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Original Airdate: “The Fatal Marksman” Episode 0140 of Radio Mystery Theater Written by Ian Martin, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall In this fantasy tale, to win the love of his life, a man agrees to give up his simple clerical job in order to become a hunter-breaking a promise to his dead mother. His dead mother curses his gun so he can't hit anything, but another agreeable spirit giv...

Original Airdate: Aug 26, 1974 Episode 0139 “The Deadliest Favor” Written by Sam Dann, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall A novelist and his wife take in an old college buddy who's on the lamb from the law. The old "buddy" starts trouble between them almost upon his arrival. May I be your guide once again for that trip through another world, a world of the weird and the unusual? Consider...

Original Airdate: Aug 21, 1974 Episode 0137 "Having a Horrible Time" Written by Bob Juhren, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall Courageous Amy Hastings has just given testimony that brought down Archer Hamlin, one of New York's most notorious drug kingpins. Now his agents are pursuing her at a remote resort where she and a friend are vacationing. Now you're on the edge of your seat, and w...

Original Airdate: Aug 22, 1974 Episode 0138 “The Case of MJH” Written by Henry Slesar, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall A con man seduces a lonely spinster who works for a psychiatrist. He convinces her to steal her boss's files so that he can blackmail the patients. Sorry about this door of ours. We've tried oiling it a hundred times, but it doesn't do the least bit of good. You see,...

Original Airdate: Aug 20, 1974 Episode 0136 "A Preview of Death" Written by Sam Dann, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall A young engineer suspects that a cable car serving a resort owned by his sister and brother-in-law might not be safe. His apprehension is increased when he dreams of the woman he loves (whom he has not yet met) dying in the car when it collapses. Fasten your seat belt...

Original Airdate: Aug 19, 1974 Episode 135 The Hands of Mrs Mallory Written by Henry Slesar, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall Mrs. Mallory inexplicably loses the use of her hands following the death of her husband. After meeting a woman in Central Park who has lost the use of her legs, Mrs. Mallory tries the woman's doctor. The results are surprising. You've come to the right place. He...

Original Airdate: Aug 15, 1974 Episode 0134 “The Final Vow” Written by Henry Slesar, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall A priceless statue is stolen from Sister Pamela. So she quits her order to devote her time to finding it so it can be returned to a fellow nun who is dying. Help comes from an unlikely source. Welcome to our house. It's a haunted house, we admit, haunted by strange crea...

Original Airdate: Aug 14, 1974 Episode 0133 “Journey Into Terror” Written by George Lowthar, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall Jane Stoddard finds out her new husband is a serial killer. Now she is forced to criss-cross the country serving as bait for the police. Welcome to a world of terror. To those of you who have never experienced terror, it is but a word. Quite meaningless, really....

Original Airdate: Aug 13, 1974 Episode 0131 “The Frontier of Fear” Written by Milt Wisoff, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall A chronic loser picks up an old typewriter at a pawn shop. Turns out the typewriter is the goose that lays the golden egg. But all that glitters is not gold; it could be blood. Welcome to the universe of the uncanny, to the land from which no traveler returns, ali...

Original Airdate: August 12, 1974 Episode 0131, “The Beach Of Fallisa” Written by Ian Martin, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall A quickie marriage to a local girl results in an island trader becoming an outcast. He must fight a voodoo religion and a business rival to restore his honor and his business and save his family. No storyteller is better loved than the gentle Robert Louis Steve...

Original Airdate: Aug 08, 1974 Episode 0130 "You Only Die Once" Written by Ian Martin, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall Marge Miller has a beautiful life. Nice home, great husband, and a wonderful son. The husband she thought was dead comes back to extort from her the $55,000 in insurance money she received. Ferndale is an average small American town surrounded by nice middle class Ame...

Original Airdate: August 7, 1974 Episode 0129 "The Picture of Dorian Gray" Original Story by Oscar Wilde, Adapted by George Lowther, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall 1886, Victorian London, the corrupt Lord Henry Wotton meets the pure Dorian Gray posing for talented painter Basil Hallward. Basil paints Dorian's portrait, then gives the painting to Dorian while Lord Henry corrupts his m...

Original Airdate: Aug 06, 1974 Episode 0128 "The Headstrong Corpse" Written by George Lowthar, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall Lord Berly of Moreland is dead. In life, he feared being buried alive, so he is left to lie in an open crypt until doctors are sure he is dead. While lying in state, somebody steals his body. Murder, mutilation, and corpse snatching take place in this 1874 Got...

Original Airdate: Aug 05, 1974 Episode 0127 "I Thought You Were Dead" Written by Sam Dann, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall An authoress begins to get phone calls from the husband and writing partner she killed out of professional jealousy. What does he want with her? An ancient Chinese anecdote tells of a poor man who meets a philosopher. The poor man begs for charity. The philosopher...

Original Airdate: Aug 01, 1974 Episode 0126 "The Hitman" Written by Henry Schescher, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall A chance encounter with the wife of his next victim, and hearing the heartbreaking story that the couple shares, changes a hired assassin's mindset. We've been waiting for you. We knew that you'd be back We know that by now you've discovered. There's no fear like the fe...

Original Airdate: July 31, 1974 Episode 0125 "The Only Blood" Written by Sam Dann, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall An immigrant shoe repairer refuses to pay protection to the mob, so they hit him. He vows revenge in the form of murder. Meanwhile, the head of the mob must reconcile his chosen profession with the love of his daughter. What is blood? Well, that all depends. To some, bloo...

Original Airdate: July 29, 1974 Episode 0124 "Ghost at High Noon" Written by Elizabeth Pinnell, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall Two traveling women have their car break down in the desert. They are met by an old man traveling in a covered wagon. He takes them to a ghost town where they cannot make the residents hear them. But the residents have plans for them. The doors of the mind ca...

To help Defray Costs and keep the Old Time Radio Shows coming, Please consider giving a donation. Thank You in Advance. https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/Z8H43TLFB6B8S Original Airdate: July 25, 1974, Episode 0123 "My Sister, Death " Original Story by Elsbeth Eric, Directed by Himan Brown, Hosted by EG Marshall A twisted and humorous tale about a woman's attempts to drive her sister to madness. T...

To help Defray Costs and keep the Old Time Radio Shows coming, Please consider giving a donation. Thank You in Advance. https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/Z8H43TLFB6B8S Original Airdate: July 23, 1974, Episode 0122 "Adam’s Astral Self " Original Story by Sam Dann, Directed by Himan Brown, Hosted by EG Marshall Adam Farr is able to project his "astral self" to other locales while asleep. This drive...

Original Airdate: July 22, 1974, Episode 0121 "The Deadly Process" Original Story by Sam Dann, Directed by Himan Brown, Hosted by EG Marshall An incompetent engineer steals an industrial process from an old college buddy to save his job, earning a promotion He then must lie and bribe witnesses to keep it. Out there, in what we are pleased to call the state of nature, the strong kill the weak. Fang...

Original Airdate: July 18, 1974, Episode 0120 "The Dream Woman" Original Story by Wilkie Collins, Adapted by George Lowthar, Directed by Himan Brown, Hosted by EG Marshall A man inexplicably leaves his loving wife to pursue a trampish barfly who he is sure is his dream woman. He dreams that he will love her and she will kill him. Welcome to the world of the uncanny, the eerie, the unearthly. Stran...

Original Airdate: July 17, 1974 Episode 0119 "The Real Printer's Devil" Written by Ian Martin, Directed by Himan Brown Host: E.G. Marshall A young couple, desperate for a comfortable and inexpensive apartment, run across a newspaper ad. They are delighted to find an inexpensive apartment in Central Park West. They think they’ll be fighting the line for the apartment, but in fact it is only adverti...

Original Airdate: July 15, 1974 Episode 0118 "The Canterville Ghost" Written by Oscar Wilde, Adapted by George Lowthar, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall A ghost tries very hard to scare the residents of an ancient castle and instead irritates and amuses them. Welcome to a world we all inhabit too little. The world of imagination. Our own. yours and mine. Have you ever wondered what it'...

Original Airdate: July 11, 1974 Episode 0117 "The Devil God" Written by Mary Jane Higby, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall A young couple inherit a ranch with a Palimino horse that belongs to an Indian god. When the couple get greedy and try to claim the horse of their own, they run afoul of the god. Welcome to the world of primeval dread. To the fear you can hear. Do things have souls?...

Original Airdate: July 9, 1974 Episode 0116 "And Death Makes Even Steven" Written by Ian Martin Directed by Himan Brown Host: E.G. Marshall An evil twin plots to murder his twin so that he can claim the inheritance his father cheated him out of. Welcome to the world of terrifying imagination. The fear you can hear. No breath of it yet as we begin our tale and meet Steven and Simon Fairley. The occ...