Suspense: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Suspense Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Poison
Aug 29, 1950
A Britain in India awakens from a nap to discover a poisonous snake on his belly. The slightest movement on his part would mean death. It was placed on him by his hysterical wife.
A Pocketful of Murder
Sep 5, 1950
Cocky newspaper reporter Turk Wilson has made it clear in articles and in person that he believes druggist Max Hensig murdered his wife. When Hensig is acquitted, he puts Wilson on
Edge of Panic
Sep 12, 1950
Harry Martin is an insurance agent with an alcohol problem. In a drunk stupor he apparently murders a flirty blonde who was trying to buy a large annuity. He returns to his wife Al
Dark Shadows
Sep 19, 1950
I. B. Trane lost his sight at the hands of brutal criminal Takama while he was in Japan on military duty. Trane's sixth sense tells him the barbarian is now in New York and that ha
Six to One
Sep 26, 1950
A released prisoner seeks to avenge himself on five "friends" who testified falsely against him.
Criminals Mark
Oct 10, 1950
The story of a wife of an ex-criminal who tries to go straight but gets involved in another hold-up through his "pals."
Breakdown
Oct 24, 1950
A cruel and tyrannical office boss breaks his neck in a plane crash and is taken for dead until just before his body is cremated.
Halloween Hold Up
Oct 31, 1950
A gang wearing masks finds the perfect opportunity for a hold-up during Halloween.
The Brush Off
Nov 14, 1950
Ralph Farley, a struggling actor, overhears a plot to kill Roger Sherman, a powerful Hollywood agent. Ralph attempts to prevent the murder, but is thwarted by everyone from the pol
Hands of Mr. Ottermole
Nov 28, 1950
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.
The Guy From Nowhere
Dec 5, 1950
A young football coach in a small town gets involved with big time gamblers.
The Mallet
Dec 12, 1950
A bellicose huckster travels the fairs of England shilling his magic elixir. The "doctor," as he's called, is befriended by a couple in a local tavern who proceed to get him intoxi
Dancing Dan's Christmas
Dec 19, 1950
In the days of prohibition, jewel thief "Dancing Dan" is taken with the gorgeous speakeasy hostess. In the holiday spirit, he makes like Santa for the woman's elderly grandmother.
The Tip
Dec 26, 1950
Elaine Court recently had a heart attack and needs relaxation, but she's stressed over a strange man she claims has been lurking about. With her husband at work, she walks into the
Death in a River
Jan 2, 1951
Two drownings, strikingly similar in their details, provide a mystery to investigators.
Tough Cop
Jan 9, 1951
Rookie cop Eddie Stone takes out his anger on suspects after Ruth, his fiancé, tells him she's fallen for another man. For two years he seethes, just hoping for the day the "other
Dead Fall
Jan 23, 1951
The innocent involvement of a young scientist in a touch-and-go duel between government agents and an espionage ring brings a surprising and thrilling climax.
Night Break
Feb 6, 1951
A killer escapes authorities while being taken to Sing Sing and searches for the person who betrayed him.
Double Entry
Feb 13, 1951
Bookkeeper Horace Maybee has been skimming money for years from the small finance company where he works. With auditors coming in to examine the books, he's desperate to come up wi
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mar 6, 1951
What is the connection between the eminently respectable Dr. Jekyll and the ruthlessly murderous and cruel Mr. Hyde?
On a Country Road
Mar 13, 1951
Running out of gas on a foggy back road in Maine, a couple become frightened by news reports of a murderous woman who's escaped from an asylum. Searching for help, the two take ref
Telephone Call
Mar 20, 1951
The Haskells are throwing a drunken New Year's Eve party in their New York apartment. Next door, Everett Kelsey has had enough of tending to the bitter supposedly invalid wife who
The Three of Silence
Mar 27, 1951
Racketeer Frank Cadwallder isn't allowed to play cards at the speakeasy because of the huge debt he currently owes. He recruits a nobody off the street to play poker on his behalf,
Go Home Dead Man
Apr 3, 1951
Williams is a pilot who works for Scandinavian Export, flying by night to deliver unknown shipments to somewhere in the Arctic. Feeling something's fishy, he tries to quit but is s
The Juice Man
Apr 17, 1951
A committee investigating racketeering and political corruption in Chinatown fails to get Chan Sou, a local leader to cooperate. The district attorney convinces a detective and a n
The Meeting
Apr 24, 1951
The thief who just robbed and murdered a jeweler is trying to escape the office building when the police arrive. Sneaking down the hallways, he stumbles across a meeting of the Int
Murder in the Ring
May 8, 1951
Drama about a crooked fight manager who wants to go straight.
Too Hot to Live
May 15, 1951
Jefferson meets Rachel, an enigmatic young waitress. One moment he has a drink with her and the next moment she's dead. Jefferson doesn't think that he did it, but if he didn't do
De Mortuis
Jun 12, 1951
A devoted husband is suspected by friends of having murdered his faithless, much younger wife. He hasn't; but he might do.
Blood on the Trumpet
Jul 3, 1951
Story of a man's flight from a murder he did not commit.
Tent on the Beach
Jul 10, 1951
A wealthy socialite, kidnapped for ransom by a man whose closeness to the police helps him keep one step ahead of their attempts to track him down, wins her freedom through the ast
Wisteria Cottage
Jul 17, 1951
A young man with murderous intentions latches onto a woman and her daughters.
A Vision of Death
Jul 31, 1951
A nightclub performer discovers that his mind-reading act is real.
Killers of the City
Aug 7, 1951
The story of a teenage drug addict and the ravages of narcotics.
This is Your Confession (1)
Aug 21, 1951
A drama of an American scientist's involvement with secret police behind the Iron Curtain.
This is Your Confession (2)
Aug 28, 1951
A drama of an American scientist's involvement with secret police behind the Iron Curtain.