Download or read book The Suspense Collector's Companion - 2019 Edition written by Joseph W Webb Ph D and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-25 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Radio's outstanding theater of thrills," Suspense, off the air for nearly sixty years, still fascinates and delights fans of radio's golden age. Dr. Joe Webb, long-time collector of old radio's programs, offers research and perspective about the series, a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes maneuverings of its sponsors, 1948's failed attempt at hour-long programs, and numerous entertaining facts about the series. Get new insight into the fourteen episodes that elude collectors to this day, including one of the strangest presentations that was likely a "roast" of producer William Spier that starred two actors... who didn't exist! Discover quirky details of its most famous presentation, Sorry, Wrong Number, that became a movie, and an opera... twice! Read about Suspense scripts adapted into movies, authors who penned superb radio scripts... and then disappeared... how a Suspense episode inspired a serial killer, and much, much more. The Suspense Collector's Companion is a reference and entertaining guide to the different eras of "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" that fans, new and veteran collectors, will enjoy.