Murder On The Space Shuttle
Episode 1169
Original Air Date: March 9, 1981
Sherlock Holmes meets Buck Rogers (not literally) in this tale of murder aboard a space shuttle.
Cast: Paul Hecht, Gordon Heath, Velita Gray, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Jacques Futrell adapted by G. Frederick Lewis
Rating: **1/2
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
1100 Silent Partners
Silent Partners
Episode 1100
Original Air Date: July 7, 1980
A millionaire businessman and his secretary are kidnapped in a third world, Latin American country. They escape into the jungle and that's when the fun begins.
Cast: Marian Seldes, Mandel Kramer, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
Episode 1100
Original Air Date: July 7, 1980
A millionaire businessman and his secretary are kidnapped in a third world, Latin American country. They escape into the jungle and that's when the fun begins.
Cast: Marian Seldes, Mandel Kramer, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
Sunday, March 11, 2012
1031 The God That Failed
The God That Failed
Episode 1031
Original Air Date: November 19, 1979
A U.S. Senator is dispatched to visit a small, Third World country on a diplomatic mission. After visiting, he is knocked unconscious in a plane crash. When he awakens, he finds a primitive tribe willing to worship him as a god. All he has to do is perform a miracle.
Cast: Fred Gwynne, William Griffis, Evie Juster, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
Episode 1031
Original Air Date: November 19, 1979
A U.S. Senator is dispatched to visit a small, Third World country on a diplomatic mission. After visiting, he is knocked unconscious in a plane crash. When he awakens, he finds a primitive tribe willing to worship him as a god. All he has to do is perform a miracle.
Cast: Fred Gwynne, William Griffis, Evie Juster, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
Saturday, March 3, 2012
0992 The Giuseppe Verdi Autobus
The Giuseppe Verdi Autobus
episode 0992
Original Air Date: June 27, 1979
A widow vacationing in Italy falls in love with a widower on vacation from Los Angeles. When they travel back to the states together, he asks her to pack a few of his belongings in her suitcase. That's when the trouble begins.
Cast: Tammy Grimes, Robert Dryden, Lloyd Batista, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **
episode 0992
Original Air Date: June 27, 1979
A widow vacationing in Italy falls in love with a widower on vacation from Los Angeles. When they travel back to the states together, he asks her to pack a few of his belongings in her suitcase. That's when the trouble begins.
Cast: Tammy Grimes, Robert Dryden, Lloyd Batista, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **
Monday, February 27, 2012
0960 Watcher Of The Living
Watcher Of The Living
Episode 0960
Original Air Date: March 7, 1979
A botched science experiment sends a high school principal and teacher into another dimension inhabited by floating faces able to watch the misdeeds of others, but unable to do anything about it.
Cast: Robert Dryden, Tony Roberts, Bryna Raeburn, Gilbert Mack
Writer: H.G. Wells adapted by James Agate, Jr.
Rating: **1/2
Recorded from WFLA
Commercials: Radio advertising, Better Business Bureau PSA, Access America, WFLA promo, Bicozene Cream, Dermasoft Cream, Lung Association PSA, CARE PSA, Child Abuse PSA,
Episode 0960
Original Air Date: March 7, 1979
A botched science experiment sends a high school principal and teacher into another dimension inhabited by floating faces able to watch the misdeeds of others, but unable to do anything about it.
Cast: Robert Dryden, Tony Roberts, Bryna Raeburn, Gilbert Mack
Writer: H.G. Wells adapted by James Agate, Jr.
Rating: **1/2
Recorded from WFLA
Commercials: Radio advertising, Better Business Bureau PSA, Access America, WFLA promo, Bicozene Cream, Dermasoft Cream, Lung Association PSA, CARE PSA, Child Abuse PSA,
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
0876 The Sixth Commandment
The Sixth Commandment
Episode 0876
Original Air Date: August 7, 1978
An older brother covets his younger brother's wife as they all try to co-exist on a failing family farm. The older brother also carries a darker secret.
Cast: Teri Keane, Ian Martin, Russell Horton, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **1/2
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Episode 0876
Original Air Date: August 7, 1978
An older brother covets his younger brother's wife as they all try to co-exist on a failing family farm. The older brother also carries a darker secret.
Cast: Teri Keane, Ian Martin, Russell Horton, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **1/2
No news
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
800 Identified Flying Objects
Identified Flying Objects
Episode 0800
Original Air Date: March 17, 1978
A cop stops a man from space in his flying saucer, puts him in jail, and impounds his saucer. When he talks nobody understands him, but when he reveals his plan to a woman, she tries to warn everybody that he wants to take over the planet.
Cast: Bryna Raeburn, Earl Hammond, Cort Benson, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: *
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Episode 0800
Original Air Date: March 17, 1978
A cop stops a man from space in his flying saucer, puts him in jail, and impounds his saucer. When he talks nobody understands him, but when he reveals his plan to a woman, she tries to warn everybody that he wants to take over the planet.
Cast: Bryna Raeburn, Earl Hammond, Cort Benson, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: *
No news
No commercials
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
0765 In Another Place
In Another Place
Episode 0765
Original Air Date: January 16, 1978
A young, wealthy, couple think they have committed the perfect crime. A simple county sheriff shows them differently.
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Cort Benson, Evie Juster, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **
No news
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Episode 0765
Original Air Date: January 16, 1978
A young, wealthy, couple think they have committed the perfect crime. A simple county sheriff shows them differently.
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Cort Benson, Evie Juster, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **
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Monday, January 9, 2012
0730 The House By The Seine
The House By The Seine
Episode 0730
Original Air Date: October 27, 1977
A young jewel trader awakens in a hotel room to find out his identity has been stolen. He is sure that he has been duped as part of a conspiracy to steal the fortune's worth of valuable diamonds he was carrying.
Cast: Marian Seldes, Hetty Galen, Gilbert Mack, William Griffis
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: ***
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Episode 0730
Original Air Date: October 27, 1977
A young jewel trader awakens in a hotel room to find out his identity has been stolen. He is sure that he has been duped as part of a conspiracy to steal the fortune's worth of valuable diamonds he was carrying.
Cast: Marian Seldes, Hetty Galen, Gilbert Mack, William Griffis
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: ***
No news
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
0708 The Way To Dusty Death
The Way To Dusty Death
Episode 0708
Original Air Date: September 1977
Two sisters try to reclaim their father's body from the land of a baron with whom they are feuding. But the baron's hate is too strong and he would rather see the body rot. His son tries to soften his heart.
Cast: Arnold Moss, Marian Seldes, Evie Juster, Don Scardino, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Stella and Arnold Moss
Rating: ***1/2
No news
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Recorded from WOR New York
Episode 0708
Original Air Date: September 1977
Two sisters try to reclaim their father's body from the land of a baron with whom they are feuding. But the baron's hate is too strong and he would rather see the body rot. His son tries to soften his heart.
Cast: Arnold Moss, Marian Seldes, Evie Juster, Don Scardino, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Stella and Arnold Moss
Rating: ***1/2
No news
No commercials
Recorded from WOR New York
Labels:
0708,
1977,
701-750,
Arnold Moss,
CBS Radio Mystery Theater,
CBSRMT,
Don Scardino,
Evie Juster,
Gilbert Mack,
Highly recommended 1977,
Marian Seldes,
Stella Moss,
Way to a Dusty Death,
WOR
Saturday, November 19, 2011
0675 Revenge

Revenge
Episode 0675
Original Air Date: July 1, 1977
Set in an 1880s western town, a wealthy man comes to town bent on revenge on three men who wronged him many years prior. His reasons for revenge are startling.
Cast: Bryna Raeburn, Gilbert Mack, Gordon Heath, Robert Dryden, Leon Janney
Writer: Percy Granger
Rating: **
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
0625 The Coldest Killer

The Coldest Killer
Episode 0625
Original Air Date: March 29, 1977
A man is having an affair with his business partner's wife. They scheme to get rid of his partner's mother who finds out about the affair and the partner himself.
Cast: Joan Lovejoy, Bob Rettig, Lloyd Batista, Joan Shea, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
0582 Tobin's Palm

Tobin's Palm
Episode 0582
Original Air Date: January 12, 1977
Tobin gets his palm read to help find his absent-minded and missing girlfriend. His life becomes a series of misadventures that amuse his friend.
Cast: Robert Dryden, Fred Gwynne, Jack Grimes, Marian Seldes, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Sam Dann adaptation of O. Henry
Rating: **
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0577 This Breed Is Doomed
Sunday, April 24, 2011
0550 Strike Force

Strike Force
Episode 0550
Original Air Date: November 11, 1976
A doctor goes to the morgue to assist in the autopsy of a homeless person who has a tattoo that identifies him as a member of a military special force unit. The doctor suspects that this man may have a link to his father who died in the war.
Cast: Michael Wager, Mary Jane Higby, Cort Benson, Gilbert Mack, Patricia Elliot
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: *1/2
No news
No commercials
Saturday, April 16, 2011
0523 Don't Play With Matches

Don't Play With Matches
Episode 0523
Original Air Date: September 23, 1976
Fire Chief Cassarole is the toast of the town because fires are almost non-existent because of his prevention methods. But the citizens of his sleepy, little town don't know about his "hobbies".
Cast: Mandel Kramer, Earl Hammond, Joan Shea, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***1/2
Recorded from WFAA Dallas, TX
News: America has a record number of nuclear weapons in Korea, Oil tanker floods California coast with oil, Plane crashes into Baltimore Memorial Stadium after Steelers-Colts playoff game, Boxer on trial for murder, Alaskan village gets mail for first time in seven months,
Commercials: Vantage Press, United States Travel, ABC Dowel Land Sandblasting, Buick LeSabre Sport Coupe, Council on Aging PSA, UNICEF,
Monday, April 4, 2011
0484 The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead
Episode 0484
Original Air Date: May 20, 1976
In a future society, androids are mindless servants. However, Rex -- the most modern and complex of the androids -- develops a passion for killing women.
Cast: Paul Hecht, Rosemary Rice, Joan Shea, Jack Grimes, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Alfred Bester
Rating: ***1/2
Recorded from WOR, New York
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Labels:
0484,
1976,
451-500,
Alfred Bester,
CBS Radio Mystery Theater,
CBSRMT,
Gilbert Mack,
Highly Recommended 1976,
Jack Grimes,
Joan Shea,
Paul Hecht,
Rosemary Rice,
W,
Walking Dead,
WOR
Saturday, March 26, 2011
0452 Stampede

Stampede
Episode 0452
Original Air Date: March 22, 1976
A Confederate Civil War veteran joins a cattle drive out of bitternes after his mother remarries. He is presented with a moral delemma when he falls in love with a widow.
Cast: Kristoffer Tabori, Fred Gwynne, Earl Hammond, Catherine Byers, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
0438 The Providential Ghost

The Providential Ghost
Episode 0438
Original Air Date: February 26, 1976
A young girl who loses her parents in an accident soon loses her grandfather whom she loves dearly. She is forced to live with her two aunts who frighten her. But her grandfather hasn't deserted her completely.
Cast: Beatrice Straight, Hetty Galen, Bryna Raeburn, Cort Benson, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **1/2
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
0428 The Horror Of Dead Lake

The Horror Of Dead Lake
Episode 0428
Original Air Date: February 9, 1976
a couple inherit an old castle that is inhabited by a scientist who is experimenting on various carnivorous creatures. The most fearsome of these is the inhabitant of the lake on the grounds that eats people whole.
Cast: William Prince, Gordon Gould, Ann Shepherd, George Petrie, Gilbert Mack
Writer: Roy Windsor
Rating: **
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