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Set in London in the year 1888, a London terrorized by the fifth in a succession of recent murders, murders of young attractive women. The unknown killer at large and little else absorbed their horrified imagination of the great city. A couple suspects that their lodger is really "The Avenger," a homicidal maniac.Original Air Date: December 14, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStar: • Robert MontgomeryWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A man wakes up lying on a street, with no memories of the previous three and one half years!Original Air Date: November 30, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStar: • Cary GrantWriter: • John Dickson CarrAuthor: • Cornell WoolrichProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

The Fountain Plays is an unusual murder study. It deals with the fortunes and misfortunes of a middleclass Englishman by the name of Archibald Spiller. He lives on a little country estate with a cook and a manservant and in the garden a fountain.Original Air Date: November 23, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStar: • Charles LaughtonWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A story about the troubles getting rid of a dead body at a seaside resort.Original Air Date: November 16, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStar: • Robert CummingsWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

You Were Wonderful stars Lena Horne as a noted entertainer called Lorna Dean who finds herself embroiled with dangerous intrigue and murder in a South American capital.Original Air Date: November 09, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStar: • Lena HorneWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierAuthor: • Robert L. RichardsIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A cop's brother wakes from a drugged stupor to find himself a killer!Original Air Date: November 02, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStar: • Van JohnsonWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

Ten years ago Tom Nixon had killed Miss Rhodes' mother in cold blood and was now in jail for it or so Rose thought until that day that she saw him in her building in the elevator and discovered he was the night man. She fears that he has escaped and come back to kill her for testifying against him but Tom couldn’t have for he died in prison.Original Air Date: October 26, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars: • Virginia Bruce (Stella Rhodes) • Richard Wharfe (The Night Man)Writer: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierAuthor: • Lucille FletcherIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A wife with a shady past tries to get the evidence needed to clear her husband of a charge of murder.Original Air Date: October 19, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStar: • Nancy KellyWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A story about a music box that plays the famous title waltz, and the strange effect that it has on a strange man.Original Air Date: October 12, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStar: • Reginald GardinerWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierAdaptation: • Robert L. Richards Author: • Roy VickersBased on a short story The Rubber Trumpet - Roy VickersIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

During the war, in a neutral port, Nazi and Allied spies are everywhere. A young photographer becomes involved in intrigue when she accidentally photographs a lobby full of them.Original Air Date: October 05, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStar: • John HodiakWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A story about an incredible run of luck...both bad and good! By day Leonard Snell is a rather pathetic insurance salesman, but he has a penchant for betting on the horses. Unfortunately, he is as bad at gambling as he is at selling insurance policies and he's up to his eyeballs in debt. The consequences are unthinkable if he cannot find the money, after a heated argument Leonard ends up killing. From that moment on Leonard's luck changes completely - for the better - but how long can his change of fortune last.Original Air Date: September 28, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStar: • Gene KellyWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

During the Nazi occupation of France, an amateur murderer is at work, filling the town with mutilated bodies. The story takes place in occupied France. The Bluebeard of Bellac has taken another victim. This time it is Captain Franz Murdoch, a medical officer…Original Air Date: September 21, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStar: • Merle OberonWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

An American husband named Ed Bliss in a story of Marriage and Murder.Original Air Date: September 14, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStar: • Joseph CottenWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierAuthor: • Cornell WoolrichIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

It is 1939 shortly before England and Germany were at war. Judith was in London serving as travelling companion to wealthy American Mrs. Prescott. When Mrs. Prescott died Judith had promised to arrange her a burial at sea. It was on this journey that she learned of the “Blackout Killer” and feared that he was the man she had befriended and fallen in love with.Original Air Date: September 07, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars: • Olivia De Havilland • Reginald GardinerWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierAuthor: • Joel MaloneIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

It was their first day in Havana. Taking a hack in a open horse drawn carriage they had spent the afternoon driving around seeing the sights. They had stopped off in a bar and had just had their photograph taken when suddenly Eve collapsed…Original Air Date: August 31, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStar: • Brian DonlevyWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierAuthor: • Cornell WoolrichIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

On a dusky summers night in 1927 Marsha made her final exit from the stage after being murdered. In the wake of his glamorous daughters demise from the stage, Maurice slid into depression. After witnessing a miserable modern dressed caricature of the Bard's greatest play MacBeth he reappears with an idea to avenge his daughter by revealing her murderer.Original Air Date: August 24, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStar: • Fredric MarchWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierAuthor/Narrator: • Ben HechtIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A most handsome man is following Sophronia Winters. When they meet she feels like she's known him all of her life, and they fall in love. Before long, they decide to marry and be alone together. Soon after their marriage the cracks in their relationship begin to appear...Original Air Date: August 17, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars: • Agnes Moorehead • Ray CollinsAuthor: • Lucille FletcherWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

On a late-night train, Mr. Pender strikes up a chilling conversation with a stranger about the perfect undetectable murder—a potion that only becomes fatal after a hot bath. A mere theory… or a deadly secret? With recent mysterious bathtub deaths, the line between fiction and reality blurs. Tune in for a gripping tale of intrigue and suspense!Original Air Date: August 10, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars: • Charles Laughton • Hans ConriedWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierAuthor: • Dorothy L. SayersIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

In the interest of justice Sir William Brent, ex-head of English Criminal Investigation, and his friend Arthur Grange make use of an unusual method to ring a confession of guilt from a criminal.Original Air Date: August 03, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars: • Donald Crisp • John LoderWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierAuthor: • Rupert Croft-CookIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

Susan Appleby says she is about to be murdered, she’s not certain; no one has even threatened her. She is sitting in a plain ordinary looking kitchen but to her it is a death house…Original Air Date: July 27, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars: • May Whitty • Maureen O'SullivanWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

"The Maestro," a prizefight manager planning revenge on his star fighter by scalding him to death in the steam room!Original Air Date: July 20, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Peter LorreWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A man vows to kill the hit and run driver who killed his son, and he's keeping a diary of his plans! Felix Laine a writer by profession of detective novels who was planning to kill a man. He didn’t know his name, where he lived or what he looked like but he knew that he was going to find him and kill him. He recorded all of the details in a diary, which was either the best murder novel he had ever written, or an incriminating document.Original Air Date: July 13, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Herbert Marshall• Dennis Hoey• Joseph KearnsWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A man who has just finished writing a symphony hears the exact same symphony on the radio. He had just set down the last note on paper he was happy and weary and full of peace. There was a radio near the couch, he sat down and turned it on and felt great horror as he heard the music playing on the radio, the music that he had just set down on paper. Then as the music finished the announcer said, you have just been listening to eulogy for orchestra opus 42 by Henri Lefevre. But who was Henri Lefevre?Original Air Date: July 06, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Paul Muni• Joseph KearnsWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierAuthor:• Lucille FletcherIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

There's some nice detection by a newspaperman trying to locate a priceless-but-hidden mural. Father Walsh came to see Mr Darcy a newspaper editor, as he didn’t know where else to turn. Three nights ago a man came to see him demanding that he gave him the bibles marked EB. Father Walsh did not know what he was talking about and the man became angry saying he would give him three days to help him find the walls of Jericho or he would regret it…Original Air Date: June 29, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Keenan WynnWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A story about a penniless dancer who has her empty purse stolen in the subway. When the purse is returned, she finds it loaded with money! Miss Zizi Lewis is taking the subway home late at night when her purse is snatched. A tall dark handsome man recovers her bag for her and disappears in to the crowd. When she opens her bag to find the nickel she needs for the slot her heart nearly stops for there in her bag is a wad of notes which looked like ten grand…Original Air Date: June 22, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Lucille BallWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

The story of a very personal reaction to the Hamilton-Burr duel.Original Air Date: June 15, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Geraldine Fitzgerald• Richard WharfeWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierAuthor:• James ThurberIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A railroad magnate visits a psychiatrist with complaints of headaches and bad dreams...and with good reason!Original Air Date: June 08, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Thomas Mitchell• Donald CrispWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A ghost story about a huge pipe organ built throughout an entire house, and the reason that it tends to play itself.Original Air Date: June 01, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Ida Lupino• Vincent PriceWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A determined scientist plans to keep Mr. Donovan's brain alive in a jar...not such a good idea! The conclusion of the story begun the week before.Original Air Date: May 25, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Orson WellesAuthor:• Curt SiodmakWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A determined scientist plans to keep Mr. Donovan's brain alive in a jar...not such a good idea!Original Air Date: May 18, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Orson WellesAuthor:• Curt SiodmakWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A young boy who was thought dead returns home. Or does he?Original Air Date: May 11, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Eddie BrackenWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

Jessica had been in a sanatorium for nearly a year. She hadn't been on the stage in more than two years. "The Dark Tower" was to be her first attempt to work again in all that time. It isn't the greatest play in the world, but it has a sure-fire box office appeal which. Jessica needed to get her confidence back.Original Air Date: May 04, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Orson WellesWriters:• Alexander Woollcott• George S KaufmanProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A man driving across country (with a beautiful hitchhiker) is shot at everywhere he goes.Original Air Date: April 27, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Gene KellyWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A forger finds refuge from fighting the Fascists in Spain.Original Air Date: April 20, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Ed GardnerWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

Twenty years ago when the Marvelous Barastro was young man he traveled as a magician with a small carnival across Eastern Europe. One night the settled in a small village in Russia and the villagers gathered around them. It was here that he met the woman who was blind with her grandfather and he could not bear to tell her future and the agony that laid ahead for her.Original Air Date: April 13, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Orson WellesWriter:• Ben HechtProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A femme fatale German spy and her nephew/henchman who are up to no good. There's kidnapping, murder, espionage, etc.Original Air Date: April 06, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Katina PaxinouWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

Two "hams" who are working on a secret defense weapon and talking to each other by shortwave. One of them is killed while talking to the other on the air.Original Air Date: March 30, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Sonny TuftsWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A Hollywood movie director joins the New York police in a hunt for a Nazi spy, murderer, and all-around bad guy.Original Air Date: March 23, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStar:• Joseph CottenWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone.Original Air Date: February 24, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars: • Agnes MooreheadWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A story about a homicidal hypnotist, out to kill a man's wife and daughter!Original Air Date: March 16, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars: • Laird Cregar • Hans ConriedWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A story about an ex-con, framed for murder, who gets an excellent defense attorney.Original Air Date: March 09, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars: • Alan Ladd • John McIntire • Hans Conried • Will WrightWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

Who is the model for this strange painting, and why was it made?Original Air Date: March 02, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars: • Michèle Morgan • Philip Dorn • George CoulourisWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A thoroughly bad son returns to his mother for a visit. He soon turns to thoughts of murder. Original Air Date: February 17, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars: • Fay Bainter • Dane Clark • Ralph MorganWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A mad cook who poisons her employers is on the loose. A man suspects her to be living in his house.Original Air Date: February 10, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Charles Ruggles• Anthony Quinn• Judith EvelynWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

Twin sisters live alone in a large house. One of them is crazy, the sane one buys a coffin!Original Air Date: February 03, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars: • Ida Lupino • Agnes MooreheadWriter: • John Dickson CarrProducer: • William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

Murder stalks the owner of the second largest diamond in the world.Original Air Date: January 27, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Virginia Bruce• Allyn Joslyn• George ZukoWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A young girl has been murdered, but the foul deed was "seen" by a blind man!Original Air Date: January 20, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Paul LukasWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A madman has been murdering dance hall girls and then dancing with their bodies to the tune of, "Poor Butterfly!"Original Air Date: January 13, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Lucille BallWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A story about a dead body on a roller coaster, and a wrecked hold-up getaway car...which is all grist for a private eye's mill.Original Air Date: January 06, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Alan LaddWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

A story of murder and mystery at a girl's school.Original Air Date: December 30, 1943Host: Andrew RhynesShow: SuspenseStars:• Margo • Elsa Lanchester• Janet BeecherWriter:• John Dickson CarrProducer:• William SpierIntro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc