Complete Recovery
Episode 0938
Original Air Date: January 1, 1979
A hit and run victim slowly recovers from her serious injuries, but develops a series of phobias. She uses these bizarre phobias as clues to solve the mystery of how and why she was injured.
Cast: Mary Jane Higby, Russell Horton, Jada Rowland, Joan Shea
Writer: Percy Granger
Rating: ***
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Monday, February 20, 2012
0929 A Horror Story
A Horror Story
Episode 0929
Original Air Date: December 11, 1978
A chef is able to prepare dishes that make people rave. The secret is in the meat. Meanwhile, downstairs, a shoemaker makes the finest slippers known to anyone. The secret is the soft rawhide. They have the same source.
Cast: Robert Dryden, Ian MArtin, Mary Jane Higby, Arnold Moss
Writer: Elspeth Eric
Rating: ****
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Episode 0929
Original Air Date: December 11, 1978
A chef is able to prepare dishes that make people rave. The secret is in the meat. Meanwhile, downstairs, a shoemaker makes the finest slippers known to anyone. The secret is the soft rawhide. They have the same source.
Cast: Robert Dryden, Ian MArtin, Mary Jane Higby, Arnold Moss
Writer: Elspeth Eric
Rating: ****
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Sunday, February 5, 2012
0898 The Headhunters
The Headhunters
Episode 0898
Original Air Date: September 27, 1978
A young couple return to their native island in the Philipines so the young engineer can study irrigation systems. They encounter an ancient family feud between their families and the ghost of Tim's grandfather who wants his death avenged.
Cast: Tony Roberts, Mary Jane Higby, Evie Juster, Ian Martin
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **1/2
Recorded from KOOL Phoenix,
News: Nuclear experts say it will take several days to figure out how to shut down reactor at Three Mile Island,
Commercials: Federal Trade Commission PSA, Koolviews news program,
Episode 0898
Original Air Date: September 27, 1978
A young couple return to their native island in the Philipines so the young engineer can study irrigation systems. They encounter an ancient family feud between their families and the ghost of Tim's grandfather who wants his death avenged.
Cast: Tony Roberts, Mary Jane Higby, Evie Juster, Ian Martin
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **1/2
Recorded from KOOL Phoenix,
News: Nuclear experts say it will take several days to figure out how to shut down reactor at Three Mile Island,
Commercials: Federal Trade Commission PSA, Koolviews news program,
Sunday, January 29, 2012
0862Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel
Episode 0862
Original Air Date: July 11, 1978
A young, successful businessman falls for a young girl who claims to be reincarnated and that she can talk to the animals. When she is committed to a sanitarium, he tries to chuck it all to join her.
Cast: John Beal, Jada Rowland, Guy Sorel, Russell Horton, Mary Jane Higby
Writer: Elspeth Eric
Rating: *1/2
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Episode 0862
Original Air Date: July 11, 1978
A young, successful businessman falls for a young girl who claims to be reincarnated and that she can talk to the animals. When she is committed to a sanitarium, he tries to chuck it all to join her.
Cast: John Beal, Jada Rowland, Guy Sorel, Russell Horton, Mary Jane Higby
Writer: Elspeth Eric
Rating: *1/2
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
0833 Edmund Orme
Edmund Orme
Episode 0833
Original Air Date: May 15, 1978
A young man is thwarted by a ghost every time he starts to propose to the woman he loves. The woman's mother explains the manifestation.
Cast: Lamont Johnson, Gordon Gould, Mary Jane Higby, Jada Rowland
Writer: Henry James adapted by Roy Windsor
Rating: **1/2
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Episode 0833
Original Air Date: May 15, 1978
A young man is thwarted by a ghost every time he starts to propose to the woman he loves. The woman's mother explains the manifestation.
Cast: Lamont Johnson, Gordon Gould, Mary Jane Higby, Jada Rowland
Writer: Henry James adapted by Roy Windsor
Rating: **1/2
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
0809 Fortune's Favorite
Fortune's Favorite
Episode 0809
Original Air Date: April 3, 1978
An elderly Maine spinster suspects she's being conned when she is seemingly "randomly selected" to receive free vacations paid for by a rich benefactor.
Cast: Mary Jane Higby, Earl Hammond, Joan Shae, William Griffis
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
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Episode 0809
Original Air Date: April 3, 1978
An elderly Maine spinster suspects she's being conned when she is seemingly "randomly selected" to receive free vacations paid for by a rich benefactor.
Cast: Mary Jane Higby, Earl Hammond, Joan Shae, William Griffis
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
0778 Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Episode 0778
Original Air Date: February 7, 1978
An old doctor offers some of his friends a second bite at the apple when he presents them with water from the legendary Fountain of Youth. He wants to find out if they behave the same and make the same mistakes.
Cast: Robert Dryden, Mary Jane Higby, Guy Sorel, Gordon Heath
Writer: Percy Granger based on story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Rating: **1/2
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Episode 0778
Original Air Date: February 7, 1978
An old doctor offers some of his friends a second bite at the apple when he presents them with water from the legendary Fountain of Youth. He wants to find out if they behave the same and make the same mistakes.
Cast: Robert Dryden, Mary Jane Higby, Guy Sorel, Gordon Heath
Writer: Percy Granger based on story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Rating: **1/2
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
0746 Indian Giver
Indian Giver
Episode 0746
Original Air Date: November 25, 1977
A high society New Yorker's home is haunted by a spirit that drives away guests and the hired help. She turns to a private detective to help her solve the mystery.
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Mary Jane Higby, Robert Dryden, Bryna Raeburn
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: *1/2
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Commercials: ExLax, Bycozene Cream,
Episode 0746
Original Air Date: November 25, 1977
A high society New Yorker's home is haunted by a spirit that drives away guests and the hired help. She turns to a private detective to help her solve the mystery.
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Mary Jane Higby, Robert Dryden, Bryna Raeburn
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: *1/2
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Commercials: ExLax, Bycozene Cream,
Sunday, January 1, 2012
0714 The Burning Whirlwind
The Burning Whirlwind
Episode 0714
Original Air Date: September 23, 1977
An elderly lady takes $8 million out of the bank. Con artists immediately begin to prey on her.
Cast: Michael Tolan, Mary Jane Higby, Michael Tolan, Bryna Raeburn, Ian Martin
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: ***
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Episode 0714
Original Air Date: September 23, 1977
An elderly lady takes $8 million out of the bank. Con artists immediately begin to prey on her.
Cast: Michael Tolan, Mary Jane Higby, Michael Tolan, Bryna Raeburn, Ian Martin
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: ***
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
0695 The Together Place

The Together Place
Episode 0695
Original Air Date: August 15, 1977
A country doctor treats a woman who lives with her daughter on a remote island. The daughter has been communicating with a twin sister who lives in another dimension.
Cast: Norman Rose, Marian Seldes, Rosemary Rice, Mary Jane Higby
Writer: Elspeth Eric
Rating: **
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
0661 The Curse Of Conscience

The Curse Of Conscience
Episode 0661
Original Air Date: June 7, 1977
A hustler and loser falls in with an elderly woman who tries to put him on the straight and narrow path. When he finds himself in a bind, he aims to take advantage of her -- with dire consequences.
Cast: Tony Roberts, Mary Jane Higby, Earl Hammond, Bryna Raeburn
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: ***
Commercials: ARM Allergy Relief Medicine, Ex-Lax
Saturday, November 12, 2011
0650 A Matter Of Customs

A Matter Of Customs
Episode 0650
Original Air Date: May 19, 1977
Two couples repeatedly encounter each other on a cruise ship. Only one of the couples keeps changing husbands, causing suspicion in the other.
Cast: Leon Janney, Joan Copeland, Cort Benson, Mary Jane Higby
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
0623 A Study In Scarlet

A Study In Scarlet
Episode 0623
Original Air Date: March 25, 1977
Holmes' and Watson's first case together involves a murder who leaves behind an engagement ring and the word "RACHE" scrawled in blood.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Cort Benson, Mary Jane Higby, Earl Hammond, Ian Martin
Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett
Rating: **1/2
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Monday, October 3, 2011
0596 I Pronounce You Dead

I Pronounce You Dead
Episode 0596
Original Air Date: February 7, 1977
A girl's teenage angst leads her to witchcraft. She awakens from a dream believing she has killed her family.
Cast: Morgan Fairchild, Mary Jane Higby, Bob Kaliban, Russell Horton
Writer: Elspeth Eric
Rating: **1/2
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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
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0536 A Point In Time

A Point In Time
Episode 0536
Original Air Date: October 15, 1976
Two hikers encounter a strange town in the mountains that is stuck in the 1920s. The inhabitants have a reason for their seclusion.
Cast: Paul Hecht, Russell Horton, Court Benson, Teri Keane
Writer: Mary Jane Higby
Rating: ***
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Monday, April 4, 2011
0489 The Corpse That Would Not Die

The Corpse That Would Not Die
Episode 0489
Original Air Date: June 7, 1976
A man murders his best friend so he can marry his friend's wife. But his guilt over the murder and her guilt for remarrying so soon slowly erodes their relationship.
Cast: Patricia Elliot, William Redfield, Arnold Moss, Roger DeKovan, Mary Jane Higby
Writer: Amiel Zolock story adapted by Arnold Moss
Rating: **1/2
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Labels:
0489,
1976,
451-500,
Amiel Zolock,
Arnold Moss,
C,
CBS Radio Mystery Theater,
CBSRMT,
Corpse that Would Not Die,
Mary Jane Higby,
Patricia Elliot,
Roger DeKoven,
William Redfield
Saturday, March 26, 2011
0461 Vanity Dies Hard

Vanity Dies Hard
Episode 0461
Original Air Date: April 2, 1976
An arrogant mystery detective pulls off the perfect crime against his wife's lover. Now his cheating wife must answer for the crime while he helps the police "solve" it.
Cast: Marian Seldes, Robert Dryden, Earl Hammond, Ian Martin, Mary Jane Higby
Writer: Sidney Slon
Rating: ****
Recorded from WFAA Dallas, TX
Commercials: Feed the Children, Buick, 55 MPH Speed Limit PSA, Foundation Church, Tru Value Hardware, Catholic Relief Services, Buick Skylark, American Lung Association, American Red Cross, Carrier Air Conditioners, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
Labels:
0461,
1976,
451-500,
CBS Radio Mystery Theater,
CBSRMT,
Earl Hammond,
Highly Recommended 1976,
Ian Martin,
Marian Seldes,
Mary Jane Higby,
Robert Dryden,
Sidney Slon,
V,
Vanity Dies Hard,
WFAA
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
0403 License To Kill

License To Kill
Episode 0403
Original Air Date: December 26, 1975
A woman successfully frees her husband who is in a hospital for the criminally insane for murder. She says her motives are altruistic, but her boyfriend and she have a scheme to swindle him out of his money.
Cast: Joan Loring, Larry Haines, Sidney Slon, Mary Jane Higby, Earl Hammond
Writer: Sidney Slon
Rating: **1/2
Recorded from WFAA, Dallas, TX
Commercials: National Association of Bus Owners, Buick Century Regal, Alcoholism PSA, Save the Children PSA, Luden's cough drops, People Magazine, Share-A-Ride, Buick Skylark, United Nations PSA, Alcoholism PSA, Metric System PSA, Save the Children PSA,
0397 The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour
Episode 0397
Original Air Date: December 17, 1975
A business owner answers a personal ad and "connects" with a woman. this woman claims to be from another world and can solve all his business problems, in exchange for $1 million to help her get home. Is she an ET or a con artist?
Cast: Larry Haines, Carol Teitel, Mary Jane Higby, Arnold Moss, Don Scardino
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
Commercials: Buick Century, Shop Rite Supermarkets, Boller Ginger Ale, Budweiser, WOR Children's Christmas Fund, Listerine Lozenges, Samsonite Luggage at Macy's, Western Union Mailgram, Americana Resorts,
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