0250 The Garrison Of The Dead

The Garrison Of The Dead
Episode 0250
Original Air Date: April 3, 1975

A hustler ends up on death row for murdering a reporter who writes about him. His guardian angel gives him a second chance at life to live his dream of becoming a writer. Will he take it?

Cast: Mandel Kramer, Joan Lovejoy, Cort Benson, Leon Janney, Robert Kalbian

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

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0249 The Killer Inside

The Killer Inside
Episode 0249
Original Air Date: April 1, 1975

A plain, boring woman wins a trip to Europe. After delivering a package at the request of her boyfriend, she finds herself caught up in international intrigue.

Cast: Anne Meara, Bryna Raeburn, Ian Martin, Earl Hammond

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

Recorded from WOR, New York

Commercials: New York Magazine, Academy Awards,

0248 Killer Of The Year

Killer Of The Year
Episode 0248
Original Air Date: March 31, 1975

A successful executive is introduced to the new town librarian. HE immediately recognizes her as a woman he saw on trial for murder several years prior. He once fell for her and feels it again.

Cast: Teri Keane, Norman Rose, Nat Polen, Ken Harvey, Joan Shea

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

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0247 Key To Murder

Key To Murder
Episode 0247
Original Air Date: March 28, 1975

A police detective must solve two sealed room murders that took place in a boarding house. In each case, the rooms were locked from the inside with no other apparent exit.

Cast: Mercedes McCambridge, Mary Jane Higby, Robert Maxwell, Robert Dryden

Writer: George Lowther

Rating: **

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: American planes are flying supplies into Indo-China and people out, Khemer Rouge continues to make gains on government troops, South Vietnam government about to fall, People die in blizzard in Rockies, Arkansas national guard called out to help with storms, Earthquake hits northern Utah, U.S. Airlift halted (during the show broadcast), Britain to release IRA prisoners in spirit of Easter, Sniper attacks police in New Jersey, President to announce if he'll sign or veto tax cut bill,

Commercials: Harts 2 in 1 collar, Movies 1975 on CBS Radio Network, Vantage Press, Budweiser, Louis Braille Foundation for blind musicians, Buick, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild Rice, Better Business Bureau PSA, Job Service, American Red Cross PSA, What's New In Learning on CBS radio, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,

0246 The Velvet Claws

The Velvet Claws
Episode 0246
Original Air Date: March 27, 1975

A young man tells his therapist how he escaped a strange, little town whose residents seem to have an unhealthy preoccupation with cats.

Cast: Evie Juster, Gordon Gould, Arnold Moss, Gilbert Mack

Writer: Murray Burnett

Rating: **1/2

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0245 Death Is A Dream

Death Is A Dream
Episode 0245
Original Air Date: March 26, 1975

A woman dreams that her brother was killed by a burglar. She starts pursuing the killer with no evidence that an actual crime has been committed.

Cast: Mercedes McCambridge, Michael Wager, Robert Kaliban, Jack Grimes, Bryna Raeburn

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

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0244 The Deadly Double

The Deadly Double
Episode 0244
Original Air Date: March 24, 1975

A woman escapes from a mental institution and is able to take over the life of her twin while relegating her twin to the mental institution. But can she keep up appearances with her sister's boyfriend and the police while her twin desperately tries to convince doctors she is the sane twin.

Cast: Robert Dryden, Marian Seldes, Leon Janney

Writer: Victoria Dann

Rating: ***

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0243 The Man Must Die

The Man Must Die
Episode 0243
Original Air Date: March 21, 1975

A judge's son is extremely angry with his father when he sentences a convicted murder to 20 years to life instead of the death penalty. The young man vows to visit the murderer in prison and discuss the subject with him.

Cast: Ian Martin, Augusta Dabney, Kristoffer Tabori, William Prince,

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Rating: **

Recorded from KOIN Portland, OR

News: Senate approves tax cut, Khemer Rouge gunners hit American cargo planes, State Department says North Vietnam ramping up efforts to take South Vietnam, Israelis meet with Henry Kissinger to mediate dispute with Egypt, First section of Alaskan pipeline set to be built, local Portland news,

Commercials: Vantage Press, Harts 2 in 1 collar, Hemmoraid ointment, Buick Skyhawk, Radio advertising, Captain's Corner restaurant, Contac, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Vina Rose Wine, Better Business Bureau PSA, Buick Century, AFS PSA, Uncle Ben's Long Grain Wild Rice, Contac, Hemmoraid ointment, American Wisdom CBS news bicentennial special, Watergate burglar James McCord begins prison sentence,

0242 The Doppelganger

The Doppelganger
Episode 0242
Original Air Date: March 20, 1975

A psychologists' daughter spurns her fiancee in favor of a hoodlum boyfriend who forces her to have an abortion. He is given a giftwrapped opportunity for revenge.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Rosemary Rice, Tony Roberts, Russell Horton

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***

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0241 It's Murder, Mr. Lincoln

It's Murder, Mr. Lincoln
Episode 0241
Original Air Date: March 18, 1975

A young Abraham Lincoln takes on a new client accused of murder when no other lawyer will defend him. Lincoln is warned by the legal establishment not to fight too hard. Lincoln charges forward.

Cast: Keir Dullea, Jennifer Harmon, Paul Hecht, Joe Silver, Robert Dryden

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

0240 Every Blossom Dies

Every Blossom Dies
Episode 0240
Original Air Date: March 17, 1975

A young woman is murdered and all the evidence points to the police detective investigating the case. His boss is reluctant to suspect him and his wife discounts all the evidence against him -- including a letter from the victim.

Cast: Michael Tolan, George Petrie, Evie Juster, Catherine Byers

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

Recorded from WABC, New York,

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Commercials: Yankees baseball on WABC,

0239 The Cezar Curse

The Cezar Curse
Episode 0239
Original Air Date: March 14, 1975

A wealthy man takes a holiday with an aristocratic Spanish family. He immediately falls in love with a woman in a painting in the house. That the woman was wicked and evil in her life makes no difference to him as he falls in love with her daughter who carries the family's wicked curse.

Cast: Richard Kiley, Roberta Maxwell, Ann Pitoniak, Robert Kaliban, Ian Martin

Writer: Robert Louis Stevenson adapted by Murray Burnett

Rating: ***

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0238 Death Pays No Dividend

Death Pays No Dividend
Episode 0238
Original Air Date: March 13, 1975

A group of brokers from a disgraced Wall Street brokerage arrange to have themselves killed by a hitman so their families can collect on their life insurance. When unexpected good fortune comes their way, can they call off the deal?

Cast: Ann Shepherd, Guy Sorel, Cort Benson, Ken Harvey

Writer: Mary Jane Higby

Rating: **

Recorded from WABC, New York,

Commercials: Budweiser fantasy play by play booth at Yankee Stadium,

0237 The Dark Closet

The Dark Closet
Episode 0237
Original Air Date: March 12, 1975

A young girl, prone to claustrophobia, nightmares, and various other neuroses, is arrested as an accomplice to a holdup. Her father disowns her and a police psychologist takes an interest in her case.

Cast: Jada Rowland, Fred Gwynne, Kristoffer Tabori, Frances Sternhagen, Earl Hammond

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: *1/2

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: South Vietnamese airliner shot down with some Americans aboard, Sec of State Kissinger in Egypt negotiating peace with Israel, Alan Greenspan forecasts economic upturn at midyear, George Meany of AFL CIO asks member union to soften wage demands, Man on 10 most wanted list arrested, President Ford to speak at Notre Dame University, Cambodian government calls on foreigners to leave Pnom Penh and close embassies, House Democrats vote against extending any aid to Vietnam or Cambodia, Wharton School at U of Pennsylvania says unemployment will rise to nine percent, Local Portland news,

Commercials: Sine Off, Harts 2 in 1 collar, Radio advertising, Budweiser, Catholic Communications Association, Sine Off, Radio advertising, Buick, Job Service employment service, Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild Rice, Sine Off, Hemmoraid,

0236 The Stuff Of Dreams

The Stuff Of Dreams
Episode 0236
Original Air Date: March 10, 1975

An eccentric shut-in hires a young woman to tell her stories about her everyday life so she can have material from which to draw for her dreams. But when the young woman's boyfriend comes to visit, bad things happen.

Cast: Bryna Raeburn, Marian Seldes, Jack Grimes, Dan Ocko

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Rating: *

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: Communists score major victories in Vietnam, U.S. accuses North Vietnam of moving troops and supplies into South Vietnam and violating Paris Peace Accords, Communists shell Pnom Penh airport, IRA prisoners escape in Ireland, Kissinger negotiates with Turkey over Cypress, children not allowed to ride in front seats of cars in Switzerland, George McGovern says we're only prolonging the agony in Cambodia with assistance, Most Americans oppose any foreign aid, Vitamin C will not prevent or cure the common cold, Local Portland news,

Commercials: Bell System, Contac, Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild Rice, radio advertising, Budweiser, Better Business Bureau PSA, Sine Off, Catholic Communications Association, Buick, Contac, Harts 2 in 1 collar,

0235 The Eye Of Death

The Eye Of Death
Episode 0235
Original Air Date: March 7, 1975

A photographer tries to prove her step-father murdered her mother. When he gets set to marry again, she gets desparate and begins to follow him.

Cast: Joan Hackett, Ralph Bell, Robert Dryden, Joan Shea

Writer: George Lowther

Rating: ***

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0234 When The Death Bell Tolls

When The Death Bell Tolls
Episode 0234
Original Air Date: March 6, 1975

When a man is wheeled into an emergency room in critical condition after a car accident, two surgeons have trouble getting consent from the family for surgery. He did evil things to his family and they now want to visit evil upon him.

Cast: Mary Jane Higby, Rosemary Rice, Joan Lovejoy, Russell Horton, Ian Martin

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **

0233 The Pit And The Pendulum

The Pit And The Pendulum
Episode 0233
Original Air Date: March 4, 1975

A modernization and retelling of the Poe classic. A married couple are threatened and tortured to compel him to disclose a formula that could destroy the world were it to fall into the wrong hands.

Cast: Tony Roberts, Marian Seldes, Norman Rose

Writer: George Lowther retelling Edgar Allan Poe

Rating: ***

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: Ford holds off on tariff increase on gasoline, Iran and U.S. agree $15 billion in trade agreement that sends American nuclear reactors to Iran, Sine Off, Small force of Marines in Gulf of Thailand to prepare for evacutation of Americans from Pnom Penh, East Germans negotiate to give asylum to anarchists in Yemen, local Portland news, Communists have attacked Pnom Penh surrounded by communists, House slows Ford's request for aid to Cambodia, OPEC meets in Algiers to discuss principles for getting along with their customers, Spain prime minister overhauls his cabinet. Local Portland news,

Commercials: Harts 2 in 2 flea collar, Sine Off, Budweiser, Save the Whales, Buick, Better Business Bureau PSA, Sine Off, Catholic Communications Conference, March of Dimes PSA, Contac, Hemmoraid Ointment, Super Chef Mike Roy radio show,

0232 The Wakeful Ghost

The Wakeful Ghost
Episode 0232
Original Air Date: March 3, 1975

Plot: An American visiting relatives in Ireland enlists the help of the ghost of a dead ancestor and his partner, a leprechaun, to help him get the woman of his desires.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Virginia Payne, Ian Martin, Jada Rowland, Leon Janny

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from WELM Elmyra, NY

News: Desmond Tutu trial and South African election.

0231 An Identical Murder

An Identical Murder
Episode 0231
Original Air Date: February 28, 1975

Twin brothers are in love with the same woman, but she loves only one. When one dies in a mountain climbing accident, she wonders which one it was.

Cast: William Redfield, Elliott Reid, Roberta Maxwell, Robert Dryden

Writer: Murray Burnett

Rating: **

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: Terrorists kill American official in Argentina, President Ford and Congress reach agreement on oil tariff, Congress finds CIA involvement in assassinations, Miami hotel catches fire injuring several, Chrysler will offer cash rebates, Secretary of State Kissinger condemns murder of American diplomat in Argentina, President Ford is concerned about CIA probe by Congress could damage foreign relations, Comedian Dick Gregory says CIA helped kill Kennedy, Beef prices declining, Six members arrive in Phom Penh Cambodia to investigate situation, Man fires on officer in French Quarter, Local Portland news,

Commercials: Harts 2 in 1 collar, Mike and Roy show on CBS radio, Contac, Budweiser, Catholic Communications Foundation, Contac, March of Dimes, Buick, Chemotherapy Foundation, AFS PSA, Contac, Hemmoraid ointment, Entertainment West radio program,