The CBS Radio Mystery Theater was an ambitious effort by veteran radio producer Himan Brown to revive interest in American Radio Drama. Every night from 1974 to 1982, host E. G. Marshall (later Tammy Grimes) ushered listeners through a creaking door -- similar to the one Brown used on Inner Sanctum decades earlier -- for an hour of the fear you can hear. Himan Brown produced nearly 200 new episodes of Mystery Theater every year, using both original scripts and adaptations of classic stories by Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Mystery Theater brought many veterans from radio?s golden age back before the microphone, including Agnes Moorehead, Richard Widmark, Celeste Holm, Mercedes McCambridge and Howard daSilva. The show also featured performances from many up-and-coming stage and film actors, including Tony Roberts, John Lithgow, Morgan Fairchild, Mandy Patinkin and Sarah Jessica Parker. The CBS Radio Mystery Theater won the George A. Peabody Award in 1975. After eight years and 1399 episodes, the show ended its run on December 30, 1982. *** E. G. Marshall died on August 24, 1998. *** The CBS Radio Mystery Theater was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1990. ********************************** CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER OLD TIME RADIO (1399 Episodes plus 84 rebroadcasts with Himan Brown as host, instead E.G. Marshall) Includes bonus disc with 109 episodes of the best of SUSPENSE - Radio Mystery Theater & The Best of Suspense - 5 mp3 DVD - A total of 1592 Shows - Total Playtime: 1176:28:55
D**S
An Explosion of my imagination!!
I love this collection sooo much!!! I grew up listening to the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. It is a great collection. I love how it makes you use your imagination. The stories allow the listener to mentally visualize every story. It takes you to so many great destinations without leaving your home. In many ways, I consider this better then television. Even the commercials take you back in time. E.G. Marshall and Himan Brown are fantastic narrators. The theme music is second-to-none!
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Great Old Time Radio
I enjoy OTR when I'm working around the house. These are 1hr shows and very enjoyable. Except for sports and news I don't watch much TV as I find it boring. OTR and e-books at least keep my mind working. I'm retired and need it,lol. With Carson, Leno and Letterman gone I don't watch late night shows anymore and I've replaced the void with OTR and e-books.
J**Y
A peice of history
Pretty cool stuff. Good quality. My only issue is its on a DVD. No CD player will be able to use this disc. It will work in any DVD player. On your TV or computer.I assume this was done to be able to store all the data... yhe amount of media one one fisc is insane
A**K
Great gift
This was a gift for my stepdad and he reports that the quality is great it brings back all the great memories from when he was little
S**N
Each episode is great!
I am really enjoying the series. All I had were about 12 episodes recorded on cassettes from the radio several years ago so having all these to listen to is great. Each episode is wonderful!
D**S
a few are mislabeled titles but i love these, close my eyes and let the movie ...
a few are mislabeled titles but i love these, close my eyes and let the movie begin in my head
A**R
Five Stars
As Advertised, Fast Shipper, Thank you. :-)
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