CBS Radio Mystery Theater | Episode 255

CBSRMT Episode Information

Title:

The Phantom Stop

Plot:

Alvin Frieburger is taking a trip in an express subway and wants to get down at a stop that does not exist.

Episode:

0255

Air Dates:

First Run - April 11, 1975
Repeat - July 15, 1975

Actors:

Polen, Nat

Raeburn, Bryna

Rose, Norman

Teitel, Carol

Writer:

Martin, Ian

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11 Responses to Episode 0255

This was an excellent story! The way this man was treated by Esther, and her sister Rebecca was absolutely heartbreaking. I enjoy the episodes I have heard thus far of CBSRMT, and plan one day to hear them all. They are a real treat at the end of the day. :)
	Paula, 2011-08-03 21:20:52

Good stoy. I wish they would have tied the loose end up about Sarah saying that she didn't want him to change. It seemed like there ws just a little more story to draw out.
	Roger Huggett Jr., 2012-09-05 04:53:30

This was an excellent story! The way this man was treated by Esther, and her sister Rebecca was absolutely heartbreaking. I enjoy the episodes I have heard thus far of CBSRMT, and plan one day to hear them all. They are a real treat at the end of the day. :)
	Paula, 2012-09-19 16:11:21

A browbeaten husband longs for his past and his life with his first wife. Trying out the new subway one day, he discovers a mysterious stop and soon learns that stepping off the train at the right spot will reunite him with his long dead first wife. Writer Ian Martin must have been a big fan of the Twilight Zone episode "A Stop at Willoughby" because this is almost a scene-for-scene homage. Still in all, an effective story. Genre: Drama

Louise Roque, 2012-12-16 20:05:39

The express subway passes the stop at 35th and Neely. But Alvin Frieburger is able to get off there, and when he does, he finds heaven.
	Jerry Salem, 2012-12-16 20:06:21

A widower mourns the loss of his beautiful and caring wife even 15 years later having remarried a woman who has turned into a nag and bitter demanding woman. She moves her sister in with her who is equally as nagging and a hypochondriac to boot. His friend whose life is what his own was is also his landlord. He worries about he man who has become forlorn and has lost interest in living. On their way to work on a new subway there is a stop at which the subway does not stop. The forlorn man is curious about it, and one day he dreams that he got off and met his dead wife where they resumed their wonderfully blissful life together. Upon waking his curiosity and despondency grows. Curious – the preview of the next episode is for Episode 0214 Windandingo which, in the log, appeared on Jan 28, 1975. Could it be that these episodes are mixed up in the log? Or were preview tapes provided to stations for repeats as well?

Dantz, 2013-01-17 11:06:51

I can't imagine what it would be like to live with a woman that was so contentious. I would rather live in my attic than live with someone who nags like that.
	Alec, 2013-01-30 10:05:19

i might have jumped in front of the train.
	Norge, 2013-01-30 10:05:19

Norman Rose turned in another good performance. He elevates almost every episode he appears in. This show had a Twilight Zone feel to it. I regret that the two nags didn't receive their just rewards. A good effort.
	Lenzuel, 2013-01-30 10:05:20

I liked the show. Reminiscent of A Stop at Willoughby from the Twilight Zone.
	Dante, 2013-01-30 10:05:21

I enjoyed Twilight Zone's "A Stop At Willoughby" more than this. At least in that, once the main character, Mr. Williams, gets off the train, he ends up getting off at his dream town, even though in reality, he died. When Mr. Fryburger (amusing name) tries to get off the train at his dream stop, we have no indication that he ended up in his personal heaven, he's just dead. A fair story, well acted as usual, but disappointing.

timturk, 2013-03-05 09:16:32

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