{"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":"0626 - Death is Blue (3/31/1977)","slug":"0626-death-is-blue-3-31-1977","published_at":"2026-08-19T14:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600/0626-death-is-blue-3-31-1977","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/0626-death-is-blue-3-31-1977--73581373","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73581373/0626_77_03_31_death_is_blue.mp3","summary":"0626 - Death is Blue (3/31/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Frances Sternhagen; Marian Seldes; Bryna Raeburn; Ralph Bell; Ian Martin; Himan Brown (uncredited). Edward Bascomb hires private eye Julia Hoffman to look into the playboy financé of his unattractive sister. CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as Jerry (on the phone) in act 2.","meta_description":"0626 - Death is Blue (3/31/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Frances Sternhagen; Marian Seldes; Bryna Raeburn; Ralph Bell; Ian Mar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2697,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600/episodes/0626-death-is-blue-3-31-1977/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-7130600/0626-death-is-blue-3-31-1977.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}