newest novel.

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Episode 36

No Friend Like an Old Friend

NR
May 1, 1951

Story of an ailing concert pianist.

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Episode 37

Murder in the Ring

NR
May 8, 1951

Drama about a crooked fight manager who wants to go straight.

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Episode 38

Too Hot to Live

NR
May 15, 1951

Jefferson meets Rachel, an enigmatic young waitress. One moment he has a drink with her and the next moment she's dead. Jefferson doesn't think that he did it, but if he didn't do it; who did?

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Episode 39

Escape This Night

NR
May 22, 1951

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Episode 40

Vamp Till Dead

NR
May 29, 1951

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Episode 41

The Call

NR
Jun 5, 1951

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Episode 42

De Mortuis

NR
Jun 12, 1951

A devoted husband is suspected by friends of having murdered his faithless, much younger wife. He hasn't; but he might do.

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Episode 43

A Killing in Abilene

NR
Jun 19, 1951

A man is determined to avenge his brother's death.

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Episode 44

The Greatest Crime

NR
Jun 26, 1951

Espionage in a Russian setting.

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Episode 45

Blood on the Trumpet

NR
Jul 3, 1951

Story of a man's flight from a murder he did not commit.

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Episode 46

Tent on the Beach

NR
Jul 10, 1951

A wealthy socialite, kidnapped for ransom by a man whose closeness to the police helps him keep one step ahead of their attempts to track him down, wins her freedom through the astute observation of a newspaper reporter.

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Episode 47

Wisteria Cottage

NR
Jul 17, 1951

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

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Episode 48

The Incident at Story Point

NR
Jul 24, 1951

The story of a prison break.

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Episode 49

A Vision of Death

NR
Jul 31, 1951

A nightclub performer discovers that his mind-reading act is real.

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Episode 50

Killers of the City

NR
Aug 7, 1951

The story of a teenage drug addict and the ravages of narcotics.

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Episode 51

Death Sabre

NR
Aug 14, 1951

TMDB has not published a written overview for this episode yet.

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Episode 52

This is Your Confession (1)

NR
Aug 21, 1951

A drama of an American scientist's involvement with secret police behind the Iron Curtain.

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Episode 53

This is Your Confession (2)

NR
Aug 28, 1951

A drama of an American scientist's involvement with secret police behind the Iron Curtain.