CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)
164 episodes Last Updated: May 14, 25
Mystery Theater aired on CBS Radio from 1974 through 1982. It was an hour drama created and directed by Himan Brown who also created and directed the Inner Sanctum Mystery (1941-1952). E. G. Marshall was the host of Mystery Theater until Tammy Grimes took over in the last year of broadcast.This channel is the culmination of a project to restore all 1,399 Mystery Theater episodes. All episodes will consist of:Original programs with theme music intactAll segments restored (Intro/Teaser/Preview/Outro)No commecialsNo sponsor mentionsNo newscastsNo late breaking news/sports interruptionsNo station IDsIf you find any errors in the programs please notify me at cbsrmt-restoration@email.com.James M. Rader
Episodes
May 14, 2025
0164 - See Naples and Die (10/23/1974)
0164 - See Naples and Die (10/23/1974)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Wager; Marian Seldes; Larry Haines; Dan Ocko; Ken Harvey.A U.S. Senator fears for his daughter's well-being and his political future when he learns she's about to marry the target of his subcommittee's investigation.
May 13, 2025
0163 - Mind Over Matthew (10/21/1974)
0163 - Mind Over Matthew (10/21/1974)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: William Redfield; Evie Juster; Bryna Raeburn; Court Benson.A 40-year-old bachelor marries a woman half his age, but her power to heal leads him to believe she might be a witch.
May 12, 2025
0162 - The Last Escape (10/17/1974)
0162 - The Last Escape (10/17/1974)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Joan Lovejoy; Joseph Julian; Russell Horton; Bob Kaliban.Aging escape artist The Great Ferlini plans a headline-making endeavor, one that even Harry Houdini couldn't complete; his wife and her lover wants to make sure he does not succeed.CBSRMT Trivia: This Henry Slesar story was broadcast on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" on 1/31/1961.
May 11, 2025
0161 - Picture on a Wall (10/15/1974)
0161 - Picture on a Wall (10/15/1974)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Dianne Baker; John Newland; Anne Seymour; Dennis Cole.An aspiring stage ingenue finds a visitor in the courtyard of her new Greenwich Village apartment, a man who says he's the grandson, and is also the spitting image, of a figure on a painting in the apartment.
May 10, 2025
0160 - A Scaffold for Two (10/14/1974)
0160 - A Scaffold for Two (10/14/1974)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: John Beal; Bret Morrison; Denise Alexander; Casey Kasem.Waylaid on a small island, a lawyer becomes witness to the locals' own brand of justice a kangaroo court determined to hang a man who was already acquitted of murder on the mainland.
May 09, 2025
0159 - The Doll (10/10/1974)
0159 - The Doll (10/10/1974)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joanne Linville; Ross Martin; Virginia Gregg; Karl Swenson.Jealous over the upcoming marriage of his old friend's daughter, an anthropologist arranges to have a voodoo doll made in the woman's likeness to stop the nuptials.CBSRMT Trivia: "The Doll" is the same title of two Mystery Theater episodes (Episode 159: 10/10/74) and (Episode 1182: 4/8/81).
May 08, 2025
0158 - Trapped (10/9/1974)
0158 - Trapped (10/9/1974)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Nina Foch; Charles Aidman; Lesley Woods; Joan Tompkins; Joe DeSantis.An ailing woman is convinced her husband, and her new caregiver are plotting to kill her, and conspires with her old nurse to stay alive.
May 07, 2025
0157 - Sister of Death (10/7/1974)
0157 - Sister of Death (10/7/1974)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kay T. Stevens; Amzie Strickland; Alan Reed; Bret Morrison.At a public auction, a recently married woman purchases a portrait that happens to depict her new husband's first wife who was murdered during a robbery.
May 06, 2025
0156 - The Golden Blood of the Sun (10/3/1974)
0156 - The Golden Blood of the Sun (10/3/1974)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: John Forsythe; Rita Gam; Arnold Moss; Berry Kroeger.After moving from New England to Florida, a timeshare salesman hits a run of rainy days and bad luck. Believing him to be cursed, his boss sends the salesman to Mexico.
May 05, 2025
0155 - The Bride That Wasn't (10/1/1974)
0155 - The Bride That Wasn't (10/1/1974)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Janet Waldo; Anne Seymour; Lurene Tuttle; Bill Quinn; Bernard Barrow.Two weeks after becoming engaged, Amy Prentice travels to the home of her fiancé who's already married and has no recollection of ever meeting Amy.