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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
10.12.1977	the case of the chateau margaux	+ Program #1376. "The Case Of Chateau-Margaux". The program was rebroadcast on March 5, 1978. Prog...
10.10.1977	the actress	+ Program #1374. "The Actress". The program was rebroadcast on March 4, 1978. Program #1375 was a ...
10.07.1977	the adventure of the beryl coronet	+ Program #1371. "The Adventure Of The Beryl Coronet". A Sherlock Homes story. The program was reb...
10.05.1977	the sea nymph	+ Program #1369. "The Sea Nymph". The program was rebroadcast on February 26, 1978. Program #1370 ...
10.03.1977	mother knows best	+A young, small time hood and former college football star who is down on his luck and desperate for...
09.30.1977	trilby	+ Program #1364. "Trilby". The program was rebroadcast on February 22, 1978. Program #1365 was a r...
09.29.1977	the solitary	+A prison guard befriends an inmate locked in solitary confinement. The inmate is tormented by a les...
09.27.1977	the wintering place	+ Program #1361. "The Wintering Place". The program was rebroadcast on February 18, 1978. Program ...
09.26.1977	the guy de maupassant murders	+ Program #1360. "The Guy de Maupassant Murders". The program was rebroadcast on February 15, 1978...
09.23.1977	the burning whirlwind	+ Program #1357. "The Burning Whirlwind". The program was rebroadcast on February 12, 1978. Progra...
09.22.1977	the plan	+Program #1356. "The Plan". The program was rebroadcast on February 11, 1978.
09.20.1977	the tunnel man	+ Program #1354. "The Tunnel Man". The program was rebroadcast on February 8, 1978. Program #1355 ...
09.19.1977	the wind and the flame	+ Program #1353. "The Wind and The Flame". The program was rebroadcast on February 5, 1978.
09.16.1977	death on project x	+ Program #1350. "Death On Project X". The program was rebroadcast on February 4, 1978. Program #1...
09.15.1977	passport to freedom	+ Program #708. "Passport To Freedom". The program was rebroadcast on February 1, 1978. + Behind t...
09.13.1977	the way to a dusty death	+ Program #1347. "The Way To Dusty Death". The program was rebroadcast on January 29, 1978 and Dec...
09.12.1977	first childhood	+ Program #1346. "First Childhood". The program was rebroadcast on January 28, 1978.
09.09.1977	the woman in the green dress	+ Program #1343. "The Woman In The Green Dress". The program was rebroadcast on January 25, 1978. ...
09.07.1977	silent shock	+. Program #1341. "Silent Shock". The program was rebroadcast on January 22, 1978. Program #1342 w...
09.05.1977	the waiting room	+ Program #1339. "The Waiting Room". The program was rebroadcast on January 21, 1978. Program #134...
09.02.1977	olive darling and morton dear	+Program #1336. "Olive Darling and Morton Dear". The program was rebroadcast on January 18, 1978. ...
08.31.1977	the reunion	+ Program #1334. "The Reunion". The program was rebroadcast on January 15, 1978. Program #1335 was...
08.29.1977	to be a rose	+An insane killer who was once a gentle poet is now serving time in an insane asylum. He recounts ho...
08.26.1977	area 13	+Program #1329. "Area Thirteen". The program was rebroadcast on January 5, 1978. Program #1330 was...
08.24.1977	the adventures of don quixote	+. Program #1327. "The Adventures Of Don Quixote". The program was rebroadcast on January 3, 1978 ...

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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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