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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
04.08.1981	the doll	+A pair of twin men with a psychic connection struggle to come to grips with the death of their sist...
01.26.1979	the dominant personality	+A waitress from the city marries a loner who lives in a cabin in the wilderness. When murders start...
03.20.1975	the doppelganger	+Program #440. "The Doppleganger". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Sine-Off, Buick, Uncle Ben's Rice. The ...
07.18.1974	the dream woman	+Program #195. "The Dream Woman". Sponsored by: Budweiser, 7-Up, Buick, Sine-Off. The program was r...
08.27.1975	the eavesdropper	+Program #600. "The Eavesdropper". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast on J...
02.26.1974	the edge of death	+ Program #46. "The Edge Of Death". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, Budweiser. + Alex Harper confronts the...
11.05.1975	the edge of the scalpel	+Program #670. "The Edge Of The Scalpel". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Listerine Lozenges, Sine-...
09.26.1979	the eighth day	+Program #2090. CBS net origination, WNEW, New York line feed. "The Eighth Day". Sponsored by: Serta...
03.21.1977	the eighth deadly sin	+Program #1171. "The Eighth Deadly Sin". Sponsored by: Goodyear Auto Service, Buick, Contac, Allied...
12.17.1975	the eleventh hour	+ Program #712. "The Eleventh Hour". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Listerine Lozenges. The progra...
11.17.1980	the eleventh plague	+A small spaceship is dispatched to locate and retrieve a magician who was marooned on a distant pla...
01.14.1976	the elixer of death	+ Program #740. "The Elixir Of Death". Sponsored by: Budweiser, True Value Hardware, Buick. The pro...
04.10.1981	the empty coffin	+A woman who was adopted in the U.S. during World War II is contacted by the lawyer of her birth fat...
01.20.1978	the enchanted child	+A young boy seemingly has the power to kill at will with his mind. When people speak favorably abou...
03.31.1980	the end of the rainbow	+A neglected and lonely housewife goes to a singles bar and gets picked up by a stranger. They head ...
10.19.1981	the equalizer	+A mercenary is hired by revolutionaries in a third world country to help organize and train an army...
03.17.1980	the evil eye	+A female fiction writer finds that everybody with whom she becomes angry befalls misfortune -- incl...
05.27.1975	the executioner	+Program #508. "The Executioner". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Sine-Off. The program was rebroadcast on...
12.08.1978	the exploding heart	+In 1957, a young surgeon must tell his future brother-in-law that he needs a risky heart operation....
03.07.1975	the eye of death	+ Program #427. "The Eye Of Death". Sponsored by: Vigne Wines, Buick, Contac. The program was rebro...
07.20.1981	the eye of the idol	+A compulsive gambler loses his fortune and his girlfriend when he hits a bad losing streak. A guard...
05.02.1979	the fabulous pillow	+A couple are in a car crash and the husband loses consciousness. He dreams of going for help and en...
04.16.1980	the face in the coffin	+ A young couple visits the funeral home to view a familiy member and accidentally sees the body of ...
03.15.1982	the face of the waters	+A lurid tale that takes place at the turn of the century in Louisiana. An uncle is strongly attract...
03.05.1979	the fall of gentryville	+Program #1885. CBS net origination, WNEW, New York line feed. "The Fall Of Gentryville". Sponsored ...

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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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