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Many may remember E.G. Marshall (later Tammy Grimes) introducing this relatively modern CBS radio show . The brainchild of Himan Brown (who guided Inner Sanctum), CBS in allowed Mr. Brown to relive the days of thrilling radio for an hour a full seven nights a week! The late E.G. Marshall hosted the program every year but the final one, when actress Tammy Grimes took over.

The mixed cast of television and radio stars offer a range of stories from the pens of the great writers, as well as offering new tales of mystery and imagination. Rarely performed tales by Mark Twain and O. Henry and classic radio tales by Edgar Allen Poe were featured.

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Please enjoy these 1398 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
01.30.1978	yesterdays giant	+Two scientists discover an entire family of Neanderthal alive and prospering in a remote wilderness...
01.27.1978	the defectors	+A spy catches a senator in a compromising position with a woman who is not his wife. He tries to bl...
01.26.1978	the safety match	+Two brilliant detectives, one young and arrogant, the other old and pompous, team up to solve a com...
01.24.1978	ranee of rajputana	+ A little copper statue of the 'Queen of Thieves' lures a crooked stockbroker, with a taste for pla...
01.23.1978	the forgetful ghost	+This is the whimsical tale of an affable ghost who has returned to the world of the living but who ...
01.20.1978	the enchanted child	+A young boy seemingly has the power to kill at will with his mind. When people speak favorably abou...
01.19.1978	sophia and the pilgrim	+A mystic induces young women to leave their homes and families to follow him. They are compelled to...
01.17.1978	a model murderer	+A traveling salesman poses as a photographer to seduce and rape amateur models. He eludes the suspi...
01.16.1978	in another place	+ A young, wealthy couple think they commited the perfect crime but a local sheriff knows better -- ...
01.13.1978	the laughing maiden	+Three sailors try to locate Captain Kidd's treasure while avoiding the gaze of the Syndicate, a neb...
01.04.1978	family album	+A notorious gangster is found dead and a reporter is dispatched to Europe to dig up background on h...
01.02.1978	peter peter pumpkin eater	+Peter Perkins is ignored at work and henpecked at home. So, he creates daydreams where he is the he...
12.30.1977	the ninth volume	+ Program #1455. "The Ninth Volume". The program was rebroadcast on June 3, 1978. Program #1456 wa...
12.28.1977	the missouri kid	+Program #1453. "The Missouri Kid". The program was rebroadcast on May 31, 1978. Program #1454 was...
12.26.1977	the ghosts of yesterday	+Program #1451. "The Ghosts Of Yesterday". The program was rebroadcast on May 28, 1978. Program #1...
12.23.1977	the witching well	+ Program #1448. "The Witching Well". The program was rebroadcast on May 27, 1978. Program #1449 w...
12.21.1977	the big ten cent hustle	+Program #1446. "The Big Ten-Cent Hustle". The program was rebroadcast on May 24, 1978. Program #1...
12.19.1977	brothers of the angle	+ Program #1444. "Brothers Of The Angle". The program was rebroadcast on May 21, 1978. Progrtam #1...
12.16.1977	the ghost with a knife	+ Program #1441. "The Ghost With A Knife". The program was rebroadcast on May 20, 1978. Program #1...
12.14.1977	the death shot	+Program #1439. "The Death Shot". The program was rebroadcast on May 17, 1978. Program #1440 was a...
12.12.1977	the ten million dollar heist	+ Program #1437. "The Ten Million Dollar Heist". The program was rebroadcast on May 14, 1978. Prog...
12.09.1977	this time around	+ Program #1434. "This Time Around". The program was rebroadcast on May 13, 1978. Program #1435 wa...
12.07.1977	fire and ice	+ Program #1432. "Fire and Ice". The program was rebroadcast on May 10, 1978. Program #1433 was a ...
12.05.1977	the lost tomorrows	+ Program #1430. "The Lost Tomorrows". The program was rebroadcast on May 7, 1978. Program #1431 w...
12.02.1977	neatness counts	+ Program #1427. "Neatness Counts". The program was rebroadcast on May 6, 1978. Program #1428 was ...

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There is a really good Christmas episode of The Saint.

Keith

Great series - I remember listening to this show as a teenager -- scared the pants off me back then.

Ralph

I loved listening to CBS mystery theater when I was a kid!

Darrell

I love this series.

Bruce

Have most of them on my iPod great series

Brett

Listened to CBS radio mystery theatre for the first time last night on youtube. Quite enjoyable. I imagine the show I listened to, The Time Box, must have been a departure from the norm given the horror ambiance of the presentation. I was expecting everyone to die in the end, but instead it turned out a romance.

Daniel

Spent 8 years listening to CBSRMT when it was originally on in the 70s. My favorite episode is from the second month February 1974...A Choice of Witnesses. Other favorites include the Sherlock Holmes and Edgar Allan Poe week long series that they did

Eric

Too many episodes should have been called The CBS Supernatural Theater. Never cared for those. Just give me mystery and detective shows, thanks.

Dan

I love CBS Radio Mystery Theater. There's some ghoulish ones and romantic ones, supernaturally-tainted ones. I like the one where the guy starts off being killed in battle then wakes up in his bedroom as a kid with his father waking him up for school. No giveaways - that's just how it begins. Keep exploring the episodes ( so many!) - you'll find something entertaining without a doubt!

Laura

Haha they did that one did they? That one was done both in dimention X and X minus 1 I think.

Dan

CBS Radio mystery is how I got started with OTR. I first heard it about 40 years ago when I was a teenager back in the 70s. Then when I was an adult living in my own apartment with no TV in the mid 80s, I was able to find what I thought was the same as what I had heard in the 70s. What I ended up listening to was OTR being put on ever night at 9 pm and 2 am on KNX radio in Los Angeles. For probably 10 years or more, I had been trying to find the original episode (I didn't knot it was CBS radio) I had first heard back in the 70s. I thought it was Suspense or Lights Out. Somehow I found out that it was CBS Radio from the 70s and not OTR from the 40s. I was finally able to find the original episode called Age Cannot Wither Her. This got me started wtih OTR and Mildred Pierce got me started with film noir. I love old movies, old radio and old TV shows.

Del

Many OTR (Old Time Radio) collectors call this NTR (New Time Radio) program the Son of Inner Sanctum. It was an ambitious attempt to bring back drama to modern radio listeners. It was broadcast on CBS from January 6, 1974 and ran seven days a week until December 31, 1982. We had this listed before, and because so many folk asked, here it is again.

CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER

The theme music (or at least the one I remember) was composed by Nathan Van Cleave for The Twilight Zone episode "Two," which starred Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson. The Twilight Zone was owned and broadcast by CBS.

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