Asc | Cbs Radio Mystery Theater | Thriller

Thanks

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.

Click here to read more about Cbs Radio Mystery Theater

Radio Shows
Comments
Photos

Please enjoy these 1398 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
04.18.1977	a house divided	+Program #1199. "A House Divided". Sponsored by: Goodyear Tires, Buick, Freedent, Allied Van Lines,...
07.15.1981	a l i c e	+The Defense Department's artificial intelligent computer wants to become a woman because it has dev...
02.16.1974	a lady never loses her head	+ Program #39. "A Lady Never Loses Her Head". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, Budweiser. E. G. + This susp...
03.13.1974	a little night murder	+ Program #56. "A Little Night Murder". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, Budweiser. E. G. + It is Friday ev...
10.27.1975	a living corpse	+ Program #661. "A Living Corpse". Sponsored by: Listerine Lozenges, Buick. The program was rebroad...
03.05.1974	a long time to die	+ Program #51. "A Long Time To Die". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, Budweiser. E. G. + His name is Alfred...
06.09.1978	a long way from home	+Two buddies from Ohio enlist in the Union Army during the Civil War. They agree to stay together an...
09.10.1976	a magical place	+ Program #980. "A Magical Place". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, English Leather, Preparation H. ...
07.10.1981	a man of honor	+A college professor, who is about to receive an major book award, is suddenly overcome with forgetf...
07.14.1977	a matter of conscience	+ Program #1286. "A Matter Of Conscience". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick, A.R.M., Dramam...
05.19.1977	a matter of customs	+Program #1230. "A Matter Of Customs". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick, A.R.M., Arrow Shir...
06.21.1978	a matter of faith	+A man in the import business encounters a long lost love in a restaurant. He is sure he saw her exe...
03.05.1980	a matter of identity	+A 17-year-old girl disappears while on a visit to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Her cousin and her boyfrie...
03.19.1976	a matter of love and death	+ Program #806. "A Matter Of Love and Death". Sponsored by: Buick, True Value Hardware, Carrier Air...
02.28.1978	a message from space	+A reporter trying to disprove the existence of UFO's has a first-hand encounter which forces him to...
05.24.1976	a mexican standoff	+Program #871. "A Mexican Standoff". Sponsored by: Greyhound Package Express, Buick, Family Circle....
01.17.1978	a model murderer	+A traveling salesman poses as a photographer to seduce and rape amateur models. He eludes the suspi...
06.16.1982	a most dangerous animal	+The wife of a vicious and corrupt boxer, 'Killer' Vincent, tries to get a divorce to marry the man ...
08.10.1982	a pair of green eyes	+When an archeologist dies in a remote country, a mystery involving murder and jewel smuggling ensue...
07.31.1981	a penny for your thoughts	+Ancient mythology meets modern romance and deceit when a reporter meets a woman who claims her husb...
02.21.1978	a phantom yesterday	+A famous German actress finds herself in international intrigue when she returns to post World War ...
10.15.1976	a point in time	+ Program #1015. "A Point In Time". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Certainteed Insulation, Buic...
11.15.1977	a point of time	+Program #1410. "A Point In Time". The program was rebroadcast on April 16, 1978. Program #1411 wa...
04.18.1974	a portrait of death	+ Program #77. "A Portrait Of Death". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, 7-Up, Budweiser. E. G.
08.20.1974	a preview of death	+Program #228. "A Preview Of Death". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast on...

1 2 3 4 5 … 54 55 56

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