The Vanishing Point by The CBS Radio Mystery Theater

Strange Tales (Old Time Radio)

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🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This week's Strange Tales comes to us courtesy of The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. We'll hear The Vanishing Point, their story from July 31, 1978. Listen to more from The CBS Radio Mystery Theater https://traffic.libsyn.com/forcedn/e55e1c7a-e213-4a20-8701-21862bdf1f8a/StrangeTales835.mp3 Download StrangeTales835 | Subscribe | Spotify | Support Strange Tales Relic Radio is funded solely by listener donations. If you would like to help support [...]

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0:00.0	Strange Tales
0:02.0	RELES
0:03.0	Relicradio.
0:20.0	Relic Radio.com presents tales of the strange and bizarre, the weird and the wicked.
0:26.2	Stories not necessarily of the supernatural, but of the unnatural.
0:35.1	Join us now for Strange Tales, featuring radio drama at its most mysterious and unusual.
1:00.9	Music Welcome back to Strange Tales.
1:04.4	We're going to hear from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater this week.
1:11.2	Series that debuted in 1974, aired until 1982, was hosted by E.G. Marshall.
1:14.9	Her story today is from July 31st, 1978.
1:17.6	It's titled The Vanishing Point. The Vanishing Point. First in news, we're CBS, News Radio 78, WBBM, Chicago.
1:45.0	The CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents.
2:06.9	The... Come in.
2:09.6	Welcome.
2:11.7	I'm E.G. Marshall.
2:18.9	Man is the only living creature who has the power to leave the earth poorer than he found it.
2:24.8	Indeed, there are those cynical souls who insist that the sun and the moon and the stars might have disappeared long ago had they been within the reach of predatory human hands.
2:30.6	Now, wait a minute, we did reach the moon.
2:34.9	Well, we can only wait and see and hope.
2:39.4	Are you sure I won't be intruding?
2:41.3	No, Nevards is a fine people.
2:44.4	I have every respect for a man of science, such as yourself.
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