Suspense — 1958
52 episodes broadcast in 1958.
After a bitter quarrel with her husband, a woman finds herself living through something impossible — an entire week seems to vanish around her. When she comes back to herself, her husband is gone and strangers have already moved into what used to be their apartment.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Island" (1958-01-12), starred John Lund; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Crowded Void" (1958-01-19), starred Bartett Robinson, John Dehner; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
An actor renting a room in an old boarding house starts dreaming, night after night, about the woman who lived there before him. In these visions she pleads for his help — she vanished once, and something about that disappearance was never properly solved.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Silver Frame" (1958-02-02), starred Charles McGraw; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Long Shot" (1958-02-09), starred Herbert Marshall; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "One Chef Well Done" (1958-02-16), starred Maurice Marsac; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Five Buck Tip" (1958-02-23), starred Karl Swenson, Cathy Lewis; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Never Follow a Banjo Act" (1958-03-02), starred Margaret Whiting; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Chain" (1958-03-09), starred Agnes Moorehead, Jay Novello; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
In Kenya, a novice trophy hunter merely wounds a lion instead of killing it outright, leaving the animal alive, furious, and now the professional hunter's problem to solve. Finishing the job forces the seasoned professional to confront something new: real fear, on a hunt where he's supposed to be the one in control.
This Suspense broadcast, "Affair at Loveland Pass" (1958-03-23), starred Jim Ameche, Vanessa Brown; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
Convinced she's about to die, a woman walks into a funeral parlor and calmly orders her own coffin. The alarmed mortician calls the police, fearing a suicide in the making, and the detective who investigates finds her sharing a house with a sister whose grip on reality seems none too steady.
This Suspense broadcast, "Just One Happy Little Family" (1958-04-06), starred Ray Noble, Lee Patrick; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Win, Place or Die" (1958-04-13), starred Frank Lovejoy; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Alibi Me" (1958-04-20), starred Stan Freberg; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Winner Lose All" (1958-04-27), starred John Lund; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Sundown" (1958-05-04), starred Jackie Kelk; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Subway Stop" (1958-05-11), starred Skip Homeier; 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)
A beatnik known on the street only as 'The Tennis Shoe' finds himself the prime suspect in a killing he had nothing to do with, with little more than his own nerve to clear his name.
This Suspense broadcast, "Rave Notice" (1958-06-01), starred Vincent Price; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
An invisibility experiment goes sideways when its chimpanzee test subject slips its cage and vanishes into the world unseen. One of the lab's less scrupulous employees dons the same treatment to chase it down — and figures, since no one can see him anyway, he might as well help himself along the way.
This Suspense broadcast, "Strange for a Killer" (1958-06-15), starred Dan O'Herlihy; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Last Kilometer" (1958-06-22), starred Marsha Hunt; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Rain Tonight" (1958-06-29), starred John McIntyre; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Rub Down and Out" (1958-07-06), starred Lloyd Bridges, William Conrad; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Long Night" (1958-07-13), starred Frank Lovejoy, Barney Philips, Peter; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
A man has worked out exactly how he'll kill his best friend and take the man's wife for himself. Just as he raises the gun, though, an experimental drug he's taken finally takes hold, opening his mind to everyone's thoughts and throwing his careful plan into chaos.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Steel River Prison Break" (1958-07-27), starred Bartlett Robinson; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
With the world teetering toward a third world war, the military races to put up a satellite that could silence every enemy transmission on the ground. One of the scientists building it is visited by the ghost of an old army comrade, who wants the whole project stopped.
Sophronia Winters gave the best years of her life to nursing an ailing father, and now that duty's finally behind her, she heads to Florida chasing sunshine and a second chance at happiness. Hiram seems to be exactly the answer to her prayers — or he seems to be.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Bridge" (1958-08-17), starred Cathy Lewis; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Remember Me?" (1958-08-24), starred Jackie Cooper; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Whole Town's Sleeping" (1958-08-31), starred Agnes Moorehead, William Conrad; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Man Who Won the War" (1958-09-07), starred Herbert Marshall; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
A troop of U.S. cavalrymen rides deep into Sioux territory on a search-and-rescue mission, fully aware that every mile takes them further into hostile, unforgiving ground.
This Suspense broadcast, "No Hiding Place" (1958-09-21), starred Jim Ameche; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
A mishap at a remote nuclear testing ground sets an armed device ticking toward early detonation. With the countdown running and no way to simply walk away, the crew on site has to find a fix before time runs out.
In an unnamed country at an unspecified time, a squad of secret police tightens its net around the last holdout of a resistance cell, closing in for what looks like the rebels' final stand.
This Suspense broadcast, "The Treasure Chest of Don Jose" (1958-10-11), starred Raymond Burr; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
Three keepers hold a lighthouse rising alone out of open water when a derelict ship wrecks against the surrounding reef and unleashes a swarm of giant rats onto the rock. Starved and unstoppable, the rats besiege the tower level after level, and the keepers watch their defenses fail one barrier at a time. (after George G. Toudouze)
This Suspense broadcast, "Headshrinker" (1958-10-25), starred Helmut Dantine, Nina Foch; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Dealings of Mr. Markheim" (1958-11-01), starred James Mason, Pamala Mason; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Two for the Road" (1958-11-08), starred William Conrad, Charles McGraw; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Affair at Aden" (1958-11-15), starred Frank Lovejoy; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Dear Niece" (1958-11-23), starred Lee Patrick; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier, though the broadcast log notes: Show moves to Sunday 5:30pm.
This Suspense broadcast, "A Statement of Fact" (1958-11-30), starred Cathy Lewis, William Conrad; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Tom Dooley" (1958-12-07), starred Robert Horton; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "For Old Times Sake" (1958-12-14), starred John Lund, Virginia Gregg; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
This Suspense broadcast, "Out for Christmas" (1958-12-21), starred Raymond Burr; no episode synopsis survives in the free sources consulted for this dossier.
A small-time crook pawns his wife's jewelry to buy a watch rumored to bend time to its own schedule. He's certain he's finally found the perfect angle for getting away with anything — until he learns that controlling time comes with a price of its own.
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