CBS Radio Mystery Theater | Old Time Radio

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Ghost Plane" (Old Time Radio, 1975) Sep 30, 2026

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Ghost Plane,” episode 343, originally broadcast September 12, 1975. Written by Ian Martin and produced and directed by Himan Brown, this CBS Radio Network mystery features Richard Crenna, Janet Waldo, Casey Kasem, Virginia Gregg, and Sam Edwards.
Two strangers awaken aboard an unfamiliar passenger plane with no memory of who they are, how they arrived, or where the flight is headed. As the aircraft makes stops and other equally disoriented passengers join them, the travelers struggle to understand the unsettling purpose of their journey.
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
01:01:53 Closing
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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Ghost Grey Bat" (Old Time Radio, 1981) Sep 29, 2026

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Ghost Grey Bat” (also listed as “The Ghost-Grey Bat”), originally broadcast March 25, 1981, as episode 1176. Hosted by E. G. Marshall, this original drama was written by Ian Martin and directed by Himan Brown.
While on sabbatical, philosophy professor Alec Grant and his new wife, Moira, trade their New York apartment for an isolated Austrian chalet near Wintersbad. But their hosts are nowhere to be found, the caretaker is unsettling, and reports of a large gray winged presence turn their delayed honeymoon into a chilling Alpine mystery. The cast includes Don Scardino, Jennifer Harmon, Robert Dryden, and Joan Shay.
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
00:55 Original Broadcast
01:02:14 Closing
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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Home Is Where the Ghost Is" (Old Time Radio, 1975) Sep 28, 2026

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Home Is Where the Ghost Is,” episode 378, originally broadcast November 13, 1975. Hosted by E. G. Marshall, this original radio drama was written by Murray Burnett and directed by Himan Brown.
At Calhoun University, a skeptical proctor is drawn into the troubles surrounding grieving scientist Professor Ramsey Joslin during an international scientific conference. As a Russian colleague’s possible defection raises the stakes, urgent warnings from Joslin’s late wife blur the line between private loss, academic intrigue, and supernatural suspense. The cast includes Gordon Gould, Patricia Elliott, William Redfield, and Gilbert Mack.
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
00:51 Original Broadcast
45:47 Closing
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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Episode of Terror" (Old Time Radio, 1981) Sep 27, 2026

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Episode of Terror,” originally broadcast September 7, 1981, as episode 1240. Adapted from Honoré de Balzac’s “An Episode Under the Terror,” the drama was written by G. Frederick Lewis and directed by Himan Brown.
In Paris during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, two Carmelite sisters shelter a priest in hiding. When an uneasy errand and the arrival of a shadowy visitor raise fears of discovery, faith, secrecy, and trust are tested in a city gripped by political violence. The cast includes Marian Seldes, Arnold Moss, Earl Hammond, and Sam Gray.
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
00:42 Original Broadcast
43:07 Closing
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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Matched Pair for Murder" (Old Time Radio, 1981) Sep 26, 2026

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Matched Pair for Murder,” episode 1207, originally broadcast on June 5, 1981. Written by Sam Dann and directed by Himan Brown, the drama features Arnold Moss, Kristoffer Tabori, Evie Juster, and Bernard Grant.
A young woman pleads with a judge to spare her lover from a murder conviction. When the judge allows compassion to shape his decision, the consequences of that choice begin to weigh heavily on 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
00:49 Original Broadcast
45:20 Closing
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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Wine Women and Murder" (Old Time Radio, 1977) Sep 25, 2026

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Wine Women and Murder,” episode 651, originally broadcast May 20, 1977. This CBS Radio mystery was written by Sam Dann and stars Robert Dryden, with Carol Teitel.
Mild-mannered American bookseller Elias Breckinridge arrives in Cologne, Germany, for an International Coleridge Society gathering. When he agrees to deliver a document to a local professor, he is pulled into a murder investigation—and soon finds himself the leading suspect in an unfamiliar city.
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
44:34 Closing
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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Forgetful Ghost" (Old Time Radio, 1978) Sep 24, 2026

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Forgetful Ghost,” episode 769, originally broadcast on January 23, 1978. Written by Ian Martin and directed by Himan Brown, this gentle supernatural mystery stars Mandel Kramer, Martha Greenhouse, Ian Martin, and Jackson Beck.
When a seriously ill woman and her husband encounter Peter Pruitt, a mild-mannered ghost with no memory of why he has returned, an unusual attempt to help his living daughter begins. Set largely in the Gordons’ darkened home, the story blends wistful humor, uneasy mystery, and a card-playing scheme.
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
00:51 Original Broadcast
48:00 Closing
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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Ghost of Andersonville" (Old Time Radio, 1982) Sep 23, 2026

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Ghost of Andersonville,” originally broadcast April 28, 1982, as episode 1321. Written by James Agate, Jr. and directed by Himan Brown, this Civil War-era drama stars Tony Roberts and Robert Kaliban.
After his release from the Confederate prison camp at Andersonville, Major Cal Russell returns North carrying a deep grievance from the war. An uneasy meeting with Union General Lysander Cutler draws him into a dangerous official inquiry and back toward the shadows of his captivity.
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
00:53 Original Broadcast
46:26 Closing
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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Murder Museum" (Old Time Radio, 1974) Sep 22, 2026

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Murder Museum,” episode 71, originally broadcast on April 9, 1974. Hosted by E. G. Marshall, this CBS production was written by Henry Slesar and directed by Himan Brown, with Michael Wager, Marian Seldes, Robert Dryden, and Leon Janney.
At Professor Rafael Gallinari’s wax museum of notorious crimes, Lisa Brandon asks to see a forthcoming murder reenactment before it opens to the public. As a guided tour moves through the museum’s unsettling displays, Lisa recounts the troubled history of painter Vincent Raymond—and the private past about to become part of the exhibition.
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
47:05 Closing
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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Terror on the Heath" (Old Time Radio, 1974) Sep 21, 2026

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Terror on the Heath,” originally broadcast November 6, 1974. This is episode 170 of the CBS Radio Network suspense series, hosted by E. G. Marshall.
When David Matson finds unsettling links between himself and Charles Mason, a 19th-century murderer hanged for killings on London’s Hampstead Heath, his fascination becomes a terrifying obsession. Written by Murray Burnett and directed by Himan Brown, the drama stars Shepperd Strudwick, Marian Seldes, and William Redfield.
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
00:50 Original Broadcast
45:51 Closing
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-old-time-radio--7219124/support.
Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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