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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
11.03.1978	the man with the claret mark	+Set during the Irish Rebellion, the last of the DeLacy's, an Irish matron, tells her younger family...
08.12.1982	the man with the xray eyes	+A prosecutor with big political aspirations brings in a psychic to assist with the investigation --...
01.05.1975	the many names of death	+Program #366. "The Many Names Of Death". Sponsored by: Buick, Vigne Wine, Contac. The program was ...
12.27.1976	the mark of cain	+ Program #1087. "The Mark Of Cain". Sponsored by: Buick, Contac. The program was rebroadcast on Ap...
06.24.1975	the mask of tupac amaru	+ Program #536. "The Mask Of Tupac Amaru". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Sine-Off. The program was rebro...
01.10.1975	the masque of the red death	+Program #371. "The Masque Of The Red Death". Sponsored by: Buick, Sine-Off. The program was rebroa...
08.13.1975	the master computer	+Program #586. "The Master Computer". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast o...
08.11.1980	the master minds	+A Boston police detective works with a Scotland Yard detective to catch a master jewel thief who ha...
12.29.1975	the memory killers	+Program #724. "The Memory Killers". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast on...
07.22.1976	the men with the magic fingers	+Program #930. "The Men With The Magic Fingers". Sponsored by: Buick, Singer Sewing Centers, Budwei...
04.11.1977	the meteorite	+Program #1192. "The Meteorite". Sponsored by: G-E CB Radios, Buick, Allied Van Lines, Ballantine B...
11.01.1978	the midas of castle hill	+A rich father, disappointed in his son, hides his family fortune in his castle and does not tell hi...
10.04.1976	the midas touch	+ Program #1004. "The Midas Touch". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Contac, FTD Florists. The progr...
09.29.1982	the million dollar leg	+A college football coach is selected to travel behind the Iron Curtain to recruit a kicker to play ...
03.20.1981	the million dollar scam	+A man and woman scam team work a millionaire heiress for one million dollars.
06.23.1975	the mills of the gods	+ Program #535. "The Mills Of The Gods". Sponsored by: Buick. The program was rebroadcast on Octobe...
02.14.1979	the missing day	+Program #1866. CBS net origination, WNEW, New York line feed. "The Missing Day". Sponsored by: Hick...
10.19.1976	the mission of atropos	+ Program #1019. "The Mission Of Atropos". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Sine-Off, Preparation H....
12.28.1977	the missouri kid	+Program #1453. "The Missouri Kid". The program was rebroadcast on May 31, 1978. Program #1454 was...
11.14.1975	the money makers	+ Program #679. "The Money Makers". Sponsored by: Listerine Lozenges, Sine-Off, Buick. The program ...
03.04.1976	the monk and the hangmans daughter	+ Program #790. "The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Luden's C...
11.17.1975	the moonlighter	+ Program #682. "The Moonlighter". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Listerine Lozenges, Buick, Sine-Off. Th...
11.03.1975	the mortgage	+ Program #668. "The Mortgage". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Sine-Off. The program was rebroadca...
10.23.1981	the most necessary evil	+A woman questions her husband's recent wealth. He refuses to reveal its source and confesses to bei...
12.12.1979	the movie makers	+A mysterious company claims to have films of a man's entire life. Curiosity gives way to obsession ...

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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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