# 0523 - Don't Play with Matches (9/23/1976)

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Podcast: [CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600)
Published: 2026-05-08T14:00:02+00:00
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0523 - Don't Play with Matches (9/23/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mandel Kramer; Joan Shay; Earl Hammond; Gilbert Mack; Himan Brown (uncredited). Thanks to fire chief Delbert Casseroll's prevention program, fire calls in Caswell Corners have become almost non-existent. CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited near the beginning of act 3.

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