CBS Radio Mystery Theater | Old Time Radio

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Shadow of a Killer,” originally broadcast February 11, 1981, as episode 1158. This contemporary mystery stars Fred Gwynne and was written by Sam Dann and directed by Himan Brown.

When a woman’s husband disappears, she seeks help from an actor known for playing a hard-boiled television detective. As he steps beyond his screen role to investigate a real missing-person case, the boundary between television fiction and reality begins to blur.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
45:47 Closing

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “I Am the Killer,” episode 1309, originally broadcast March 31, 1982. Written by Sam Dann and directed by Himan Brown, this historical medical drama stars Keir Dullea as Dr. Ignatz Semmelweis.

In a 19th-century Viennese maternity hospital, a young obstetrician is troubled by an alarming disparity: mothers in the doctors’ ward are dying far more often than those attended by midwives. As he investigates the childbed-fever outbreak, accepted medical practices and the hospital’s daily routines come under searching scrutiny.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
44:57 Closing

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Nightmare in Gillette Castle,” originally broadcast July 14, 1980, as episode 1102. Written by Elizabeth Pennell and produced and directed by Himan Brown, it stars Kevin McCarthy as William Gillette.

Sherlock Holmes enthusiast Jim Watson and his wife, Pamela, tour Connecticut’s eccentric Gillette Castle, the real former home of famed Holmes actor William Gillette. Separated from their group, they enter a corridor called Baker Street and find themselves drawn into a mysterious, theatrical world where history and Holmes-like intrigue blur.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:54 Original Broadcast
49:44 Closing

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Wave of Terror,” originally broadcast November 11, 1974. This is episode 172 of the CBS Radio series, hosted by E. G. Marshall.

On a Hawaiian island, Danny Makahini and Liz Bradley hope to marry despite bitter opposition from their powerful families. As an immense tidal wave moves toward Hawaii, their Romeo-and-Juliet-inspired conflict unfolds against a mounting natural-disaster threat. Written by Ian Martin and directed by Himan Brown, the drama features Paul Hecht, Carmen Matthews, Suzanne Grossman, Gordon Gould, and Ian Martin.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:56 Original Broadcast
44:44 Closing

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “My Fair Lady Killer,” episode 592, originally broadcast on January 28, 1977. Written by Sam Dann and directed by Himan Brown, this CBS mystery features Michael Tolan, Bryna Raeburn, Joan Shay, Ian Martin, and William Griffis.

A police detective investigates a series of deaths involving women whose lives appear to fit a troubling pattern. Set between New York City and its suburbs, the case becomes a tense contemporary procedural as the evidence increasingly challenges the experts’ criminal profile.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
46:02 Closing

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Alien Presences,” episode 923, originally broadcast November 27, 1978. Written by Ian Martin, this science-fiction drama features John Beal, Joan Shay, John Lithgow, and Ian Martin.

In rural Nebraska, an older childless couple witnesses a strange crash during a violent storm and finds an unharmed infant near the wreckage. As the boy grows up, his unusual gifts and deep sense of displacement lead him to seek answers about his origins and his place in the world.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
45:00 Closing

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “An Identical Murder,” episode 231, originally broadcast February 28, 1975. Written by Murray Burnett and directed by Himan Brown, the drama features Elliot Reid, William Redfield, Roberta Maxwell, and Robert Dryden.

Ann Slater loves one of the Benton identical twins, but the other brother remains an unsettling presence in their lives. After a mountaineering expedition ends in tragedy, Ann is left confronting a chilling uncertainty about the man who returns.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
01:02 Original Broadcast
43:40 Closing

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Smell of Murder” (also listed as “The Sweet Smell of Murder”), originally broadcast June 25, 1980, as episode 1097. Written by Sam Dann, the drama stars Bryna Raeburn, Robert Dryden, Evie Juster, and Joe Silver.

A charter-boat captain is discovered with the proceeds of a bank robbery, and the evidence seems overwhelmingly damning. Certain he has been framed, his wife teams with a police investigator to learn how the stolen money found its way to him.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:38 Original Broadcast
45:29 Closing

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Yesterday’s Murder,” originally broadcast June 27, 1974, as episode 111. Hosted by E. G. Marshall, this first-season drama was written by Sam Dann and directed by Himan Brown, with Mercedes McCambridge and Patricia Wheel featured in the cast.

Unhappy with the path her life has taken, Dottie Molloy answers an unusual offer promising a chance to change it. The opportunity leads her back to a pivotal moment 21 years earlier, involving stolen money, an office safe, and a choice whose consequences have never truly faded.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:57 Original Broadcast
44:53 Closing

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “A Horror Story,” episode 929, originally broadcast December 11, 1978. Written by Elspeth Eric and directed by Himan Brown, this gothic mystery features Robert Dryden, Mary Jane Higby, Ian Martin, and Arnold Moss.

In a New Orleans building shared by a celebrated chef’s private dining salon and a renowned shoemaker’s shop, a hidden diary and an unsettling pair of slippers point toward a disturbing connection between two successful trades—and a haunted past.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
44:30 Closing

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