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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
05.27.1976	demon lover	+ Program #874.. "Demon Lover". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Minute Maid, Buick, Goodyear Aut...
10.18.1982	desert maiden	+An aging advertising executive travels to the desert for inspiration in finding a name for a new pe...
09.04.1978	devils gold	+A sailor receives a gold coin as a reward from a shopkeeper at the Devil's Boutique for turning in ...
09.21.1981	diablo	+A crusading news reporter gains control of a turquoise mine by threatening to tell lies about its o...
06.09.1977	dialog with death	+ Program #1251. "Dialogue With Death". The program was rebroadcast on October 22, 1977.
06.02.1978	diamond cut diamond	+While on holiday in Monte Carlo, a wealthy man is swindled by a man who claims to be a psychic.
11.18.1982	diamond dotty	+A distraught, frightened woman arrives in a western frontier town in the 1880s confessing to the mu...
05.19.1975	diamond necklace	+Program #500. "The Diamond Necklace". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Sine-Off, Uncle Ben's Rice. The pro...
11.27.1981	diana the huntress	+The scorned wife of a doctor who is having an affair with his nurse takes a shot at killing them bo...
03.25.1974	diary of a madman	+ Program #62. "Diary Of A Madman". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, Budweiser. E. G. + Homicide is illegal...
01.28.1982	dickens of scotland yard	+Charles Dickens employs his creative skills in detective work when he volunteers to assist Scotland...
03.27.1981	did i say murder	+The tragic story of King Henry of England and his Courtier, Thomas Beckett, as told by his adultero...
04.03.1974	die youre on magic camera	+ Program #68. "Die! You're On Magic Camera!". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, Budweiser. E. G. + Die You�...
02.13.1974	dig me deadly	+ Program #37. "Dig Me Deadly". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, Budweiser. E. G. + The strange thing about...
05.13.1981	diogenes inc	+When their circus burns to the ground, two circus performers open a private detective agency. Their...
08.11.1978	doctor eduardo	+A Mexican doctor moves to a tiny fishing village and is welcomed by the community. The mayor's son ...
01.13.1977	dont die without me	+Program #1104. "Don't Die Without Me". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick, Contac. The progr...
06.25.1982	dont kill me	+A woman with a sick elderly husband allows him to die so she can marry his rich friend. It's man's ...
05.21.1975	dont let it choke you	+Program #502. "Don't Let It Choke You". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Sine-Off, Uncle Ben's Rice. The p...
02.02.1978	dont look back	+A world famous country singer falls for a small town girl he encounters at an out-of-the-way servic...
09.23.1976	dont play with matches	+ Program #993. "Don't Play With Matches". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Certainteed Insulatio...
09.09.1974	double exposure	+ Program #248. "Double Exposure". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast on N...
07.28.1978	double take	+Two women who seem to have written the same novel find themselves living the plot.
12.23.1976	double zero	+Program #1083. "Double Zero". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, True Value Hardware. The program was...
09.04.1981	doublecross death	+A coroner investigates the death of his niece. The center of his suspicion is her ne'er do well hus...

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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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