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1 | Date | Number | Episode title | SURVIVING RECORDINGS | Comments, historical items, trivia | Period | Location | |||||||||||||
2 | Network of any kind | AFRS/ AFRTS | Aircheck (included in network column) | '70s/'80s AFRTS | Blog post date | |||||||||||||||
3 | 1940-07-22 | AUD | The Lodger (audition) | Y | Part of CBS Forecast series; Hitchcock listed as producer; because Hitchcock had to go to New York City, British actor Edmond Stevens imitated him at end of program; the script has often been attributed to Harold Medford but may have been written by Joan Harrison, Hitchcock's assistant and also a screenwriter; Vanda regretted the script's open end conclusion after advertisers used it as justification against sponsoring a Suspense series; this was originally planned to be the second in the Forecast series, but was delayed to be the fourth - it is not clear why there was a schedule change or if it had anything to do with Hitchcock's calendar. | Audition | New York | January 15, 2023 | ||||||||||||
4 | 1942-06-17 | 1 | The Burning Court | Y | Actor Ted Osborne is the only cast member of this first Suspense broadcast to appear in the final broadcast of the series on September 30, 1962 | Summer 1942 | New York | January 16, 2023 | ||||||||||||
5 | 1942-06-24 | 2 | Wet Saturday | Y | "The Life of Nellie James" originally announced for this date; this performance includes Joan Lorring who is one of three actors to appear in the inaugural summer season of Suspense and its final season | Summer 1942 | New York | January 17, 2023 | ||||||||||||
6 | 1942-07-01 | 3 | The Life of Nellie James | missing | missing single performance; Loretta Young was originally cast for this episode, but she did not appear on Suspense until 1950-03-02 Lady Killer; originally planned as first episode of the series; first script that was not an adaptation of an existing work; "Rope" originally announced for this date; this was the first of three different productions based on the famous 1892 case of Lizzie Borden and the murder of her parents in Fall River, Massachusetts | Summer 1942 | New York | |||||||||||||
7 | 1942-07-08 | 4 | Rope | missing | missing single performance; based on the Leopold and Loeb murder case of 1924; Hitchcock would release his movie in 1948; originally planned for Melvyn Douglas as the 1942-07-01 broadcast; some newspapers announce "Nellie James" for this date; recreated by Sole Twin Audios in 2022 | Summer 1942 | New York | |||||||||||||
8 | 1942-07-15 | 5 | Witness on the West-Bound Train | missing | missing single performance; last program produced by Charles Vanda prior to joining war effort and assisting in development of AFRS; script adapted by Harold Medford from one of his Calling All Cars episodes | Summer 1942 | New York | |||||||||||||
9 | 1942-07-22 | 6 | Finishing School | missing | from short story "The Third Eye"; there are newspaper listings that incorrectly list "Third Eye" and "Finishing School" as separate performances; this particular performance may be missing but it was performed again on 1943-12-30 | Summer 1942 | New York | |||||||||||||
10 | 1942-07-29 | 7 | Philomel Cottage | pt 2 only | the full performance may be missing but it was performed again on 1943-10-07 and 1946-12-26; "The Lodger" was originally announced for this date | Summer 1942 | New York | January 18, 2023 | ||||||||||||
11 | 1942-08-05 | LIKELY NO BROADCAST THIS WEEK | no script or other resource material exists for this date in any archive that indicates a broadcast on this date; all Suspense logs have had one pre-empted week in the Summer 1942 run, usually 1942-07-22; based on hard copies of scripts for the other weeks and other production references, this is the skipped week by process of elimination; newspaper timetables have no pre-empted weeks and have conflicting script information for many weeks | |||||||||||||||||
12 | 1942-08-12 | 8 | Suspicion | missing | this particular performance may be missing but it was performed again on 1944-02-10 and 1948-04-03 | Summer 1942 | New York | |||||||||||||
13 | 1942-08-19 | 9 | The Cave of Ali Baba | Y | Y | show opens with WW2 Victory PSA; "One Hundred in the Dark" originally scheduled for this date; earliest circulating performance with William Spier as producer; two copies are in circulation, one full program and the other with the Victory PSA edited out; this performance includes Ian Martin who is one of three actors to appear in the inaugural summer season of Suspense and its final season | Summer 1942 | New York | January 19, 2023 | |||||||||||
14 | 1942-09-02 | 10 | The Hitch-Hiker | Y | Y | Y | re-use of Lady Esther script 1941-11-14 (only a recording of the drama portion of the 1941 broadcast is available; the full program is not available); first Suspense production of a Lucille Fletcher script; possible inside joke after 18m where Welles' character is on a lonely road through a farm area with sound effect of mooing cows in the background and his character says he is "udder-ly alone"; the effect is in the 1941 performance, the October 1942 Philip Morris performance is missing, so it is not known, and the sound effect is not used in the 1946 Mercury Summer Theater performance | Summer 1942 | New York | January 20, 2023 | ||||||||||
15 | 1942-09-16 | 11 | The Kettler Method | Y | re-use of Shadow script "Nightmare at Gaelsbury" which itself was later re-used in the Shadow series as "Terror at Wolf's Head Knoll" | Summer 1942 | New York | January 21, 2023 | ||||||||||||
16 | 1942-09-23 | 12 | A Passage to Benares | Y | Summer 1942 | New York | January 22, 2023 | |||||||||||||
17 | 1942-09-30 | 13 | One Hundred in the Dark | Y | This was planned to be the conclusion of the series, but there was significant CBS executive and listening audience support for the series to continue despite not having a sponsor | Summer 1942 | New York | January 23, 2023 | ||||||||||||
18 | 1942-10-27 | 14 | The Lord of the Witch-Doctors | Y | John Dickson Carr started a special run as the main scriptwriter for Suspense. His hiring was a major boost to the program as he was a prominent and popular mystery novelist. This was an adaptation of a BBC play by Carr that was originally broadcast there on 1941-09-13; is it "witchdoctors" or "witch doctors" or "witch-doctors"? Spier's review script has the hyphen | NY sustained | New York | January 24, 2023 | ||||||||||||
19 | 1942-11-03 | 15 | The Devil in the Summer House | Y | The show begins with the reading of the various definitions of "suspense"; it is used again at the beginning of the ill-fated hour-long series in January 1948; this was originally a BBC "Detection Club" hour-long presentation featuring Carr's character Dr. Fell and was broadcast on 1940-10-15 | NY sustained | New York | January 25, 2023 | ||||||||||||
20 | 1942-11-10 | 16 | Will You Make a Bet with Death? | Y | script was used in BBC Appointment with Fear series 1943-10-14; adapted for the Suspense comic book series, but likely using the script from the 1948 hour-long production | NY sustained | New York | January 26, 2023 | ||||||||||||
21 | 1942-11-17 | 17 | Menace in Wax | Y | script was used in BBC Appointment with Fear series 1943-11-18; this recording lacks a full opening; there are copies of this program with a full opening introduction that are "patched" with the opening of Lord of the Witch-Doctors. | NY sustained | New York | January 27, 2023 | ||||||||||||
22 | 1942-11-24 | 18 | The Body Snatchers | Y | script was used in BBC Appointment with Fear series 1943-09-30; adapted for the Suspense comic book series | NY sustained | New York | January 28, 2023 | ||||||||||||
23 | 1942-12-01 | 19 | The Bride Vanishes | Y | Script was re-used on 1948-12-12 Cabin B13 series; adapted for the Suspense comic book series; Hanley Stafford is often reported as the lead role in the story, but no reliable research indicates so. | NY sustained | New York | January 29, 2023 | ||||||||||||
24 | 1942-12-15 | 20 | Till Death Do Us Part | Y | "Hollywood guest star" policy officially begins; this title used twice in series with different storylines and authors; this is by John Dickson Carr and plot is that a British professor believes his wife has desire for a young American doctor; script was re-used on 1948-12-12 for the Cabin B13 series | NY sustained | New York | January 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||
25 | 1942-12-22 | 21 | Two Sharp Knives | Y | NY sustained | New York | January 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||
26 | 1943-01-05 | 22 | Nothing up My Sleeve | Y | Y | aircheck opens with Thin Man promo which is believed to indicate that this is an aircheck and not the studio recording https://cobaltclubannex.forumotion.com/t403p525-suspense-upgrades#16564 | NY sustained | New York | February 1, 2023 | |||||||||||
27 | 1943-01-12 | 23 | The Pit and the Pendulum | Y | first time narrator refers to himself as "Man in Black"; played by Ted Osborne; script was used in BBC Appointment with Fear series 1943-09-18 | NY sustained | New York | February 2, 2023 | ||||||||||||
28 | 1943-01-19 | 24 | The Devil's Saint | Y | AFRTS Radio Theater #2069 known to exist | script was used in BBC Appointment with Fear series 1943-10-21; script was also re-used on the 1948-12-26 Cabin B-13 series as "The Sleep of Death" | NY sustained | New York | February 3, 2023 | |||||||||||
29 | 1943-01-26 | 25 | Death Went Along for the Ride | pt 2 only | this particular performance may be missing but it was performed again on 1944-04-27; Cobalt Club member "chasedad" makes these comments: One of the most obvious differences is the narration from the "Man in Black" throughout this version, which is largely unnecessary anyway and easily removed via some changes to the dialogue. But the '44 version was a major rewrite in all sorts of other ways, including an entire scene set at a carnival which was taken out of the later version (possibly because the addition of commercials made it necessary to trim the script's length, but also possibly because it's sort of a nonsensical scene). The one-armed man who'd menaced Gavery makes it all the way to the end of the story here, which means the scene in the first half of the '44 version where Javery runs the one-armed man's car off the road and kills him had to have been added for that version. And there are all sorts of changes to the dialogue throughout, including the addition of a new closing line in the latter version, plus in this earlier version the villain is killed exclusively through his own stupidity, whereas in the revised script Gavery lends a hand in that by throwing open a window curtain at a crucial moment." His comments led us to find the script for the 1944 broadcast since this 1943 one is not available. Sure enough, a major clue is right on the front page. The 1943 script was written by Henry Denker and Ralph Berkley, as announced at the close of this recording. The 1944 script adds Robert Richards to the credits. Richards was a very important member of the Suspense production team. He was Spier's editor when he wasn't scripting his own episodes -- so he's the one who did all of the re-writing for this episode. It was Richards who gave the series a consistency in approach but also a guiding hand (and ear) for that made all of the story adaptations the series converted to radio all the more effective. | NY sustained | New York | February 4, 2023 | ||||||||||||
30 | 1943-02-02 | 26 | The Doctor Prescribed Death | Y | special Hollywood broadcast; script was later used on The Whistler 1944-06-11; originally titled "The Boomerang" | NY sustained | Hollywood | February 5, 2023 | ||||||||||||
31 | 1943-02-09 | 27 | The Hangman Won't Wait | pt 1 only | missing single performance; special Hollywood broadcast; script was used in BBC Appointment with Fear series as The Clock Strikes Eight 1944-05-18 | NY sustained | Hollywood | February 6, 2023 | ||||||||||||
32 | 1943-02-16 | 28 | In Fear and Trembling | Y | #17 known to exist | AFRTS Radio Theater #2074 known to exist | special Hollywood broadcast; script was used earlier on The Whistler 1942-09-27 "Jealousy" | NY sustained | Hollywood | February 7, 2023 | ||||||||||
33 | 1943-02-23 | 29 | Will You Walk into My Parlor | pt 1 only | missing single performance; some resources indicat that this was performed on Appointment with Fear as "Vampire Tower" 1944-05-11; The full performance was recreated by American Radio Theater in 2015 | NY sustained | New York | February 8, 2023 | ||||||||||||
34 | 1943-03-02 | 30 | The Night Reveals | missing | this particular performance may be missing but it was performed again on 1943-12-09, 1946-04-16, and 1949-05-26; cast was originally announced as Henry Hull and Constance Bennett | NY sustained | New York | |||||||||||||
35 | 1943-03-09 | 31 | The Phantom Archer | missing | missing single performance; script was used in BBC Appointment with Fear series 1943-11-04; recreated by Sole Twin Audios in March 2023 | NY sustained | New York | |||||||||||||
36 | 1943-03-16 | 32 | Cabin B -13 | missing | this particular performance may be missing but it was performed again on 1943-11-09; script was used in BBC Appointment with Fear series on 1943-09-11; script adapted to movie "Dangerous Crossing" in 1953 | NY sustained | New York | |||||||||||||
37 | 1943-03-23 | 33 | The Customers Like Murder | Y | script was used in BBC Appointment with Fear series 1943-10-07 | NY sustained | New York | February 9, 2023 | ||||||||||||
38 | 1943-03-30 | 34 | The Dead Sleep Lightly | Y | was originally presented on the BBC in September 1941 as a Dr. Fell mystery | NY sustained | New York | February 10, 2023 | ||||||||||||
39 | 1943-04-06 | 35 | Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble | Y | script was used in BBC Appointment with Fear series 1943-10-28; final New York production except for three episodes in 1947 and one in 1953 until the ultimate return in August 1959 | NY sustained | New York | February 11, 2023 | ||||||||||||
40 | 1943-04-13 | 36 | Fear Paints a Picture | Y | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 12, 2023 | |||||||||||||
41 | 1943-04-20 | 37 | The Moment of Darkness | Y | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 13, 2023 | |||||||||||||
42 | 1943-04-27 | 38 | The Diary of Sophronia Winters | Y | Spier would re-use the script for 1949-04-29 Philip Morris Playhouse | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 14, 2023 | ||||||||||||
43 | 1943-05-04 | 39 | Death Flies Blind | Y | supporting actor Montagu Love (Silas Naylor role) died two weeks after his performance; script was used in BBC Appointment with Fear series 1944-04-20 | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 15, 2023 | ||||||||||||
44 | 1943-05-11 | 40 | Mr Markham, Antique Dealer | Y | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 16, 2023 | |||||||||||||
45 | 1943-05-18 | 41 | The ABC Murders | Y | AFRS#9 | The original Agatha Christie novel included detective Hercule Poirot, but this adaptation did not; this is the first Suspense script by Robert Tallman who would collaborate with Spier on Sam Spade and Spier's TV series effort, Omnibus | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 17, 2023 | |||||||||||
46 | 1943-05-25 | 42 | Sorry, Wrong Number | Y | AFRS #8 | original titles "You Can Always Telephone," "I'm So Nervous," "She Overheard Death Talking," "She Overheard Death Speaking," "She Overheard Murder Speaking," "If at First You Don't Succeed"; missed cue at end muddles conclusion for listeners, helped make this episode legendary; Suspense had only one broadcast, the idea that there was a correct west coast broadcast is incorrect and has been disproven, but the rumor persists; separate east and west broadcasts did not occur until only two weekends in August 1943, and not again until the Roma Wines sponsorship beginning in December 1943 | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 18, 2023 | |||||||||||
47 | 1943-06-01 | 43 | Banquo's Chair | Y | mentions flub in SWN; original titles were "The Extra Guest" and "Extra Chair"; Spier would re-use the script for 1949-03-25 Philip Morris Playhouse | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 19, 2023 | ||||||||||||
48 | 1943-06-08 | 44 | Five Canaries in the Room | Y | WHAS partial segment | Vincent Price was originally planned as star | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 20, 2023 | |||||||||||
49 | 1943-06-15 | 45 | Last Night | Y | 2 different versions | Income tax announcement at open of one recording; the other recording has a piano solo until network feed is fixed at 2:30 of broadcast; it is believed that the "piano broadcast" is from Seattle station KIRO; the pianist is Carol Marsh, who had a musical program of piano music in the CBS schedule that usually aired weekday mornings in the early 1940s; searching for information about Marsh is difficult because there was a young British actress with the same name who was also in the news at the time; it is not known if it is a recording of Marsh that was played or if she was on call that evening to play live in case there was a broadcast interruption | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 21, 2023 | |||||||||||
50 | 1943-06-22 | 46 | The Man Without a Body | Y | Variety reports in its issue of this date that John Dickson Carr was recalled to the UK to assist in the war effort; he had been recalled from the UK in August 1942 to register for the US draft; the US agreed to allow Carr to go to the UK to work in the British propaganda effort. By the time this episode aired, Carr was already back in England | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 22, 2023 | ||||||||||||
51 | 1943-06-29 | 47 | Uncle Henry's Rose Bush | Y | AFRS#4 | last Kearns as "Man in Black" until 1943-09-23 | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 23, 2023 | |||||||||||
52 | 1943-07-06 | 48 | The White Rose Murders | Y | claimed that this episode inspired Los Angeles area serial killer George Hodel; Jim Bannon, and possibly others, substituted for Kearns in this and following weeks as he recovered from a broken jaw; the actors who subbed for Kearns is poorly documented and either mis-credited or uncredited in those particular episodes; Kearns did appear on other programs such as Lights Out in August, but not Suspense | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 24, 2023 | ||||||||||||
53 | 1943-07-20 | 49 | Murder Goes for a Swim | Y | Robert Shayon directed for next three episodes as Spier recovers from first heart attack; Suspense had been cancelled the prior week because of Spier's absence | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 25, 2023 | ||||||||||||
54 | 1943-07-27 | 50 | The Last Letter of Dr Bronson | Y | WHAS part 1 only | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 26, 2023 | ||||||||||||
55 | 1943-08-03 | 51 | A Friend to Alexander | Y | Newspaper clippings indicate press releases had title as "A Friend of Alexander," but Thurber's original story is "to," correctly announced in broadcast | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 27, 2023 | ||||||||||||
56 | 1943-08-10 | 52 | The Fountain Plays | Y | Sorry Wrong Number repeat performance originally scheduled for this date; likely held for publicity purposes for the Saturday evening east-west weekends starting the next weekend | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | February 28, 2023 | ||||||||||||
57 | 1943-08-21 | 53 | Sorry, Wrong Number | E&W | Y (CJOR Canada) | repeat of 1943-05-25; special Saturday broadcast with 7:30pm ET (4:30 PT in studio) and 8pm PT (broadcast and in studio) for first east-west broadcasts; the 8pm PT / 11pm ET broadcast was available nationally if stations desired it; west broadcast is a Vancouver BC recording at CJOR - was meant to be a private recording from network feed for an actor studying Moorehead's technique and was not broadcast over the station | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | March 1, 2023 | |||||||||||
58 | 1943-08-28 | 54 | The King's Birthday | E&W | special Saturday broadcast with 7:30pm ET (4:30 PT in studio) and 8pm PT (broadcast and in studio) for first east-west broadcasts; the 8pm PT / 11pm ET broadcast was available nationally if stations desired it; the east recording closes with tease for next week with ET and PT times; the west recording has tease only for PT time; this story was included in Suspense Magazine #2 | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | March 2, 2023 | ||||||||||||
59 | 1943-09-02 | 55 | The Singing Walls | Y | AFRS#20 (known to exist) | return to single national performance | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | March 3, 2023 | |||||||||||
60 | 1943-09-09 | 56 | Marry for Murder | Y | this story was included in Suspense Magazine #2 | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | March 4, 2023 | ||||||||||||
61 | 1943-09-16 | 57 | The Cross-Eyed Bear | Y | AFRS #21 | Novelist Dorothy Hughes only received word the morning of the broadcast that the planned adaptation of "Cross-Eyed Bear Murders" was being performed that night; she later told her local Santa Fe, NM newspaper that the dramatization was a "beautiful job" of her work. | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | March 5, 2023 | |||||||||||
62 | 1943-09-23 | 58 | The Most Dangerous Game | Y | AFRS #23 | Kearns returns as "Man in Black"; Spier returns to work in full, becoming producer-editor-director | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | March 6, 2023 | |||||||||||
63 | 1943-09-30 | 59 | The Lost Special | N | AFRS #24 | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | March 7, 2023 | ||||||||||||
64 | 1943-10-07 | 60 | Philomel Cottage | Y | AFRS#25 known to exist | Y | repeat of 1942-07-29; begins with promo for the Moore-Durante program; Donovan's Brain (part 1) originally scheduled for this date, likely the request of Republic Pictures to delay until after their film adaptation "The Lady and the Monster" release in April 1944; Welles had used Republic's screenplay to develop radio adaptation | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | March 8, 2023 | ||||||||||
65 | 1943-10-19 | 61 | Lazarus Walks | N | Y | Donovan's Brain (part 2) originally scheduled for this date; selection of this script may have been near last-minute as no newspaper clippings can be found for this script's production | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | March 9, 2023 | |||||||||||
66 | 1943-10-26 | 62 | After-Dinner Story | Y | Plan to move to Thursdays beginning 1943-12-02 with new time for East, Central, and Mountain is announced; Pacific is left out of the announcement; this is a Cornell Woolrich story that was originally released under his pseudonym "William Irish" | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | March 10, 2023 | ||||||||||||
67 | 1943-11-02 | 63 | Statement of Employee Henry Wilson | Y | Plan for separate day broadcasts for East & Central and Mountain & Pacific beginning 1943-12-02 is announced at end of program; this story was included in Suspense Magazine #3 | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | March 11, 2023 | ||||||||||||
68 | 1943-11-09 | 64 | Cabin B-13 | Y | Y | Y | repeat of 1943-03-16; plan for separate day broadcasts is repeated | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | March 12, 2023 | ||||||||||
69 | 1943-11-16 | 65 | Thieves Fall Out | Y | Plan for separate day broadcasts is repeated; this story was included in Suspense Magazine #2 | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | March 13, 2023 | ||||||||||||
70 | 1943-11-23 | 66 | The Strange Death of Charles Umberstein | Y | Y | Plan for separate day broadcasts is repeated; first radio script of E. Jack Neuman, who would become a legendary radio writer; this story was included in Suspense Magazine #4 | Hwood sustained | Hollywood | March 14, 2023 | |||||||||||
71 | 1943-12-02 | 67 Thu | The Black Curtain | Y (assumed) | One copy of performance exists, says "next week" no specific day; repeat of 1943-12-02; first time phrases "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" and "a tale well calculated..." are used; Frank Martin is Roma announcer East + Central had Thursday broadcasts, Mountain + West had separate Monday performances; CBS could not clear time for same-day Pacific Network broadasts because of prior advertising commitments | Roma 2x | Hollywood | March 15, 2023 | ||||||||||||
72 | 1943-12-06 | 67 Mon | The Black Curtain | missing | ||||||||||||||||
73 | 1943-12-09 | 68 Thu | The Night Reveals | Y | repeat of 1943-03-02; title sent to newspapers was "The Night Revealed" | Roma 2x | Hollywood | March 16, 2023 | ||||||||||||
74 | 1943-12-13 | 68 Mon | The Night Reveals | missing | ||||||||||||||||
75 | 1943-12-16 | 69 Thu | Wet Saturday | Y | AFRS #30 (west) | AFRS is drawn from West (Monday) broadcast: East at 26:30 has “I told you to keep still, George, I am thinking” and AFRS at 24:00 has "I told you to keep still, George, I’m…your father’s thinking” ; repeat of 1942-06-24 | Roma 2x | Hollywood | March 17, 2023 | |||||||||||
76 | 1943-12-20 | 69 Mon | Wet Saturday | missing | ||||||||||||||||
77 | 1943-12-23 | 70 Thu | Back for Christmas | Y | Roma 2x | Hollywood | March 18, 2023 | |||||||||||||
78 | 1943-12-27 | 70 Mon | Back for Christmas | missing | ||||||||||||||||
79 | 1943-12-30 | 71 Thu | Finishing School | Y | Y (west) | AFRS is from west (Monday) broadcast; AFRS 1:55 "Just as I saw them that very first time" while east is 1:45 "Just as I saw them the very first time"; also AFRS 3:36 "I'll hear about it.." and east is 3:34 "I'll, I'll hear about it..." | Roma 2x | Hollywood | March 19, 2023 | |||||||||||
80 | 1944-01-03 | 71 Mon | Finishing School | missing | ||||||||||||||||
81 | 1944-01-06 | 72 Thu | One Way Ride to Nowhere | Y | AFRS #34 (west) | script adapted to become movie "Last Crooked Mile" in 1948; AFRS recording is from the West broadcast; East 20:28 "...and ask for a bellhop named, uh, Ted Martin"; AFRS 18:51 "...and ask for a bellhop named Ted Martin"; this story was included in Suspense Magazine #2 | Roma 2x | Hollywood | March 20, 2023 | |||||||||||
82 | 1944-01-10 | 72 Mon | One Way Ride to Nowhere | missing | ||||||||||||||||
83 | 1944-01-13 | 73 Thu | Dime a Dance | Y | identified as #35 in MacKenzie AFRS reference | Y (east) | Ball made suggestions for changes that resulted in Spier re-writing the script for the Thursday broadcast; Spier was still making changes as the show was on the air, and Ball read the last three pages cold, without rehearsal. It can be assumed that all of the changes were fully integrated for the west broadcast; AFRTS episode is same as the east network as Ball stumbles over a line and comes out with some unintelligible sounds midway through network 15:53: If he enjoyed hurting her like that [?] when she was still alive he enjoyed dancing with her after she was dead and matches 13:01 AFRTS | Roma 2x | Hollywood | March 21, 2023 | ||||||||||
84 | 1944-01-17 | 73 Mon | Dime a Dance | missing | ||||||||||||||||
85 | 1944-01-20 | 74 Thu | A World of Darkness | Y | this story was included in Suspense Magazine #3 | Roma 2x | Hollywood | March 22, 2023 | ||||||||||||
86 | 1944-01-24 | 74 Mon | A World of Darkness | missing | ||||||||||||||||
87 | 1944-01-27 | 75 Thu | The Locked Room | Y | AFRS #37 (west) | originally titled "The Locked Door" WC at 25:56: “After you drink it you’ll not mind what else is necessary.” EC at 26:02: “After you drink it you'll…you’ll not mind what else is necessary.” AFRS at 23:24: “After you drink it you’ll not mind what else is necessary.” ; this is the final "new" John Dickson Carr script to be aired on Suspense | Roma 2x | Hollywood | March 23, 2023 | |||||||||||
88 | 1944-01-31 | 75 Mon | The Locked Room | Y | ||||||||||||||||
89 | 1944-02-03 | 76 Thu | The Sisters | Y | known to exist, #38 | Roma 2x | Hollywood | March 24, 2023 | ||||||||||||
90 | 1944-02-07 | 76 Mon | The Sisters | Y | ||||||||||||||||
91 | 1944-02-10 | 77 Thu | Suspicion | Y | AFRS #39 (west) | repeat of 1942-08-12; the AFRS version is from the west coast broadcast; the east broadcast has at 17:32 "Tomorrow or next day, when he’s quite well, mind you, I’d like to have you….have him….come down to the office…" while the AFRS has at 15:49 "Now, tomorrow or next day, when he’s quite well, mind you, I’d like to have him come to my office…" | Roma 2x | Hollywood | March 25, 2023 | |||||||||||
92 | 1944-02-14 | 77 Mon | Suspicion | missing | ||||||||||||||||
93 | 1944-02-17 | 78 Thu | Life Ends at Midnight | missing | this story was included in Suspense Magazine #4 | Roma 2x | Hollywood | March 26, 2023 | ||||||||||||
94 | 1944-02-21 | 78 Mon | Life Ends at Midnight | Y | ||||||||||||||||
95 | 1944-02-24 | 79 Thu | Sorry, Wrong Number | missing | AFRS #41 (west) | repeat of 1943-05-25 and 1943-08-21; AFRS recording is from the west broadcast as drama dialogue matches throughout | Roma 2x | Hollywood | March 27, 2023 | |||||||||||
96 | 1944-02-28 | 79 Mon | Sorry, Wrong Number | Y | ||||||||||||||||
97 | 1944-03-02 | 80 Thu | Portrait Without a Face | Y | The Defense Rests originally scheduled for these dates; this story was included in Suspense Magazine #1 | Roma 2x | Hollywood | March 28, 2023 | ||||||||||||
98 | 1944-03-06 | 80 Mon | Portrait Without a Face | Y | ||||||||||||||||
99 | 1944-03-09 | 81 Thu | The Defense Rests | Y | Y (west) | Y (east) | east 26:46 is “Yes, yes, I did it, I did it, I…I killed him…” and AFRTS is 24:58: “Yes, yes, I did it, I did it, I…I killed him…” while west is 26:43 “Yes…yes, I…I…I did it, I killed him but…” therefore the AFRTS recording is from the east broadcast; a private aircheck with station changes matches the west broadcast at 28:01; this story was included in Suspense Magazine #1 | Roma 2x | Hollywood | March 29, 2023 | ||||||||||
100 | 1944-03-13 | 81 Mon | The Defense Rests | Y |