CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

Latest Episodes:

0390 - Portrait of A Killer (12/4/1975) Dec 26, 2025

Show notes

0390 - Portrait of A Killer (12/4/1975)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Michael Wager; Robert Dryden; Joan Lovejoy; Jada Rowland; Russell Horton.
An elderly man stands in quiet fascination at a museum painting believed to be the last remaining artwork of an obscure artist. The man learns he can project himself into the painting and possibly alter the tragic history behind it.

0389 - Promise to Kill (12/3/1975) Dec 25, 2025

Show notes

0389 - Promise to Kill (12/3/1975)
Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Gordon Gould; Earl Hammond; Russell Horton; Hetty Galen; Lesley Woods; Roy LeMay.
* A Vengeful Dave Farmer arranges to have Vernon White, who killed Farmer's wife and daughter, slain in prison.

0388 - With Malice Aforethought (12/1/1975) Dec 24, 2025

Show notes

0388 - With Malice Aforethought (12/1/1975)
Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Carlos Carrasco; William Redfield; Marian Seldes; Len Gochman; Robert Maxwell.
* Insisting he was fired upon first, police sergeant Gil Robey shoots and kills a suspect during a drug bust. But no drugs or weapon were found.
Defects: A little background noise.

0387 - The Frammis (11/28/1975) Dec 23, 2025

Show notes

0387 - The Frammis (11/28/1975)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Howard DaSilva; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay; Ian Martin; Robert Dryden.
A diamond-like yet worthless piece of glass makes its way from an honest jeweler's shop to a Royal Army officer to a reigning monarch's priceless collection. But then the king asks for an appraisal on the gem.

0386 - The Dead, Dead Ringer (11/27/1975) Dec 22, 2025

Show notes

0386 - The Dead, Dead Ringer (11/27/1975)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Don Scardino; Evie Juster; Leon Janney; Jackson Beck.
Mob boss Mario Procacci asks policeman Bruce Hart to deliver a warning message to the lothario husband of Procacci's daughter, Penny.

0385 - The Lap of the Gods (11/25/1975) Dec 21, 2025

Show notes

0385 - The Lap of the Gods (11/25/1975)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Larry Haines; Martha Greenhouse; Hetty Galen; William Redfield; James McCallion.
Drowning his sorrow in alcohol since his wife's death puts Walter Davis into a coma and into a hospital where his spirit transfers from the present day into the body of a sea captain in the 1820s.

0384 - The Serpent's Tooth (11/24/1975) Dec 20, 2025

Show notes

0384 - The Serpent's Tooth (11/24/1975)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Norman Rose; Paul Hecht; Ann Sheppard; Robert Dryden.
In pre-World War I Vienna, art dealer Jacob Kohn and wife Rachel give temporary shelter to a young, homeless artist who is sickly, behaving oddly and is driven by disturbing visions.

0383 - The Hanging Judgment (11/21/1975) Dec 19, 2025

Show notes

0383 - The Hanging Judgment (11/21/1975)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Mandel Kramer; Leon Janney; Ken Harvey; Evie Juster; Joan Shay; Earl Hammond.
Dr. Sam Grant and his girlfriend, Sherril Stafford, are both charged with the murder of Grant's wife. Though they admit to a possible motive the pair swear to their attorney that they did not commit the crime.

0382 - The Lamps of the Devil (11/20/1975) Dec 18, 2025

Show notes

0382 - The Lamps of the Devil (11/20/1975)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Kristoffer Tabori; Russell Horton; Ian Martin; Joan Shay.
Noah Artwright returns home from fighting in the Civil War to find his fiancée has married someone else and that his job as a whaler has been made obsolete by the discovery of crude oil.

0381 - Fear (11/19/1975) Dec 17, 2025

Show notes

0381 - Fear (11/19/1975)
Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Jack Grimes; Marian Seldes; Jane White; Earl Hammond.
Diminutive bank teller Edgar Ellerbe is accused of robbing another branch of his own bank.

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected