CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

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0200 - Berenice (1/9/1975) Jun 19, 2025

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0200 - Berenice (1/9/1975)
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Cast: Norman Rose; Michael Tolan; Joan Lovejoy; Roberta Maxwell.
A man falls in love with the younger sister of his dying wife, who promises on her deathbed that her smile will haunt him to the point of insanity.

0199 - The Oblong Box (1/8/1975) Jun 18, 2025

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0199 - The Oblong Box (1/8/1975)
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Cast: Richard Mulligan; Grace Matthews; Bryna Raeburn; Court Benson.
On a transatlantic cruise, Cornelius Wyatt brings with him a peculiar pine box that, as his college friend and his wife later learn, contains something ghastlier than the painting Cornelius insists it contains.

0198 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1/7/1975) Jun 17, 2025

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0198 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1/7/1975)
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Cast: Paul Hecht; Guy Sorel; Corrine Orr; Dan Ocko.
A slow-thinking police detective seeks help in solving the case of a woman murdered in a locked room and calls on a newbie who offers an unusual suggestion.

0197 - The Premature Burial (1/6/1975) Jun 16, 2025

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0197 - The Premature Burial (1/6/1975)
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Cast: Keir Dullea; Paul Hecht; Guy Sorel; Marian Seldes.
A physician assists his friend in exhuming the corpse of a recently deceased loved one; they find her alive, and now the evil husband she married wants her back.
CBSRMT Trivia: To celebrate the start of their second year, Mystery Theater presents seven consecutive adaptations of stories by Edgar Allan Poe.

0196 - The Many Names of Death (1/5/1975) Jun 15, 2025

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0196 - The Many Names of Death (1/5/1975)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Cast: Alexander Scourby; Lori March; William Redfield; Marian Haley.
A bank's trust officer hires a secretary, who charms him into experiencing the wild side of life an adventure that turns out wilder than he expected.

0195 - The Reluctant Killer (1/2/1975) Jun 14, 2025

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0195 - The Reluctant Killer (1/2/1975)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Tony Roberts; Roberta Maxwell; Leon Janney; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin.
* Disillusioned by the game's brutality, a football player quits the game but becomes vengeful after his wife and mother-in-law unjustly accuse him of spousal abuse.

0194 - The Deadly Pearls (1/1/1975) Jun 13, 2025

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0194 - The Deadly Pearls (1/1/1975)
Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Kate Reid; Paul Hecht; Grace Matthews; Court Benson.
A private detective goes undercover as a writer in a remote Hawaiian island to track a set of radioactive pearls that were used in two murders.

0193 - The Golem (12/30/1974) Jun 12, 2025

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0193 - The Golem (12/30/1974)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Robert Lansing; Mildred Clinton; Patricia Elliott; Ralph Bell; Robert Dryden.
As a man tries to save a young Jewish woman and her grandfather from Nazi pursuers, the old man begins to construct a creature from ancient Hebrew legend to save them.

0192 - Turn About is Foul Play (12/26/1974) Jun 11, 2025

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0192 - Turn About is Foul Play (12/26/1974)
Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Mason Adams; Marian Seldes; Vicky Vola; Jackson Beck; Sid Sloan.
* A man conspires with his girlfriend to kill his wealthy, sickly wife. He changes his mind at the last moment, but someone else carries out the job.

0191 - A Very Private Miracle (12/24/1974) Jun 10, 2025

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0191 - A Very Private Miracle (12/24/1974)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Howard DaSilva; Jennifer Marlowe; Virginia Payne; Evie Juster; Ian Martin.
A touching Christmas tale about a cantankerous multimillionaire and a little girl who wants him to play Santa Claus.
CBSRMT Trivia: Mystery Theater only aired two Christmas episodes during its nine year run. The first, "A Very Private Miracle," aired only once, on Christmas Eve of 1974.
The second, "A Christmas Carol," aired on every Christmas Eve from 1975 to 1981 and was the only episode to star Mystery Theater host E. G. Marshall as Ebenezer Scrooge.

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