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CBS Radio Mystery Theater

Description

Audio drama anthology with E. G. Marshall as host, presenting standalone tales of horror and the macabre.

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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Related Categories

MysteryDramaHorrorScience FictionThriller

Showtimes

Original schedule

  1. 1974–198210:07 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · night
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  2. 1974–198210:07 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · night
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  3. 1974–198210:07 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · night
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  4. 1974–198210:07 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · night
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  5. 1974–198210:07 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · night
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  6. 1974–198210:07 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · night
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  7. 1974–198210:07 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · night
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa

Cast & Crew

A
Augusta Dabney
Cast
Berry Kroeger
Cast
Bret Morrison
Cast
C
Carol Teitel
Cast
D
Dennis Cole
Cast
E
Eileen Heckart
Cast
F
Frances Sternhagen
Cast
G
George Furth
Cast
H
Holland Taylor
Cast
J
Joanne Linville
Cast
J
John Forsythe
Cast
J
Julia Meade
Cast
Larry Haines
Cast
L
Leslie Arliss
Cast
L
Lou Jacobi
Cast
M
Marian Hailey
Cast
M
Michael Zaslow
Cast
M
Morgan Fairchild
Cast
P
Paula Trueman
Cast
R
Renee Roy
Cast
R
Rita Gam
Cast
R
Robert Burr
Cast
R
Ruth Ford
Cast
S
Sydney Walker
Cast
Himan Brown
Creator
E
E.G. Marshall
Host
T
Tammy Grimes
Host
Agnes Moorehead
Cast
Alexander Scourby
Cast
Arnold Moss
Cast
Claudia Morgan
Cast
C
Court Benson
Cast
Elliott Reid
Cast
Elspeth Eric
Cast
E
Evelyn 'Evie' Juster
Cast
F
Fred Gwynne
Cast
G
Gilbert 'Gil' Mack
Cast
Hans Conried
Cast
I
Ian Martin
Cast
J
Julie Harris
Cast
K
Keir Dullea
Cast
K
Kevin McCarthy
Cast
Kim Hunter
Cast
Mandel Kramer
Cast
M
Mandy Patinkin
Cast
M
Marion Seldes
Cast
Mary Jane Higby
Cast
M
Mason Adams
Cast
Mercedes McCambridge
Cast
M
Michael 'Mickey' Tolan
Cast
Norman Rose
Cast
Ralph Bell
Cast
R
Richard 'Dick' Crenna
Cast
R
Robert 'Bob' Readick
Cast
Robert Dryden
Cast
Roger DeKoven
Cast
Rosemary Rice
Cast
Staats Cotsworth
Cast
T
Teri Keane
Cast
Vicki Vola
Cast

References

Hickerson, Jay. The 4th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.
Lackmann, Ron. The Encyclopedia of American Radio.
Dunning, John. On the Air : The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Sperdvac Radiogram.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK New York.” New York Times, October 6, 1929.

Links

The Golden Age of Radio: Program 80 - November, 1976 - Evie JusterCBS Radio Mystery TheaterThe Golden Age of Radio: Program 47: February, 1974 - Larry HainesThe Golden Age of Radio: Program 48 - March, 1974 - E.G. MarshallThe Golden Age of Radio: Program 54 - September, 1974 - Mandel KramerUnofficial ForumThe Golden Age of Radio: Program 37 - April, 1973 - Mason AdamsOld Time Radio Program Logs By Frank Passage and OthersOTR Plot SpotThe Golden Age of Radio: Program 45 - December, 1973 - Himan BrownTo Boldly Go... by James F. WidnerEntering The Mind's EyeTheme - IntroductionHiman Brown's Audio TheaterCBSRMT celebrate's Shakespeare's 412th birthdayDigital Deli LogsAn interview with "Paul" from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater siteRadioHorrorHosts.comJack the Ripper on Old Time Radio by Paul Begg

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