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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
07.14.1982	the innocent murderer	+ The story of Lincoln assassination conspirator John Surratt as he flees from Canada to Liverpool, ...
03.09.1978	the instant millionaires	+Three warehouse workers find three million dollars cash, split it three ways, and disperse -- despi...
08.19.1977	the instrument	+ Program #1322. "The Instrument". The program was rebroadcast on December 31, 1977. Program #1323...
04.14.1975	the intermediary	+ Program #465. "The Intermediary". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast on ...
02.27.1980	the intruder	+A scientist's son comes home from college on spring break and discloses that he is actually an alie...
03.30.1976	the intruders	+Program #816. "The Intruders". Sponsored by: Carrier Air Conditioners, Allstate Insurance, Buick. ...
11.19.1980	the iron horse	+If only I had 250 cronnen! A chance meeting between a down-on-his-luck dreamer and a bandit and con...
10.19.1977	the island on silvertree lake	+Program #1383. "The Island On Silver Tree Lake". The program was rebroadcast on March 12, 1978. P...
04.21.1982	the jataka	+A young college professor is invited to her mentor's mansion to study with him. When she gets there...
03.23.1978	the judas kiss	+A woman-hating clairvoyant observes a woman killing her boyfriend and then her husband.
09.25.1981	the judges house	+Two writers move into the haunted home of a vicious judge. They are terrorized by a spirit that rin...
04.01.1975	the killer inside	+Program #452. "The Killer Inside". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Uncle Ben's Rice. The program w...
11.24.1980	the killer instinct	+A salesman asks his wife to let him invest her money in a new, risky business venture. Shortly afte...
07.15.1977	the kingdom below	+ Program #1287. "The Kingdom Below". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick, Preparation H, Sea ...
10.15.1975	the kiss of death	+Program #649. "The Kiss Of Death". Sponsored by: Buick. The program was rebroadcast on March 9, 19...
07.28.1975	the lady is a jinx	+Program #570. "The Lady Is A Jinx". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Sine-Off. The program was rebroadcast...
01.21.1976	the lady of the mist	+ Program #747. "The Lady Of The Mist". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Sine-Off, Contac, Buick,...
02.05.1974	the lady was a tiger	+ Program #31. "The Lady Was A Tiger". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, Budweiser.
09.18.1981	the land of dreams	+In a future society, a computer controls every facet of life. When a couple decides to leave societ...
11.25.1975	the lap of the gods	+ Program #690. "The Lap Of The Gods". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Singer Sewing Centers, Sine-Off. Th...
01.07.1980	the last days of pompeii city of the dead ep01of05	+Marcus moves to Pompeii, meets a ship owner, saves a slave girl named Lydia, and falls in love with...
01.10.1980	the last days of pompeii danger love and death ep04of05	+The lion refuses to attack Marcus, The Egyptian priest kidnaps Orianna after eluding justice. Mount...
01.09.1980	the last days of pompeii half prophet half friend ep03of05	+Lydia and Orianna scheme to get Marcus released from prison. The Priest of Isis schemes to keep him...
01.11.1980	the last days of pompeii the buried city ep05of05	+Marcus and Orianna flee burning Pompeii with the assistance of the blind slave, Lydia who is able t...
01.08.1980	the last days of pompeii thrown to the lions ep02of05	+Pompeii is hit by an earthquake. Julia conspires with a priest of Isis to put a love spell on Marcu...

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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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