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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
09.24.1982	the force of evil	+A young woman is spurnned by her lover who elects to marry another, more intellectual woman. She us...
09.14.1982	the forbidden house	+An old circus performer shows up on the doorstep of a young couple who have just purchased an old h...
07.11.1979	the fools	+A young man is forced to fend for himself in post-revolutionary Russia after his father dies. He fa...
01.26.1975	the follower	+Program #387. "The Follower". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Sine-Off. The program was rebroadcas...
01.24.1975	the flowers of death	+Program #385. "Flowers Of Death". Sponsored by: Vigne Wine, Buick, Sine-Off. The program was rebro...
10.15.1982	the flash point	+An engineering executive is put out on the streets when his company is taken over. He is so traumat...
03.23.1981	the first day of eternity	+A shrewd and heartless businessman tries to buy eternal life but ends up buying something much more...
10.03.1979	the finger of god	+Program #2097. CBS net origination, WNEW, New York line feed. "The Finger Of God". Sponsored by: Se...
05.02.1975	the final witness	+Program #483. "The Final Witness". Sponsored by: Uncle Ben's Rice, Buick. The program was rebroadc...
08.15.1974	the final vow	+Program #223. "The Final Vow". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast on Octo...
06.17.1981	the final step	+A holocaust survivor, determined to avenge the deaths of her family, stalks a man she is sure is th...
01.22.1981	the final mind	+In the 30th century, a brilliant scientist rises to power in the United States and uses his intelle...
11.04.1977	the final judgement	+Program #1399. "The Final Judgement". The program was rebroadcast on April 2, 1978. Program #1400...
05.02.1978	the figure in the moonlight	+A strange engraving of a house reveals a figure acting out a long forgotten crime. When the couple ...
06.18.1982	the fifth man	+The writer for a British aviation magazine works part time to ferret out commuist spies in the avia...
01.26.1976	the ferret	+ Program #752. "The Ferret". Sponsored by: Sine-Off, Buick, Allstate Insurance. The program was re...
11.17.1978	the favor of women	+ In the year 3039, the Earth is running out of an energy source called Selco which it imports from ...
04.02.1980	the fateful bell	+Set in ancient China, an emperor orders the casting of a bell of magificent size and precious metal...
08.28.1974	the fatal marksman	+ "The Fatal Marksman". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast on October 27, 1...
12.09.1974	the fatal connection	+Program #339. "The Fatal Connection". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast ...
04.15.1981	the fatal 50000	+An employee of a real estate developer misappropriates $50,000 to appear profitable to his boss. Wh...
12.18.1978	the familiar ghost	+A retired ship's captain is about to marry but is pursued by footsteps from an unseen source. When ...
03.14.1974	the fall of the house of usher	+ Program #57. "The Fall Of The House Of Usher". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, Budweiser. + Gabriel Man...
03.05.1979	the fall of gentryville	+Program #1885. CBS net origination, WNEW, New York line feed. "The Fall Of Gentryville". Sponsored ...
03.15.1982	the face of the waters	+A lurid tale that takes place at the turn of the century in Louisiana. An uncle is strongly attract...

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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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