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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
12.13.1978	ward six	+A young doctor joins the staff of a dilapidated hospital in a Russian town. He becomes concerned ab...
03.28.1979	waste paper	+A lady detective investigates the murder of a cleaning woman in an office complex. She finds that t...
03.07.1979	watchers of the living	+Program #1887. CBS net origination, WNEW, New York line feed. "Watcher Of The Living". Sponsored by...
11.11.1974	wave of terror	+Program #311. "Wave Of Terror". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Sine-Off. The program was rebroadc...
11.11.1977	we meet again	+ Program #1406. "We Meet Again". The program was rebroadcast on April 12, 1978. Program #1407 was...
08.19.1975	welcome for a dead man	+Program #592. "Welcome For A Dead Man". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcas...
05.06.1976	what a change in hilda	+ Program #853. "What A Change In Hilda". Sponsored by: Buick, Allied Van Lines, Jovan, True Value ...
09.16.1974	what happened to mrs forbush	+Program #255. "Whatever Happened To Mrs. Forbush?". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program wa...
01.12.1976	what the sheperd saw	+ Program #738. "What The Shepherd Saw". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Contac. The program was re...
06.12.1981	when in rome	+A wealthy man accepts an ambassadorship to a small, European country because his wife wants it. Whi...
03.06.1975	when the death bell tolls	+ Program #84. "The Death Bell". + There is no terror greater than the terror of the unknown. That'...
05.13.1975	where angels fear to tread	+Program #494. "Where Angels Fear To Tread". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Uncle Ben's Rice. The program...
06.25.1974	where fear begins	+Program #172. "Where Fear Begins". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, 7-Up, Buick, Budweiser. The program wa...
10.31.1979	who has seen the wind	+A claustrophobic woman is trapped in her apartment and calls a friend to plead with her to let her ...
03.10.1978	who is george williams	+A man who has lost his memory staggers into an Alaskan cabin occupied by two men during a blizzard....
02.04.1981	who is jessica worth	+The true story of a woman who suffers from concussions and amnesia, cycling between three different...
10.07.1975	who made me	+Program #641. "Who Made Me?". Sponsored by: Buick. The program was rebroadcast on March 3, 1976. P...
01.03.1977	whose little girl are you	+ Program #1094. "Whose Little Girl Are You?". Sponsored by: Buick, Contac. The program was rebroad...
05.26.1982	why is the lady smiling	+An imaginary tale about the origin of the famous painting, the Mona Lisa. In 1498 Italy, Leonardo d...
04.05.1982	widow wonderland	+A cad makes a living off of meeting women in the cemetary when they are visiting the graves of thei...
10.08.1979	wilhemina wilson	+A quiet young Olympic swimmer, fascinated with Edgar Allen Poe, disappears from the library without...
08.28.1978	will the real amy stand up	+A young, mentally unstable heiress must confront the fact that her live-in relatives are trying to ...
06.04.1979	willy and dilly	+A broker falls for a younger woman who is really working with her boyfriend to swindle him.
01.28.1975	windandingo	+Program #389. "Windandingo". Sponsored by: Vigne Wine, Buick, Sine-Off. The program was rebroadcas...
05.23.1978	window to oblivion	+A World War II pilot disappears while on routine patrol over the Bermuda Triangle. Thirty years lat...

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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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