CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

0186 - Is the Lady Dead? (12/12/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Larry Haines; Joan Loring; Ann Pitoniak; Leon Janney. While on a trip to England, American businessman Barney Kreuger marries a woman on a whim. But two weeks after the nuptials, his wife dies, causing Barney to become obsessed with bringing her back to life.

0185 - The Damned Thing (12/10/1974) Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Ambrose Bierce. Cast: Arnold Moss; Robert Dryden; Joan Tompkins; Evie Juster; Robert Kaliban. A coroner conducts an inquest into a wealthy man's death; witnesses offer different recollections of the incident.

0184 - The Fatal Connection (12/9/1974) Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Jennifer Harmon; Nick Pryor; Robert Maxwell; Joan Shay. Expectant couple Hal & Norma Glenford inherit a New York City brownstone once owned by Hal's great-grandfather; the home contains 1890s decor, including an antique phone that sends the Glenfords back in time to relieve their ancestors' so...

0183 - The Body Snatchers (12/5/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Cast: Howard DaSilva; Patricia Elliott; Ralph Bell; Court Benson; Ken Harvey. The sight of a medical school classmate prompts a drunkard to ruefully recall how he got caught up in a sordid trade — robbing graves to sell cadavers to the school "in the name of medici...

0182 - A Bride for Death (12/4/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Tony Roberts; Bryna Raeburn; Marian Seldes; Earl Hammond. An unlucky poet finds love and affection from a neighbor, a melancholic woman awaiting her fiancé's return from the war.

0181 - The Dice of Doom (12/2/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Michael Wager; Carol Teitel; Ian Martin; Gordon Gould; Robert Dryden. Through the use of two special dice, a 19th century gambler tries to outwit The Devil and alter the fate he was bound to by an ancestor's mistake.

0180 - The Aaron Burr Murder Case (11/28/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Jack Grimes; George Petrie; Joan Shay; William Redfield; Leon Janney. * A movie recreation of the Burr–Hamilton duel ends with the actor playing Aaron Burr fatally shooting the man portraying Alexander Hamilton.

0179 - Courtyard of Death (11/26/1974) Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Norman Rose; Ann Pitoniak; Mason Adams; Jean Gillespie; Jackson Beck; Roger DeKoven. The tale of Grigori Rasputin, the lecherous monk who became advisor to Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his family.

0178 - The Sighting (11/25/1974) Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Kim Hunter; Nat Polen; Ralph Bell; Joe Silver; Robert Dryden. Sarah and David Hughes have different reactions after witnessing a UFO landing: He wants to deny what he saw, while she becomes amiable to the aliens.

0177 - The Death Watch (11/21/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Jay Gregory; Marian Seldes; Robert Dryden; Ian Martin. A man wins a cursed pocket watch in a game of chance and becomes obsessed with keeping it wound.

0176 - Tattooed for Murder (11/20/1974) Written by Nancy Moore. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Teri Keane; Stefan Schnabel; Rosemary Rice; Ralph Bell. Erika Kramer, having escaped her cruel father to become the "Tattooed Princess" in the carnival, has returned home years later in an effort to save her younger sister.

0175 - The Strange Voyage of the Lady Dee (11/18/1974) Written by Mary Jane Higby. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Augusta Dabney; Paul Hecht; Corrine Orr; Margaret Barker; Dan Ocko. A young couple and their daughter become lost in fog on a boat trip; a spirit lures them to a strange island whose lone inhabitant may not have the family's best interests at heart.

0174 - The Thirty-Sixth Man (11/14/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Ross Martin; Ann Pitoniak; Robert Harris; Carol Teitel; Robert Dryden. The Devil aims to tempt a shopkeeper in order to prevent him from joining a group of 36 righteous men who can save a sinful world.

0173 - I Must Kill Edna (11/12/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Elliot Reid; Joan Loring; Leon Janney; Evie Juster; Earl Hammond. Soon after marrying an older, wealthy woman, a man begins an affair with a younger, aspiring stage actress.

0172 - Wave of Terror (11/11/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Paul Hecht; Carmen Matthews; Suzanne Grossman; Gordon Gould; Ian Martin. As a great tidal wave heads for Hawaii, two young lovers' proposed marriage is frowned upon by both the groom's mother (a Polynesian queen) and the bride's father (a wealthy plantation owner).

0171 - How Eberhard Won His Wings (11/7/1974) Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Hans Conried; Marian Haley; Jackson Beck; Bryna Raeburn; Martha Greenhouse; Arnold Moss. Timid bank teller Eberhard Edwards is so righteous to everyone that he literally grows angel wings; now the butt of embarrassing jokes, he and his wife must find a sinful way to shed them.

0170 - Terror on the Heath (11/6/1974) Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Sheppard Strudwick; Marian Seldes; William Redfield; Lon Clark; Chris Gampel. A man becomes convinced he's the reincarnation of a famous 19th century murderer.

0169 - Bury Me Again (11/4/1974) Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Michael Tolan; Vicky Vola; Gilbert Mack; Mary Jane Higby; Robert Dryden; Himan Brown (uncredited). * A survivor of a horrible train wreck assumes the name of a victim so that he and his wife can collect on the dead man's sizeable life insurance policy. CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the hotel cler...

0168 - The Demon Spirit (10/31/1974) Written by Milt Wisoff. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by S. Anski. Cast: Norman Rose; Mason Adams; Marian Seldes; Nat Polen; Joe Silver; Jack Grimes. After being told his betrothed's father gave her hand in marriage to another suitor, a student ponders using the evil skills he learned from a miracle worker to prevent the wedding.

0167 - The Black Room (10/29/1974) Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Larry Haines; George Petrie; Peter Collins. The story of a man who, for reasons undisclosed, is kidnapped and imprisoned in a room devoid of light and diversions.

0166 - Possessed by the Devil (10/28/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Donald Buka; Joan Shay; Ian Martin; Guy Sorel; Leon Janney. A minister's young son is hospitalized with a supposedly fatal skull injury; the boy's recovery may be due to possession by a spirit.

0165 - A Cage for Augie Karo (10/24/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Leon Janney; Evie Juster; Robert Maxwell; Earl Hammond. Incarcerated criminal Augie Karo may have found a way out of prison when an elderly fellow inmate gives him a vial of powder that can put him to sleep for centuries.

0164 - See Naples and Die (10/23/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Michael Wager; Marian Seldes; Larry Haines; Dan Ocko; Ken Harvey. A U.S. Senator fears for his daughter's well-being and his political future when he learns she's about to marry the target of his subcommittee's investigation.

0163 - Mind Over Matthew (10/21/1974) Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: William Redfield; Evie Juster; Bryna Raeburn; Court Benson. A 40-year-old bachelor marries a woman half his age, but her power to heal leads him to believe she might be a witch.

0162 - The Last Escape (10/17/1974) Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Robert Dryden; Joan Lovejoy; Joseph Julian; Russell Horton; Bob Kaliban. Aging escape artist The Great Ferlini plans a headline-making endeavor, one that even Harry Houdini couldn't complete; his wife and her lover wants to make sure he does not succeed. CBSRMT Trivia: This Henry Slesar story was broadcast...