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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
10.29.1979	the alien guest	+An aristocrat kills his cousin in a duel to possess his estate, wealth, and woman. On his deathbed,...
03.15.1976	the aliens	+ Program #801. "The Aliens". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Sine-Off, Buick, Allstate Insurance. The pro...
04.09.1975	the altar of blood	+Program #460. "The Altar Of Blood". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast on...
09.24.1975	the angels of devils mountain	+Program #628. "The Angels Of Devil's Mountain". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was re...
02.17.1976	the angry god	+ Program #774. "The Angry God". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Sine-Off, Buick. The program was rebroadc...
05.06.1981	the apparition	+A young jail inmate becomes obsessed with his father's health, sure that he is deathly ill depsite ...
12.28.1976	the artist	+ Program #1088. "The Artist". Sponsored by: Buick. The program was rebroadcast on April 17, 1977. ...
03.03.1978	the assassin	+A professional assassin loses his memory in a car accident on the way to the biggest assignment of ...
04.20.1976	the assassination	+Program #837. "The Assassination". Sponsored by: Buick, Allied Van Lines. The program was rebroadc...
02.08.1977	the aurora group	+ Program #1130. "The Aurora Group". Sponsored by: G-E CB Radios, Buick. The program was rebroadcas...
08.04.1978	the avenging ghost of kitty morgan	+A jilted woman vows to haunt the home she made for a philanderer and all his descendants. Then she ...
04.20.1978	the avocado jungle	+A writer assists an aging actess in writing her autobiography. In the process, the actress divulges...
11.23.1976	the awakening	+ Program #1053. "The Awakening". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Sine-Off, American Florists, Ex-L...
02.12.1982	the bargain	+The mechanic of a racing team is in debt to gamblers for more than $50,000 and starts sabotaging th...
08.12.1974	the beach of falesa	+Program #220. "The Beach Of Falesa". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast o...
10.01.1979	the beast	+Program #2095. CBS net origination, WNEW, New York line feed. "The Beast". Sponsored by: Serta Matt...
09.20.1978	the beheading	+A woman by the name of Joyce is speaking to another woman about her experiences. She provides the l...
04.04.1979	the believers	+People seem to enter their neighbor's house but never come out. A nosy neighbor sends her son over ...
04.07.1975	the benjamin franklin murder case	+Program #458. "The Benjamin Franklin Murder Case". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was...
01.14.1980	the better half	+An ad agency executive marries a woman who is more talented than he is. He soon grows jealous and m...
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...
08.30.1978	the biggest fish in the world	+A farce where a woman tries to get the authorities to save her husband who has been swallowed by a ...
06.20.1977	the birth mark	+Program #1262. "The Birthmark". Sponsored by: G-E CB Radios, Buick, Sine-Off, Country Time, Quaker...
07.18.1977	the bisara of pooree	+ Program #1290. "The Bisara Of Pooree". Sponsored by: Buick, Preparation H, Dramamine, A.R.M., Lys...
05.30.1978	the bittersweet honeymoon	+A newly-wed couple thinks themselves lucky when a cruise line screw-up puts them in a luxury suite ...

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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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