CBS Radio Mystery Theater ~ The Haunted Mill 737

A young voyager takes up a long journey lasting three years. His sweetheart back home falls for another man in his absence. But his subsequent return strokes her old passions much to the chagrin of her present beau who swears revenge. The traveller meanwhile is completely preoccupied with a decrepit, haunted mill.
Air Dates: First Run - November 8, 1977
Repeat - April 8, 1978
Actors:
Bell, Ralph
Benson, Court
Elliott, Patricia
Horton, Russell
Writer: Jr., James Agate,

[@billiee376]

I love these spooky old stories

[@debbie6036]

I really like listening to these old mystery theater stories 🥰 Makes me feel all cozy and warm with a blanket and a cup of hot chocolate.

[@Biowolf626]

I do the same listening to these

[@ChristelMontoya]

I used to listen with my beloved Grandfather Roy Johnson. These episodes recall some of the very happiest, safest, most loved moments of my life. Thank you so very much for posting these. I have no cable, no wifi, we live out in a very remote area of Northern California. This is so awesome.

[@arnoldcomer7509]

I used to listen every night when I was a teenager in the 70s.Good to find these again!

[@lindamoser6317]

These r awesome for me. I live on a limited income and can't afford cable or WiFi. Thank goodness I get KZbin on my phone on my sons plan. Like having a mini tv lol!!!! So listening to these radio programs r great to pass time. Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

[@theresarobinson7130]

I've never heard these stories b4 awesome in every way thankyou Theresa

[@gypsy8665]

Linda Moser hi hon my names Gale Crawford from Mississauga Canada...find me on face book and I will send you all kinds of movies and shows for you to watch for free k. I love everything from black and white to today’s t.v. I would be more than willing to help and share with you k? Xo 👍🏻

[@trissloan2340]

I do the same thing as a disabled veteran.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🐞🐞

[@yeshualionofjudah7107]

Linda Moser you can get the Tubi app and watch unlimited free shows and movies.

[@songbirdy]

@@yeshualionofjudah7107 Peacock is another good movie and TV free app.

[@LordOfNothingham]

Me and My brother use to fall asleep listening to mystery theater every night. He’s gone now so this brings back very fond memories.

[@vincepeterson5761]

I'm sorry for your loss

[@jeffpendleton]

So did I. Every night when I was about 16 or 17, I guess. I really enjoyed these stories. I believe that the show's influenced me to become a writer, though I've been writing since I was about 14. I'm really sorry that you lost your brother. Praying for you.

[@ellierfromthebronx4531]

My sympathies...I lost my whole immediate family...4 siblings and my parents. The last sibling I lost was my second older sister...she died at 67 from Covid 19 last April. Its hard to believe she's gone almost 1 year now...

[@danadavis6097]

@@ellierfromthebronx4531 I'm so sorry about your sister. This virus is a horrible thing. God bless you ❤️🙏

[@bittybitty8233]

I'm sorry for your loss.. I'm disabled & rest a lot & I love to listen to these with ear buds. So restful

[@lisatucker6359]

I listened to these as a child. Grew up without tv. My brothers and sisters n I would lay on the floor around the radio and listen. Today, fall 2020 I found these somehow. My grandson n I go get something to eat, bluetooth my phone to my car radio. We listen as we eat supper on Saturday nights. Making memories. I hope he shares with his grandchildren one day.

[@hudsony777]

Time to pull the bedclothes over you with ghost stories and fantasy! Perhaps two radio play ghost stories I’ve produced AND a brand new mystery listed on my channel “Claude Chabot Presents” right here on YT AND a radio fantasy comedy, “A Trip to the Moon” starring Joyce Randolph of The Honeymooners, which features Larry Robinson, who, as a child actor, actually worked with Orson Welles. Here’s the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpbbY5-qrtCBiq8--Claud. If you don’t want to click the link just search “Claude Chabot presents” on KZbin.

[@septemberquest6393]

Sometimes when you listen to an audio like this,you can put your own visual and it creates your own imagination of how you want the characters to look like and it adds its own eeriness...love it.👍

[@feliciagaffney1998]

My brain envisions it in black and white. 😂😂

[@septemberquest6393]

@@feliciagaffney1998 yes ,that would be an ideal colorscheme!

[@danmasters1568]

The Theater of the Imagination

[@DanMProductionsBois]

That's what makes these so timeless and powerful. Absolutely love them.

[@alexbrown5674]

Definitely ❤

[@gracehill7204]

I just found this channel . Delighted back in the day my husband and I would play scrabble and listen to this show. What a nice surprise

[@hudsony777]

Time to pull the bedclothes over you with ghost stories and fantasy! Perhaps two radio play ghost stories I’ve produced AND a brand new mystery listed on my channel “Claude Chabot Presents” right here on YT AND a radio fantasy comedy, “A Trip to the Moon” starring Joyce Randolph of The Honeymooners, which features Larry Robinson, who, as a child actor, actually worked with Orson Welles. Here’s the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpbbY5-qrtCBiq8--Claud. If you don’t want to click the link just search “Claude Chabot presents” on KZbin.

[@susanma4899]

My dad used to record these on cassette tapes when he was working alone on the night shift. We'd always listen to the tapes in the car on vacation. I also used to listen to the tapes in my room when I was in middle school. I listened to my favorites over and over! The stories are great, and I learned a lot of new words by listening--words like macabre, modus operandi, etc.

[@rhondathompson6942]

I use to have to go to bed early for school so i would put my radio under my pillow and listen to this show

[@carlweeks3771]

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[@tonyf.8858]

I accidently discovered cbsrmt back when I was 18 y.o. and only had a transistor radio when I couldn't pay my power bill. These stories helped pass the time until I could earn enough money to catch up on my bill. A lifesaver, for sure!

[@eriklindhurst5793]

When I was a kid in the 1970s, I had a clock radio that would shut off after an hour. I would make sure to be in bed by 10:00. I would set my clock radio and listen to the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, and it would shut off at the end of the show. Listening to the shows in the dark was much better than watching TV because the imagination is much more powerful. It is wonderful that you are posting these great shows, I was just telling my wife that instead of watching TV at night, we should sometimes listen to these radio programs. People used to do that.

[@Usrname.24]

Erik Lindhurst you and I did the same thing and at the same approximate time 75 76 , I think. I was young but I loved AM radio and OTR usually Oriole's baseball too.

[@ellierfromthebronx4531]

I used to listen to this back in the 1970's...they broadcast it on AM radio in NYC. I used to lay on my bed and listen to it just after it got dark out...That was back when I lived home with my family...they're all dead now...but I still have my nephew and his fiancee...thank God.

[@susancates0213]

Same! But Durham NC. My family all dead too. Takes me back to my dad's car and our house.

[@fweepthegod-pu5nc]

Hi Ms Ellie! Your comment touched my heart❤ so I checked out ur page…. What a beautiful channel u have! I live in Arizona so I’m on the waaay opposite side of the country but we share the sane love for these radio shows!!!! Sending love to u, your nephew, and his wife 👋 ❤

[@anthonyhardy2946]

I'm so glad I came across these stories Absolute goldmines Thanks for the up loads 👍

[@danadavis6097]

Thank you for uploading these. I never knew they existed in the 70s. Guess I was too busy raising kids and didn't listen to the radio much. I love them now. Go to sleep.listening to them almost every night. My favorite one is Return to Shadow Lake. Scary but very good. Again Thanks Chilly Sunshine! God bless 🤗🙏❤️

[@starmnsixty1209]

Hi again, Chilly. A good episode if rather predictable. CBS Radio Mystery Theater was essentially a revival of the old Inner Sanctum series of the 1940s. Updated in many ways for the 1970s, including much more science fiction. Himan Brown created both, and was undoubtedly a genius. We all owe him a great debt for the legacy he left us in a very long, productive life.

[@cherylbatty168]

It's great to hear that classic radio shows are being enjoyed by all ages.

[@drdr4785]

Listening to the BBC radio show of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on shortwave radio late, late at night on a roof top at the edge of the Desert of Lot in S. Iran while staring at the Milky Way was bliss on several levels. That was a long sentence!! :)

[@JustMe-ob3nw]

Cheryl Batty 👍🏻

[@colemarie9262]

I'm in my late 20s finding these and love them!

[@mdondie]

I used to hear stories like these while traveling in the station wagon at night. You could get AM radio stations from all over the country and I remember stuff like this.

[@rhondaroberts7386]

I just love these mystery radio things! My Grandmother and I used to listen every weekend...without telling Mom!

[@taralang8854]

I am in my forties and I love these shows I like to listen to them when I do groceries

[@michaelkottler]

Thanks for posting this classic episode of CBS Radio MT, a show I thrilled to as a child in the 70's on late-night AM radio. Wonderful to rediscover this & several other shows posted by thoughtful individuals such as yourself, helping preserve a salient aspect of Western Culture for the world to enjoy.

[@susancates0213]

At Christmas time AM radio, maybe WPTF Raleigh Durham NC would play old old time radio programs my parents listened to in the 40's. Amos n Andy is the only one I can remember now.

[@michaelkottler]

Oh, and I loved/love EG Marshall. His voice became synonymous in my mind with Rod Serling, the Control Voice on TOL, the hosts of Quiet Please, Dimension X, Lights Out, Mlack Mass, and other iconic voices that represented epic tales fueled by fervent imaginations, including The Crypt Keeper et al. Anyway, E.G. Marshall was brilliant.

[@denniscarterjr3960]

I love the ones with the original commercials and news too

[@Memnoch67]

there is something about otr that makes it better than TV its like reading a book and the book is always better than a movie just without the eye strain.

[@trissloan2340]

They call it , " Imagination of the mind." I agree Wolfsy.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺

[@Memnoch67]

@@trissloan2340 Himan Brown Called it "The theater of the mind"

[@jasoncollins1702]

A movie playing in your own head.

[@basshuntet607]

I'm glad I'm not the only who enjoys these radio shows. In addition to be highly entertaining I feel connected to the generations who sat around their living rooms and listened intently to these stories.

[@auntyJanette]

An excellent play. EG Marshall is so easy to listen to and the rest of the cast were very good. A worthwhile time. Thank you.

[@jamesafenton]

i remember hearing this episode as a little kid in the '70s listening to my radio in the dark past bedtime, loving the voice of Ralph Bell without knowing his name

[@pamelajackson6954]

My parents listened to radio as children. Now they are gone I remember them telling about radio shows these are so soothing and remind me of them. ❤️

[@PinkyPuff69]

Yes, these shows that you're uploading for all of us, are so great to listen to again! Thanks.

[@MDJ-wb1pn]

I like to listen at night with a cup of tea before bed

[@daniellesonnenberg4154]

Enjoy listing to these old radio shows.

[@Sonny-Leah]

So do I..... (Like to listen at night with a glass of hot tea)..... Lol

[@taralang8854]

I like to listen to them at night too especially the shadow

[@vincentnichols402]

I hope it's Decafinated L OL

[@deanafromchicago6661]

My Mom loved listening to this show when she was alive. 😊

[@benitasteffan7404]

This brings back so many wonderful memories. Growing up I couldn’t wait to put my headphones on in bed and listen to these stories. It was always on a school night. The headphones were to not get caught by my parents! Thank you so much. 🙏❤️

[@afvet5075]

We listened on the radio in the car when we took long trips. At night of course.

[@lindadetamore252]

I used to listen to these with my family when I was young.

[@septemberquest6393]

New subscriber...this is what I've been looking for....this is so classic and helps me wind down at night 👻👻👻

[@ellierfromthebronx4531]

I used to listen to Mystery Theater back in the 1970's...back when I was a teen and my family was still alive...now its just me, my nephew and his fiancee...I miss my family.

[@nighthiker8872]

This was and still is great. I came from a poor middle class family. My mom had to work. My room was in the basement, cooler down there. I was in 9th grade this would come on around 8:00pm. I live in Redford Michigan, today I live in Texas. It was always done with quality from the beginning.

[@cindysmale9290]

My mom lived in Redford, Michigan on MacArthur Street back in the 70s. Nice city back then. Cindy Michigan

[@nighthiker8872]

@@cindysmale9290 I live on Winston street, at night I would climb a pear tree to watch the drive-in movies. The Drive-in was on the corner of W. Chicago and Telegraph RD. I was younger like 9. Then they replace it with Korvette's shopping center. Tim Foley. What High school did your mom, attend.

[@cindysmale9290]

My mom went to Highland Park HS in 1950. She married my dad from an upper peninsula town. They got divorced and then in her second marriage she married an engineer by the last name of Keranen who had a son named Burton who went to Redford HS and who graduated around 1969. These radio dramas are really great to listen to; they take you away from these turbulent times we live in.

[@davidolsen3209]

That's pretty funny listening to them from Redford. It is 2023 now and I am listening to them from Redford. MacArthur and Curtis

[@Donnie-u9f]

You gotta appreciate that distinctive voice of Ralph Bell. He sounds like someone you would’ve seen on Barney Miller way back in the 1970’s.

[@markfranklin7258]

Have my tea...all cozy ready to listen....stay home.stay safe. X

[@stevengrotte2987]

Thank you, many,many more please.

[@budahbaba7856]

This is one of those radio shows, like Three Skeleton Keye that i have heard many times, but it never seems to get old.

[@melvinharvey8279]

Missed this one as a kid what a great voice of EG Marshal

[@bettieblack7078]

Thanks for sharing these programs. It brings back fond memories.

[@ravipeiris4388]

Amazing. I've told my friends about this channel 😊, so thank you, Ravi Peiris M.D.

[@poisondwarfnz3837]

Thank you very much for these classics.

[@ChillySunshine]

You're welcome.

[@gutez]

It's so great to listen to these shows for not only does it bring back memories but it's such great company, still at night while working on the computer or documents. The music used to creep me out long ago but the stories were great and the talented actors too and some of them you might catch them on an old episode of Law & Order and actually see them like Tony Roberts or Paul Hecht. I still have some of these episodes on tape cassette with sometimes the original radio commercials from replays in the early 90s.

[@susancates0213]

And Jerry Orbach!🤩

[@elenacaddell3639]

👍👍👍Amen. Imaaaaagination Looks like Tomas Kinkade painting 🤗

[@izzy8823]

My job requires me to drive all day...so I listen to these shows .. Good times

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Me 2 when I used to haul steel about 2 and half hours south of the Pittsburgh o found these on utube love them. Thank you

[@lindaeasley4336]

This show was proof that you dont need tv , Netfix or youtube to be entertained

[@edcraig1214]

I'm listening to this on you tube...

[@paulsalazar858]

@@edcraig1214 Me too.

[@danadavis6097]

Me too. I watch everything on You Tube.

[@robertingham6123]

Me too

[@MIS315]

You dumdums have ignored the key word: WAS

[@jaylah817]

I loved listening to Radio Mystery Theater during my college days. Brings back fond memories

[@michellebucci3748]

This is my favorite cbs story. Also love the picture .

[@miapdx503]

April, 2020. My smart ass tv died. All I have is my smart phone. The discovery of these radio shows has been a lifesaver. 💝 thank you! Edit: I truly thought that was the voice of Edward G Robinson! 😮

[@carolynlisman849]

Fascinating...wonderful actors..well written..great entertainment

[@stephenwolfe8332]

May two favorites, Mystery Theater and Johnny Dollar. Love old time radio.

[@brucevacca6781]

Johnny dollar, now that’s great classic radio with bob bailey

[@Stopstaring101]

Wow! I really did enjoy this post 🏆 Thank you very much for sharing it with all of us 🙏🏼

[@Ledbythelight]

I'm so happy to have found this channel. I love these old time radio mysteries! Subscibed!!

[@r.uthere.6201]

These radio shows are classic!

[@lasanbangpraxay7592]

God. This radio production amazing.

[@feralbluee]

Thank you so much for taking the so annoying commercials out. now i can listen to these old radio shows. Keep safe :} -~~

[@laurenstygar7996]

The suspense was very good. Brutal obsession couldn't get married, nor, would anyone else!

[@ronostick9718]

Enjoying these programmes and enjoying the Listener's comments. Greetings from Scarborough England.

[@esterherschkovich5002]

Good story!!Very interesting...you really use your imagination as if you are there in the story..i find myself holding my breath..lol..😉

[@elizabethstetler9808]

Better than TV 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@toddkorson6390]

I remember this one from my youth. Outstanding story.

[@RedcoatsReturn]

A great story to listen to on a winters evening. The artwork is most detailled and of high quality. Do you know the artists CBS used?

[@timbur4906]

Richard dunham

[@trissloan2340]

@@timbur4906 Thankyou. I, as well, love the artwork.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@barbaraperry5023]

I remember listening to these with my sisters, back in the early 70s. We would be in bed, lights off, listening in the dark...

[@harryscott9533]

I used to listen to these shows on A M radio , WKBN in Younstown Ohio , awesome posting thanks ! 👍😎

[@druwoodland7471]

I also listened to WKBN in Austintown, OH during middle and high school. Those were wonderful nights!

[@susanotway7875]

Such a sad story. Well worth a listen.

[@margiemasih982]

I love these radio shows..

[@Ella7194]

I love these shows; keep posting, please💐

[@kathleenclark7676]

This is so cool. I just found it. Used to listen to this, on the radio, when camping. ☺️

[@MsWengee]

This brings back memories with my mother, spending time with her as a little girl and falling asleep in her arms.

[@trissloan2340]

That artwork is gorgeous!🌹🏵️🌹🥀🌺🌻💐🌸🐞🐞🏵️🌹💐💐💐🏵️🌹🥀🌺

[@susancates0213]

Beautiful picture

[@jasoncollins1702]

My favourite!

[@toddkorson6390]

Remember this from the days of my youth.

[@emmaknight3890]

Thank you‼️♥️♥️

[@esterherschkovich5002]

I love them☺Hi from the UK☺

[@lindamoser6317]

Love these too!!! Hello from Tennessee in the USA.

[@elainetalling1797]

Hi from UK to.

[@Usrname.24]

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[@catgirl2747]

Wonderful place.

[@winterain6857]

We loved in an old house in the woods, back a long dirt road, my Mom wpuld give me a bathe in a plastic tub in living room, rainstorm outside, and this on radio ❤ Good old days

[@yomamatheinvasion]

A barrage of tv radio. The best

[@budahbaba7856]

I have heard this one many times, but i keep coming back. This story is one that is so typical that you cant discount it.

[@susanbuckley4153]

I love your channel!! I just subscribed:)

[@squiggymcsquig6170]

Nestle's Quik (the powder kind in the square can) chocolate milk. Koogle banana-flavored peanut butter on toast. Pepsodent tooth powder. Pajamas. Warm, soft light from an actual incandescent bulb in the hallway shining through the 6 inch gap of the bedroom door. Soft breeze moving the sheers on a warm fall night. The smell of transistors and leather from your small radio, hidden under your head on the pillow. "The CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents...."

[@lindalmiller429]

Except for the 5 minute creak of the door, I love these radio shows.❤️

[@mattgeiser8963]

Love these, compared to the new audio stories. Great to listen too!

[@vincentnichols402]

A taste of yester year ogh how sweet

[@IETCHX69]

My mind wanders, like a drunk going home- A few errant steps off! Now back on the sidewalk. Did I see something shiny? So I have to re-listen to it. And again. Meanwhile , Beck's "Dreams ", is on replay in me 'ed.

[@catgirl2747]

Mine too!

[@Tsnore]

I miss this show!

[@catchaser52]

"You're not afraid, are you???"

[@Norfolk250]

One of the most recognizable voices; Mr. E. G. Marshall

[@starlightperkins330]

This is a creepy episode.

[@budahbaba7856]

I always want it to end differently than it does. But the fact that it doesn't is why i keep coming back & listening to it again & again. I keep hoping to find some hidden meaning. Much like my parents & i always tried to connect some sense of narrative to the death of my oldest brother in a driving accident. We investigated everything from his own blood tests for drugs or alcohol, his passenger in the car, the officers on scene, the local weather reports... everything we could think of, but nothing could show that it was more than just a random accident. In our case, that made it harder, because part of resolution, you need some one to blame. But sometimes there is just no guilty party. It really was just one of those hazards of living.

[@purplevladgirl6888]

Budahbaba I’m so sorry for your loss. Remember good things and memories of him and I find it helps keep him alive in your heart. Much love from Australia 🇦🇺

[@theresarobinson7130]

Love these every night listening till I fall asleep amazing it works for us thanks

[@henryrapoport8608]

The doctor character sounds like Edward G. Robinson. That makes it even more spooky as he died four years before this was taped.

[@mikehenry4743]

I used to listen to these on KOOL AM radio in Phoenix, back in the '70s when I was a kid. It came on at 10:07 PM, way past my bedtime, but I had my little transistor radio I would listen to under the covers so mom couldn't hear.

[@petenkim2005]

My time was 11:07 ;)

[@beandipcartography]

Ahhh yes, the old haunted mill. Reminds me of my days back in Cavender Cove. Or was it Cavendish Cove ?

[@tahereshahriary7603]

I like it.keep posting,please💐

[@kennethbritton601]

Good one!

[@paulscountry456]

Artwork on these post is stunning....

[@samwel588]

the best episode ever. the saddest one. however what happened to Silas. I wondered what happened to him.

[@archlich4489]

It is strongly hinted that Silas murdered Charlie, then - overcome with guilt - threw himself into the sea.

[@robertmyers7747]

Thank you for the program.