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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
02.09.1981	transplant	+A group of women notice dramatic changes in their husbands after having open heart surgery performe...
05.24.1977	transmutations inc	+Program #1235. "Transmutation, Inc.". Sponsored by: Greyhound Package Express, Dramamine, Ex-Lax, ...
07.22.1981	toy death	+A woman has a childish and strange obsession with dolls, just like her late mother. Her boyfriend a...
05.10.1982	tourist trap	+A stressed-out couple get in an auto accident while getting off the interstate. Thinking it's not v...
07.08.1974	too many women can kill you	+Program #185. "Too Many Women Can Kill You". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, 7-Up, Buick, Budweiser. The ...
12.31.1981	too early too late	+Four friends spending a night in a remote cabin visit an old cemetary after being commanded to do s...
10.11.1982	tonys market	+In this psychological drama, a senseless shooting in a convenience store is examined by looking at ...
12.31.1976	tomorrows murder	+ Program #1091. "Tomorrow's Murder". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick. The program was reb...
09.03.1979	tomorrow will never come	+An old elevator attendant finds out that he is about to lose his life's love -- his elevator he aff...
05.12.1980	tomorrow is never	+A world traveler meets a spinster teacher who dreams of traveling to Europe. When he meets her ther...
06.21.1977	tomorrow cloudy and cold	+Program #1263. "Tomorrow, Cloudy and Cold". Sponsored by: Ex-Lax, Buick, A.R.M, Freedent, Quaker S...
01.05.1976	tom sawyer detective	+Program #731. "Tom Sawyer, Detective". Sponsored by: Buick. The program was rebroadcast on Novembe...
01.12.1977	tobins palm	+ Program #1103. "Tobin's Palm". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick, Ex-Lax. The program was ...
09.17.1976	to whom it may concern	+A woman who mysteriously avoids death from a gunshot through the heart finds that she brings death ...
06.03.1974	to kill with confidence	+ Program #100. "To Kill With Confidence". + A newlywed couple who are traveling across the country...
10.21.1976	to hang by the neck	+ Program #1021. "To Hang By The Neck". Sponsored by: Certainteed Insulation, Buick, Preparation H,...
08.07.1975	to die is forever	+Program #580. "To Die Is Forever". Sponsored by: Budweiser. The program was rebroadcast on Decembe...
01.26.1982	to be an empress	+The story of the rise of Catherine the Great from French minor royalty to the throne of Russia.
08.29.1977	to be a rose	+An insane killer who was once a gentle poet is now serving time in an insane asylum. He recounts ho...
03.17.1982	tippecanoe and tyler too	+A 60 plus year old furniture maker decides to marry his 30 year old secretary -- much to the conste...
05.18.1978	time out of mind	+A college student is in a car accident. While unconscious, he travels back in time and takes the pl...
04.05.1976	time killer	+Program #822. "Time Killer". Sponsored by: Allstate Insurance, Buick, Allied Van Lines, Carrier Ai...
01.27.1974	time and again	+ Program #22. "Time and Time Again".
04.25.1975	till death do us join	+Program #476. "Till Death Do Us Join". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast...
03.11.1977	til death do us part	+Program #1161. "Till Death Do Us Part". Sponsored by: True Value Hardware, Buick, True Temper Tool...

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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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