CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

0436 - The Patient Visitor (2/23/1976) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; Robert Dryden; Ken Harvey; Bryna Raeburn. * Despite being at an advanced age (78) and suffering from a failing heart, retired judge Justin Travers vows to put his jurisprudence skills to use one final time to aid a past love.

0435 - The Bloody Legend (2/20/1976) Written by Milt Wisoff. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Arnold Moss; Teri Keane; Earl Hammond; Robert Maxwell. Dash Saxon becomes obsessively immersed in the study of Beowulf, so much so that evidence connects him to carnage at an animal shelter and a double homicide.

0434 - Goodbye, Benjamin Flack (2/19/1976) Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Howard DaSilva; Joan Lovejoy; Court Benson; Ralph Bell. Deep-in-debt businessman Guthrie Flack concocts a scheme to kill identical cousin Benjamin, take his identity, and collect the insurance money. Defects: Some background noise.

0433 - The Angry God (2/17/1976) Written by Saul Panitz. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Larry Haines; Evie Juster; Ian Martin; Nat Polen. A jewel thief makes off with a valuable necklace and, with the help of an American tourist, escapes police detection.

0432 - Angel of Death (2/16/1976) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Michael Wager; Marian Seldes; Robert Dryden; Hetty Galen; Shelly Bruce. * A distraught nurse contemplates suicide after the death of her son and the growing estrangement with her husband.

0431 - The Blue Roan Stallion (2/13/1976) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Tony Roberts; Rosemary Rice; Earl Hammond; Joe Silver. After Dan Bowles saves a ranch owner's life, he is immediately hired as a ranch hand and falls for the rancher's daughter. But the ire of more than just the ranch foreman is raised when it is learned that Dan has half-breed Indian ancestry.

0430 - The Golden Chalices (2/12/1976) Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Norman Rose; Jada Rowland; Carmen Matthews. A gift from a patient arouses a memory in psychoanalyst Hans von Fodor, who with wife Lili fled Kispest, Hungary after their wedding 30 years ago.

0429 - You Owe Me A Death (2/11/1976) Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Patricia Elliott; Vicky Vola; Russell Horton; William Redfield; Ann Pitoniak. A woman is haunted by her twin sister, who died when they were very young. To put the spirit to rest, she must first unravel the mysteries surrounding her twin.

0428 - The Horror of Dead Lake (2/9/1976) Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: William Prince; Gordon Gould; Ann Sheppard; George Petrie; Gil Mack. Claude & Polly Baxter are delighted to have inherited a castle and a neighboring lake. But joy turns to fright when they discover the castle has been home to a demented embryologist crossing Venus flytraps with birds and that the l...

0427 - Straight from the Horse's Mouth (2/6/1976) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Robert Morse; Augusta Dabney; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Mandel Kramer; Earl Hammond. Mousy bookkeeper Hubert Purley buys a work horse named Mervin, who may not be the racing thoroughbred Hubert mistook him to be, but who can tell him (literally) how to turn a $2 bet at the track into a life-cha...

0426 - The Children of Death (2/5/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Tony Roberts; Marian Seldes; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden. In a post-apocalyptic world where hate rules and men and women live separately in hostile tribes, a High Priest's son reluctantly takes part in a deadly game wherein participants must hunt each other down for the sake of growing, through procreation,...

0425 - The Dead Deserve to Rest (2/3/1976) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Jennifer Harmon; Russell Horton; Martha Greenhouse; William Redfield; Teri Keane. Distraught over her husband's death at the hands of a drunk driver, Tish Meredith becomes easy prey for a false medium who swindles her into believing he can help her contact her husband. Defects: Muffled audio on and off...

0424 - First Prize -- Death (2/2/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Norman Rose; Evie Juster; Roger DeKoven; Sam Gray. Despite being a celebrated sociologist, John Desmond has been constantly passed over for the highest honor in the field, the Parkhurst Medal.

0423 - Castle Kerfol (1/30/1976) Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edith Wharton. Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; William Redfield; Ian Martin; Guy Sorel. After an American is confronted by a pack of dogs while touring a British castle for a possible purchase, a neighbor clues her in on the history of the castle and its former inhabitants.

0422 - Mirror, Mirror (1/28/1976) Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Marian Seldes; Carmen Matthews; Marian Haley; Nat Polen. Jessica Chapman sets out to discover whether a gold-framed, full-length mirror she gave to former college roommate Clare Connor played a part in Clare's descent from "the fairest of them all" into a life of unhappiness and familial dysfunction. Defects:...

0421 - The Ferret (1/26/1976) Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Elliot Reid; Patricia Elliott; Court Benson; Robert Maxwell. A lawyer for Energy Exploration, Inc. sets up a scheme to entrap the corrupt EEI executive who's sabotaging the company's offshore oil drilling efforts.

0420 - The Slick and the Dead (1/23/1976) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Russell Horton; Rosemary Rice; Mandel Kramer; Josephine Premice; Earl Hammond. * A talented dancer with a sordid past is murdered in a hotel room. It's a traditional "whodunit" mystery that's highlighted by series host E. G. Marshall stepping in during the final act and inviting listeners to take a gues...

0419 - The Lady of the Mist (1/21/1976) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Rosemary Murphy; William Redfield; Marian Seldes; Ian Martin. Lord Charles' first wife fell into the lake and was never seen again. Ten years later, he has returned with a young wife who plans to take over the manor.

0418 - There's No Business Like (1/19/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Howard DaSilva; Joan Loring; Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn. * A time traveler goes forward 100 years and learns first-hand that the show business world of 2076 has a deadly side for the criminals who are sentenced to perform its so-very-real, all-too-lethal stunts.

0417 - The Red Frisbee (1/16/1976) Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Robert Dryden; Jada Rowland; Teri Keane. After they meet on a beach in the Antilles, Ben becomes drawn to Nikki's gift of intuition and tragic familial story while to his surprise, Nikki gains insights from just his red Frisbee.

0416 - The Elixir of Death (1/14/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Paul Hecht; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden. After escaping big-city life for small-town bliss, Dr. Peter Nevins discovers that the mysterious drink the town is famous for has deadly ingredients.

0415 - What the Shepherd Saw (1/12/1976) Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Mark Twain. Cast: Russell Horton; Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; William Redfield. A young shepherd in the shadows of Stonehenge witnesses a killing involving his master and the master's wife but must prove that he did not see a single thing.

0414 - The Mysterious Stranger (1/11/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Mark Twain. Cast: Tony Roberts; Joe Silver; Marian Seldes; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin. Theodore Fischer meets an angel who promises to grant his every desire, an angel named Satan.

0413 - The Stolen White Elephant (1/10/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Mark Twain. Cast: Ian Martin; Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn; Peter Donald. Inspector Blunt of the NYPD leads the investigation after a sacred white elephant belonging to Queen Victoria goes missing. Defects: Static throughout the episode.

0412 - The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1/9/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Mark Twain. Cast: Fred Gwynne; Ralph Bell; Joan Shay; Earl Hammond; Court Benson. * A small-town newspaper editor tells of how a sack of gold coins left behind by a mysterious stranger corrupts the residents of a town that had prided itself for its honesty.