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 101: A Message From Space

​An American reporter, sent to England to debunk the UFO phenomenon, has a close encounter.

​First broadcast: 28 February 1978.
Original Story by Ian Martin.
​Cast: Tony Roberts, Bryce Bond, Jada Rowland, Joe Silver.
Episode 102: The Time Fold

​A private jet falls through a time warp and finds itself orbiting the Moon one thousand years in the future.

First broadcast: 16 March 1978.
Original Story by Ian Martin.
​Cast: Paul Hecht, Ian Martin, Evie Juster, Fred Gwynne.
Episode 103: Identified Flying Objects

An alien is arrested after landing his flying saucer on a busy traffic intersection. Remanded for psychiatric evaluation, he tells an Earth woman he is an advance scout for an invasion, and persuades her to return home with him.

First broadcast: 17 March 1978.
Original Story by Sam Dann.
​Cast: Bryna Raeburn, Earl Hammond, Gilbert Mack, Court Benson.
Episode 104: Arctic Encounter

Both an American and a Russian military plane crash in the Arctic following a mysterious power loss. The survivors encounter a strange world of pure intelligence.
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​First broadcast: 26 May 1978.
Original Story by Sam Dann.
​Cast: Mason Adams, Mandel Kramer, Bryna Raeburn.
Episode 105: The Vanishing Point

An American physicist, attending a conference in Germany, is embroiled in a neo-Nazi plot to build a 'negative energy' super-weapon.

​First broadcast: 31 July 1978.
Original Story by Sam Dann.
​Cast: Fred Gwynne, Bryna Raeburn, Court Benson, Earl Hammond.
Episode 106: Raptures of The Deep

​A diver, searching for sunken treasure, stumbles upon the lost city of Atlantis.

​First broadcast: 16 August 1978.
Original Story by Ian Martin.
​Cast: Michael Tolan, Catherine Byers, Sam Gray, Ray Owens.
Episode 107: The Conversion Factor

A truck-stop waitress with ESP holds the key to a scientist's world changing research.

​First broadcast: 22 September 1978.
Original Story by Sam Dann.
​Cast: Norman Rose, Jada Rowland, Bryna Raeburn, Earl Hammond.
Episode 108: The Favor of Women

In the 31st century, Earth is running out of it’s one and only energy source — the mineral selco — which is imported from another planet. Unfortunately, all shipments of the vital mineral have stopped. An agent is dispatched to try to persuade the queen of the planet to resume supplies.
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​First broadcast: 17 November 1978.
Original Story by Sam Dann.
​Cast: Lloyd Battista, Evie Juster, Ray Owens, William Griffis.
Episode 109: Alien Presences

An elderly, childless couple discover a baby in a crashed UFO and bring him up as their own child.

​First broadcast: 27 November 1978.
Original Story by Ian Martin.
​Cast: John Beal, Joan Shay, John Lithgow, Ian Martin.
Episode 110: Watchers of The Living

A teacher and school principal are blown into a strange dimension when a school chemistry experiment goes wrong.

​First broadcast: 7 March 1979.
Original Story by H. G. Wells (adapted by James Agate Jr.).
​Cast:  Tony Roberts, Robert Dryden, Bryna Raeburn, Gilbert Mack.
Episode 111: All The Time In The World

A con-man’s plan to sell the secret of eternal life backfires.

​First broadcast: 12 March 1979.
Original Story by Sam Dann.
​Cast: Ralph Bell, Joan Shay, Ray Owens.
Episode 112: Enemy From Space

Aliens replace the US president with a robot, in a plot to take over the Earth.
​Note: fairly poor audio quality.

​First broadcast: 26 March 1979.
Original Story by Ian Martin.
​Cast: Mandel Kramer, Evie Juster, Russell Horton.
Episode 113: The Believers

A man's neighbour claims a secret tunnel in his house leads to an underground hollow Earth civilisation.

​First broadcast: 4 April 1979.
Original Story by Percy Grainger.
​Cast: Kristoffer Tabori, John Beal, Joan Shay.
Episode 114: The Permanent Man

A mad scientist on Neptune creates a human-machine cyborg.

​First broadcast: 9 April 1979.
Original Story by William Morrow (adapted by Gerald Keane).
​Cast: Robert Dryden, Teri Keane, Russell Horton.
Episode 115: The Golden Girl

An alien assassin is sent back in time to kill a fanatical religious leader.

​First broadcast: 18 April 1979.
Original Story by Sam Dann.
​Cast:  Gordon Heath, Earl Hammond, Evie Juster.
Episode 116: The Hole In The Sky

An interstellar smuggler finds himself in another universe after travelling through a wormhole.

​First broadcast: 9 May 1979.
Original Story by Sam Dann.
​Cast: Mandel Kramer, Joan Shay, Earl Hammond, Russell Horton.
Episode 117: Messenger From Yesterday

An egyptologist's home life is thrown into turmoil when a life-size statue of an Egyptian pharaoh he has bought his wife for her birthday comes to life.

​First broadcast: 16 May 1979.
Original Story by Gerald Keane.
​Cast: Norman Rose, Teri Keane, Gordon Gould, Russell Horton.
Episode 118: The Outsider

A commuter steps off a train and finds himself in a town which has been trapped in a timewarp for thirty years.

​First broadcast: 28 May 1979.
Original Story by Bob Juhren.
​Cast: John Beal, Joan Shay, Ray Owens, Roberta Maxwell.
Episode 119: Look Who's Coming

A housewife's favourite soap opera is interrupted by a message from aliens warning of an imminent invasion of Earth.

​First broadcast: 11 June 1979.
Original Story by Ian Martin.
​Cast: Teri Keane, Joe Silver, Earl Hammond, Martha Greenhouse.
Episode 120: Mission From Zython

A farmer and his son get a visit from an alien when they photograph a UFO over a military base.

​First broadcast: 25 June 1979.
Original Story by Roy Winsor.
​Cast: John Beal, Russell Horton, Kristoffer Tabori, Ian Martin.