CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

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0470 - Murder Most Foul (4/19/1976) Mar 16, 2026

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0470 - Murder Most Foul (4/19/1976)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by William Shakespeare.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Carol Teitel; William Redfield; Court Benson; Russell Horton.
Scottish warriors Macbeth and Banquo encounter a trio of witches who make a series of chilling prophecies.
CBSRMT Trivia: This episode is the first of seven consecutive adaptations of Shakespeare plays written by Ian Martin for Mystery Theater. The titles of the episodes are taken from a line in the play.

0469 - Strange Passenger (4/15/1976) Mar 15, 2026

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0469 - Strange Passenger (4/15/1976)
Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Nat Polen; Bob Kaliban; Evie Juster; Ian Martin; Frank Behrens.
Out of work, and disenchanted with his profession anyway, a lawyer volunteers to fly off to a distant planet and receive training by aliens.

0468 - Wishes Can Be Fatal (4/13/1976) Mar 14, 2026

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0468 - Wishes Can Be Fatal (4/13/1976)
Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Carmen Matthews; Teri Keane; Gordon Gould; Jennifer Harmon; Russell Horton.
A nursing home resident uses the mysterious power of needlepoint embroidery to torment her wicked daughter-in-law.

0467 - The Safe Judge (4/12/1976) Mar 13, 2026

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0467 - The Safe Judge (4/12/1976)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Patsy Bruder; Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn; Earl Hammond; William Redfield.
An upstanding judge finds his reputation on the line when he's pressured to clear a gangster's son of drug possession charges.

0466 - Fool's Gold (4/9/1976) Mar 12, 2026

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0466 - Fool's Gold (4/9/1976)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Mason Adams; Teri Keane; Sam Gray; Court Benson.
A college professor indulges his obsession for finding a dead pirate's sunknen (and heavily cursed) treasure.

0465 - Sleeping Dogs (4/8/1976) Mar 11, 2026

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0465 - Sleeping Dogs (4/8/1976)
Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Marian Seldes; Court Benson; Guy Sorel; Robert Maxwell.
Against all recommendations from his colleagues, her current husband, and the American consular, the wife of a paratrooper who lost his life in World War II ventures to Paris to search for the French Resistance fighter who betrayed her husband to Nazi forces.
CBSRMT Trivia: "Sleeping Dogs" is the same title of two Mystery Theater episodes (Episode 465: 4/8/76) and (Episode 1249: 10/9/81).

0464 - The Paradise Cafe (4/7/1976) Mar 10, 2026

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0464 - The Paradise Cafe (4/7/1976)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Court Benson; Evie Juster; William Redfield; Len Gochman.
A notorious tycoon confesses a heinous crime to his psychiatrist, in an effort to exorcise the murderous demon that possesses him.

0463 - The Boy Wonder (4/6/1976) Mar 09, 2026

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0463 - The Boy Wonder (4/6/1976)
Written by Alfred Bester. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: William Redfield; Robert Dryden; Ken Harvey; Martha Greenhouse; Dan Ocko.
* A school principal, a lawyer, and other adults go on a mad search for Stuart Buchanan and his friends all because of the 10-year-old Stuart’s school composition.

0462 - Time Killer (4/5/1976) Mar 08, 2026

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0462 - Time Killer (4/5/1976)
Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Mandel Kramer; Rosemary Rice; Jackson Beck; Russell Horton; Arnold Moss.
Believing time is as elastic as space, a parapsychology professor transports himself to the early period of the Great Depression.

0461 - Vanity Dies Hard (4/2/1976) Mar 07, 2026

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0461 - Vanity Dies Hard (4/2/1976)
Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Robert Dryden; Marian Seldes; Earl Hammond; Ian Martin; Mary Jane Higby.
An arrogant, vengeful mystery writer thinks he's pulled off the perfect crime: He's murdered his cheating wife's lover, he's pinned her for the crime and he's helping police with the investigation.

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