CBSRMT ~ The Damned Thing 185

A government official investigates the death of a very rich man an each witnesses narrates the incident differently. The man's best friend informs the coroner that he was murdered by a mysterious, invisible creature of a color invisible to human eyes.
Air Dates:First Run - December 10, 1974
Repeat - February 5, 1975
Repeat - December 16, 1979
Actors:
Dryden, Robert
Juster, Evie
Kaliban, Robert
Moss, Arnold
Tompkins, Joan
Writer:
Moss, Arnold

[@The62linda]

Thank you ChillySunshine for all the RMT classics you uploaded! I especially like how you add the original air dates and the repeat dates. How awesome. Thanks again!

[@CyanBlackflower]

I first heard this when I was 10 yrs old - It was the first episode of CBSRMT I ever heard, on a little transistor radio, I stumbled upon it one night whilst not being able to sleep, and on a school night...It scared the shit out of me so bad that I was funked up all next day.....BUT I loved it.! I fooled around with the dial the next night looking for more CBSRMT...But reception was bad, and could only get sporadic clips.Once in a while, I got good reception, and ...I was terrifically scared ...Hooked ever since. TYFTUL !!!!

[@ChillySunshine]

Paul Hector Great memories! I can't remember the first episode I listened to but luckily we always had good reception and never a problem tuning it in.........and luckily I always had plenty of blankets to hide under if an episode got to scary.......LOL

[@gdblackthorn4137]

It was on Sunday evening just once a week; I used to live in Montana when I was a kid and the station that we listened to was in Chicago which was over 1200 miles away. It didn't always come in good, but most of the time it did. Of course AM travels much farther than FM due to its reflection off of the ionosphere and back down again. I only remember a few of the stories from that time.

[@scotth5237]

GD Blackthorn WLS. or maybe WBBM?

[@Lambieschmoo]

@@scotth5237 I"m sure it was WBBM, CBS affiliate.

[@bentley19581]

Yes, me as well. As a teen I loved these but as you said, reception was bad and only sporadic clips. Thank goodness for ChillySunshine!

[@melfreemans]

The only character that's likeable in this story is the poor dog.

[@b0ngkong349]

Amazing channel 👌don't know if you are still active but thank you anyway. Been looking for something like this ever since i heard the radio mysteries in a game called fallout 76. You are a legend 👍

[@bethparker1500]

😁😁😁😁 hahaha my mom and dad weren't making love in the dark, they were listening to these dramas. Lol!

[@sanguinelynx]

I'm pretty sure that picture is an ancestral ghost from Oblivion, but I could be wrong.

[@lacyhart2043]

U are right sir

[@lacyhart2043]

Just look at the background

[@lacyhart2043]

@Hugh Mungus yep right off lake cyredeal

[@kurtrogers1367]

Used to listen to the CBS Mystery Theater as a child on my dads transistor radio laying in bed waiting for sleep to take me. I'm so grateful to ChillySunshine for posting and sharing these wonderful programs from my childhood. Kudos

[@Fvpigpen26]

This sounded like I wrote it. I even found an old transistor radio in the dumpster and took it with me on our commercial fishing boat so I could still listen when at sea. They were great to fall asleep to then as they are now.

[@bentley19581]

I was listening to this episode earlier, altho on another person's iPhone. Thank you for posting this episode, and for ALL the CBSRMT episodes. These are the first mystery stories since Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar & Suspense were cancelled in 1962.

[@timvoigt4383]

These radio plays w/o video enables a listener to have mental images of what's taking place. A person can have entertainment while stimulating a person's brain activity. 👌

[@johneyon5257]

some very overwrought actors - denouement solution is mystifying - and bad use of science (yes there are colors invisible to the eye - the rest of the EM spectrum)

[@barbarachurchill5304]

John Eyon Somewhat in the vein of H.P. Lovecraft’s “ The Color of Space “.

[@johneyon5257]

"...out of space" I believe - I'll have re-read that - I don't recall it at all

[@ronostick9718]

This was great. Thanks Chilly for making my evenings complete. A story before my sleep.

[@melfreemans]

Do the young man was with Hugh when he died, but the coroner couldn't do better than 24-36 hours on the TOD! The person who wrote this story needed a good editor.

[@LeonardGarcia-yn2ej]

👉🆒 Title ; The Damned Thing; CBSRMT ❤ Rocks;; Hello From Long Beach California 💐🌴🌊🌃

[@amyplunkett6208]

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine....💗💗💗💗

[@guysmiley515]

Play the retro old timey commercials to they add to the nostalgia for us older folks.good stuff I remember these fromback in the day very fondly.Thankyou for these so much

[@williamnorton9547]

For the last time, I consider "blissful ignorance" a CONTRADICTION IN TERMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@benjaminallen105]

Huh?

[@funniebunnie4u]

​@@benjaminallen105Sorry.... They said it was the "LAST time". Guess we will never know.... Lolzz

[@sherryruffin625]

It's a shame what happen to that dog

[@simonmcgrath4112]

They must be lion oops lying I mean!!! Another great story and the picture uve used is brilliant so well done to u young sir!!!!

[@lacyhart2043]

Looks like skyrim lol

[@jaredfrost3548]

Wow. That's the name of my dog.

[@jefftroute3771]

I listened to these things when I was just a little boy we lived in the kootenay bc I used to sleep in a Old house boat would be to scared to un for the house

[@roytrotter8306]

good

[@ghargh6969]

I think it was a Shoggoth. Wonder if love craft read this story?

[@MrRolloTomasi]

Could have been an evolved version of the Andromeda Strain

[@katherinelydon7306]

I know the music is supposed to add suspense and dramatic effect but it makes me smile sometimes

[@MrMinima86]

It makes me smile everytime tbh, you can tell they tried their best to make these shows as good as they could

[@noshirm6285]

Why, ViOLA _MAy!_ 😄

[@elizabethbrown3447]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ this channel,regards from England ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@SimonMcGrath-o8jk]

Hi, what part of England u from? I'm from Liverpool. These stories are fantastic arnt they and Chillies channel makes things perfect!

[@gdblackthorn4137]

There have been no grizzly bear in California for a long long time, so why would the guy think that if he was a real hunter?

[@conniecrawford5231]

GD Blackthorn The last grizzly killed in CA was in 1922 but the grizzly is still on the CA state flag.

[@bleepbloop101010101]

I can't remember if a grizzly is mentioned in the original story, but it was published in 1983.

[@frankmcgovern5445]

If the "Damned Thing" the narrator refers to in the end that did away with Ambrose Bierce was one of Pancho Villa's revolutionaries, then yes, it is possible.

[@yaywhewclips242]

Frank McGovern Bierce was supposedly long lost, disappeared body never found.

[@trinaholman4083]

Thanks! =o)

[@marktazz4521]

>>>

[@eveningstarfarm2082]

Thanks

[@ronparel9129]

The ViolaMae character, I assume was played by Joan Tompkins, is exceptionally memorable Thanks very much ChillySunshine for this treasure trove of classics!

[@michaelstarratt4868]

Hey. It’s a ghost from oblivion. I like it

[@cathycole9096]

All these storysI grew. Up..on they are so cool

[@charlesjohnson9017]

Thanks for sharing these! Great memories and stories haven't lost their grip on the imagination.

[@jeffb.i.5574]

The butler did it!

[@eddiemunster2196]

4-14. No. 7 Thanks

[@billybatchelor2863]

Sinoff must've not been a good medicine. Buick is still going strong though.