Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1940 through 1962.
Lurene Tuttle (left) and Rosalind Russell in "The Sisters" on Suspense (1948)
Second issue of the 1946 magazine tie-in
Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story: "It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally powerful as a visual force in the psychological dimension." Radio drama includes plays specifically written for radio, docudrama, dramatized works of fiction, as well as plays originally written for the theatre, including musical theatre, and opera.
Recording a radio play in the Netherlands (1949)