{"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":"0637 - The Book of Abaca (4/19/1977)","slug":"0637-the-book-of-abaca-4-19-1977","published_at":"2026-08-30T14:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600/0637-the-book-of-abaca-4-19-1977","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/0637-the-book-of-abaca-4-19-1977--74395785","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74395785/0637_77_04_19_the_book_of_abaca.mp3","summary":"0637 - The Book of Abaca (4/19/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Alan Swift; Robert Dryden; Court Benson; Bryna Raeburn; Himan Brown (uncredited). The captain of a doomed oil freighter gives his chief engineer the ship's log book which reveals the many violations of the ship's owner. CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the doctor in act 3.","meta_description":"0637 - The Book of Abaca (4/19/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Alan Swift; Robert Dryden; Court Benson; Bryna Raeburn; Himan Bro…","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/0637-the-book-of-abaca-4-19-1977/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-7130600/0637-the-book-of-abaca-4-19-1977.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}