CBS Radio Mystery Theater (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:
If you find any errors in the programs please notify me at [email protected].
James M. Rader
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 [email protected].
James M. Rader
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 280
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
0260 - Sting of Death (4/21/1975)
0260 - Sting of Death (4/21/1975)
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: William Prince; Tony Roberts; Marian Seldes; Martha Greenhouse.
Somebody is playing a deadly game with an unus…
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: William Prince; Tony Roberts; Marian Seldes; Martha Greenhouse.
Somebody is playing a deadly game with an unus…
00:44:57 |
Mon 18 Aug 2025
0259 - A Challenge for the Dead (4/18/1975)
0259 - A Challenge for the Dead (4/18/1975)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Howard DaSilva; Teri Keane; Robert Dryden; Leon Janney; Bryna Raeburn.
Police officer Johnny Gordon aims t…
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Howard DaSilva; Teri Keane; Robert Dryden; Leon Janney; Bryna Raeburn.
Police officer Johnny Gordon aims t…
00:44:53 |
Sun 17 Aug 2025
0258 - Through the Looking Glass (4/17/1975)
0258 - Through the Looking Glass (4/17/1975)
Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Ann Sheppard; Jack Grimes; Evie Juster; Russell Horton; Ken Harvey.
* Kathy & Doug Sellars get …
Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Ann Sheppard; Jack Grimes; Evie Juster; Russell Horton; Ken Harvey.
* Kathy & Doug Sellars get …
00:44:57 |
Sat 16 Aug 2025
0257 - My Own Murderer (4/15/1975)
0257 - My Own Murderer (4/15/1975)
Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Mandel Kramer; Robert Dryden; Catherine Byers; Suzanne Grossman; Ian Martin; Sam Gray.
Joe Vincent seeks a psyc…
Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Mandel Kramer; Robert Dryden; Catherine Byers; Suzanne Grossman; Ian Martin; Sam Gray.
Joe Vincent seeks a psyc…
00:44:58 |
Fri 15 Aug 2025
0256 - The Intermediary (4/14/1975)
0256 - The Intermediary (4/14/1975)
Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Frances Sternhagen; Ralph Bell; Leon Janney.
* At his wife's urging, Frank Ellington accepts inheritance…
Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Frances Sternhagen; Ralph Bell; Leon Janney.
* At his wife's urging, Frank Ellington accepts inheritance…
00:44:53 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
0255 - The Phantom Stop (4/11/1975)
0255 - The Phantom Stop (4/11/1975)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Norman Rose; Nat Polen; Carol Teitel; Bryna Raeburn; Himan Brown (uncredited).
* Alvin Frieburger desires to tak…
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Norman Rose; Nat Polen; Carol Teitel; Bryna Raeburn; Himan Brown (uncredited).
* Alvin Frieburger desires to tak…
00:44:54 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
0254 - The Death of Halpin Fraser (4/10/1975)
0254 - The Death of Halpin Fraser (4/10/1975)
Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Ambrose Bierce.
Cast: Michael Wager; Grace Matthews; Arnold Moss; Patricia Elliot…
Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Ambrose Bierce.
Cast: Michael Wager; Grace Matthews; Arnold Moss; Patricia Elliot…
00:44:55 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
0253 - The Altar of Blood (4/9/1975)
0253 - The Altar of Blood (4/9/1975)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Fred Gwynne; Jennifer Harmon; Mason Adams; Ian Martin.
After relocating to Mexico, a retired archaeological pro…
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Fred Gwynne; Jennifer Harmon; Mason Adams; Ian Martin.
After relocating to Mexico, a retired archaeological pro…
00:44:58 |
Mon 11 Aug 2025
0252 - The Benjamin Franklin Murder Case (4/7/1975)
0252 - The Benjamin Franklin Murder Case (4/7/1975)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Paul Hecht; Marian Seldes; Staats Cotsworth; Russell Horton; Gil Mack.
Future Founding Father Ben …
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Paul Hecht; Marian Seldes; Staats Cotsworth; Russell Horton; Gil Mack.
Future Founding Father Ben …
00:44:58 |
Sun 10 Aug 2025
0251 - Roses Are for Funerals (4/4/1975)
0251 - Roses Are for Funerals (4/4/1975)
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Carole Shelley; Tony Roberts; Mildred Clinton; Dan Ocko; Himan Brown (uncredited).
The story of a cross…
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Carole Shelley; Tony Roberts; Mildred Clinton; Dan Ocko; Himan Brown (uncredited).
The story of a cross…
00:44:52 |
Sat 09 Aug 2025
0250 - The Garrison of the Dead (4/3/1975)
0250 - The Garrison of the Dead (4/3/1975)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Mandel Kramer; Joan Lovejoy; Court Benson; Leon Janney; Bob Kaliban.
After his hanging for murdering a repo…
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Mandel Kramer; Joan Lovejoy; Court Benson; Leon Janney; Bob Kaliban.
After his hanging for murdering a repo…
00:44:56 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
0249 - The Killer Inside (4/1/1975)
0249 - The Killer Inside (4/1/1975)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Anne Meara; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Earl Hammond.
A woman's mundane life is stirred when her transporting of a …
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Anne Meara; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Earl Hammond.
A woman's mundane life is stirred when her transporting of a …
00:45:01 |
Thu 07 Aug 2025
0248 - Killer of the Year (3/31/1975)
0248 - Killer of the Year (3/31/1975)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Norman Rose; Teri Keane; Joan Shay; Nat Polen; Ken Harvey.
A businessman meets and falls for the town's new libr…
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Norman Rose; Teri Keane; Joan Shay; Nat Polen; Ken Harvey.
A businessman meets and falls for the town's new libr…
00:44:54 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
0247 - Key to Murder (3/28/1975)
0247 - Key to Murder (3/28/1975)
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Mary Jane Higby; Robert Maxwell; Robert Dryden.
A police detective probes the case of two…
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Mary Jane Higby; Robert Maxwell; Robert Dryden.
A police detective probes the case of two…
00:44:57 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
0246 - The Velvet Claws (3/27/1975)
0246 - The Velvet Claws (3/27/1975)
Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Gordon Gould; Arnold Moss; Evie Juster; Gilbert Mack.
A young man tells his therapist how he escaped from a …
Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Gordon Gould; Arnold Moss; Evie Juster; Gilbert Mack.
A young man tells his therapist how he escaped from a …
00:44:50 |
Mon 04 Aug 2025
0245 - Death is a Dream (3/26/1975)
0245 - Death is a Dream (3/26/1975)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Michael Wager; Bob Kaliban; Jack Grimes; Bryna Raeburn.
A woman has a dream about her brothe…
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Michael Wager; Bob Kaliban; Jack Grimes; Bryna Raeburn.
A woman has a dream about her brothe…
00:44:52 |
Sun 03 Aug 2025
0244 - The Deadly Double (3/24/1975)
0244 - The Deadly Double (3/24/1975)
Written by Vicky Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Marian Seldes; Robert Dryden; Leon Janney.
A woman escapes from a mental institution and forcefully swaps place…
Written by Vicky Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Marian Seldes; Robert Dryden; Leon Janney.
A woman escapes from a mental institution and forcefully swaps place…
00:44:57 |
Sat 02 Aug 2025
0243 - The Man Must Die (3/21/1975)
0243 - The Man Must Die (3/21/1975)
Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: William Prince; Augusta Dabney; Kristoffer Tabori; Ian Martin.
Instead of a death penalty, a court judge admin…
Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: William Prince; Augusta Dabney; Kristoffer Tabori; Ian Martin.
Instead of a death penalty, a court judge admin…
00:44:59 |
Fri 01 Aug 2025
0242 - The Doppelganger (3/20/1975)
0242 - The Doppelganger (3/20/1975)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Howard DaSilva; Rosemary Rice; Tony Roberts; Russell Horton.
A psychologist's daughter spurns her fiancé for a h…
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Howard DaSilva; Rosemary Rice; Tony Roberts; Russell Horton.
A psychologist's daughter spurns her fiancé for a h…
00:44:48 |
Thu 31 Jul 2025
0241 - It's Murder, Mr. Lincoln (3/18/1975)
0241 - It's Murder, Mr. Lincoln (3/18/1975)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Keir Dullea; Jennifer Harmon; Paul Hecht; Joe Silver; Robert Dryden.
Against the legal establishment's war…
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Keir Dullea; Jennifer Harmon; Paul Hecht; Joe Silver; Robert Dryden.
Against the legal establishment's war…
00:44:57 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
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