CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

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0270 - Taken for Granite (5/8/1975) Aug 28, 2025

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0270 - Taken for Granite (5/8/1975)
Written by Hank Warner. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Howard DaSilva; Joan Shay; Joan Arless; Robert Dryden; Jim Dukas.
A disturbed artist serves as the caretaker of a garden filled with lifelike statues.

0269 - The Transformation (5/7/1975) Aug 27, 2025

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0269 - The Transformation (5/7/1975)
Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Mary W. Shelley.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Robert Dryden; Ian Martin; Evie Juster.
A reckless young man in Genoa, Italy, encounters a mysterious, misshapen creature after a shipwreck during a storm.

0268 - The Paradise of the Devil (5/5/1975) Aug 26, 2025

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0268 - The Paradise of the Devil (5/5/1975)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Larry Haines; Bob Kaliban; Catherine Byers; Peter Collins; Gil Mack.
The daughter of a murdered warehouse night watchman wants to find his killer. The police are of little help, so she hires a private detective.

0267 - The Final Witness (5/2/1975) Aug 25, 2025

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0267 - The Final Witness (5/2/1975)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Lou Jacobi; Joan Loring; Bryna Raeburn; Robert Maxwell; Leon Janney.
A man finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time when he witnesses a crime during a routine visit to a store. His detailed account of the event puts him at odds with his wife and draws the attention of dangerous figures connected to the incident.

0266 - Mad Monkton (5/1/1975) Aug 24, 2025

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0266 - Mad Monkton (5/1/1975)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Wilkie Collins.
Cast: Kristoffer Tabori; Marian Seldes; Russell Horton; Ken Harvey; Paul Hecht.
This gothic tale follows Stephen Monkton, the last of a cursed family line plagued by hereditary madness. Driven by an obsessive quest, Stephen seeks to break the curse by locating his uncle’s lost body in Naples and returning it to the family vault in America.

0265 - Black Widow (4/29/1975) Aug 23, 2025

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0265 - Black Widow (4/29/1975)
Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Robert Dryden; Evie Juster; Hetty Galen; Jackson Beck; Dan Ocko.
* A union leader’s sudden death sparks suspicion when his widow begins acting strangely. A detective investigates the mysterious circumstances, uncovering a web of intrigue tied to an unusual weapon: the black widow spider.

0264 - The Phantom of the Opera (4/28/1975) Aug 22, 2025

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0264 - The Phantom of the Opera (4/28/1975)
Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Gaston Leroux.
Cast: Gordon Gould; Court Benson; Carol Teitel; Paul Hecht.
The Gaston Leroux classic in which a mysterious and disfigured figure haunts the shadows of a grand opera house.

0263 - Till Death Do Us Join (4/25/1975) Aug 21, 2025

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0263 - Till Death Do Us Join (4/25/1975)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
Cast: Don Scardino; Roberta Maxwell; Guy Sorel; Arnold Moss.
A young artist becomes entangled in a chilling and mysterious arrangement involving love, wealth, and a sinister figure from Rotterdam.

0262 - Bullet Proof (4/24/1975) Aug 20, 2025

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0262 - Bullet Proof (4/24/1975)
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Patricia Elliott; Mason Adams; George Petrie; Earl Hammond; Ian Martin.
* A man is accused of murdering a thug when it is discovered that the thug was killed by the bullets from his gun even though it has always been in his possession.

0261 - Afraid to Live, Afraid to Die (4/23/1975) Aug 19, 2025

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0261 - Afraid to Live, Afraid to Die (4/23/1975)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Jada Rowland; Ann Pitoniak; Joan Shay; Ian Martin.
A young woman travels to Malvern Grange to help out her aunt. As she settles into the isolated estate, she encounters a web of tension and unease, heightened by an old woman’s cryptic behavior and haunting presence.

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