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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
08.13.1979	tiger tiger burning bright	+A woman comes to a psychiatrist complaining of unexplained anxiety and sickness. Under hypnosis, sh...
04.17.1975	through the looking glass	+Program #468. "Through The Looking Glass". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroad...
01.28.1974	three women	+Program #23. "Three Women".
06.17.1974	three times dead	+Program #164. "Three Times Dead". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, 7-Up, Buick, Budweiser, Sine-Off. The p...
10.22.1982	three fireflies in a bottle	+A man claims to have reacquainted himself with an extraterrestrial being he first befriended as a c...
03.04.1974	this will kill you	+ Program #50. "This Will Kill You". + Robert Anthony has given Theodore Rukotski’s book on demon...
12.09.1977	this time around	+ Program #1434. "This Time Around". The program was rebroadcast on May 13, 1978. Program #1435 wa...
08.04.1980	this deadly fraternity	+Members of a frat house mysteriously die on the anniversary of their Hell week. Years later a young...
01.04.1977	this breed is doomed	+ Program #1095. "This Breed Is Doomed". Sponsored by: Buick, Ex-Lax. The program was rebroadcast o...
09.17.1974	thicker than water	+ Program #256. "Thicker Than Water". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick. The program was rebroadcast o...
10.09.1975	they shall stone them with stones	+Program #643. "They Shall Stone Them With Stones". Sponsored by: Buick. The program was rebroadcas...
01.19.1976	theres no business like	+ Program #745. "There's No Business Like". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Buick, Greyhound. The program ...
02.27.1975	them	+Program #230. "Them". Sponsored by: Vigne Wine, Buick, Contac. The program was rebroadcast on May ...
07.04.1974	the young die good	+ Program #181. "The Young Die Good". Sponsored by: Kellogg's, 7-Up, Buick, Budweiser. The program ...
05.12.1982	the wound that would not heal	+A man is accused of murdering his mistress. At first, he is confident that he did not, but when she...
06.14.1982	the woman who wanted to live	+A killer who breaks out of a maximum security prison murders a man and attempts to murder a pretty ...
09.09.1977	the woman in the green dress	+ Program #1343. "The Woman In The Green Dress". The program was rebroadcast on January 25, 1978. ...
01.19.1977	the woman in red	+ Program #1110. "The Woman In Red". Sponsored by: Buick, Contac. The program was rebroadcast on Ma...
01.13.1975	the witness is death	+Program #374. "The Witness Is Death". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Contac. The program was rebroadcast...
12.23.1977	the witching well	+ Program #1448. "The Witching Well". The program was rebroadcast on May 27, 1978. Program #1449 w...
05.26.1975	the witches almanac	+Program #507. "The Witch's Almanac". Sponsored by: Buick. The program was rebroadcast on September...
04.22.1974	the wishing stone	+ Program #78. "The Wishing Stone". + Prior to the show you can hear 5 minutes of American Informat...
09.27.1977	the wintering place	+ Program #1361. "The Wintering Place". The program was rebroadcast on February 18, 1978. Program ...
10.16.1978	the winds of time	+A woman is plagued by terrible headaches and visits paranormal expert Bryce Bond. He guides her on ...
09.19.1977	the wind and the flame	+ Program #1353. "The Wind and The Flame". The program was rebroadcast on February 5, 1978.

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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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