Episode guide
Suspense: Season 6
51 episodes · premiered Sep 1, 1953
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- Episode 1: Paradise Junction Sep 1, 1953 The story of a traveling circus and its unhappy owner.
- Episode 2: Reign of Terror Sep 8, 1953 An innocent woman is sentenced to death during the French Revolution.
- Episode 3: The Darkest Night Sep 15, 1953 Murder and blackmail ruin a bride-to-be's bridal shower.
- Episode 4: The Riddle of Mayerling Sep 22, 1953 A dramatic adaptation of the famous and true story of a commoner's ill-fated romance with the Archduke Rudolph of Hapsburg.
- Episode 5: The Sister Sep 29, 1953 The tragic tale of a pair of recluses whose lives are brought into focus for the first time after years of frustration and jealousy.
- Episode 6: Death at Skirerud Pond Oct 6, 1953 The story of a tense trial in Norway when a jury was asked to remember what it was like in their homeland during the war. The actual verdict is revealed at the end of the program.
- Episode 7: The Accounting Oct 13, 1953 The story of a corrupt supply captain, son of an illustrious military hero, and a fiercely loyal major who challenges him to a duel to preserve the family's honor.
- Episode 8: The Valley of the Kings Oct 20, 1953 The tense story of an archaeological expedition searching for the tomb of King Tutmose. They finally find it and its treasures untouched; but then the curse of the Pharaoh on anyone…
- Episode 9: The Others Oct 27, 1953
- Episode 10: The Interruption Nov 3, 1953 An English gentleman gloats over the murder of his wife only to learn that his evil housekeeper knows his secret.
- Episode 11: Needle in a Haystack Nov 10, 1953 The behind-the-scenes story of how the U. S. Navy ferreted out the secret of Communist minefields in Wonsan Harbor, enabling minesweepers to clear the way for the safe landing of 22,000…
- Episode 12: The Newcomer Nov 17, 1953 A story of a brash stranger in a small Western town who changes his ways when arrested for the murder of a local belle.
- Episode 13: My Short Walk to Freedom Nov 24, 1953 When a fugitive from a Russian concentration camp is cornered in his Budapest home, he disguises himself and his brother to try a get beyond the Iron Curtain.
- Episode 14: Laugh It Off Dec 1, 1953 A kindly young man believes a girl's story that she is marked for murder and risks his life to save her, despite warnings from friends that she is a habitual liar and thrill-seeker.
- Episode 15: The Dance Dec 8, 1953 This episode is a remake of an episode previously shown on the series. This episode and the previous one were both shown live and featured different casts.
- Episode 16: Cagliostro and the Chess Player Dec 15, 1953 A dramatization based on the life of the 18th Century Italian magician, Count Alessandro di Cagliostro. The cunning magician inveigles King Stanislaus into a chess game with his mechanical…
- Episode 17: The Gift of Fear Dec 22, 1953 A little boy in a department store and a night watchman who likes toys better than people are featured in this odd Christmas tale.
- Episode 18: Mr. Nobody Dec 29, 1953 A wealthy, vicious woman turns a goodhearted but naive tramp into a pawn in her evil plans.
- Episode 19: Diamonds in the Sky Jan 5, 1954 A gang of smugglers, diamonds and a beautiful woman add up to trouble for the pilot on a trans-Atlantic flight.
- Episode 20: The Scrap Iron Curtain Jan 12, 1954 The true story of Baclav Uhlik, a Czech machinist who built an armored car and last July transported his wife, two children and four friends 40 miles through the Bohemian forests to the…
- Episode 21: The Haunted Jan 19, 1954 The second wife of a ski-lodge owner suspects her husband of the murder of his first wife.
- Episode 22: An Affair With a Ghost Jan 26, 1954 A dead French underground leader returns to save a band of hostages when a Nazi collaborator goes back on his promise.
- Episode 23: The Man Who Wouldn't Talk Feb 2, 1954 A drama based on the hoax of Canadian George DuPre, who claimed service in the French underground as a British intelligence officer during World War II.
- Episode 24: The Moonstone Feb 9, 1954 A precious stone taken from India is coveted by many parties.
- Episode 25: The Execution Feb 16, 1954 Her son's heroic death in battle unseals the lips of a mother about a 10-year-old tragedy involving her brutal husband.
- Episode 26: Death on the Screen Feb 23, 1954 A frantic wife sits by her TV set, watching a public dinner where a deranged man is getting ready to kill her husband.
- Episode 27: I Do Solemnly Swear Mar 2, 1954 The story of the first woman juror in the United States, in 1870 in Laramie, Wyoming.
- Episode 28: Before the Act Mar 9, 1954 A young bank official is the intended scapegoat of a carefully designed plan to rob the vault of $100,000.
- Episode 29: The Fourth Degree Mar 16, 1954 A psychiatrist makes a weird experiment in a last ditch attempt to get a key witness in a homicide case to talk.
- Episode 30: The Tenth Reunion Mar 23, 1954 A college reunion crowd discover that one of the gang has been missing since graduation. Those present have had reasons to do away with her.
- Episode 31: Torment Mar 30, 1954 Behind the Iron Curtain, a condemned prisoner's wife tries to save him by appealing to an old friend, the police chief.
- Episode 32: Open Transom Apr 6, 1954
- Episode 33: Operation: Barracuda Apr 13, 1954 Operation:Barracuda is a 1954 TV episode or short film directed by Robert Mulligan. "The heartless captain of a German u-boat crashes his vessel along the Atlantic coast at the close of…
- Episode 34: The Return Journey Apr 20, 1954 A window washer is tempted by an unguarded amount of money and realizes the error in his judgment all too soon.
- Episode 35: The Terror Begins Apr 27, 1954 The story of how Stalin held a grip on the Russian people after assassinating S.M. Kirov.
- Episode 36: Smoke May 4, 1954 The two sons of a disgusting and destructive old man stand to benefit as a result of his violent death.
- Episode 37: Operation: Nightmare May 11, 1954 A dramatization of the heroics of nurse Ann Bernatitus during the Battle of Bataan.
- Episode 38: Breakout May 18, 1954 A prison riot breaks out and a guard is taken hostage. The inmates want the keys to the main gate in exchange for the guard.
- Episode 39: Fingerprints May 25, 1954 A true story taken from the cases of Alfonse Bertillon, chief of the Identification Bureau of the Paris Police in the early 1900's. Bertillon invented the first system of crime detection…
- Episode 40: Race Against Murder Jun 1, 1954 A young doctor leaves his practice to find a cure for polio after watching his patients suffer.
- Episode 41: North Side Jun 8, 1954 The true story of the workings of a New York homicide squad as it goes about the solution of a brutal murder.
- Episode 42: The Pistol Shot Jun 15, 1954 An Army Captain wants revenge on a fellow officer in 19th century Russia. The young Captain has bested him in cards and love.
- Episode 43: String Jun 22, 1954 Thirty men in a secret unit, started by President Roosevelt during World War II, are captured and tortured at the Belsen concentration camp before escaping.
- Episode 44: The Hunted Jun 29, 1954 An unethical hunter is caught shooting a tame animal on a wildlife preserve. The game warden delivers an unexpected punishment: three bullets and a ten minute head start.
- Episode 45: The Girl in Car Thirty-Two Jul 6, 1954 An investigator puts his life in danger after he falls for the woman he is tailing.
- Episode 46: Conversation at an Inn Jul 13, 1954 A bicyclist makes up fantastic tales of murder on "clues" she finds along her rides. When she finds a shoe and a lighter, she tells an elaborate tale that turns out to be very close to the…
- Episode 47: Once a Killer Jul 20, 1954 A woman's faith in a hoodlum is destroyed when the police prevail upon her to get him to surrender.
- Episode 48: Main Feature: Death Jul 27, 1954 A woman gets locked in movie theater by mistake and encounters a pair of killers who break in to rob the safe.
- Episode 49: The Last Stand Aug 3, 1954 A would-be recluse's best friend discovers gold on his land. He realizes his only security is his friend's death, but he is thwarted in the effort of murder by some fast-traveling news.
- Episode 50: The Iron Cop Aug 10, 1954 A policeman's niece is murdered. He resolves to find the killer but has to pit his wits against an "electronic brain" to do so.
- Episode 51: Barn Burning Aug 17, 1954 A mentally incapacitated war hero seeks revenge against society.