CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

CBSRMT-Restoration

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 intact
All segments restored (Intro/Teaser/Preview/Outro)
No commecials
No sponsor mentions
No newscasts
No late breaking news/sports interruptions
No station IDs

If you find any errors in the programs please notify me at cbsrmt-restoration@email.com.

James M. Rader

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20 episodes
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Today · 44 min
0617 - The Shining Man (3/15/1977)
0617 - The Shining Man (3/15/1977) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by E. and H. Heron. Cast: Bob Kaliban; Morgan Fairchild; Ralph Bell; Ian Martin. After relocating to Scotland for new employment, a young...
Yesterday · 44 min
0616 - Look Backward Sometimes (3/14/1977)
0616 - Look Backward Sometimes (3/14/1977) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Roberta Maxwell; Russell Horton; Earl Hammond; Kristoffer Tabori; Martha Greenhouse. A tennis pro flees for Europe after a fight with her husband, but...
Saturday · 44 min
0615 - Till Death Do Us Part (3/11/1977)
0615 - Till Death Do Us Part (3/11/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Tammy Grimes; Evie Juster; Ian Martin. A spinster becomes romantically entangled with her boss but when she learns he promised never to leave his wife, she...
Friday · 44 min
0614 - The Pleading Voice (3/10/1977)
0614 - The Pleading Voice (3/10/1977) Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Corrine Orr; William Griffis; Gordon Gould; Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn. A teenager recuperating from illness hears a voice begging to be let into a ruined...
Thursday · 44 min
0613 - The Sign of the Four (3/8/1977)
0613 - The Sign of the Four (3/8/1977) Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Court Benson; Jackson Beck; Earl Hammond; Joan Shay. A case of missing pearls leads...
Wednesday · 44 min
0612 - Beyond the Barrier (3/7/1977)
0612 - Beyond the Barrier (3/7/1977) Written by Stella Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Russell Horton; Arnold Moss; William Griffis; Evie Juster. After he is gravely injured in a car accident, a young research scientist has an out-of-body...
Tuesday · 44 min
0611 - Answer Me (3/4/1977)
0611 - Answer Me (3/4/1977) Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Larry Haines; Joan Lovejoy; Rosemary Rice; Dan Ocko. Distraught over his wife's death, a failed writer chucks it all and sets out for Mexico on foot. Along the way,...
August 3 · 44 min
0610 - The Overcoat (3/3/1977)
0610 - The Overcoat (3/3/1977) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol. Cast: Hans Conried; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Bob Dryden; Leon Janney. An underpaid Russian government clerk devotes...
August 2 · 44 min
0609 - The Hound of the Baskervilles (3/1/1977)
0609 - The Hound of the Baskervilles (3/1/1977) Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Lloyd Battista; Carol Teitel; Robert Dryden; Court Benson. An adaptation of...
August 1 · 44 min
0608 - The Light That Failed (2/28/1977)
0608 - The Light That Failed (2/28/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Rudyard Kipling. Cast: Tony Roberts; Mason Adams; Bryna Raeburn; Jackson Beck. A painter and war correspondent aims to amass a fortune...
July 31 · 44 min
0607 - Legend of Phoenix Hill (2/25/1977)
0607 - Legend of Phoenix Hill (2/25/1977) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Howard DaSilva; Bob Kaliban; Evie Juster; Ian Martin. An archeologist takes his adopted son on an expedition to China that is besieged by setbacks.
July 30 · 44 min
0606 - Last Judgment (2/24/1977)
0606 - Last Judgment (2/24/1977) Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Carmen Matthews; Teri Keane; Norman Rose; Nat Polen; Michael Wager. A young nurse becomes live-in caregiver to her father-in-law, but her world is shaken when...
July 29 · 44 min
0605 - Jane Eyre (2/22/1977)
0605 - Jane Eyre (2/22/1977) Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Charlotte Bronte. Cast: Patricia Elliott; Arnold Moss; Lloyd Battista; Ann Pitoniak; Himan Brown (uncredited). An adaptation of Charlotte...
July 28 · 44 min
0604 - Orient Express (2/21/1977)
0604 - Orient Express (2/21/1977) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Marian Seldes; Mandel Kramer; Hans Conried; Leon Janney; Earl Hammond. An estranged couple are reunited and are caught up in international intrigue on the...
July 27 · 44 min
0603 - A Heart of Gold (2/18/1977)
0603 - A Heart of Gold (2/18/1977) Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Frances Sternhagen; Bill Griffis; Russell Horton; Ann Sheppard; Himan Brown (uncredited). An evil, greedy, and murderous woman fulfills a desire to imprint her...
July 26 · 44 min
0602 - If Mischief Follow (2/17/1977)
0602 - If Mischief Follow (2/17/1977) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Ann Williams; Gordon Gould; Ralph Bell; Bryna Raeburn; Bob Readick. Just as a doctor is ready to announce her engagement to a colleague, her supposedly-dead...
July 25 · 44 min
0601 - The Star Killers (2/15/1977)
0601 - The Star Killers (2/15/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Norman Rose; Court Benson; Judith Light. A top nuclear researcher recounts for her therapist how she fell in love with a supposed space...
July 24 · 44 min
0600 - Stamped for Death (2/14/1977)
0600 - Stamped for Death (2/14/1977) Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Lloyd Battista; Robert Dryden; Russell Horton; Ann Pitoniak. Two greedy brothers inherit their late father's priceless stamp collection; when they...
July 23 · 44 min
0599 - Masquerade (2/11/1977)
0599 - Masquerade (2/11/1977) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Paul Hecht; Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; Earl Hammond. The disappearance of a valuable set of pearls at a masquerade ball throws a singer and her boyfriend into a...
July 22 · 44 min
0598 - The Recluse (2/10/1977)
0598 - The Recluse (2/10/1977) Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Tony Roberts; Patricia Elliott; Frances Sternhagen; Court Benson. A man inherits a family inn from his grandmother, and with it a trove of familial secrets.