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Episode 146 – Frank Lovejoy: Before he starred on screen in The Hitch-Hiker and In a Lonely Place, Frank Lovejoy was a busy radio actor. He played the Blue Beetle, menaced the Shadow, and narrated adventures of the FBI. Lovejoy could also be heard in supporting... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

67 min listen

Episode 179 – John Lund (Part 2): John Lund plays a pair of villains - one reluctant and one cold and calculating - in two "tales well calculated to keep you in Suspense." Though he often played milquetoast characters on screen, Lund showed a knack for crime in his 13 visits to... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

66 min listen

Episode 464 – Dear John (The Judge, Frontier Gentleman, Have Gun - Will Travel, & The Whistler): We're saluting John Dehner - the Disney animator and award-winning radio news editor who became one of the radio era's best actors and a great big and small screen character actor from the 50s to the 80s. He found his biggest radio fame in a pair of... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

116 min listen

Episode 88 - John Lund: We're back with more legends of Hollywood in tales well calculated to keep you in Suspense. This week, our star is John Lund, the boyishly good looking leading man who made thirteen visits to the program. He plays a man conspiring to bump off his... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

66 min listen

Episode 227 - One Mohr for the Road (Philip Marlowe & Nero Wolfe): From 1948 to 1951, Gerald Mohr turned in a star performance as Raymond Chandler's L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe and gave us one of the best detectives of the radio era. But there was more to Mohr than his celebrated turn as "crime's most deadly... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

124 min listen

Episode 305 - Van Heflin (Part 4): Van Heflin bids goodbye to the podcast with his final three appearances on Suspense. First, he's a man who waits years to finish a duel in "The Shot" (AFRS rebroadcast from October 12, 1953). Then, Heflin plays the infamous Public Enemy #1 in "The... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

117 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 71 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar #4: We're now at the 4th Johnny Dollar actor in my continuing run on this well known radio detective. John Lund (right) was the fourth actor to portray the famous insurance investigator. Like Edmond O'Brien, his portrayal was a darker one, but flatter... by Radio Detective Story Hour

35 min listen

Episode 185 – Ronald Colman (Part 3): In 1953, Ronald Colman took his final bows on Suspense with a pair of terrific thrillers. We'll hear him in an encore performance of "A Vision of Death" (originally aired on CBS on June 1, 1953). Then, he's an amateur detective on the trail of a... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

97 min listen

Episode 330 - Joseph Cotten (Part 7): Hitchockian heavy and Third Man hero Joseph Cotten returns for more "tales well calculated to keep you in Suspense!" We'll hear him first as a corrupt prosecutor who plans a murder to keep his dirty dealings a secret in "A Watery Grave"... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

66 min listen

Episode 328 - Lee Bowman: Lee Bowman enjoyed a brief run of success on the big screen during World War II, but when film roles dried up he turned to television and eventually to a second career as a corporate and political media consultant. We'll hear him as a man who comes... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

68 min listen

Episode 179 - Famous Ray's (Philip Marlowe & Suspense): When it comes to hard-boiled crime fiction, fewer did wrote it better than Raymond Chandler. One of the titans of the genre, Chandler penned dozens of pulp stories before he introduced his signature character of private eye Philip Marlowe. We’ll... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

98 min listen

Episode 59 - Van Heflin: Oscar winner Van Heflin made memorable appearances in Johnny Eager, 3:10 to Yuma and Shane, and he lent his powerful presence to the radio role of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. In nine visits to Suspense, he played complex... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

64 min listen

Episode 102 - Edward G. Robinson (Part 2): Edward G. Robinson - one of the great big screen gangsters, begins and ends his run on Suspense with these two old time radio thrillers. We'll hear him as a man with an imaginary wife in "My Wife, Geraldine" (originally aired on CBS on March 1,... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

65 min listen

Episode 273 - Dan Duryea (Part 2): In his final Suspense appearance, big screen baddie Dan Duryea plays a hold-up man turned murderer who has to dispose of a very inconvenient eyewitness in "Remember Me?" (originally aired on CBS on April 7, 1952). We'll hear him in that old time... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

66 min listen

Episode 429 – Let’s Be Frank (Here Comes McBride, Escape, & Night Beat): Before his big screen turns in The Hitchhiker and In a Lonely Place, Frank Lovejoy made a name for himself on radio. His best known role was reporter and amateur sleuth Randy Stone in Night Beat, but before that he could be heard on... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

99 min listen

Episode 389 – Won’t You Come Home, Bob Bailey (Let George Do It & Johnny Dollar): To celebrate Bob Bailey's birthday, we'll hear the actor in four old time radio detective dramas. First, he's George Valentine in a pair of mysteries from Let George Do It: "Murder and One to Go" (originally aired on Mutual on January 3, 1949)... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

125 min listen

Episode 539 - Mohr Bang for the Buck (Philip Marlowe & The Whistler): Born June 11, 1914, Gerald Mohr possessed one of radio's best voices, and it produced one of the greatest performances - in any medium - of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. We'll hear Mohr as Marlowe in "The Panama Hat" (originally aired on CBS on... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

97 min listen

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Episode 334 - John Lund (Part 4): John Lund returns to the podcast in a pair of radio thrillers. First, he's an ordinary man drawn into a dangerous adventure during Mardi Gras in "The Man Who Stole the Bible" (originally aired on CBS on November 25, 1956). Then, Lund narrates a... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

92 min listen

Episode 390 – Simple Art of Murder (Adventures of Philip Marlowe): As Philip Marlowe, Gerald Mohr patrolled the City of Angels and proved "crime is a sucker's road" in one of radio's best detective shows. We'll hear Mohr as Raymond Chandler's private eye in three radio mysteries: "The Lady in Mink" (originally aired... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

98 min listen

Episode 43 - Ray Milland: Ray Milland's screen career stretched from the 1930s to the 1970s, earning him an Oscar and leaving a series of memorable performances in The Lost Weekend, Dial 'M' for Murder, and more. A talented director as well as an actor, Milland... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

63 min listen

Episode 356 - Sheldon Leonard: Big screen tough guy Sheldon Leonard went from cutting a menacing figure in To Have and Have Not and It's a Wonderful Life to producing classic TV sitcoms like The Andy Griffith Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show. In three old time... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

128 min listen

Episode 352 - Whitfield Connor: Whitfield Connor broke out on the Broadway stage in the 1940s, and he returned to the theatre in the 1960s as a manager and producer. In between, he made two starring turns on Suspense. First, he's an editor who finds a perfect murder plot in a... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

88 min listen

Episode 373 - John Lund (Part 5): John Lund joins our five-timer's club as he makes his final four appearances on Suspense. First, he's a Marine who may have discovered paradise in the middle of the war in the Pacific in "The Island" (originally aired on CBS on January 12, 1958).... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

119 min listen

Episode 317 - William Conrad (Part 3): Radio legend, TV detective, and Rocky and Bullwinkle narrator William Conrad returns in a pair of thrillers well calculated to keep you in Suspense. First, he plays a man who confesses to murders he never committed. Charlotte Lawrence co-stars in... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

106 min listen

Episode 123 - Trouble is His Business (Adventures of Philip Marlowe): Philip Marlowe made his way from the pen of Raymond Chandler to the big screen and then to radio in some of the best private eye crime drama of the era. In honor of Chandler’s birthday, we’ll hear his legendary shamus in two radio mysteries voiced... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

67 min listen

BONUS - Five Favorites: Sleuths from Suspense: In this bonus episode, I'm sharing my five favorite detective stories from Suspense. Over its twenty year run, "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" presented many great mysteries, including these five tales adapted from stories by some of... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

159 min listen

Episode 42 - Herbert Marshall: A real-life hero in Hollywood, Herbert Marshall lost a leg in World War I before he went on to a long career on the stage and screen. The handsome, debonair actor made a name for himself as a romantic lead and later as a character actor. In addition... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

63 min listen

Episode 335 – Frees as a Bird (Green Lama & The Whistler): Whether he was thwarted by Rocky and Bullwinkle or leading visitors on a tour of the Haunted Mansion, Paul Frees' rich voice has been a part of pop culture for generations. But before all of that, he was a versatile voice actor on radio - one of the... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

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Episode 212 - John Lund (Part 3)

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