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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
03.31.1977	death is blue	+Program #1181. "Death Is Blue". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick, True Temper Tools, Mogen...
04.01.1977	you bet your life	+Program #1182. "You Bet Your Life". Sponsored by: G-E CB Radios, Buick, Arrow Shirts, True Value H...
04.04.1977	so shall ye reap	+Program #1185. "So Shall Ye Reap". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick, Preparation H, Quaker...
04.05.1977	the sensitive	+Program #1186. "The Sensitive". Sponsored by: Arrow Shirts, Buick, Ex-Lax, Goodyear Auto Service. ...
04.07.1977	the high priest	+Program #1188. "The High Priest". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick, Sine-Off, Freedent. Th...
04.08.1977	blood thunder and a woman in green	+Program #1189. "Blood, Thunder, and A Woman In Green". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick, T...
04.11.1977	the meteorite	+Program #1192. "The Meteorite". Sponsored by: G-E CB Radios, Buick, Allied Van Lines, Ballantine B...
04.12.1977	mansized in marble	+Program #1193. "Man-Sized In Marble". Sponsored by: Greyhound Package Express, Buick, Freedent, Al...
04.14.1977	the phantom house	+Program #1195. "The Phantom House". The program was rebroadcast on August 28, 1977. + Set in...
04.15.1977	borderline case	+Program #1196. "Borderline Case". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick, G-E CB Radios, Allied ...
04.18.1977	a house divided	+Program #1199. "A House Divided". Sponsored by: Goodyear Tires, Buick, Freedent, Allied Van Lines,...
04.19.1977	the book of abaca	+Program #1200. "The Book Of Abaca". Sponsored by: Ex-Lax, Buick, Allied Van Lines, Johnson CB Radi...
04.21.1977	come away death	+Program #1202. "Come Away, Death". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Ex-Lax, Buick, Greyhound Pac...
04.22.1977	the prisoner of zenda	+Program #1203. "The Prisoner Of Zenda". Sponsored by: Buick, True Value Hardware, True Temper Tool...
04.25.1977	bound east for haiti	+Program #1206. "Bound East For Haiti". Sponsored by: Buick, Presto Pressure Cookers, Sine-Off, Ex-...
04.26.1977	the adventure of the red headed league	+Program #1207. "The Adventure Of The Red-Headed League". A Sherlock Holmes story. The program was...
04.28.1977	the second chance lady	+Program #1209. "The Second Chance Lady". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, G-E CB Radios, A.R.M.,...
04.29.1977	wuthering heights	+Program #1210. "Wuthering Heights". Sponsored by: Greyhound Package Express, Buick, Contac, True V...
05.02.1977	much too much	+Program #1213. "Much Too Much". Sponsored by: Greyhound Package Express, Buick, Contac, Buick, Ex-...
05.03.1977	the luck sisters	+ Program #1214. "The Luck Sisters". Sponsored by: Buick, Sine-Off, Minute Maid, Arrow Shirts, Pres...
05.05.1977	reunion fever	+Program #1216. "Reunion Fever". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Ex-Lax, Buick, Popular Library ...
05.06.1977	bottom of the world	+Program #1217. "Bottom Of The World". Sponsored by: Buick, A.R.M., Popular Library Books, Presto P...
05.16.1977	mayerling revisited	+Program #1227. "Mayerling Revisited". Sponsored by: Buick, Presto Pressure Cookers, Sea & Ski, Joh...
05.17.1977	the childs cats paw	+Program #1228. "The Child's Cat's Paw". Sponsored by: Buick, Arrow Shirts, Contac, Ex-Lax, Sea & S...
05.19.1977	a matter of customs	+Program #1230. "A Matter Of Customs". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick, A.R.M., Arrow Shir...

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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.

Wiseguy