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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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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
04.23.1975	afraid to live afraid to die	+Program #474. "Afraid To Live, Afraid To Die". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was reb...
02.06.1974	after the verdict	+ Program #32. "After The Verdict". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, Budweiser. After The Verdict is a tale...
03.02.1976	afterward	+Program #788. "Afterward". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Contac, Allstate Insurance, Buick. The program...
08.11.1975	age cannot wither her	+Program #584. "Age Cannot Wither". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast on ...
06.12.1978	alias mr aladdin	+An evil woman and her loser boyfriend try to figure out where the woman's dead husband kept his mon...
11.27.1978	alien presences	+A flying saucer crashes on Earth way out in the country. An elderly couple sees the crash and find ...
04.29.1974	all living things must die	+ Program #82. "All Living Things Must Die". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, 7-Up, Budweiser. E. G. + All ...
03.12.1979	all the time in the world	+Program #1892. CBS net origination, WNEW, New York line feed. "All The Time In The World". Sponsore...
03.20.1978	all things are possible	+An innocent man is framed and convicted of murdering a colleague at a sales convention. His faith i...
02.09.1978	all unregistered aliens	+A lady doctor tries to treat an illegal immigrant who has been shot. After the patient dies, his bo...
02.28.1975	an identical murder	+Program #420. "An Identical Murder". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Contac. The program was rebro...
06.04.1974	an occurrence at owl creek bridge	+ Program #151. "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, 7-Up, Buick, Budweise...
07.09.1974	and death makes even steven	+Program #186. "And Death Makes Even Steven". Sponsored by: Budweiser, 7-Up, Buick, Contac. The pro...
01.23.1974	and nothing but the truth	+ Program #18. "And Nothing But The Truth". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, Budweiser. E. G. Young David h...
02.20.1978	angel from england	+True story of a nurse who risked her life to help more than 200 British soldiers escape occupied Th...
02.16.1976	angel of death	+ Program #773. "Angel Of Death". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Contac, Buick, Allstate Insurance. Rge p...
03.04.1977	answer me	+Program #1154. "Answer Me". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick, True Temper Tools. The progr...
12.05.1979	appointment at sarajevo	+A doctor narrates the story of Archduke Ferdinand, his lover, and the events leading up to the assa...
07.24.1975	appointment in uganda	+Program #566. "Appointment In Uganda". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Sine-Off. The program was rebroadc...
05.26.1978	arctic encounter	+American and Russian cold war planes crash in the arctic circle after encountering an energy draini...
08.26.1977	area 13	+Program #1329. "Area Thirteen". The program was rebroadcast on January 5, 1978. Program #1330 was...
09.26.1975	assassination in time	+ Program #630. "Assassination In Time". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcas...
10.10.1979	at the end of the passage	+Set in colonial India, British military officer begins abusing servants as he succumbs to the oppre...
08.26.1982	barn burner	+A pair of race horse owners try to pull off a swindle by substituting ringers for their horses. Nat...
02.13.1981	behind the blue door	+A woman chases a mysterious man, a blue door, and a philosophic woman through Europe while her fian...

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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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