CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

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0170 - Terror on the Heath (11/6/1974) May 20, 2025

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0170 - Terror on the Heath (11/6/1974)
Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Sheppard Strudwick; Marian Seldes; William Redfield; Lon Clark; Chris Gampel.
A man becomes convinced he's the reincarnation of a famous 19th century murderer.

0169 - Bury Me Again (11/4/1974) May 19, 2025

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0169 - Bury Me Again (11/4/1974)
Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Michael Tolan; Vicky Vola; Gilbert Mack; Mary Jane Higby; Robert Dryden; Himan Brown (uncredited).
* A survivor of a horrible train wreck assumes the name of a victim so that he and his wife can collect on the dead man's sizeable life insurance policy.
CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the hotel clerk in act 2 and act 3.

0168 - The Demon Spirit (10/31/1974) May 18, 2025

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0168 - The Demon Spirit (10/31/1974)
Written by Milt Wisoff. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by S. Anski.
Cast: Norman Rose; Mason Adams; Marian Seldes; Nat Polen; Joe Silver; Jack Grimes.
After being told his betrothed's father gave her hand in marriage to another suitor, a student ponders using the evil skills he learned from a miracle worker to prevent the wedding.

0167 - The Black Room (10/29/1974) May 17, 2025

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0167 - The Black Room (10/29/1974)
Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Larry Haines; George Petrie; Peter Collins.
The story of a man who, for reasons undisclosed, is kidnapped and imprisoned in a room devoid of light and diversions.

0166 - Possessed by the Devil (10/28/1974) May 16, 2025

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0166 - Possessed by the Devil (10/28/1974)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Donald Buka; Joan Shay; Ian Martin; Guy Sorel; Leon Janney.
A minister's young son is hospitalized with a supposedly fatal skull injury; the boy's recovery may be due to possession by a spirit.

0165 - A Cage for Augie Karo (10/24/1974) May 15, 2025

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0165 - A Cage for Augie Karo (10/24/1974)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Leon Janney; Evie Juster; Robert Maxwell; Earl Hammond.
Incarcerated criminal Augie Karo may have found a way out of prison when an elderly fellow inmate gives him a vial of powder that can put him to sleep for centuries.

0164 - See Naples and Die (10/23/1974) May 14, 2025

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0164 - See Naples and Die (10/23/1974)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Michael Wager; Marian Seldes; Larry Haines; Dan Ocko; Ken Harvey.
A U.S. Senator fears for his daughter's well-being and his political future when he learns she's about to marry the target of his subcommittee's investigation.

0163 - Mind Over Matthew (10/21/1974) May 13, 2025

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0163 - Mind Over Matthew (10/21/1974)
Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: William Redfield; Evie Juster; Bryna Raeburn; Court Benson.
A 40-year-old bachelor marries a woman half his age, but her power to heal leads him to believe she might be a witch.

0162 - The Last Escape (10/17/1974) May 12, 2025

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0162 - The Last Escape (10/17/1974)
Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Robert Dryden; Joan Lovejoy; Joseph Julian; Russell Horton; Bob Kaliban.
Aging escape artist The Great Ferlini plans a headline-making endeavor, one that even Harry Houdini couldn't complete; his wife and her lover wants to make sure he does not succeed.
CBSRMT Trivia: This Henry Slesar story was broadcast on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" on 1/31/1961.

0161 - Picture on a Wall (10/15/1974) May 11, 2025

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0161 - Picture on a Wall (10/15/1974)
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Dianne Baker; John Newland; Anne Seymour; Dennis Cole.
An aspiring stage ingenue finds a visitor in the courtyard of her new Greenwich Village apartment, a man who says he's the grandson, and is also the spitting image, of a figure on a painting in the apartment.

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