{"podcast":{"title":"CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)","slug":"cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600","podcast_index_feed_id":7130600,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6440465/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration--6440465","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2798c05bd86936f284b0dd018c0c1773.jpg","author":"CBSRMT-Restoration","episode_count":652,"summary":"Mystery Theater aired on CBS Radio from 1974 through 1982. It was an hour drama created and directed by Himan Brown who also created and directed the Inner Sanctum Mystery (1941-1952). E. G. Marshall was the host of Mystery Theater until Tammy Grimes took over in the last year of broadcast. This channel is the culmination of a project to restore all 1,399 Mystery Theater episodes. All episodes will consist of: Original programs with theme music intact All segments restored (Intro/Teaser/Preview/Outro) No commecials No sponsor mentions No newscasts No late breaking news/sports interruptions No station IDs If you find any errors in the programs please notify me at cbsrmt-restoration@email.com. James M. Rader","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T04:21:51.065917+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600"},"episode":{"title":"0584 - A Departmental Case (1/14/1977)","slug":"0584-a-departmental-case-1-14-1977","published_at":"2026-07-08T14:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600/0584-a-departmental-case-1-14-1977","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/0584-a-departmental-case-1-14-1977--72729761","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72729761/0584_77_01_14_a_departmental_case.mp3","summary":"0584 - A Departmental Case (1/14/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry. Cast: Robert Dryden; Joe Silver; Teri Keane; Carol Teitel; Earl Hammond. * In Austin, Texas, O. Henry learns why an insurance commissioner tracked down and killed a wife-beating, bank-robbing desperado and how the killer and the victim weren't all that different.","meta_description":"0584 - A Departmental Case (1/14/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry. Cast: Robert Dryden; Joe Silver; T…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2696,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600/episodes/0584-a-departmental-case-1-14-1977/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600/0584-a-departmental-case-1-14-1977.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}