CBSRMT ~ Sleepy Village 210

A college professor and his wife retire to Sleepy Village to find some peace and quiet so he can finish his book. But before they can settle down, the village inhabitants will test if they are in the 'right state of mind'.
Air Dates: First Run - January 23, 1975
Repeat - April 2, 1975
Repeat - July 11, 1980
Actors:
Benson, Court
Greenhouse, Martha
Harvey, Ken
Rose, Norman
Writer: Farrington, Fielden

[@karans3307]

This is my take on the complaints: Maybe the sound can't be cleaned up without more distortion or losing some of the background noises. Maybe that would take more equipment than he has. No one forced him to download these for us, so don't look a gift horse in the mouth. You are free not to listen or try to find a better version or try to make it sound better yourself. I am very grateful that he has taken the time to do these downloads for us so we can listen to and enjoy them. I also "like" every one that I listen to, just to show my appreciation. So, thank you Chilly Sunshine, for letting us listen to programs that a lot of people never knew existed, and for us that knew about them, bringing them back to our attention. You are appreciated!

[@jaib9794]

Well put!!!!

[@Fvpigpen26]

Well, given that not all were recorded and we owe most of the recordings to a few enthusiasts, I'm glad they were recorded at all.

[@rhondaroberts9581]

I am very grateful to Chilly for downloading this for us. The occasional audio issues can be overlooked!

[@williambraval8523]

Here, here! I agree. Thanks for the downloads. There still awesome.

[@robertmccarthy4528]

Love these stories it transports you to a different time, without the audio it wouldn't be as good

[@SuperKingslaw]

Great Story. Audio quality is similar to that of the original AM broadcast. Great! Adds to the atmosphere!

[@nicoremcgraw7009]

Great story, if you enjoy a good story you don't pay that much attention to what's wrong. We as people have forgotten how to relax and enjoy without complaining.

[@ChillySunshine]

Certain segment of society just seems to love complaining I think.

[@benjaminallen105]

Not all of us.

[@wmnoffaith1]

That's true. People also seem to forget that it's fiction. You can use poetic license in fiction; you can make unrealistic events happen, have people act in illogical ways, all of it. When you are the author, you can do whatever you like. People forget that. They expect a fictional book to be exactly like a newspaper account or nonfiction book but with fictitious names. It takes all of the fun out of fiction.

[@donnaallen2207]

So very true indeed. I appreciate having these great stories to listen to. Thank you so very much

[@wmnoffaith1]

They think 374 is a small town? My town is one square mile and has about 55 people in it! We have a general store, a town hall and not much else, lol.

[@goaway1514]

Small towns are the best places to live .

[@omardominguez547]

Good stuff. I love this story. No problems with volume on my end.

[@abigailrollins4854]

One of the best stories ever.

[@kateclemons5921]

Beautiful in every detail as always!

[@wilde4445]

Pictures are great too, thank you.

[@leonardbailey5519]

Three great things about the year 77 wonder woman, Charlie Angels, and mystery theater

[@goaway1514]

You forgot the music of the 70's.

[@melfreemans]

And The Bionic Woman

[@schylarvelez46]

Kansas, Point Of Know Return

[@louisbrugnoni1291]

I love the bad audio. It brings you back to the days when audio sucked! Lol.

[@Fvpigpen26]

Back to my one station town and a found radio from the garbage that sounded like a tin can.

[@moriahfeatherrae8265]

Thank you always for these !

[@leighwallis5782]

Goodnight from Derby, England x

[@biber638]

One thing people don't complain about is volume. This volume is too low and unfiltered full of static. It should be loud and clear and we should turn our volume down for our adjustments.

[@benjaminallen105]

Typical `70s AM radio.

[@MaryCochrane]

I had no problem hearing this with my cheap little earphones, but when I plugged my Apple earphones in BOY was it terrible.

[@dontaylor7315]

Another episode, titled "The Three Elders of Lifeboat Landing," begins with essentially the same opening premise and very similar first and second acts...but the concluding third act is very different.

[@melfreemans]

I know people who needed to be "approved" before purchasing apartments in NYC. What seemed strange and intrusive when this was written isn't unusual now.

[@shelleymiller908]

Ohhh this is a great one!

[@nilofarbawa2377]

Amazing!

[@elizabethbrown3447]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ from England

[@mdzahidulislam2980]

Great story 👍

[@omardominguez547]

Ahh, I used earbuds.

[@rollingstopp]

eeek its dark in here

[@P.B.McMorris-t5d]

😂

[@marcuskurtz7778]

what is with the bad audio ? some episodes are clear and others are muffled , what"s up with that? i love this searies but i do wish they sounded more clear

[@benjaminallen105]

They were recorded in various locations on cassette tapes from AM radio in the `70s. Maybe you could collect the whole series, have them digitally remastered and sell them on Ebay.

[@kushfairyny1]

4.18.22 537am Brooklyn NYC 💤✌🏻🗽📻🌝🌚🛌 I better try n get sum sleep after this one or they will have to do a rmt story after me called "Erica The Monday Zombie! " 🤦‍♀️🤣🤣🤣

[@P.B.McMorris-t5d]

😂

[@P.B.McMorris-t5d]

😂

[@dustinwayne139]

Dude ...where did you find all these ???

[@gjones7547]

Welcome to living in an English village... 🤔

[@jimscalzo9132]

Better audio version on: Aeolus 13 Umbra.

[@michaelminervini1908]

12 21 2021

[@ufosrus]

Too bad the sound is awful.

[@JohnVKaravitis]

Didn't CBS release these into the public domain? Seriously, why the bad audio?

[@ChillySunshine]

People recorded them off the radio, they have never been commercially released although I understand Himan Brown saved them and they have been transferred to a safe format, presumably digital. There's over 100 episodes that were rebroadcast in 1998 & 2000 and those were recorded properly, here's what they could all sound like if they would ever release them ~ kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnW8gmCLYs6Ud9U

[@JohnVKaravitis]

***** There's a website where you can download all of these. Isn't it the official CBS website? Or connected to it?

[@ChillySunshine]

John Karavitis No it's just a fan site ~ www.cbsrmt.com/synopsis.html I usually get them from archive.org, they tend to be better quality but not always ~ archive.org/details/cbs_radio_mystery_theater

[@TheMollyPitchers]

ChillySunshine: Better than not at all. Don't listen to the complainers! ( Anne Shirley of Green Gables, would say "they have NO scope for imagination") Your efforts are so appreciated by the rest of us....:-)

[@benjaminallen105]

@@TheMollyPitchers Thank You. I wanted to say that too.

[@rosemariemcgowan6388]

Wow A place. You would be trapped Run x

[@TinselKoala]

Bad audio.

[@benjaminallen105]

It's not that bad.

[@Charlotte-wp9rf]

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[@ImKate-mb7vb]

Bad sound. Way to much base even with the base on my sound board turned all the way down...

[@benjaminallen105]

What did you think about the story?

[@billdewrell8436]

Great point, Benjamin! Folks on here complaining about the sound can't see forests because of the trees

[@maryrichards157]

@@billdewrell8436 It's not easy to enjoy an AUDIO program when the sound is poor. What an inane comment.

[@corrinewebb9431]

I'm going too store too get a bassball. Need nothing? Have an nice day know.