How Quiet the Night

The haunting, psychological tale of a man torn between two loves and his dark past, and of his ultimate downfall. Despite his conflict, he is able to win the affection of a new love, but guilt and fear of exposure lead him to murder and insanity. The town sheriff pursues him relentlessly until he is forced to break down completely.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater is a radio drama series created by Himan Brown that was broadcast on CBS Radio Network affiliates from 1974 to 1982, and later in the early 2000s was repeated by the NPR satellite feed. In New York City it was not aired by the then all-news WCBS but by its originating station, WOR, which produced and announced it as simply Radio Mystery Theater.

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