CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

0323 - The Grey Ghost (8/8/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Betsy Palmer; William Redfield; Evie Juster; Ian Martin.Deep in grief over her race car driver father's death, a woman abandons her husband for Italy, where she meets and agrees to sponsor a talented driver.

0322 - To Die is Forever (8/7/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Mandel Kramer; Jack Grimes; Ann Pitoniak; Leon Janney.A wealthy eccentric plans to have himself and his terminally ill wife cryogenically preserved until a cure is found for her cancer.

0321 - Hung Jury (8/5/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Catherine Byers; Joan Shay; Bob Dryden; Guy Sorel.A married, seemingly average accountant leads a side life of lust (with a prostitute) and danger (gambling debts). When bookies demand payment, he soon discovers a solution to his problems.

0320 - The Devil's Boutique (8/4/1975)Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Loring; Robert L. Green; Jada Rowland; Bob Kaliban; Ian Martin.A vain fashion designer visits a boutique at a Mediterranean resort city and suffers excruciating lessons in stealing from the shopkeeper.CBSRMT Trivia: Mystery Theater used 33 writers to write 1,399 episodes; only three wrote more than 100 episodes: Sam Dann (439), Ian Martin (244) and Elspeth Eric (117).

0319 - The Onyx Eye (8/1/1975)Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Frances Sternhagen; Michael Wager; William Redfield; Bryna Raeburn; Sidney Sloan.A husband and wife experience good fortune immediately after purchasing a strange antique curio. But when their infant child dies, the wife suspects the charm is actually a source of great evil.

0318 - Carmilla (7/31/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Marian Seldes; Staats Cotsworth; Court Benson; Martha Greenhouse.In early 20th century Austria, a young woman and her widower father are charged with caring for a female ward; though the two women become close, the orphan harbors a secret that threatens to destroy their lives.

0317 - He Moves in a Mysterious Way (7/30/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Teri Keane; Patsy Bruder; Leon Janney; Robert Dryden; Ian Martin.* A hospital clergyman risks his own health and life in order to give counsel to an injured dancer facing surgery.

0316 - The Lady is a Jinx (7/28/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Marian Seldes; Patricia Elliott; Dan Ocko.A police detective falls for a woman whose previous lovers all met untimely deaths; the sister of her most recent victim requests his assistance in seeking justice for her brother.

0315 - Woman from Hell (7/25/1975)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Norman Rose; Mandel Kramer; Paul Hecht; Nat Polen.While investigating her alleged suicide, a private detective reads the personal journal of an actress whose last film project found her caught up in conflict with its real-life subject matter — a coven of witches.

0314 - Appointment in Uganda (7/24/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: William Redfield; Arnold Stang; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay.A man obsessed with preparing for the afterlife suffers a heart attack and is clinically dead for a few minutes. During that time between life and death, he lives another life that makes him re-evaluate his life.

0313 - The Poisoned Pen (7/22/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Roberta Maxwell; Catherine Byers; Michael Tolan; Earl Hammond; Richard Seth.The deaths of several people are tied to two things: they each received a mysterious letter, and they shared disdain for a marginally talented actress.

0312 - Fateful Reunion (7/21/1975)Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Jennifer Harmon; Ken Harvey; William Redfield.* A scientist invents a supercomputer that can predict future events; he and his fiancée use it for party entertainment but the fun dims when it makes a harrowing forecast involving their war buddy fathers.CBSRMT Trivia: The tune "Every Blossom Dies" which was introduced in episode

0311 - The Spots of the Leopard (7/18/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ann Sheppard; Russell Horton; Gil Mack; Leon Janney.A dock worker and his wife are placed in witness protection after he exposes organized crime activities within his company and union; it's an adjustment that the wife is unable to accept.

0310 - Nightmare's Nest (7/17/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Gordon Gould; Rosemary Rice; Mary Jane Higby; Robert Maxwell; Ian Martin.A reclusive scientist purchases a remote country estate, but the malevolent spirit who haunts the grounds is sure to disturb the peace.CBSRMT Trivia: The main theme music for Mystery Theater was taken from the CBS archives. That particular piece of music was composed by Nathan Van Cleave and was featured in a Twilight Zone episode called “Two” (1961; Season 3, episode 1) featuring Charles Bronson and Elizabeth Montgomery as the only two survivors of a post-apocalyptic war. The music plays in the scene where Bronson knocks out Montgomery in a confrontation; they are both soldiers on opposing sides of the war. Incidental music can be heard throughout Mystery Theater episodes if you pay close attention, and you are familiar with original Twilight Zone series.

0309 - Goodbye, Karl Erich (7/16/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Paul Hecht; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay; Sam Gray.The diary of Dr. Heinrich Stammler recalls how, in 1927 Germany, he treated a young man after his father's death in war.

0308 - Snake in the Grass (7/14/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Sandy Dennis; Ralph Bell; Arnold Stang; Robert Dryden.A scientist allows her colleague to take credit for discovering a new variety of clover and winds up later receiving the blame for his murder.

0307 - The Widow's Auxiliary (7/11/1975)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Lenka Peterson; Gordon Gould; Carol Teitel; Arnold Moss; Court Benson.* A woman must save her husband from the lure of a local men's association, who wants his mechanical aptitude to advance their agenda.

0306 - The Ghostly Rival (7/10/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Will MacKenzie; Marian Seldes; Robert Dryden; Earl Hammond.A young man strikes a deal with a mysterious creature to gain enough wealth to rival (and impress) his prospective father-in-law.

0305 - The Triangle (7/8/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Paul Hecht; Bryna Raeburn; Robert Dryden.The sole survivor of a plane crash in the Bermuda Triangle tells of a lost paradise within the mysterious void.

0304 - Guilty (7/7/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jack Grimes; Ann Pitoniak; Nat Polen; Jean Gillespie.Professing his innocence after being accused of assaulting a female colleague, a college professor takes a polygraph test and fails, leaving him to question the role of technology in society.CBSRMT Trivia: "Guilty" is the same title of two Mystery Theater episodes (Episode 304: 7/7/75) and (Episode 1132: 11/3/80).