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
1163 The Frog Prince
The Frog Prince
Episode 1163
Original Air Date: February 23, 1981
A man & woman racing team relies on voodoo to keep them safe in the driver's seat. When the voodoo goes bad, bad things happen.
Cast: Patricia Elliot, Robert Kaliban, Gordon Heath
Writer: G. Frederick Lewis
Rating: *
Episode 1163
Original Air Date: February 23, 1981
A man & woman racing team relies on voodoo to keep them safe in the driver's seat. When the voodoo goes bad, bad things happen.
Cast: Patricia Elliot, Robert Kaliban, Gordon Heath
Writer: G. Frederick Lewis
Rating: *
Friday, March 16, 2012
1041 Death Is A Woman
Death Is A Woman
Episode 1041
Original Air Date: December 25, 1979
A man invites three old friends to visit him at his seaside estate. He tells them of a painting of a woman in his bedroom that talks to him. Each man takes a turn sleeping in the room and learns a secret about the women in their lives.
Cast: William Griffis, Robert Dryden, Gordon Heath
Writer: Elspeth Eric
Rating: **1/2
Episode 1041
Original Air Date: December 25, 1979
A man invites three old friends to visit him at his seaside estate. He tells them of a painting of a woman in his bedroom that talks to him. Each man takes a turn sleeping in the room and learns a secret about the women in their lives.
Cast: William Griffis, Robert Dryden, Gordon Heath
Writer: Elspeth Eric
Rating: **1/2
Sunday, March 11, 2012
1033 Strange New Tomorrow
Strange New Tomorrow
Episode 1033
Original Air Date: November 26, 1979
In a distant future, man is afflicted with diseases caused by the fallout of a nuclear war. A scientist and his wife are compelled by a supreme authority to construct robots able to withstand the harsh environs.
Cast: John Beal, Ian Martin, Gordon Heath, Teri Keane
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: ***1/2
Episode 1033
Original Air Date: November 26, 1979
In a distant future, man is afflicted with diseases caused by the fallout of a nuclear war. A scientist and his wife are compelled by a supreme authority to construct robots able to withstand the harsh environs.
Cast: John Beal, Ian Martin, Gordon Heath, Teri Keane
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: ***1/2
Saturday, March 3, 2012
1006 Stranger From Nowhere
Stranger From Nowhere
Episode 1006
Original Air Date: August 22, 1979
A scientist is convinced that he is an alien sent to Earth to observe its inhabitants. When he encounters a woman who claims to be his wife who last saw him two years ago, he begins to doubt his own identity.
Cast: Paul Hecht, Carol Teitel, Cort Benson, Gordon Heath
Writer: James Agate, Jr.
Rating: **
Episode 1006
Original Air Date: August 22, 1979
A scientist is convinced that he is an alien sent to Earth to observe its inhabitants. When he encounters a woman who claims to be his wife who last saw him two years ago, he begins to doubt his own identity.
Cast: Paul Hecht, Carol Teitel, Cort Benson, Gordon Heath
Writer: James Agate, Jr.
Rating: **
Friday, March 2, 2012
0972 The Golden Girl
The Golden Girl
Episode 0972
Original Air Date: April 18, 1979
A young woman from another planet and the future is sent to Earth, back in time, to kill a quasi-political/religious leader.
Cast: Gordon Heath, Earl Hammond, Evie Juster
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: *1/2
Commercials: Tru-Test Paint, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Serta Perfect Sleeper, Maxwell House Coffee, Ernie Hare Ford, Religion in American Life PSA, Allergy Relief Medicine, Bycozene Cream, ExLax Pills, Sears Radio Theater, Cava Instant Coffee, Kinney Shoe Stores, Cronkite And Company,
Episode 0972
Original Air Date: April 18, 1979
A young woman from another planet and the future is sent to Earth, back in time, to kill a quasi-political/religious leader.
Cast: Gordon Heath, Earl Hammond, Evie Juster
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: *1/2
Commercials: Tru-Test Paint, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Serta Perfect Sleeper, Maxwell House Coffee, Ernie Hare Ford, Religion in American Life PSA, Allergy Relief Medicine, Bycozene Cream, ExLax Pills, Sears Radio Theater, Cava Instant Coffee, Kinney Shoe Stores, Cronkite And Company,
Thursday, March 1, 2012
0967 Voyage to Intrastar
Voyage to Intrastar
Episode 0967
Original Air Date: April 2, 1979
A psychologist is convinced that he has found a secret planet where souls are collected and redistributed in reincarnation. He strives to prove its existence to a colleague.
Cast: Norman Rose, Robert Dryden, Bryna Raeburn, Gordon Heath
Writer: Roy Windsor
Rating: **1/2
Recorded WEEI, Boston
News: Dow Jones down to 855, New Hampshire anti-nukes demand halt to construction of Seabrook Plant, Government orders inspections of all reactors like the one at Three Mile Island, Bubble in coolant system at Three Mile Island is now smaller, auto assembly lines slow down due to trucker strike, Teamsters break off talks with trucking firms, Teamsters president blame President Carter, Federal Elections finished audit of Carter's 1976 primary campaign, higher air fares coming, U.S. Dollar doing well on Tokyo Foreign Exchange, IRS slow in refunding tax returns due to delay in increasing debt ceiling, Boston weather, Boston University to vote on union contract, Trucker strike is delaying delivery of hot lunch materials to Boston schools, Massachusetts has a plan should there be a nuclear disaster at one of the state's two plants,
Commercials: Perfect Sleeper by Serta, Grossman's lumber, JC Penney, Navy, Maxwell House Coffee, Boston Magazine, CARE, New England Regional Commission free booklets on heating with wood, Compoze sleeping pills, Sears Radio Theater,
Episode 0967
Original Air Date: April 2, 1979
A psychologist is convinced that he has found a secret planet where souls are collected and redistributed in reincarnation. He strives to prove its existence to a colleague.
Cast: Norman Rose, Robert Dryden, Bryna Raeburn, Gordon Heath
Writer: Roy Windsor
Rating: **1/2
Recorded WEEI, Boston
News: Dow Jones down to 855, New Hampshire anti-nukes demand halt to construction of Seabrook Plant, Government orders inspections of all reactors like the one at Three Mile Island, Bubble in coolant system at Three Mile Island is now smaller, auto assembly lines slow down due to trucker strike, Teamsters break off talks with trucking firms, Teamsters president blame President Carter, Federal Elections finished audit of Carter's 1976 primary campaign, higher air fares coming, U.S. Dollar doing well on Tokyo Foreign Exchange, IRS slow in refunding tax returns due to delay in increasing debt ceiling, Boston weather, Boston University to vote on union contract, Trucker strike is delaying delivery of hot lunch materials to Boston schools, Massachusetts has a plan should there be a nuclear disaster at one of the state's two plants,
Commercials: Perfect Sleeper by Serta, Grossman's lumber, JC Penney, Navy, Maxwell House Coffee, Boston Magazine, CARE, New England Regional Commission free booklets on heating with wood, Compoze sleeping pills, Sears Radio Theater,
Monday, February 27, 2012
0956 The Great Brain
The Great Brain
Episode 0956
Original Air Date: February 21, 1979
A genius bets a friend and a prison warden that he can escape from an escape-proof prison cell.
Cast: Gordon Heath, Russell Horton, Earl Hammond, Ian Martin
Writer: Jacques Futrell adapted by James Agate, Jr.
Rating: **1/2
No news
No commercials
Episode 0956
Original Air Date: February 21, 1979
A genius bets a friend and a prison warden that he can escape from an escape-proof prison cell.
Cast: Gordon Heath, Russell Horton, Earl Hammond, Ian Martin
Writer: Jacques Futrell adapted by James Agate, Jr.
Rating: **1/2
No news
No commercials
0950 The Dominant Personality
The Dominant Personality
Episode 0950
Original Air Date: January 26, 1979
A waitress marries a loaner who lives in a cabin in the wilderness. When murders start happening in the woods, all the evidence points to the loaner and his wife begins to doubt him.
Cast: Ralph Bell, Gordon Heath, Charles Irving, Roberta Maxwell,
Writer: Percy Granger
Rating: **1/2
News: Carter defends his new budget proposal, Pope John Paul II holds mass in Mexico City, Boy using Laetrel to treat cancer escapes to Mexico where he can receive proper nutritional treatment with his chemo, Troops open fire on demonstrators in Iraq. Major snows starving livestock in Nebraska and other states.
Commercials: Tire Industry Safety Council, March of Dimes PSA, Child Abuse PSA, Shriners fund for Crippled Kids, Travelers Tips PSA, Tru Value Hardware, Public library associatioin PSA,anti-smoking PSA,
Episode 0950
Original Air Date: January 26, 1979
A waitress marries a loaner who lives in a cabin in the wilderness. When murders start happening in the woods, all the evidence points to the loaner and his wife begins to doubt him.
Cast: Ralph Bell, Gordon Heath, Charles Irving, Roberta Maxwell,
Writer: Percy Granger
Rating: **1/2
News: Carter defends his new budget proposal, Pope John Paul II holds mass in Mexico City, Boy using Laetrel to treat cancer escapes to Mexico where he can receive proper nutritional treatment with his chemo, Troops open fire on demonstrators in Iraq. Major snows starving livestock in Nebraska and other states.
Commercials: Tire Industry Safety Council, March of Dimes PSA, Child Abuse PSA, Shriners fund for Crippled Kids, Travelers Tips PSA, Tru Value Hardware, Public library associatioin PSA,anti-smoking PSA,
Monday, February 20, 2012
0932 The Familiar Ghost
The Familiar Ghost
Episode 0932
Original Air Date: December 18, 1978
A retired ship's captain is about to marry, but is pursued by an unseen stalker. When he starts receiving threatening letters, he panics.
cast: Charles Irving, Gordon Heath, Teri Keane, Ian Martin
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **1/2
Commericials: "Haleberti" novel, Girl Scouts PSA,
NEEDS REPLACED Sound muffled,
Episode 0932
Original Air Date: December 18, 1978
A retired ship's captain is about to marry, but is pursued by an unseen stalker. When he starts receiving threatening letters, he panics.
cast: Charles Irving, Gordon Heath, Teri Keane, Ian Martin
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **1/2
Commericials: "Haleberti" novel, Girl Scouts PSA,
NEEDS REPLACED Sound muffled,
0927 The Devil's Bargain
The Devil's Bargain
Episode 0927
Original Air Date: December 6, 1978
A master of disguises steals items, then poses as a psychic and offers to find the goods for a fee.
Cast: Robert Dryden, Gordon Heath, Jackson Beck, Joan Shea
Writer: Guy Boothly adapted by James Agate, Jr
Rating: **1/2
No news
No commercials
Episode 0927
Original Air Date: December 6, 1978
A master of disguises steals items, then poses as a psychic and offers to find the goods for a fee.
Cast: Robert Dryden, Gordon Heath, Jackson Beck, Joan Shea
Writer: Guy Boothly adapted by James Agate, Jr
Rating: **1/2
No news
No commercials
Sunday, February 12, 2012
0921 The Grey Slapper
The Grey Slapper
Episode 0921
Original Air Date: November 22, 1978
A former student tries to save her former teacher from himself as he sells himself out in the world of politics. An intrepid reporter feeds rumors that they are romantically linked.
Cast: Carol Teitel, Gordon Heath, Robert Dryden
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***
Recorded from KQB Pittsburgh
News: Teams begin to remove bodies from Jonestown. Inflation czar sits before congressional committee. President Carter calls President Sadat to ask him to accept peace plan for Middle East. Sen. Edward Kennedy and family place flowers at the Kennedy grave on anniversary of assassination. A Baptist minister crawls for 2 years to Washington, DC to meet president Carter.
Commercials: White Matues Wine, Radio advertising, Sine Off, Diabetes PSA, Heart Association anti-smoking PSA, Library PSA, Contac, Master Charge, Feeling Sports from Braille Foundation, Quality Inn, Cloreseptic, Choice Magazine Listening,
Episode 0921
Original Air Date: November 22, 1978
A former student tries to save her former teacher from himself as he sells himself out in the world of politics. An intrepid reporter feeds rumors that they are romantically linked.
Cast: Carol Teitel, Gordon Heath, Robert Dryden
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***
Recorded from KQB Pittsburgh
News: Teams begin to remove bodies from Jonestown. Inflation czar sits before congressional committee. President Carter calls President Sadat to ask him to accept peace plan for Middle East. Sen. Edward Kennedy and family place flowers at the Kennedy grave on anniversary of assassination. A Baptist minister crawls for 2 years to Washington, DC to meet president Carter.
Commercials: White Matues Wine, Radio advertising, Sine Off, Diabetes PSA, Heart Association anti-smoking PSA, Library PSA, Contac, Master Charge, Feeling Sports from Braille Foundation, Quality Inn, Cloreseptic, Choice Magazine Listening,
0917 The Pilgrim Soul
The Pilgrim Soul
Episode 0917
Original Air Date: November 13, 1978
An American nurse serves in a hospital in Great Britain in World War II. She is friendly with the patients and they talk to her openly. British Intelligence suspects she might be a Nazi spy.
Cast: Carol Teitel, Gordon Heath, Bryna Raeburn, Gordon Gould
Writer: Percy Granger
Rating: **1/2
Commercials: Goodyear car service, Chicago City Center, "The Magic Goes Away" by Larry Niven, "Skyfall" novel, Eastern airlines, Freedent Gum, Chloroseptic, Metronet mobile communications systems, Choice Magazine Listening for the blind,
NEEDS REPLACED, Digital artifacts, a few seconds of Fulton Lewis Commentary dropped in between introduction and first act, random seconds of another episode in between third act and final thought,
Episode 0917
Original Air Date: November 13, 1978
An American nurse serves in a hospital in Great Britain in World War II. She is friendly with the patients and they talk to her openly. British Intelligence suspects she might be a Nazi spy.
Cast: Carol Teitel, Gordon Heath, Bryna Raeburn, Gordon Gould
Writer: Percy Granger
Rating: **1/2
Commercials: Goodyear car service, Chicago City Center, "The Magic Goes Away" by Larry Niven, "Skyfall" novel, Eastern airlines, Freedent Gum, Chloroseptic, Metronet mobile communications systems, Choice Magazine Listening for the blind,
NEEDS REPLACED, Digital artifacts, a few seconds of Fulton Lewis Commentary dropped in between introduction and first act, random seconds of another episode in between third act and final thought,
0905 How Much Land Does A Man Need?
How Much Land Does A Man Need?
Episode 0905
Original Air Date: October 13, 1978
A greedy aristocrat in Colonial America is offered a deal by an Indian chief he can't refuse. He can purchase as much land as he can walk around in one day for 100 pounds sterling.
Cast: Paul Hecht, Gordon Heath, Ray Owens, Patricia Elliot
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***1/2
No news
No commercials
Episode 0905
Original Air Date: October 13, 1978
A greedy aristocrat in Colonial America is offered a deal by an Indian chief he can't refuse. He can purchase as much land as he can walk around in one day for 100 pounds sterling.
Cast: Paul Hecht, Gordon Heath, Ray Owens, Patricia Elliot
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***1/2
No news
No commercials
Monday, February 6, 2012
0899 A Thousand-Year Old Story
A Thousand-Year Old Story
Episode 0899
Original Air Date: September 29, 1978
A millionaire is murdered aboard his yacht. The local authorities are convinced it was his personal assistant. The local doctor -- a childhood friend of the assistant -- is convinced otherwise and tries to help him.
Cast: Ralph Bell, Gordon Heath, Russell Horton, Carol Teitel
Writer: Percy Granger
Rating: ***
No news
No commercials
Episode 0899
Original Air Date: September 29, 1978
A millionaire is murdered aboard his yacht. The local authorities are convinced it was his personal assistant. The local doctor -- a childhood friend of the assistant -- is convinced otherwise and tries to help him.
Cast: Ralph Bell, Gordon Heath, Russell Horton, Carol Teitel
Writer: Percy Granger
Rating: ***
No news
No commercials
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
0853 A Matter Of Faith
A Matter Of Faith
Episode 0853
Original Air Date: June 21, 1978
A man in the import business encounters a long lost love in a restaurant. He is sure he saw her executed many years before when they were revolutionaries in a Third World country. She has no memory of him, or her past.
Cast: Michael Wager, Carol Teitel, Ian Martin,h Gordon Heat
Writer: Percy Granger
Rating: **1/2
No news
No commercials
Episode 0853
Original Air Date: June 21, 1978
A man in the import business encounters a long lost love in a restaurant. He is sure he saw her executed many years before when they were revolutionaries in a Third World country. She has no memory of him, or her past.
Cast: Michael Wager, Carol Teitel, Ian Martin,h Gordon Heat
Writer: Percy Granger
Rating: **1/2
No news
No commercials
0847 Death Spell
Death Spell
Episode 0847
Original Air Date: June 8, 1978
An out of work artist and his out of work actress wife move into the home of a wealthy friend who is sure his wife is trying to kill him with witchcraft.
Cast: Ralph Bell, Joan Lovejoy, Gordon Heath, Teri Keane
Writer: Elspeth Eric
Rating: ***
No news
No commercials
Episode 0847
Original Air Date: June 8, 1978
An out of work artist and his out of work actress wife move into the home of a wealthy friend who is sure his wife is trying to kill him with witchcraft.
Cast: Ralph Bell, Joan Lovejoy, Gordon Heath, Teri Keane
Writer: Elspeth Eric
Rating: ***
No news
No commercials
0842 The Bittersweet Honeymoon
The Bittersweet Honeymoon
Episode 0842
Original Air Date: May 30, 1978
A newly-wed couple thinks themselves lucky when a cruise line screw-up puts them a luxury suite aboard a ship. But when their cabin is broken into by a nine-fingered man, they change their minds.
Cast: Jada Rowland, Russell Horton, Ian Martin, Gordon Heath
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: ***
No news
No commercials
Episode 0842
Original Air Date: May 30, 1978
A newly-wed couple thinks themselves lucky when a cruise line screw-up puts them a luxury suite aboard a ship. But when their cabin is broken into by a nine-fingered man, they change their minds.
Cast: Jada Rowland, Russell Horton, Ian Martin, Gordon Heath
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: ***
No news
No commercials
0839 The Spy And The Traitor
The Spy And The Traitor
Episode 0839
Original Air Date: May 25, 1978
A fictionalized account of Benedict Arnold's betrayal of West Point to the British.
Cast: Gordon Heath, Katherine Byers, Earl Hammond, Howard Ross
Writer: G. Frederick Lewis
Rating: ***1/2
No news
Commercials: Buick Elektra, Tru Value Hardware, Arrow Shirts
Episode 0839
Original Air Date: May 25, 1978
A fictionalized account of Benedict Arnold's betrayal of West Point to the British.
Cast: Gordon Heath, Katherine Byers, Earl Hammond, Howard Ross
Writer: G. Frederick Lewis
Rating: ***1/2
No news
Commercials: Buick Elektra, Tru Value Hardware, Arrow Shirts
Thursday, January 12, 2012
0793 The House And The Brain
The House And The Brain
Episode 0793
Original Air Date: March 6, 1978
Two men learn the power of pure intellect as they pursue the entitity that is haunting a local house.
Cast: Gordon Heath, Robert Dryden, Cort Benson
Writer: Percy Granger adaptation of Edward Bulwer Lyton
Rating: *1/2
Commercials: CJKEL,
NO CAST LIST
Episode 0793
Original Air Date: March 6, 1978
Two men learn the power of pure intellect as they pursue the entitity that is haunting a local house.
Cast: Gordon Heath, Robert Dryden, Cort Benson
Writer: Percy Granger adaptation of Edward Bulwer Lyton
Rating: *1/2
Commercials: CJKEL,
NO CAST LIST
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