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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
08.01.1975	the onyx eye	+Program #574. "The Onyx Eye". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Sine-Off. The program was rebroadcast on De...
08.05.1981	the orphaned heart	+A woman is left a paraplegic after a car accident caused by her drunken fiance. They are married, b...
09.08.1975	the other life	+Program #612. "The Other Life". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Sine-Off, Buick. The program was rebroadc...
09.28.1975	the other self	+Program #632. "The Other Self". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast on Jul...
03.18.1976	the other side of the coin	+ Program #804. "The Other Side Of The Coin". Sponsored by: Allstate Insurance, Buick, True Value H...
08.25.1978	the other soul	+While visiting Greece, a young doctor is handed a card with Greek writing on it. When he shows it t...
10.20.1978	the outside girl	+An alcoholic who lives with his wealthy mother is obsessed with a portrait he painted of his father...
05.28.1979	the outsider	+A man misses his stop on the train and travels to a town that is stuck in 1949 where no one can ent...
03.03.1977	the overcoat	+In post-revolutionary Russia, a man devotes his entire savings to purchasing a new coat to satisfy ...
10.08.1982	the pale horse	+A dying man crosses over into the after-life briefly where he encounters souls who show him what it...
04.07.1976	the paradise cafe	+Program #824. "The Paradise Cafe". Sponsored by: Allied Van Lines, Buick, Sine-Off. The program wa...
05.05.1975	the paradise of the devil	+Program #486. "The Paradise Of The Devil". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Uncle Ben's Rice. The p...
04.07.1978	the parasite	+A skeptical professor soon develops a strong belief in the power of hypnotism. He thinks the hypnot...
06.06.1979	the pardon	+A man accidentally kills his mother-in-law and is sent to prison. When his wife has a horrible drea...
01.11.1977	the passing of black eagle	+ Program #1102. "The Passing Of Black Eagle". Sponsored by: Contac, Buick. The program was rebroad...
02.23.1976	the patient visitor	+ Program #780. "The Patient Visitor". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Allstate Insurance, Buick. The prog...
10.14.1977	the people of sissora	+Program #1378. "The People Of Sissora". The program was rebroadcast on March 8, 1978. Program #13...
04.09.1979	the permanent man	+On the planet Neptune, a scientist performs medical experiments on a human subject with terrifing r...
04.14.1977	the phantom house	+Program #1195. "The Phantom House". The program was rebroadcast on August 28, 1977. + Set in...
05.29.1974	the phantom lullaby	+ Program #98. "The Phantom Lullaby". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, 7-Up, Contac, Buick, Budweiser.
04.28.1975	the phantom of the opera	+Program #479. "The Phantom Of The Opera". Sponsored by: Uncle Ben's Rice, Buick. The program was r...
04.11.1975	the phantom stop	+Program #462. "The Phantom Stop". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast on J...
04.02.1974	the pharoahs curse	+ Program #67. "The Pharaoh's Curse". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, Budweiser. + For the four centuries...
11.28.1979	the philosophers stone	+A man walks into a bank and asked for a $100 loan and puts down a philosopher's stone for collatera...
08.07.1974	the picture of dorian gray	+ Program #215. "The Picture Of Dorian Grey". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebro...

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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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