CBS Mystery Theater

CBS Mystery Theater was a general radio drama series which ran for nearly 1400 episodes from 1974-1982 on the CBS network. It specialised, unsurprisingly, in the mystery genre, but did include a fair bit of fantasy, SF and the supernatural. The show was created by Hilman Brown and hosted by E. G. Marshall. Collected here are some of the SF and fantasy episodes, including those with only a slight inclination towards the genre, such as the supernatural. Some episodes are omitted due to poor audio quality.

​Please note that the episode numbers given below are merely the order in which the episodes are thought to have been broadcast — they are not the actual episode numbers.
Episode 81: Bottom of The World

​Catastrophic climate change, caused by a conflict with 'them', forces an interstellar exodus on the population of a planet.

​First broadcast: 6 May 1977.
Original Story by Arnold Moss.
​Cast: Kristoffer Tabori, Robert Maxwell, Tony Roberts, William Griffis.
Episode 82: Transmutation Inc.

​A small-time hustler is made a millionaire by a man claiming to be the Devil, but as always, there is a price to pay.

First broadcast: 24 May 1977.
Original Story by Sam Dann.
​Cast: Norman Rose, Robert Dryden, Bryna Raeburn.
Episode 83: A God Named Smith

A young genius plans to build a utopian society on a new planet he claims to have created.

First broadcast: 2 June 1977.
Original Story by Henry Slesar.
​Cast: Norman Rose, Russell Horton, Evie Juster, Bob Kaliban.
Episode 84: The Night We Died

In the year 2043, a con-man finds himself caught up in a Lunar revolution.
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​First broadcast: 10 June 1977.
Original Story by Henry Slesar.
​Cast: Jackson Beck, Joan Shea, Robert Readick, William Griffis.
Episode 85: The First Woman In Space

An astronaut returns to Earth and finds her body has been possessed by an alien entity.

​First broadcast: 13 June 1977.
Original Story by Victoria Dann.
​Cast: Hans Conried, Lloyd Battista, Marian Seldes, Phyllis Newman.
Episode 86: Little Lucy's Lethal Libation

​An advertising executive comes to believe that women are plotting to take over the world.

​First broadcast: 16 June 1977.
Original Story by Sam Dann.
​Cast: Larry Haines, Bryna Raeburn, Joan Shea, Earl Hammond.
Episode 87: Tomorrow, Cloudy And Cold

The subject of a para-psychology experiment finds his emotions can control the weather.

​First broadcast: 21 June 1977.
Original Story by Bob Juhren.
​Cast: Norman Rose, Russell Horton, Bryna Raeburn, Morgan Fairchild, Ralph Bell.
Episode 88: A Stranger Among Us

A woman claims to have been abducted by a UFO.
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​First broadcast: 7 July 1977.
Original Story by Ian Martin (based on an allegedly true story).
​Cast: Marian Seldes, Court Benson, Lloyd Battista.
Episode 89: The Secret of The Aztecs

A geologist, working in the desert, is shown the location of Montezuma's treasure by an old man who he later learns died sixty-five years previously.

​First broadcast: 22 July 1977.
Original Story by Percy Grainger.
​Cast: Mason Adams, Robert Dryden, Ken Harvey, Court Benson.
Episode 90: Death On Project X

An accountant is sent to assess a secret project to build the ultimate weapon.

​First broadcast: 16 September 1977.
Original Story by Victoria Dann.
​Cast:  Larry Haines, Robert Dryden, Catherine Byers, Court Benson.
Episode 91: The Tunnel Man

A supervillain threatens a city built in an earthquake zone with total destruction via his high-tech tunnelling machine.

​First broadcast: 20 September 1977.
Original Story by Percy Grainger.
​Cast: Ralph Bell, Court Benson, Earl Hammond, Robert Maxwell.
Episode 92: The People of Sissora

A university professor believes he is descended from aliens, who arrived on Earth thousands of years ago and now plan to invade Earth.

​First broadcast: 14 October 1977.
Original Story by Sam Dann.
​Cast: Evie Juster, Ralph Bell, William Griffis.
Episode 93: Trial By Fire

A con-man tries to dupe fire worshiping islanders into believing he is their long awaited messiah in order to steal their golden idol. Unfortunately for the would-be thief, the fire god has other ideas.

​First broadcast: 31 October 1977.
Original Story by Nancy Moore.
​Cast: Norman Rose, Michael Tolan, Evie Juster.
Episode 94: Land of The Living Dead

A pair of anthropologists discover an ultra-modern airport in the middle of the Brazilian rainforest, populated by every person on Earth who has ever gone missing.

​First broadcast: 3 November 1977.
Original Story by Arnold Moss.
​Cast: Arnold Moss, Carol Teitel, Don Scardino, Russell Horton.
Episode 95: She

Adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's classic tale of 'She who must be obeyed'.

​First broadcast: 21 November 1977.
Original Story by H. Rider Haggard (adapted by Roy Winsor).
​Cast:  Gordon Gould, Gordon Heath, Joan Shea, William Griffis.
Episode 96: The Teddy Bear

Is the destruction of a US spacecraft due to Soviet experiments with remote mind-control?

​First broadcast: 30 November 1977.
Original Story by James Agate Jr.
​Cast: Michael Wager, Ian Martin, Martha Greenhouse, Court Benson.
Episode 97: The Ninth Volume

A geologist discovers evidence of a modern civilisation buried four miles underground, and a library containing a history of the world stretching into the future, but the last volume is missing.

​First broadcast: 30 December 1977.
Original Story by Percy Grainger.
​Cast: Michael Wager, Court Benson, Robert Dryden.
Episode 98: Yesterday's Giant

Two scientists discover a family of Neanderthals living in the Nevada wilderness following a nuclear test.

​First broadcast: 30 January 1978.
Original Story by G. Frederick Lewis.
​Cast: Norman Rose, Ralph Bell, Howard Ross.
Episode 99: The Ice Palace

A supervillain threatens to melt the world's icecaps.

​First broadcast: 31 January 1978.
Original Story by Percy Grainger.
​Cast: Tony Roberts, Earl Hammond, Arnold Moss, Ian Martin.
Episode 100: All Unregistered Aliens

An idealistic young doctor discovers a family secret when the body of an illegal immigrant disappears into thin air.

​First broadcast: 9 February 1978.
Original Story by Victoria Dann.
​Cast: Ann Williams, Court Benson, Earl Hammond.