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Premiered

Thursday, January 6, 1949

Ended: Tuesday, June 28, 1949

When does Suspense Season 1 come out?

Suspense Season 1 premiered Thursday, January 6, 1949 on CBS and ended Tuesday, June 28, 1949. The season has 17 episodes.

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Suspense Season 1 episode release dates
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1. Goodbye New York

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.

Thursday · 77 years ago

2. Revenge

A woman tries to escape her gangster husband by running away to Cuba with her new love.

Tuesday · 77 years ago

3. Suspicion

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.

Tuesday · 77 years ago

4. Cabin 3-B

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.

Tuesday · 77 years ago

5. The Man Upstairs

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

Tuesday · 77 years ago

6. After Dinner Story

Tuesday · 77 years ago

7. The Creeper

A woman who works the night shift begs her husband to quit her job, because she fits the description of a maniacal killer's type of victim.

Tuesday · 77 years ago

8. A Night at the Inn

Three merchant sailors and their enigmatic leader hide out at a British inn. They've been followed from India after stealing the priceless ruby eye from a holy statue. The grimy sailors ambush and kill the men who've come to retrieve the gem, unaware of how badly the statue wants its eye back. It arrives at the inn and, one by one, makes the thieves pay for their offense.

Tuesday · 77 years ago

9. Dead Ernest

Ernest Bowers suffers an attack of catalepsy while crossing the street, lapsing into a coma that resembles death. Believing he was killed by a passing car, his body is sent to the city morgue. His coat, with a note in the pocket describing his medical condition, is taken by the owner of a secondhand clothing store and quickly sold. The couple who purchase the jacket finds the note and begins a race to save Ernest from a premature embalming.

Tuesday · 77 years ago

10. Post Mortem

Following the sudden death of her husband, Josie marries Doc Archer, the man named beneficiary of her husband's life insurance policy. Investigator Westcott is suspicious after learning the doctor has a history of collecting such payouts. Westcott informs Josie that she is in danger of becoming her husband's next heavily insured "accident." She doesn't believe him--until she's almost killed when Doc "accidentally" knocks a sunlamp into the tub while she's bathing.

Tuesday · 77 years ago

11. The Monkey's Paw

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

Tuesday · 77 years ago

12. Murder Through the Looking Glass

A man awakens on a train with no memory of recent events. To make matters worse, a newspaper reveals he is wanted for murder.

Tuesday · 77 years ago

13. The Doors on the 13th Floor

Elderly Agatha Leighton returns from a trip to find her apartment on the thirteenth floor has been robbed. As she attempts to call the police, someone grabs her. Sally, who lives down the hall, attempts to visit the old lady as she'd promised, but finds she's been locked in her apartment and the phone is dead. Through the door's peephole, she sees the building's desk clerk leaving Agatha's apartment. Sally realizes something bad has happened to the old lady.

Tuesday · 77 years ago

14. The Yellow Scarf

In 1897 London, mysterious Mr. Bronson gives boarding to an attractive young woman from the streets. Hettie's purpose is to do housework and distract attention from his odd medical work. Bronson has two demands: she must not go out alone and must stay out of his laboratory. Restlessshe strikes up a romance with Tom, a handsome young mission worker. Suddenly, the cold Bronson turns jealous.

Tuesday · 77 years ago

15. Help Wanted

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

Tuesday · 77 years ago

16. Stolen Empire

Tuesday · 77 years ago

17. The Hands of Mr. Ottermole Finale

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.

Tuesday · 77 years ago

Suspense Season 1 guest stars

  • Otto Kruger

    Otto Kruger

  • William Prince

    William Prince

  • Anthony Ross

    Anthony Ross

  • Margo

    Margo

  • Charles Korvin

    Charles Korvin

  • Joshua Shelley

    Joshua Shelley

    Tony

  • Sidney Blackmer

    Sidney Blackmer

    Dr. Steven Archer

  • Meg Mundy

  • Eddie Albert

    Eddie Albert

  • Boris Karloff

    Boris Karloff

    Toff

  • Mildred Natwick

    Mildred Natwick

  • Tod Andrews

    Tod Andrews

    Henry Prince

  • Nina Foch

    Nina Foch

  • Ernest Truex

    Ernest Truex

    George Thomas

  • Ruth McDevitt

    Ruth McDevitt

    Mrs. Griffin

  • Richard Coogan

    Richard Coogan

    Investigator Westcott

Suspense Season 1 FAQ

When does Suspense Season 1 come out?

Suspense Season 1 premiered Thursday, January 6, 1949 on CBS.

How many episodes are in Suspense Season 1?

Suspense Season 1 has 17 episodes.

Are new episodes of Suspense Season 1 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Suspense Season 1 finale?

The Suspense Season 1 finale (Episode 17) aired Tuesday, June 28, 1949.

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