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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
12.28.1976	the artist	+ Program #1088. "The Artist". Sponsored by: Buick. The program was rebroadcast on April 17, 1977. ...
12.27.1976	the mark of cain	+ Program #1087. "The Mark Of Cain". Sponsored by: Buick, Contac. The program was rebroadcast on Ap...
12.25.1976	the magus	+Program #1055. "M-U-R-D-E-R". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Singer Sewing Centers, True Value Hardware,...
12.23.1976	double zero	+Program #1083. "Double Zero". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, True Value Hardware. The program was...
12.21.1976	the lone survivor	+ Program #1081. "The Lone Survivor". Sponsored by: Buick, Contac. The program was rebroadcast on A...
12.20.1976	date of death	+ Program #1080. "Date Of Death". Sponsored by: Greyhound Bus Lines, Buick, Ex-Lax. The program was...
12.17.1976	a quiet evening at home	+ Program #1077. "A Quiet Evening At Home". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick. The program w...
12.16.1976	the doctors evidence	+ Program #1076. "The Doctor's Evidence". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick, Contac, Ex-Lax....
12.14.1976	the smoking pistol	+ Program #1074. "The Smoking Pistol". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Contac, Ex-Lax. The program ...
12.13.1976	hit me again	+ Program #1073. "Hit Me Again". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Contac. The program was rebroadcas...
12.10.1976	identity crisis	Program #1070. "Identity Crisis". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick, Contac, Minute Maid. Th...
12.09.1976	nobody dies	+ Program #1069. "Nobody Dies". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Arrow Shirts, Buick, Contac. The...
12.07.1976	enough rope	+ Program #1067. "Enough Rope". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Contac, Arrow Shirts, True Value Ha...
12.06.1976	child of the sea	+ Program #1066. "Child Of The Sea". Sponsored by: Buick, Ex-Lax, Contac, Minute Maid. The program ...
12.03.1976	child of misfortune	+ Program #1063. "Child Of Misfortune". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Budweiser, Buick, Minute...
12.02.1976	how to kill rudy	+ Program #1062. "How To Kill Rudy". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Ex-Lax, Contac, True Value Har...
11.30.1976	now you see them now you dont	+ Program #1060. "Now You See Them, Now You Don't". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Greyhound Bus Lines, C...
11.29.1976	the man who couldnt get arrested	+ Program #1059. "The Man Who Couldn't Get Arrested". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Contac, Minut...
11.26.1976	blood will tell	+Program #1056. "Blood Will Tell". Sponsored by: Minute Maid, Buick, Contac, True Value Hardware. T...
11.25.1976	m u r d e r	+ Program #1055. "M-U-R-D-E-R". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Singer Sewing Centers, True Value Hardware...
11.23.1976	the awakening	+ Program #1053. "The Awakening". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Sine-Off, American Florists, Ex-L...
11.22.1976	meeting by chance	+ Program #1052. "Meeting By Chance". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Bronkaid, Preparation H, C...
11.12.1976	a question of identity	+ Program #1042. "A Question Of Identity". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Certainteed Insulation, ...
11.11.1976	strike force	+Program #1041. "Strike Force". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Certanteed Insulation, Bronkaid, Family Ci...
11.09.1976	the colony	+ Program #1039. "The Colony". Sponsored by: Sine-Off, Buick, Master Lock Burglar Alarms, Bronkaid....

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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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