CBS Radio Mystery Theater
The Masque of the Red Death
CBS Radio Mystery Theater brings suspense, mystery, and the supernatural to the radio through self-contained dramatic stories. Hosted by E. G. Marshall, the series frames its tales with an introduction and closing, giving listeners a familiar guide as each new mystery unfolds.
Episodes use a full cast, dialogue, sound effects, and music to create vivid scenes for the imagination. The stories range across crime, psychological suspense, historical settings, and uncanny or supernatural events, often building tension through secrets, mistaken assumptions, and unexpected turns. This episode presents Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death,” a tale of a prince and his guests seeking refuge from a deadly plague.
The program’s theatrical style makes it well suited to attentive listening: voices and carefully shaped sound carry the action, while the host’s framing lends the series a distinctive, intimate atmosphere. Its blend of classic mystery and radio drama offers a compact, atmospheric listening experience.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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