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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
04.01.1974	the black cat	+ Program #66. "The Black Cat". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, Budweiser. E. G. + Adapted from the Edgar ...
06.23.1978	the black door	+A young man is forced to live in an old mansion to await his inheritance when he turns 21. The key ...
10.29.1974	the black room	+Program #298. "The Black Room". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast on Dec...
08.14.1978	the black sheep and the captain	+A young man's long, lost uncle summons him to his house in the moors to help protect him from an ol...
09.25.1975	the black whale	+Program #629. "The Black Whale". Sponsored by: Sine-Off. The program was rebroadcast on July 7, 19...
05.23.1974	the bleeding statue	+ Program #96. "The Bleeding Statue". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, 7-Up, Budweiser, Contac, Buick. + Wh...
02.26.1982	the blood red ink	+A veteran cop is denied a promotion to detective while his partner is promoted. He becomes bitter a...
06.06.1977	the blood red wine	+ Program #1248. "The Blood Red Wine". The program was rebroadcast on October 18, 1977.
02.20.1976	the bloody legend	+Program #777. "The Bloody Legend". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware. The program was rebroadcast ...
02.13.1976	the blue roan stallion	+Program #770. "The Blue Roan Stallion". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Sine-Off, Buick. The pr...
03.01.1982	the blue sedan	+When a sleazy private eye is murdered, an intrepid female police lieutenant tries to piece together...
03.24.1980	the blue tiger	+A cold-blooded assassin is pursued by a district attorney determined to bring him to justice for th...
05.28.1980	the bluff	+A blind ex-cop plays a high stakes game of blind-man's-bluff to entice the man who blinded him and ...
12.07.1982	the boatman and the devil	+The boatman who transports Russian exiles to Siberia tries to convince a young man to serve out his...
12.05.1974	the body snatchers	+Program #335. "The Body Snatchers". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast on...
04.19.1977	the book of abaca	+Program #1200. "The Book Of Abaca". Sponsored by: Ex-Lax, Buick, Allied Van Lines, Johnson CB Radi...
05.31.1977	the boscombe pool mystery	+ Program #1242. "The Bascombe Pool Mystery". Sponsored by: Buick, Freedent, A.R.M., Country Time, ...
04.06.1976	the boy wonder	+ Program #823. "The Boy Wonder". Sponsored by: Allied Van Lines, Buick, Carrier Air Conditioners, ...
07.26.1976	the brain without mercy	+Program #934. "The Brain Without Mercy". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Contac, Buick. The program was r...
05.08.1974	the breaking point	+ Program #88. "The Breaking Point". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, 7-Up, Budweiser. + The Breaking Point...
10.01.1974	the bride that wasnt	+Program #270. "The Bride That Wasn't". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Contac, Buick. The program was reb...
05.23.1977	the briefcase blunder	+Program #1234. "The Briefcase Blunder". Sponsored by: G-E CB Radios, Buick, Ex-Lax, Quaker State, ...
10.15.1980	the bright golden murders	+A nuclear scientist is murdered by a mobster because he was having an affair with the mobster's gir...
05.19.1982	the brooch	+A governess signs on with a wealthy but eccentric couple to school their children. The husband is p...
01.08.1974	the bullet	+ Program #3. "The Bullet". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Kellogg's. +Gerry was a young man of twenty wh...

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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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