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CBS Radio Mystery Theater

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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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Himan Brown E.G. Marshall Sam Dann Ian Martin Robert Dryden Earl Hammond Russell Horton Evelyn Juster Bryna Raeburn Marian Seldes Court Benson Paul Hecht Teri Keane Mandel Kramer Ralph Bell Elspeth Eric Carol Teitel Joan Shay Norman Rose Robert Kaliban Lloyd Battista Arnold Moss Leon Janney William Redfield Fred Gwynne Patricia Elliott Larry Haines Ray Owens Tony Roberts G. Frederick Lewis James Agate, Jr.William Griffis Gordon Gould Gilbert Mack Jada Rowland Kristoffer Tabori Roy Winsor Jack Grimes Jackson Beck Mason Adams Robert Maxwell Murray Burnett Bernard Grant Michael Tolan Danny Ocko Roberta Maxwell Henry Slesar George Lowther Mary Jane Higby Anne Williams Nat Polen Guy Sorel Joan Banks Michael Wager Ann Pitoniak Gerald Keane Joe Silver Catherine Byers Sam Gray Martha Greenhouse Ken Harvey Bob Juhren Percy Grainger Don Scardino Gordon Heath Mercedes McCambridge Tammy Grimes Howard da Silva John Beal Rosemary Rice Kevin McCarthy Joan Lorring Marian Hailey Kim Hunter Evie Juster Grace Matthews Jennifer Harmon Fielden Farrington Joyce Gordon Sidney Slon Ann Shepherd George Petrie Alexander Scourby Hetty Galen Joan Lovejoy Diana Kirkwood Elizabeth Robins Pennell Roger De Koven Suzanne Grossmann Victoria Dann Frances Sternhagen Nancy Moore Carmen Matthews Joseph Julian Morgan Fairchild Nick Pryor William Prince Augusta Dabney John Lithgow Louis Turenne Mildred Clinton Staats Cotsworth Corinne Orr Joan Shea Anne Seymour Arnold Stang Betsy Beard Elliott Reid Ira Lewis Patsy Bruder Alfred Bester Berry Kroeger Bob Kaliban Bret Morrison Celeste Holm Dan Ocko Edgar Allan Poe Lois Nettleton Lori March Patricia Wheel Tracy Ellis Amanda Plummer Hans Conried Howard Ross Joan Beal Joen Arliss Kurt Peterson Milt Wisoff Rosemary Murphy Sidney Walker Veleka Gray Alan Hewitt Beatrice Straight Betsy Palmer Bob Readick Charles Irving Clarice Blackburn Cynthia Adler James Gregory Keir Dullea Lee Richardson Mark Twain O. Henry Pat Summerall Ralph Goodman Robert L. Green Robert Morse Ruby Dee Santos Ortega Tom Keena William Johnstone Alan Reed Anne Costello Bryce Walton Douglas Dempsey Joan Arless Joan Copeland John Baragrey Jordan Charney Josh Wingate Karen Thorsen Lon Clark Phyllis Newman Roger Baron Victor Hugo Virginia Payne Ann Williams Bryce Bond Casey Kasem Diane Baker H. G. Wells Hank Warner James Agate Jr.Janet Waldo Joe DeSantis John Newland John Vickery Lenka Peterson Les Tremayne Lesley Woods Lois Smith Mia Dillon Nina Foch Patricia McCann Paul Tripp Peter Collins Robert Newman Stefan Schnabel Stella Moss Vicky Volante Wesley Addy Agnes Moorehead Alan Manson Ambrose Bierce Amzie Strickland Barbara Caruso Barbara Sohmers Catherine Butterfield Chris Gampel Commander Neville Putney Cynthia Harris Felicia Farr G. Frederic Lewis Gene Shepherd George Matthews Guy Repp Hugh Marlowe Jacqueline Brooks James McCallion Jay Gregory Jean Gillespie Joan Hackett Joan Tompkins Joe Franklin June Gable Karl Swenson Kathleen Quinlan Kurt Benson Len Cariou Len Gochman Lois Kibbee Lou Krugman Lynn Loring Marian Haley Marianne Haley Martin Newman Nancy Coleman Patricia Elliot Patrick O'Neal Richard Kiley Richard Mulligan Richard Seth Robert Lansing Robert Louis Stevenson Ross Martin S. J. Wilson Sam & Cat Sol Panitz Steve Lehrman Suzanne Grossman Vinnette Carroll Virginia Gregg Will MacKenzie Adam Ross Algernon Blackwood Allen Swift Ann Costello Anne Meacham Anne Meara Arlene Francis Arnold Ross Arthur Anderson Barbara Worthington Barry Nelson Barry Peterson Bernard Barrow Bert Wilson Beth Howard Betsy von Furstenberg Betty Winkler Bill Maher Billie Lou Watt Bram Stoker Brock Peters Burt Wilson Carlos Carrasco Carol Wollard Carole Shelley Charles Aidman Charles Dickens Dallas Coke David Jackson Denise Alexander Dennis Cole Dianne Baker Dolores Sutton Donald Buka Dora McCann E. Heron Ed Ames Edith Wharton Eileen Heckart Elizabeth Lathram Elizabeth Pennell Eugene Francis Eugene Troobnick Fletcher Markle Frank Behrens G. Frederick Lewis (from a story by Jacques Futrell)George Furth Gerald Hiken Glynnis O'Connor Guy de Maupassant H. Heron H. Rider Haggard Harry Bellaver Heather McCray Helen Hayes Hetty Gaylen Holland Taylor Hurd Hatfield Ian Donald Ian Martin (based on an allegedly true story)Jack Gilford Jacques Coutrell James Agate Jr. (based on a story by Jules Verne)James Agate, Jr James Ducasse James Dukas James Felt Jane White Jean Stapleton Jennifer Marlowe Jerry Orbach Jerry Stiller Joan DeMoray Joan Tyson Joanne Linville Joe Campanella Joe Hammond John Forsythe Josephine Premice Judith Light Judy Lewis Julia Meade Julie Harris Julie Newmar K.T. Stevens Kate Reid Ken Lynch Lamont Johnson Larry Robinson Laurie March Lloyd Bochner Long Jack Lou Jacobi Louise Larabee Lurene Tuttle Lynn Hamilton Mal Vellaers Mandy Patinkin Marcia Rodd Margaret Barker Margaret Hamilton Marie Cheatham Mariette Hartley Marion Haley Marlon Swing Marshall Borden Marvin Miller Mary Helen McPhillips Mary Negro Mary Orr Mary Renwick Merry Flershem Michael Zaslow Mike Kellin Morleen Rouse Nat Pollin Patricia Pierdon Patricia Roe Patricia Weil Paul Garth Paul McGrath Paula Truman Peg La Centra Percy Granger Peter Donald Peter Roberts Phoebe Dorin Prosper Mérimée Ralph Carter Rene Roy Richard Crenna Richard Lynch Rita Gam Rob Armstrong Robert Burr Robert Drake Robert Drivus Robert Harris Robert Phelps Robert Readick Roxie Roker Roy LeMay Roy Owens Roy Thinnes Roy Windsor Ruth Ford Ruth Warrick Sally Fisher Sam Dann (adapted from an old Jewish legend)Sam Edwards Sam Grey Sandy Dennis Sarah Jessica Parker Shelley Bruce Sheppard Strudwick Sidney Smith Skip Hinnant Susan Anton Susan Spencer Theodore Bikel Thomas Hardy Todd Daves Tom Bosley Tommy Macomb Tudi Wiggins Velita Gray Victor Jory Vincent Gardenia Vinette Carroll Virginia Dwyer Warren Stevens Will Hare William Morrow William Quinn William Sidney Porter Wyman Saunders

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Original schedule

1974–198210:07 PM ET
CBS Radio Network · night
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1974–198210:07 PM ET
CBS Radio Network · night
SuMoTuWeThFrSa
1974–198210:07 PM ET
CBS Radio Network · night
SuMoTuWeThFrSa
1974–198210:07 PM ET
CBS Radio Network · night
SuMoTuWeThFrSa
1974–198210:07 PM ET
CBS Radio Network · night
SuMoTuWeThFrSa
1974–198210:07 PM ET
CBS Radio Network · night
SuMoTuWeThFrSa
1974–198210:07 PM ET
CBS Radio Network · night
SuMoTuWeThFrSa

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