THE CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER: An Episode Guide and Handbook, 1974-1982

In a time when Rod Serling was making his triumphant return to television with an off-the-wall horror anthology titled Night Gallery, and Lynda Carter paraded across the boob tube wearing a patriotic flag for an adaptation of DC Comic’s Wonder Woman series, Himan Brown was in a New York studio producing his latest offering: The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Molded what was clearly his greatest radio program of all time, Inner Sanctum, each episode opened with the signature creaking door… and host E.G. Marshall introduced us to another chilling tale of monsters, murderers and mayhem. From 1974 to 1982, The CBS Radio Mystery Theater featured such luminaries as Fred Gwynne, Kevin McCarthy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Lloyd Bochner, Mason Adams, Keir Dullea, Russell Horton, Mercedes McCambridge, Tony Roberts, Marian Seldes and many others. Script writers included Henry Slesar, George Lowthar and Mary Jane Higby. A total of 2,970 radio broadcasts broadcasts aired between 1974 and 19