CBS Radio Mystery Theater 1979-WBBM


(5 stars; 9 reviews)

The CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER series of radio dramas was created by Himan Brown and hosted by E.G. Marshall for all but the final year of its 1974 through 1982 run. These are recordings from WBBM, the CBS affiliate for Chicago, Illinois. In most cases, they contain the original news broadcasts and commercials of the era. Audio quality and length vary.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

Side Effects 1:06:42
Let The Buyer Beware 1:00:11
The Burning Bough 1:03:34
The Dominant Personality 1:06:40
Love After Death 1:07:42
Everybody Does It 1:02:21
The Sinister Shadow 1:01:42
The Missing Day 1:01:00
The Shock of His Life 53:51
The Great Brain 1:01:22
CBSRMT 790101 0938 Complete Recovery_wbbm 1:05:34
CBSRMT 790115 0945 The Long Long Sleep_wbbm 1:07:19
CBSRMT 790117 0946 The Wandering Wind_wbbm 1:01:29
CBSRMT 790226 0957 Hickory Dickory Doom_wbbm 55:51
CBSRMT 790228 0958 Shadows From The Grave_wbbm 55:50
CBSRMT 790305 0959 The Fall of Gentryville_wbbm 55:43
CBSRMT 790307 0960 Watcher of the Living_wbbm 55:29
CBSRMT 790326 0965 Enemy From Space_wbbm_repaired 1:18:00
CBSRMT 790328 0966 Waste Paper_wbbm 1:03:00
CBSRMT 790402 0967 Voyage of Intrastar_wbbm 1:05:56
CBSRMT 790404 0968 The Believers_wbbm 1:06:50
CBSRMT 790409 0969 The Permanent Man_wbbm 56:07
CBSRMT 790411 0970 The Charnel House_wbbm 54:31
CBSRMT 790416 0971 Ring of Evil_wbbm 59:40
CBSRMT 790418 0972 The Golden Girl_wbbm 53:17
CBSRMT 790423 0973 The Glass Bubble_wbbm 1:00:41
CBSRMT 790425 0974 Letter of Love Letter of Death_wbbm 1:00:03
CBSRMT 790430 0975 War of Angels_wbbm 54:43
CBSRMT 790502 0976 The Fabulous Pillow_wbbm 56:22
CBSRMT 790507 0977 Search For Eden_wbbm 55:29
CBSRMT 790509 0978 The Hole in the Sky_wbbm 55:07
CBSRMT 790514 0979 Virtue Is Its Own Reward_wbbm 55:08
CBSRMT 790516 0980 Messenger From Yesterday_wbbm 55:57
CBSRMT 790521 0981 Help Wanted_wbbm 1:03:04
CBSRMT 790523 0982 Dreams_wbbm 1:03:50
CBSRMT 790528 0983 The Outsider_wbbm 1:03:50
CBSRMT 790530 0984 A Curious Experience_wbbm 1:01:52
CBSRMT 790604 0985 Willy and Dilly_wbbm 1:11:20
CBSRMT 790606 0986 The Pardon_wbbm 1:12:11
CBSRMT 790618 0989 Unquiet Tomb_wbbm 58:37
CBSRMT 790625 0991 Mission From Zython_wbbm 57:30
CBSRMT 790627 0992 The Giuseppe Verdi Autobus_wbbm 57:42
CBSRMT 790702 0993 The Rivalry_wbbm 1:01:47
CBSRMT 790709 0995 Smile at a Homely Girl_wbbm 54:50
CBSRMT 790716 0997 House of the Dead Heart_wbbm 59:31
CBSRMT 790718 0998 Case of the Forced Divorce_wbbm 1:00:37
CBSRMT 790723 0999 No Man's Land_wbbm 59:53
CBSRMT 790725 1000 Catch A Falling Star_wbbm 58:43
CBSRMT 790730 1001 Relax and Enjoy It_wbbm 1:00:15
CBSRMT 790801 1002 The Goddess Caper_wbbm 58:32
CBSRMT 790813 1003 Tiger Tiger Burning Bright_wbbm 1:00:30
CBSRMT 790815 1004 Body and Soul_wbbm 1:00:48
CBSRMT 790820 1005 Taboo Means Death_wbbm 1:01:41
CBSRMT 790822 1006 Stranger From Nowhere_wbbm 1:11:45
CBSRMT 790827 1007 A Cup of Bitter Chocolate_wbbm 1:12:00
CBSRMT 790829 1008 Ninety Lives_wbbm 1:06:50
CBSRMT 790903 1009 Tomorrow Will Never Come_wbbm 1:09:12
CBSRMT 790905 1010 Man in the Black Cap_wbbm 1:20:15
CBSRMT 790910 1011 Odyssey of Laura Collins_wbbm 1:14:11
CBSRMT 790912 1012 The Two Sams_wbbm 1:08:47
CBSRMT 791001 1017 The Beast_wbbm 1:10:14
CBSRMT 791003 1018 The Finger of God_wbbm_outro cut off 52:44
CBSRMT 791008 1019 Wilhelmina Wilson_wbbm 1:13:53
CBSRMT 791010 1020 At The End of the Passage_wbbm 1:01:49
CBSRMT 791022 1023 Sheer Terror_wbbm 1:04:12
CBSRMT 791024 1024 Dangerous Memory_wbbm 1:05:00
CBSRMT 791029 1025 The Alien Guest_wbbm 1:05:18
CBSRMT 791031 1026 Who Has Seen the Wind_wbbm 55:47
CBSRMT 791105 1027 The Terrorists_wbbm 1:04:45
CBSRMT 791107 1028 Davey Jerrold's Jacket_wbbm 1:04:03

Reviews

CBSRMT 1979 WBBM NEWS


(5 stars)

I TOLD MY FRIENDS AT SCHOOL THE THINGS I LISTENED TO ON THESE SHOWS ! THEY THOUGHT I WAS JUST MAKING UP STORY’S ! SO I PUT A FEW IN MY LG PHONE AND SHARED THEM ! WE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT WATERGATE ! IRAN TAKING AMERICANS AS PRISONERS ! WHAT REALLY GOT TO THEM WAS THE STORY ABOUT A GIRL NAMED PATTY HURST ROBBING A BANK ! OUR TEACHER LET US SHARE SOME OF THESE INTERESTING NEWS STORY’S AT SCHOOL ! OH AND CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER HAD SOME STRANGE STORY'S ! WHO EVERY SAVED THIS WE THANK YOU !

Thank You Russ


(5 stars)

Thank you for all of the time and effort you have put into recovering these programs from reel to reel and cleaning the audio, then converting them to digital so that we can all share in your work. It really takes you back to the times when you hear the national news of the day. Then you get to hear those local commercials that add oh so much color to the program as well. Sometimes the commercials are more fun then the program itself!

Thank you these are awesome


(5 stars)

the between episode news and commercial breaks are gold. They really put you back into that "Time zone". You can go back in a time machine hearing the news and commercials from the 1970s. The news is really just fantastic. "President Carter" there's even a news clip of the happenings in Iran, just before the hostage takeover, and that Pres. Carter said the Iranians promised to give the Americans there good security and take care of them. Little did we all know what would happen next. There is a commercial for a bank, and in those days banks really competed for customers. When the breaks are cut out by the uploader it takes away from the whole experience The audio on these is perfect I couldn't hear any artifacts and the sound wasn't ever muffled. My favorite episode of CBS Mystery Theater is "The Wandering Wind" Wow. What a story! If there is only one single episode you will hear from this program, listen to that one. Although the host EG Marshall promises us stories of the macabre, not all of the stories involve grim or deathly plots, some are just on the level of suspense, irony, or high strangeness. The programs themselves are very well done in both acting and writing, dialogue, all. The producer Himan Brown He lived in the very same apartment in Central Park West, from 1938 til he died at age 100 in 2010.