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Radio Mystery Theater Notice to Station Managers (March 1979)

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By Old Time Radio Shows


March 8. 1979

RE:    MYSTERY THEATER “CLASSICS”

TO:    STATION MANAGER

Effective Saturday, March 31, until Sunday, December 30, the Saturday and Sunday broadcasts of MYSTERY THEATER will consist of selected classics originally aired during the first five years of this radio drama series.



The first weekend of MYSTERY THEATER classics will feature “Diary of a Madman” by Guy de Maupassant, Saturday, March 31, and “The Mysterious Stranger” by Mark Twain, Sunday, April 1. In later weeks, stories by Edgar Allen Poe, Ambrose Bierce, O. Henry, Oscar Wilde, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Louis Stevenson and Emily and Charlotte Bronte will be heard. A complete list of the MYSTERY THEATER  classics is attached.

Also, Specific program information will continue to be sent in the present manner by Norman Ginsburg, Director of Information Services.

As a reminder, the Saturday and Sunday feeds of MYSTERY THEATER take place at the following times:

9:07 PM Eastern                          10:07 PM Eastern
8:07 PM Central                            9:07 PM Central
7:07 PM Mountain        and            8:07 PM Mountain
7:07 PM Pacific                             10:07 PM Pacific

Teaser Scenes for the MYSTERY THEATER classics will be fed along with the weekday teaser scenes each Thursday and repeated on Friday during INDEX at:

12:30 PM Eastern
11:30 AM Central
10:30 AM Mountain
 9:30 AM Pacific


Frank Miller
Vice President, Programs
CBS Radio Network

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Weekend Classics

March 31     Diary of Madam                    Guy de Maupassant

April 1          The Mysterious Stranger      Mark Twain


April 7          Othello                                   William Shakespeare
April 8           The Canterville Ghost           Oscar Wilde

April 14         Cherchez La Femme            O. Henry
April 15         Is He Living or Is He Dead    Mark Twain

April 21         Hamlet                                    William Shakespeare
April 22         Prisoner of Zenda                   Anthony Hope

April 28         Macbeth                                  William Shakespeare
April 29         The Bascombe Pool Mystery  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle    
         
May 5           The Lodger                              Marie Belloc-Lowandes
May 6           Julius Caesar                          William Shakespeare

May 12         The Cask of Amantillado          Edgar Allan Poe    
May 13         The Picture of Dorian Gray       Oscar Wilde

May 19         The Horla                                Guy de Manupassant
May 20         The Phantom of Opera           Gaston Leroux

May 26         Dracula                                       Bram Stoker
May 27         The Fall of the House of Usher    Edgar Allan Poe

June 2          The House of seven Gables       Nathaniel Hawthorne
June 3          The Golen                                   Folk Story

June 9          Murders in the Rue Morgue        Edgar Allan Poe
June 10        Jane Eyre                                   Charlotte Bronte

June 16        Suicide Club                               Robert Louis Stevenson
June 17        The Oblong Box                          Edgar Allan Poe

June 30        The Masque of the Red Death      Edgar Allan Poe
July 1           The Tell-Tale Heart                       Edgar Allan Poe

July 7           Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde                       Robert Louis Stevenson
July 8           The Pit and the Pendulum                  Edgar Allan Poe

July 14         Frankenstein                                      Mary  W. Shelley
July 15         Wuthering Heights                             Emily Bronte


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MYSTERY THEATER

Weekend Classics

July 21                                  The Black Cat                                                  Edgar Allan Poe
July 22                                  The 36th Man                                                   Legend

July 28                                   The Hand                                                         Guy de Maupassant
July 29                                   Berenice                                                          Edgar Allan Poe

August 4                                 Antony and Cleopatra                                     William Shakespeare
August 5                                 Tobin’s Paln                                                     O. Henry

August 11                               Tom Sawyer, Detective                                  Mark Twain
August 12                               The Light That Failed                                      Rudyard Kipling

August 18                           The Adventure of the Red-Headed League       Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
August 19                                 Markheim                                                    Robert Louis Stevenson

August 25                                  Don’t Die Without Me                               O.Henry
August 26                                  The Sire de Maletroit’s Door                     Robert Louis Stevenson

September 1                  A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court          Mark Twain
September 2                               The Premature Burial                                  Edgar Allan Poe

September 8                               The Warriors from Loanda                          Joseph Conrad          
September 9                                The Venus D’Isle                                        Guy de Maupassant

September 15                              An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge          Ambrose Bierce
September 16                              Richard III                                                    William Shakespeare

September 22                              Jimmy Valentine’s Guilt                               O.Henry
September 23                              The Beach of Falesa                              Robert Louis Stevenson

September 29                           Passing of Black Eagle                                 O.Henry
September 30                           Romero and Juliet                                    William Shakespeare

October 6                                  The Russian Passport                                 Mark Twain
October 7                                   Two Renegades                                          O.Henry

October 13                                The Stolen White Elephant                           Mark Twain
October 14                                The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg            Mark Twain
October 20                         The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter           Ambrose Bierce              
October 21                           A Departmental Case                                       O.Henry

October 27                           The Overcoat                                                     Gogol
October 28                            Queen of Spades                                              Alexander Pushkin

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MYSTERY THEATER


Weekend Classics

November 3                        Adventure of the Speckled Band                   Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
November 4                        One of the Missing                                         Ambrose Bierce

November 10                       The Bisrau of Pooree                                    Rudyard Kipling
November 11                       The Saxon Curse                                         Oscar Wilde

November 17                       The Death of Halpern Fraser                         Ambrose Bierce
November 18                        The Birthmark                                                Nathaniel Hawthorne

November  24                        The Countess                                               Honore de Balzac
November 25                         Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle                  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

December 1                          A Matter of Conscience                                 Ambrose Bierce
December 2                         So Shall Ye Reap                                           Sophocles

December 8                           The Third Person                                           Henry James
December 9                           The Colonel Charbart                                    Honore de Balzac

December 15                          The Gift of Doom                                           Euripides
December 16                          The Damned Thing                                        Ambrose Bierce

December 22                           The Corpse That Would Not Die                  Emile Zola
December 23                            A House Divided                                           Sophocles

December 29                            Don Quixote                                                 Cervantes
December 30                            The Way to a Dusty Death                           Sophocles


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  1. UnknownNovember 20, 2018 at 7:32 PM

    Do you by chance have any studio shoots/photo archives of the show? I am in need of them for a project. Please reply ASAP. Thanks

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