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 94

0673 - The Adventure of the Speckled Band (6/28/1977)

0673 - The Adventure of the Speckled Band (6/28/1977)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Court Benson; Patricia Elliott; Jackson Beck.A young heiress hires Sherlock Holmes to find out who killed her sister in a sealed-room murder, and what her sibling's dying words signified.

Published: Oct 5, 2026Duration: 44m 52s

Season 4 - Episode 93

0672 - Come, Fill My Cup (6/27/1977)

0672 - Come, Fill My Cup (6/27/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: William Griffis; Larry Haines; Russell Horton; Earl Hammond.A commuter train conductor recounts how a regular poker game on one train's club car turned into murder by poison.

Published: Oct 4, 2026Duration: 44m 59s

Season 4 - Episode 92

0671 - Fan Mail (6/24/1977)

0671 - Fan Mail (6/24/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Teri Keane; Ann Williams; Mandel Kramer; Ian Martin; William Griffis.A tale of husband-and-wife soap opera actors whose show's storyline finds one of their characters killed off, and an overly obsessed fan who can't separate real life from fantasy.

Published: Oct 3, 2026Duration: 44m 57s

Season 4 - Episode 91

0670 - The Red Circle (6/23/1977)

0670 - The Red Circle (6/23/1977)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ann Pitoniak; Robert Dryden; Catherine Byers; Joe Silver.A housewife receives an unexpected visitor, an old friend whom she hasn't seen in years but has an incredible tale to tell her.

Published: Oct 2, 2026Duration: 44m 55s

Season 4 - Episode 90

0669 - Tomorrow, Cloudy and Cold (6/21/1977)

0669 - Tomorrow, Cloudy and Cold (6/21/1977)Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Russell Horton; Bryna Raeburn; Morgan Fairchild; Ralph Bell.Dr. Herman Bruno subjects a young drifter to experiments that can allow the young man to control the weather with just his emotions.

Published: Oct 1, 2026Duration: 44m 56s

Season 4 - Episode 89

0668 - The Birthmark (6/20/1977)

0668 - The Birthmark (6/20/1977)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.Cast: Tony Roberts; Gordon Heath; Marian Seldes.A scientist develops a means of removing a birthmark on his wife's cheek, a blemish he believes to be holding her back from perfect beauty.

Published: Sep 30, 2026Duration: 44m 54s

Season 4 - Episode 88

0667 - Two Motives for Murder (6/17/1977)

0667 - Two Motives for Murder (6/17/1977)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Don Scardino; Evie Juster; Bob Dryden; Ian Martin.A young broker believes he's in hot water when $100,000 in bonds entrusted to him goes missing. But his troubles really begin when his boss invites him on his yacht to discuss the matter.

Published: Sep 29, 2026Duration: 44m 57s

Season 4 - Episode 87

0666 - Little Lucy's Lethal Libation (6/16/1977)

0666 - Little Lucy's Lethal Libation (6/16/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay; Earl Hammond.* A male ad executive is assigned to an account with an overbearing, publicity-shy female client and soon starts to believe he's the victim of a plot by women to take over the world.

Published: Sep 28, 2026Duration: 44m 56s

Season 4 - Episode 86

0665 - Murder One (6/14/1977)

0665 - Murder One (6/14/1977)Written by G. Frederick Lewis. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tammy Grimes; Teri Keane; Leon Janney.A wealthy widow is blackmailed by her maid for killing her husband, so she tries to turn the tables and frame the maid for her own crime.

Published: Sep 27, 2026Duration: 44m 57s

Season 4 - Episode 85

0664 - First Woman in Space (6/13/1977)

0664 - First Woman in Space (6/13/1977)Written by Victoria Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Phyllis Newman; Marian Seldes; Lloyd Battista; Hans Conried.A pioneering female astronaut returns to Earth with a passenger, an alien living inside her and fighting to control her body in order to survive.

Published: Sep 26, 2026Duration: 44m 59s

Season 4 - Episode 84

0663 - The Night We Died (6/10/1977)

0663 - The Night We Died (6/10/1977)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Bob Readick; Joan Shay; William Griffis; Jackson Beck.A veteran of a "lunar revolt" tries to scam a war widow in this story that blends elements of sci-fi, con artistry, and murder mystery.

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

Season 4 - Episode 83

0662 - Dialogue with Death (6/9/1977)

0662 - Dialogue with Death (6/9/1977)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Fred Gwynne; Evie Juster.A man reunites with a childhood love, but soon finds difficulty dealing with her peculiar habit of talking to her parents and her horse who are all deceased.

Published: Sep 24, 2026Duration: 44m 58s

Season 4 - Episode 82

0661 - The Curse of Conscience (6/7/1977)

0661 - The Curse of Conscience (6/7/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Mary Jane Higby; Bryna Raeburn; Earl Hammond; Himan Brown (uncredited).A hustler encounters an elderly woman who tries to put him on the straight and narrow. But when he winds up in a bind, he takes advantage of her.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the policeman in act 3.

Published: Sep 23, 2026Duration: 44m 57s

Season 4 - Episode 81

0660 - The Blood Red Wine (6/6/1977)

0660 - The Blood Red Wine (6/6/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Ralph Bell; Robert Dryden; Marian Seldes.Joel and Myra welcome into their home a stranger caught in a storm. But when the man dies of a heart attack, the couple ponder what to do.

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

Season 4 - Episode 80

0659 - The Two-Dollar Murders (6/3/1977)

0659 - The Two-Dollar Murders (6/3/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Larry Haines; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay.A man kills a cop in an effort to cover up a romantic affair and a murder, but his plan is uncovered in the unlikeliest of manners.

Published: Sep 21, 2026Duration: 44m 59s

Season 4 - Episode 79

0658 - A God Named Smith (6/2/1977)

0658 - A God Named Smith (6/2/1977)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Russell Horton; Evie Juster; Bob Kaliban; Himan Brown (uncredited).A child prodigy creates an entire planet of his own, and establishes himself as its god, in the intent to make it a better world than Earth.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as financial editor Lou Briggs in act 2.

Published: Sep 20, 2026Duration: 44m 56s

Season 4 - Episode 78

0657 - The Boscombe Pool Mystery (5/31/1977)

0657 - The Boscombe Pool Mystery (5/31/1977)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Court Benson; Patricia Elliott; Ian Martin; Dennis Coke.Sherlock Holmes investigates when the son of a wealthy landowner is murdered; despite irrefutable evidence against the lad, Holmes doubts his guilt.

Published: Sep 19, 2026Duration: 44m 58s

Season 4 - Episode 77

0656 - The Silent Witness (5/30/1977)

0656 - The Silent Witness (5/30/1977)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ralph Bell; Marian Seldes; Lloyd Battista; Earl Hammond.Visions of an open grave, and memories triggered by his new assistant's fiancée, plague a banker in Hawaii.

Published: Sep 18, 2026Duration: 44m 54s

Season 4 - Episode 76

0655 - Guilty Secret (5/27/1977)

0655 - Guilty Secret (5/27/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Leon Janney; Evie Juster; Teri Keane.A U.S. Senator is worried that an indescretion from his past will be used against him while he campaigns for the presidency.

Published: Sep 17, 2026Duration: 44m 57s

Season 4 - Episode 75

0654 - The Countess (5/26/1977)

0654 - The Countess (5/26/1977)Written by Gerry Keane. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Honore de Balzac.Cast: Marian Seldes; Roberta Maxwell; William Griffis; Court Benson; Russell Horton.A French countess recounts her brief attraction to a Spanish prisoner of war and her marriage to a brutal French dignitary.

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