Ghost of Radio Presents CBS Radio · 1942–1962

Suspense

The show that terrified America — 20 years of psychological horror, murder, and dread starring Hollywood's biggest names.

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Episode 01 ★ The Hitchhiker — Orson Welles

The Hitchhiker

A man drives cross-country and keeps seeing the same hitchhiker — everywhere, impossibly. One of the most terrifying radio dramas ever recorded. Orson Welles at the peak of his powers.

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Episode 02 ★ Wet Saturday

Wet Saturday

A genteel English family hides a murder in the garden. When a neighbor threatens to expose them, the patriarch must think fast. Based on a John Collier story — cold, calculated, and brilliant.

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Episode 03 ★ CBS Suspense Audition — 1940

The Lodger

The very episode that launched it all. A quiet London boarding house. A mysterious new tenant. Murders in the fog. This 1940 audition pilot convinced CBS to greenlight one of radio's greatest shows.

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Episode 04 ★ Classic Crime

Till Death Do Us Part

A wife suspects her husband is slowly poisoning her. But is she paranoid — or already dying? The gas-light thriller at its most suffocating. Pure psychological horror from 1942.

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Episode 05 ★ Agatha Christie Adaptation

The ABC Murders

An alphabetical serial killer terrorizes England, leaving playing cards at the scenes. Adapted from Agatha Christie's most diabolically clever novel — and radio makes it even more unsettling.

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