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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Scenes from a Murder,” originally broadcast September 7, 1982, as episode 1367. This CBS Radio Network drama was written by G. Frederick Lewis and directed by Himan Brown.

Adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, the story follows a financially desperate music teacher whose attempt to solve his money troubles draws him into a harrowing moral and psychological struggle. Russell Horton leads a cast that includes Carol Teitel, Joan Shay, and Earl Hammond.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
43:01 Closing

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Forty-Five Minutes to Murder,” episode 495, originally broadcast on June 28, 1976. Written by Sam Dann and directed by Himan Brown, this contemporary mystery features Larry Haines, Leon Janney, and Joan Shay.

A bitter business feud seems to be settling when Jim Raglan sends Carroway Chemicals vice president Emmet Martindale an extravagant bottle of cognac. But when the gift brings tragedy to the Martindale home, a poison investigation exposes unsettling contradictions—and a crucial forty-five-minute gap.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
47:46 Closing

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Marry for Murder,” episode 395, originally broadcast on December 12, 1975. This original CBS Radio drama was written by Sam Dann and directed by Himan Brown, starring Mandel Kramer.

Private detective James Kellogg is hired to investigate Walter Jones, the younger fiancé of a wealthy widow whose family suspects he may be after her fortune. When another client seeks the same elusive man, Kellogg finds himself navigating conflicting loyalties, suspicious histories, and professional duty. The cast also includes Patsy Bruder, Evie Juster, Arthur Anderson, and Dan Ocko.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
46:20 Closing

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “Mirror for Murder,” episode 97, originally broadcast on May 27, 1974. Hosted by E. G. Marshall, this original mystery was written and directed by Himan Brown’s frequent collaborator Sam Dann, with Celeste Holm, Wesley Addy, William Redfield, and Robert Dryden.

Helen Stewart, neglected and increasingly restless in her domestic life, becomes deeply unsettled when her reflection in a mirror seems to fade away. As she struggles to reclaim her sense of self, the mirror becomes the focus of an intimate and unnerving crisis.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:59 Original Broadcast
44:50 Closing

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents “The Terrorist,” episode 1027, originally broadcast on November 5, 1979. This CBS Radio Network suspense drama was written by Ian Martin and directed by Himan Brown.

On Turkey’s Aegean coast, an elderly American romance writer and her niece find their secluded home invaded by two extremist fugitives seeking refuge. When a publishing executive’s nephew arrives to check on the troubled author, he is drawn into a dangerous hostage crisis where courage and quick thinking may be their only protection. The cast includes Jada Rowland, Russell Horton, Ian Martin, and Grace Matthews.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
44:12 Closing

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