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CBS Radio Mystery Theater | Old Time Radio

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater | Old Time Radio brings you atmospheric mystery, suspense, horror, and supernatural drama from one of radio’s great revival-era anthology series. Enter stories of murder, psychological terror, strange encounters, the unexplained, and dark secrets brought vividly to life through classic radio storytelling. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing,

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Scenes from a Murder"...

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2026/09/15

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Scenes from a Murder,” originally broadcast September 7, 1982, as episode 1367. This CBS Radio Network drama was written by G. Frederick Lewis and directed by Himan Brown.Adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, the story follows a financially desperate music teacher whose attempt to solve his money troubles draws him into a harrowing moral and psychological struggle. Russell Horton leads a cast that includes Carol Teitel, Joan Shay, and Earl

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47:57

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Forty-Five Minutes to...

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2026/09/14

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Forty-Five Minutes to Murder,” episode 495, originally broadcast on June 28, 1976. Written by Sam Dann and directed by Himan Brown, this contemporary mystery features Larry Haines, Leon Janney, and Joan Shay.A bitter business feud seems to be settling when Jim Raglan sends Carroway Chemicals vice president Emmet Martindale an extravagant bottle of cognac. But when the gift brings tragedy to the Martindale home, a poison investigation exposes unsettling

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46:26

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Marry for Murder" (Old...

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2026/09/13

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Marry for Murder,” episode 395, originally broadcast on December 12, 1975. This original CBS Radio drama was written by Sam Dann and directed by Himan Brown, starring Mandel Kramer.Private detective James Kellogg is hired to investigate Walter Jones, the younger fiancé of a wealthy widow whose family suspects he may be after her fortune. When another client seeks the same elusive man, Kellogg finds himself navigating conflicting loyalties, suspicious histories,

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45:01

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Mirror for Murder" (Old...

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2026/09/12

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Mirror for Murder,” episode 97, originally broadcast on May 27, 1974. Hosted by E. G. Marshall, this original mystery was written and directed by Himan Brown’s frequent collaborator Sam Dann, with Celeste Holm, Wesley Addy, William Redfield, and Robert Dryden.Helen Stewart, neglected and increasingly restless in her domestic life, becomes deeply unsettled when her reflection in a mirror seems to fade away. As she struggles to reclaim her sense of self, the mirror

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44:20

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Terrorist" (Old Time...

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2026/09/11

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Terrorist,” episode 1027, originally broadcast on November 5, 1979. This CBS Radio Network suspense drama was written by Ian Martin and directed by Himan Brown.On Turkey’s Aegean coast, an elderly American romance writer and her niece find their secluded home invaded by two extremist fugitives seeking refuge. When a publishing executive’s nephew arrives to check on the troubled author, he is drawn into a dangerous hostage crisis where courage and quick

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44:15

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Murder Market" (Old...

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2026/09/10

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Murder Market,” originally broadcast December 23, 1975, as episode 401. Written by Sam Dann and produced and directed by Himan Brown, the drama features Rosemary Murphy with Robert Dryden, Ann Pitoniak, and Ian Martin.Theodora Lewis, restless in a humdrum life and frustrated by her penny-pinching fiancé, is drawn toward the promise of an exciting new career. But the world of a forceful business entrepreneur brings her dangerously close to homicide.CBS Radio

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43:04

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Trial for Murder" (Old...

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2026/09/09

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Trial for Murder,” originally broadcast October 24, 1977, as episode 728. Written by James Agate Jr. and directed by Himan Brown, this supernatural courtroom mystery adapts Charles Dickens’s ghost story “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt.” The cast includes Paul Hecht, Earl Hammond, Court Benson, and Robert Maxwell.Two writers investigating a murder find their separate leads converging as the case comes to trial. But unsettling evidence—and the possible presence of

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45:45

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Murder by Decree" (Old...

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2026/09/08

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Murder by Decree,” episode 1358, originally broadcast on August 5, 1982. This historical drama was written by James Agate Jr. and features Marian Seldes, Earl Hammond, Bernard Grant, and Carol Teitel.In Tudor England, Queen Anne Boleyn faces the mounting pressures of King Henry VIII’s court as her marriage and position grow increasingly precarious. A tense, history-based drama centered on ambition, power, and the dangers surrounding the crown.CBS Radio Mystery

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44:46

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Haunted Mill" (Old...

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2026/09/07

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Haunted Mill,” episode 737, originally broadcast November 8, 1977. Adapted by James Agate, Jr. from Dick Donovan’s 1899 ghost story “The Corpse Light,” this Gothic mystery was produced and directed by Himan Brown.After a three-year journey abroad, Dr. James Patmore returns to find the woman he loves drawn into another man’s orbit. Old emotions and rivalries intensify as Patmore becomes fascinated by a decaying mill rumored to be haunted. The cast includes

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44:20

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Killer Crab" (Old Time...

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2026/09/06

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Killer Crab,” originally broadcast June 30, 1982, as episode 1345. This late-run science-fiction drama was hosted by Tammy Grimes and written by James Agate, Jr., with Himan Brown directing.On the future-world of Planet Vivian, inventor Joe Harkness becomes entangled in a dangerous act of sabotage that sends his shuttle down. His possible rescue—and a reckoning with old resentments—may rest with K.C., a robotic weapon known as the Killer Crab. Russell Horton, Ann

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44:18

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "All Unregistered Aliens"...

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2026/09/05

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “All Unregistered Aliens,” episode 779, originally broadcast on February 9, 1978. Written by Victoria Dann, this CBS Radio Network mystery features Ann Williams, Court Benson, and Earl Hammond.A woman doctor treats a wounded undocumented immigrant, only to find that he has vanished from her care. Her search leads into an unsettling mystery of identity, belonging, and the powerful pull of one’s origins.CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a

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45:40

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Innocent Murderer"...

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2026/09/04

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Innocent Murderer,” originally broadcast July 14, 1982, as episode 1351. Written by James Agate Jr., this historical suspense drama stars Tony Roberts, Robert Dryden, Robert Kaliban, and Gordon Gould.In the shadow of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, John Surratt flees prosecution, escaping through Canada and toward Liverpool, England. His dangerous journey unfolds as a tense fugitive story shaped by suspicion, international travel, and the lingering reach of

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The White Ghost" (Old...

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2026/09/03

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The White Ghost,” episode 460, originally broadcast April 1, 1976. Written by Sam Dann and directed by Himan Brown, this suspense drama features Ralph Bell, Ann Williams, Joan Shay, and Earl Hammond.Businessman Donald Taylor attempts to leave behind a secret affair and return to his invalid wife, but an accidental death soon leaves him haunted by unsettling signs from the past. A tense, guilt-shadowed supernatural mystery in which the truth behind the apparent

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42:30

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Ghost at the Gate"...

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2026/09/02

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Ghost at the Gate,” originally broadcast on March 20, 1974. Episode 60 of the CBS Radio Network series is hosted by E. G. Marshall and was written by Elspeth Eric, with direction by Himan Brown.After Charles Emory’s death, his widow Alice continues to receive unsettling nighttime visits from him. At his urging, she invites her friend Connie Lawrence to share her large home—opening the door to a supernatural, romance-shadowed mystery. The cast includes Beatrice

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46:11

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Familiar Ghost" (Old...

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2026/09/01

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Familiar,” originally broadcast on December 18, 1978, as episode 932. This archival CBS Radio Network drama was written by Ian Martin and adapts Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s Gothic tale.A retired sea captain, preparing to marry, is troubled by threatening letters and the growing conviction that an unseen presence is following him. His concerned fiancée turns to Dr. Martin Hesselius, an investigator of uncanny phenomena, in this Victorian-era supernatural mystery

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44:26

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Benjamin Franklin...

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2026/08/31

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Benjamin Franklin Murder Case,” originally broadcast April 7, 1975, as episode 252. Written by Sam Dann and produced and directed by Himan Brown, this historical mystery features Paul Hecht, Marian Seldes, and Staats Cotsworth.Philadelphia, 1750: Benjamin Franklin is asked to look into a troubling death connected with the old Clements mansion, where reports of Captain William Clements’s apparition have stirred fear. Applying observation and reason to a case

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45:02

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Ghost Powder" (Old Time...

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2026/08/30

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Ghost Powder,” episode 370, originally broadcast October 29, 1975. Written by Sam Dann and directed by Himan Brown, this historical supernatural mystery features Michael Wager, Marian Seldes, Court Benson, Bryna Raeburn, and Guy Sorel.In 18th-century France, John and Abigail Adams confront an unnerving presence in their residence while Adams also navigates political tensions involving Thomas Jefferson. A haunting atmosphere and diplomatic intrigue collide in this

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45:21

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Reluctant Killer"...

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2026/08/29

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Reluctant Killer,” episode 195, originally broadcast January 2, 1975, on the CBS Radio Network. Written by Ian Martin and directed by Himan Brown, this drama stars Tony Roberts, Roberta Maxwell, Bryna Raeburn, Leon Janney, and Ian Martin.Professional football player Steve Janis—known as “Killer”—is increasingly disturbed by the violence of the game and decides to walk away. His choice deepens tensions with his wife Pat and her mother Joy, setting humiliation,

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Aliens" (Old Time...

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2026/08/28

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Aliens,” episode 448, originally broadcast on March 15, 1976. Written by Sam Dann and directed by Himan Brown, this Cold War mystery stars Paul Hecht and Mandel Kramer.An American agent and his Soviet counterpart become unwillingly linked by psychic communication tied to classified experiments on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain. As the contact intensifies, espionage, secrecy, and a far-reaching threat test the loyalties of both men.CBS Radio Mystery Theater

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Time Killer" (Old Time...

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2026/08/27

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Time Killer,” episode 462, originally broadcast on April 5, 1976. Written by Arnold Moss and produced and directed by Himan Brown, this science-fiction mystery features Mandel Kramer, Rosemary Rice, Jackson Beck, Russell Horton, and Arnold Moss.Professor Edwin Quailan, a university parapsychology instructor, believes time may be as fluid as space. When an experiment sends him to the years before the Great Depression, his knowledge of what is to come raises

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