CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

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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...

Episodes(40 episodes)

Season 4 - Episode 114

0693 - Case Closed (8/10/1977)

0693 - Case Closed (8/10/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Joe Silver; Evie Juster; Joan Shay; Earl Hammond.Chester Jones holds up a bank because he lost his engineering job.CBSRMT Trivia: There is a timeline error in the second act.

Published: Oct 25, 2026Duration: 44m 57s

Season 4 - Episode 113

0692 - Hope Springs Eternal (8/8/1977)

0692 - Hope Springs Eternal (8/8/1977)Written by Percy Granger. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Court Benson; Ann Williams; Robert Maxwell; Russell Horton.A woman waits 40 years for the return of her fiancé, who disappeared without a trace.

Published: Oct 24, 2026Duration: 44m 59s

Season 4 - Episode 112

0691 - The Thousand and First Door (7/29/1977)

0691 - The Thousand and First Door (7/29/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Russell Horton; Carol Teitel; Earl Hammond; Jackson Beck.A man narrates the final days of his life, revealing that his demise may not have been due to a stroke.

Published: Oct 23, 2026Duration: 44m 56s

Season 4 - Episode 111

0690 - The Secret of Laurels (7/28/1977)

0690 - The Secret of Laurels (7/28/1977)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Don Scardino; Ann Williams; Evie Juster.A man is convicted of killing his best friend but has no memory of it.

Published: Oct 22, 2026Duration: 44m 57s

Season 4 - Episode 110

0689 - The Rocket's Red Glare (7/26/1977)

0689 - The Rocket's Red Glare (7/26/1977)Written by Percy Granger. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Robert Dryden; Catherine Byers; Sam Gray.* A scientist working on a top-secret weapons project takes his own life in full view of his colleagues. But a local cop suspects foul play.

Published: Oct 21, 2026Duration: 44m 55s

Season 4 - Episode 109

0688 - The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (7/25/1977)

0688 - The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (7/25/1977)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Court Benson; William Griffis; Lloyd Battista; Himan Brown (uncredited).A hat and a Christmas goose containing a valuable gemstone send Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on a hunt for who was gifted the goose.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as Peterson in act 1.

Published: Oct 20, 2026Duration: 44m 58s

Season 4 - Episode 108

0687 - The Secret of the Aztecs (7/22/1977)

0687 - The Secret of the Aztecs (7/22/1977)Written by Percy Granger. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Bob Dryden; Ken Harvey; Court Benson.A ghost instructs a man, stranded in the desert with a broken-down car, to protect an ancient Aztec treasure from a "savage" being.

Published: Oct 19, 2026Duration: 44m 55s

Season 4 - Episode 107

0686 - Rendezvous with Death (7/21/1977)

0686 - Rendezvous with Death (7/21/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kristoffer Tabori; Roberta Maxwell; Mandel Kramer; Arnold Moss; Ann Pitoniak.A football player with incurable cancer goes mountain climbing and meets a mysterious woman who provides him love and comfort.

Published: Oct 18, 2026Duration: 44m 58s

Season 4 - Episode 106

0685 - The Mysterious Island (7/19/1977)

0685 - The Mysterious Island (7/19/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Jules Verne.Cast: Earl Hammond; Leon Janney; Jackson Beck; Roger Baron; Himan Brown (uncredited).After escaping a Confederate prison camp via hot air balloon, two Union soldiers and a reporter land on a mysterious island.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited in act 3.

Published: Oct 17, 2026Duration: 44m 58s

Season 4 - Episode 105

0684 - The Bisara of Pooree (7/18/1977)

0684 - The Bisara of Pooree (7/18/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Rudyard Kipling.Cast: Paul Hecht; Ralph Bell; Marian Seldes; William Griffis.A British soldier buys a small, mysterious jewelry box that gives him bad luck.Defects: Occasional static.

Published: Oct 16, 2026Duration: 44m 58s

Season 4 - Episode 104

0683 - The Kingdom Below (7/15/1977)

0683 - The Kingdom Below (7/15/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Phyllis Newman; Fred Gwynne; Paul Hecht; Bryna Raeburn; Roger Baron.A wealthy American financier and his wife travel to Europe to help their daughter find a husband. The hope is that their daughter will marry an aristocrat.

Published: Oct 15, 2026Duration: 44m 55s

Season 4 - Episode 103

0682 - A Matter of Conscience (7/14/1977)

0682 - A Matter of Conscience (7/14/1977)Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Ambrose Bierce.Cast: Kristoffer Tabori; Arnold Moss; Evie Juster; Earl Hammond; Robert Dryden.Defying his parents who are loyal to the Confederacy, a young Kentuckian joins the Union Army and is sent to spy on a Rebel regiment.

Published: Oct 14, 2026Duration: 44m 23s

Season 4 - Episode 102

0681 - The Colonel Chabert (7/12/1977)

0681 - The Colonel Chabert (7/12/1977)Written by Karen Thorsen. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Honore de Balzac.Cast: Alexander Scourby; Lori March; Larry Haines; Dan Ocko.A supposedly dead French colonel reemerges and tries to recover part of his fortune from his since-remarried wife.

Published: Oct 13, 2026Duration: 44m 55s

Season 4 - Episode 101

0680 - A Scandal in Bohemia (7/11/1977)

0680 - A Scandal in Bohemia (7/11/1977)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Court Benson; Marian Seldes; William Griffis; Himan Brown (uncredited).Sherlock Holmes meets a cunning and deductive equal while seeking to recover a scandalous photo for a Bohemian monarch.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as Boris in act 2.

Published: Oct 12, 2026Duration: 44m 58s

Season 4 - Episode 100

0679 - The Gift (7/8/1977)

0679 - The Gift (7/8/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ralph Bell; Robert Dryden; Evie Juster; Sam Gray.Rita Holland and Walter Powers pull off the long-planned murder of Rita's husband.CBSRMT Trivia: CBSRMT Trivia: The cast credits for today's episode, "The Gift," are read by an unknown person.

Published: Oct 11, 2026Duration: 44m 57s

Season 4 - Episode 99

0678 - A Stranger Among Us (7/7/1977)

0678 - A Stranger Among Us (7/7/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Bryce Bond.Cast: Marian Seldes; Court Benson; Lloyd Battista.Based on the actual documented story of one "Lisa X," this tale finds a woman arrested for auto theft, but claims she is a victim of an alien abduction.CBSRMT Trivia: CBSRMT Trivia: The cast credits for today's episode, "A Stranger Among Us," are read by an unknown person.

Published: Oct 10, 2026Duration: 44m 55s

Season 4 - Episode 98

0677 - Hexed (7/5/1977)

0677 - Hexed (7/5/1977)Written by Nancy Moore. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Roberta Maxwell; Paul Hecht; Ian Martin.A newlywed tries to convince her husband to sell their plantation and move, all due to her belief that his resentful manservant is trying to put a curse on her.CBSRMT Trivia: The cast credits for today's episode, "Hexed," are read by an unknown person.

Published: Oct 9, 2026Duration: 44m 53s

Season 4 - Episode 97

0676 - Boomerang (7/4/1977)

0676 - Boomerang (7/4/1977)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Corrine Orr; Ann Sheppard; Norman Rose; Michael Wager.A young witch enlists the Devil's help in casting spells on the man who continues to spurn her romantic advances.CBSRMT Trivia: The closing cast credits for the next four episodes are read by someone other than E.G. Marshall. The cast credits for today's episode, "Boomerang," are read by Himan Brown.Defects: Poor audio quality.

Published: Oct 8, 2026Duration: 44m 51s

Season 4 - Episode 96

0675 - Revenge (7/1/1977)

0675 - Revenge (7/1/1977)Written by Percy Granger. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Gordon Heath; Robert Dryden; Leon Janney; Bryna Raeburn; Gilbert Mack.A wealthy man arrives in an Old West town bent to gain revenge on the three men who wronged him many years prior.

Published: Oct 7, 2026Duration: 44m 53s

Season 4 - Episode 95

0674 - Dead Men Do Tell Tales (6/30/1977)

0674 - Dead Men Do Tell Tales (6/30/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Howard Ross; Bob Kaliban; Marian Seldes.As a pair of detectives pursue his killer, a dead man recounts how he played conscience for a group of men who committed a horrible act 20 years earlier.CBSRMT Trivia: Ian Martin is missing from the acting credits in "Dead Men Do Tell Tales."

Published: Oct 6, 2026Duration: 44m 55s