Suspense — 1955
52 episodes broadcast in 1955.
This Suspense broadcast, "Murder Aboard the Alphabet" (1955-01-06), starred Vic Perrin, William Conrad; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Final Payment" (1955-01-13), starred Harry Bartell, Peter Leeds; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Study of a Murderer" (1955-01-20), starred William Conrad, Charlotte Lawrence; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Operation" (1955-01-27), starred Hy Averbach, Mary Jane Croft; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "A Killing in Abilene" (1955-02-03), starred Parley Baer; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Diagnosis of Death" (1955-02-10), starred Jean Bates, Larry Dobkin; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Man with the Steel Teeth" (1955-02-17), starred John Dehner; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Waiting" (1955-02-22), starred Vivi Janis, Helen Cleve, Charlotte; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier, though the broadcast log notes: Lawrence Show moves to Tuesday at 8:00-8:25pm.
A group of children playing in an open field swear they can hear a woman's screams coming from somewhere beneath the ground. Adults dismiss it as nothing but a child's overactive imagination — but the screaming doesn't stop just because no one believes them. (after Ray Bradbury)
This Suspense broadcast, "Nobody Ever Quits" (1955-03-08), starred Tom Mckee; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Game" (1955-03-15), starred Sam Edwards, Gil Stratton; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Cellar" (1955-03-22), starred Eric Snowden; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Give Me Liberty" (1955-03-29), starred Tony Barrett; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
Neighborhood children start playing a new game they call 'Invasion,' full of rules and rituals only kids seem to understand. The adults around them find it charming, even as the game edges closer to something that might not be pretend at all. (after Ray Bradbury)
This Suspense broadcast, "Lunch Kit" (1955-04-12), starred Harry Bartell; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Speed Trap" (1955-04-19), starred Eddie Firestone, Larry Thor; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Sight Unseen" (1955-04-26), starred Terrence Demarnay, Ben Wright; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Remember Me" (1955-05-03), starred Tony Barrett, Charlotte Lawrence; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Going, Going, Gone" (1955-05-10), starred Tom Brown, Eve McVey, Joseph Kearns; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Lili and the Colonel" (1955-05-17), starred Ramsey Hill, Joan Alderson; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "I Saw Myself Running" (1955-05-24), starred Charlotte Lawrence, John Dehner; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
A schoolteacher on an ocean cruise becomes the unwilling recipient of a dying sailor's last message, and word of what she now knows travels fast. Soon she's being pursued by people determined to hear it for themselves, by whatever means that takes.
Doctor Frankenstein succeeds in creating life from lifeless matter. His closest friend, a clergyman, recoils from what he's done and urges him toward an agonizing choice: destroy what he's made before it costs everyone dearly. (after Mary Shelley)
This Suspense broadcast, "The Whole Town's Sleeping" (1955-06-14), starred Jeanette Nolan, William Conrad; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Over the Bounding Main" (1955-06-21), starred Tony Barrett; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Holdout" (1955-06-28), starred Harry Bartell, Parley Baer; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Cave-In" (1955-07-05), starred Ben Wright; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
A meteor strike breaks a spaceship apart, flinging its dozen-odd crew off into the void, each one drifting alone on a separate course with no way back together. For as long as their suit radios can still reach one another, the story lingers on what gets said between men who know exactly how much time they have left. (after Ray Bradbury)
A married couple driving home after a night at the movies discover they aren't alone in the car — a wanted killer has been hiding in the backseat the whole time, and now he's the one calling the shots.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Greatest Thief in the World" (1955-07-26), starred Ben Wright; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
A couple stranded by a storm takes refuge in a remote, forbidding castle -- exactly the wrong place to seek shelter, as it turns out. Its owner is a scientist obsessed with a death ray of his own invention, and he's been waiting for precisely this kind of opportunity: a living subject to test it on.
This Suspense broadcast, "Love, Honor or Murder" (1955-08-09), starred Charlotte Lawrence, William Conrad; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
Two men are left to winter over together at an isolated Arctic research station, cut off from everyone else until spring. Cabin fever and old grievances prove just as dangerous as the cold outside, and each man starts to wonder which threat -- the weather or his companion -- he should worry about more.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Beetle and Mr. Bottle" (1955-08-23), starred Eric Snowden; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
A newspaper columnist, a beat reporter, and a homicide detective are each chasing the same string of unsolved killings when they're all sent the same eerie invitation: show up alone at a chapel at the stroke of midnight to meet the killer face to face. Curiosity -- or professional pride -- makes turning it down unthinkable for any of them.
This Suspense broadcast, "Strange for a Killer" (1955-09-06), starred John Dehner; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Story of Poison" (1955-09-13), starred Joseph Kearns; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Stool Pigeon" (1955-09-20), starred John Dehner, Parley Baer, Joseph; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Frightened City" (1955-09-27), starred Harry Bartell; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Goodbye, Miss Lizzie Borden" (1955-10-04), starred Paula Winslowe, Virginia Gregg, Irene; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
A quiet evening at home turns upside down for an otherwise unremarkable family when their backyard suddenly plays host to something that fell out of the sky and defies any easy explanation. How far an ordinary household will bend to make sense of it drives the rest of the hour.
Desperate for fifteen hundred dollars before the clock strikes midnight -- the price of staying alive -- a young man turns to his mother, only to learn her savings are already gone. Cornered, he starts weighing increasingly dangerous options to raise the sum in time.
This Suspense broadcast, "To None a Deadly Drug" (1955-10-25), starred Harry Bartell, Charlotte Lawrence; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
An expedition sets out to conquer one of the world's highest peaks, only for the climb to curdle into something darker: a member of the party turns up murdered, with the culprit presumably still roped in among the rest.
America's newest nuclear submarine, carrying missiles capable of leveling New York, falls into hostile hands. With the vessel now a weapon aimed at an American city, the race is on to stop it before it can fire -- even if stopping it means destroying it outright.
This Suspense broadcast, "Once a Murderer" (1955-11-15), starred Ben Wright; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
A spy crisscrosses the country by bus, using the anonymity of the open road to pass classified defense and government information to a string of contacts working for foreign powers along the way.
This Suspense broadcast, "This Will Kill You" (1955-11-29), starred Sam Edwards; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "When the Bough Breaks" (1955-12-06), starred Virginia Gregg, Stacy Harris; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "A Present for Benny" (1955-12-13), starred Jack Kruschen; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Cave" (1955-12-20), starred Richard Beals, Billy Chapin, John; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Mystery of the Marie Celeste" (1955-12-27), starred John Dehner; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
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