Suspense: The Lost Episodes - Collection Three

The long-awaited third collection of Suspense: The Lost Episodes will be released on March 17, 2009.

For more information about the upcoming release, head on over to TVShowsonDVD.com for the details. You can also read brief summaries of the episodes included in this set over at ClassicFlix.com.

As you can see, Rod Serling graces the cover of this collection because he wrote one of the episodes from 1953, "Nightmare at Ground Zero." I think they should have put Suspense's favorite crabby old lady, Ruth McDevitt, on the cover... but they chose to go with Serling.

Here is the list of episodes that we can look forward to:

Disc #1: Post Mortem (1949), Yellow Scarf (1949), Goodbye, New York (1949), The Case of Lady Sannox (1949), One Thousand Dollars to One for Your Money (1950), I'm No Hero (1950), The Bomber Command (1950), and Death at the Stock Car Races (1963)

Disc #2: A Pocketful of Murder (1950), The Mallet (1950), Go Home Dead Man (1951), Pier 17 (1951), The Spider (1952), The Red Signal (1952), Death Drum (1952), North of Shanghai (1952), and Night Drive (1952).

Disc #3: Four Days to Kill (1952), Her Last Adventure (1952), The Old Lady of Bayeux (1952), Set-up for Death (1952), The Blue Panther (1952), A Time of Innocence (1952), and Mutiny Below (1953).

Disc #4: F.O.B Vienna (1953), The Man Who Cried Wolf (1953), The Dance (1953), Nightmare at Ground Zero (1953), The Hunted (1954), and the Funmaster (1958).

Comments

[KRD]

I'll certainly buy this to complete my set. I'm especially interested in the Serling-scripted episode, even though it's described as yet another "get rid of nagging wife" tale. If anyone could make that tired old saw interesting, it's Rod.

[cmillinsf]

I finally received my DVDs yesterday. For a while there, I didn't really believe they were going to release this set-- but now it's out.

[KRD]

Got it too, about the same time you did. Guess I'm just a sucker for Kinescopes of live television of any sort...drama, comedy, soaps, variety...you name it. :)

I found a couple of wonderful old early 50s books on live TV that contain some scripts, lots of information on the production and design, and photos of the studios during telecasts. Even details on the machinery the Kinescopes were made on! Makes me appreciate the old live shows even more!

Amazing what they were able to do with so little in those days.

[cmillinsf]

I should read more about early tv. I do find it interesting.
As for Suspense, I'm still working my way through the new set of DVDs. Have to say that I was disappointed with "The Funmaster." I had high hopes for that one, but it let me down.

[thunderbird]

Does anyone know if there are more episodes to be released? There are two I'm especially interested that aren't on any of the DVDs that are out so far, "Needle in a Haystack" and "The Riddle of Mayerling". I hope they aren't among those that are lost forever.