Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Seasons

Revenge

1. Revenge

Air Date: 1955-10-02

When Carl Spann's wife Elsa is assaulted by an unknown attacker, he drives his still-incoherent wife around town, hoping she can point him out, so he can kill him.

Premonition

2. Premonition

Air Date: 1955-10-09

A famous pianist returns to his home town to find the man who murdered his father.

Triggers in Leash

3. Triggers in Leash

Air Date: 1955-10-16

A cook tries everything she can think of to end a dispute between two gunmen who have sworn to kill each other.

Don't Come Back Alive

4. Don't Come Back Alive

Air Date: 1955-10-23

Frank Partridge and his wife plot to cheat their life insurance company by having her hide out for 7 years and declared legally dead, but an investigator believes Mr. Partridge has murdered her.

Into Thin Air

5. Into Thin Air

Air Date: 1955-10-30

When a young woman leaves her ill mother in a Paris hotel room and comes back later, she finds her mother is missing, and all the hotel's employees deny she and her mother were ever there.

Salvage

6. Salvage

Air Date: 1955-11-06

Gangster Dan Varrell, just released from prison, goes looking for the woman he holds responsible for his brother's death.

Breakdown

7. Breakdown

Air Date: 1955-11-13

William Callew is involved in a bad traffic accident on a rural road, that leaves him so paralyzed he appears lifeless, and when help arrives they think he's really dead.

Our Cook's a Treasure

8. Our Cook's a Treasure

Air Date: 1955-11-20

A man fears that the new cook he's hired is actually a murderess.

The Long Shot

9. The Long Shot

Air Date: 1955-11-27

Heavily indebted Charlie Raymond is hired to accompany a British visitor on a trip across the USA, and looks for a way to take advantage of his employer.

The Case of Mr. Pelham

10. The Case of Mr. Pelham

Air Date: 1955-12-04

A series of troubling incidents lead Mr. Pelham to believe that he has a double who is deliberately impersonating him.

Guilty Witness

11. Guilty Witness

Air Date: 1955-12-11

When Mr. and Mrs. Crane hear the Verbers having a violent argument in the apartment just above them, and then Mr. Verber disappears the next day, they can't help suspecting the worst.

Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid

12. Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid

Air Date: 1955-12-18

While working as a department store 'Santa Claus', a paroled convict tries to help a troubled boy.

The Cheney Vase

13. The Cheney Vase

Air Date: 1955-12-25

When Lyle Endicott is fired from his job at an art museum, he comes up with a plan to take advantage of a trusting invalid whom he befriended at the museum.

A Bullet for Baldwin

14. A Bullet for Baldwin

Air Date: 1956-01-01

When an office worker is fired from his job, he shoots his boss to death, but when he returns to the office his boss is alive, and has no recollection of the incident.

The Big Switch

15. The Big Switch

Air Date: 1956-01-08

Gangster Sam Dunleavy sets up an elaborate alibi so that he can kill his ex-girlfriend Goldie, who left him for another man.

You Got to Have Luck

16. You Got to Have Luck

Air Date: 1956-01-15

During a massive manhunt for escaped convict Sam Cobbett, Cobbett invades a house where young housewife Mary Schaffner is home alone.

The Older Sister

17. The Older Sister

Air Date: 1956-01-22

A reporter discovers the truth about the infamous Lizzie Borden murder case.

Shopping for Death

18. Shopping for Death

Air Date: 1956-01-29

Two retired insurance salesmen confront an aggressive, hostile woman in hopes of saving her from a disaster.

The Derelicts

19. The Derelicts

Air Date: 1956-02-05

Inventor Ralph Cowell murders his silent partner Alfred, only to be blackmailed by vagrant Peter Goodfellow, who witnessed the crime.

And So Died Riabouchinska

20. And So Died Riabouchinska

Air Date: 1956-02-12

While investigating a murder in a theater, Detective Krovitch uncovers a strange web of tensions revolving around ventriloquist John Fabian and his female dummy.

Safe Conduct

21. Safe Conduct

Air Date: 1956-02-19

An American journalist meets a soccer star while traveling behind the Iron Curtain, but then is arrested as a suspected smuggler.

Place of Shadows

22. Place of Shadows

Air Date: 1956-02-26

A young man tries to insinuate his way into a monastery, in order to gain revenge on a thief whom he blames for ruining his life.

Back for Christmas

23. Back for Christmas

Air Date: 1956-03-04

Herbert Carpenter plans to murder his wife Hermione, bury her body in the basement, and then leave on a long business trip.

The Perfect Murder

24. The Perfect Murder

Air Date: 1956-03-11

Unscrupulous brothers Paul and Henri Tallendier plan to murder their Aunt Rosalie so that they can get their uncle's inheritance.

There Was an Old Woman

25. There Was an Old Woman

Air Date: 1956-03-18

Dishonest Frank and Lorna Bramwell visit the home of wealthy, eccentric Monica Laughton, with the intention of robbing her.

Whodunit

26. Whodunit

Air Date: 1956-03-25

Recently deceased mystery writer Alexander Penn Arlington gets permission from the recording angel to relive his last day on earth, so that he can find out who murdered him.

Help Wanted

27. Help Wanted

Air Date: 1956-04-01

Mr. Crabtree is grateful to find a new job, until his new employer gives him a most unexpected assignment.

Portrait of Jocelyn

28. Portrait of Jocelyn

Air Date: 1956-04-08

When Mark Halliday and his new wife unexpectedly see a portrait of Halliday's first wife, it is only the first in a series of disturbing developments.

The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby

29. The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby

Air Date: 1956-04-15

Antiques dealer Laurence Appleby thinks he has solved his financial problems by killing his wife Lena, but new complications arise in his second marriage.

Never Again

30. Never Again

Air Date: 1956-04-22

Karen Stewart has once again broken her promise not to drink anymore, and now she is in a strange bed, injured, with no memory of what happened the night before.

The Gentleman from America

31. The Gentleman from America

Air Date: 1956-04-29

Rich American Howard Lattimer visits London, and bets 1000 pounds that he can spend the night in a room that is said to be haunted.

The Baby Sitter

32. The Baby Sitter

Air Date: 1956-05-06

When Clara Nash is murdered, her baby-sitter Lottie Slocum is excited to be the center of attention, and she also hopes to become closer to Clara's husband.

The Belfry

33. The Belfry

Air Date: 1956-05-13

When Clint Ringle learns that Ellie Marsh, the schoolteacher whom he loves, is engaged to Walt Norton, Clint kills Walt and then hides in the schoolhouse's bell tower, waiting for his chance to exact further revenge.

The Hidden Thing

34. The Hidden Thing

Air Date: 1956-05-20

After Dana Edwards' fiancée Laura is killed by a hit-and-run driver, he is visited by John Hurley, who claims to be able to use memory recall techniques that will help him to remember the car's license plate number.

The Legacy

35. The Legacy

Air Date: 1956-05-27

When a prince who is well known as a playboy takes a sudden romantic interest in a shy, plain housewife, everyone is baffled and fascinated.

Mink

36. Mink

Air Date: 1956-06-03

Paula Hudson has a stolen mink coat she tells police she purchased on a recommendation, and when they retrace her steps to find out how she obtained it, everyone denies they ever talked to her about it.

Decoy

37. Decoy

Air Date: 1956-06-10

Gil Larkin is suspected of murder when Mona Cameron's allegedly abusive husband is shot dead in front of him and he gets knocked out by an unknown assailant.

The Creeper

38. The Creeper

Air Date: 1956-06-17

A serial killer known as "the strangler" terrorizes a New York neighborhood.

Momentum

39. Momentum

Air Date: 1956-06-24

A man ends up running to the Mexican border after trying to collect money his employer owes him.

Wet Saturday

1. Wet Saturday

Air Date: 1956-09-30

After his daughter kills a man, Mr. Princey devises a plan to save his family name.

Fog Closing In

2. Fog Closing In

Air Date: 1956-10-07

A woman begs her husband not to go away on a business trip. But he refuses, deserting her just as an escaped lunatic finds their neighborhood.

De Mortuis

3. De Mortuis

Air Date: 1956-10-14

Aware that their friend's wife is cheating, Wally and Bud draw the same conclusion when they find him digging up his basement and his wife's missing.

Kill with Kindness

4. Kill with Kindness

Air Date: 1956-10-21

Hoping to profit from insurance fraud, a man torches his house. But the plan could backfire unless he enters the burning home to retrieve his ring.

None Are So Blind

5. None Are So Blind

Air Date: 1956-10-28

A man conceives the perfect plan to murder his rich aunt. Confidently, he cooperates with the police, only to discover one fatal flaw in the elaborate scheme.

Toby

6. Toby

Air Date: 1956-11-04

Albert Birch's childhood sweetheart Edwina Freel gets in touch with him and, surprisingly, agrees to marry him. She arrives with her sickly baby named Toby, but things are not as they seem.

Alibi Me

7. Alibi Me

Air Date: 1956-11-11

When a gangster is killed, his rival realizes the cops will come after him. His alibi unravels with the arrival of a mysterious package.

Conversation Over a Corpse

8. Conversation Over a Corpse

Air Date: 1956-11-18

Mr. Brenner threatens to take sisters Cissie and Joanna to court unless they sell him their home. But the sisters will stop at nothing to stay put.

Crack of Doom

9. Crack of Doom

Air Date: 1956-11-25

Mason Bridges plays poker with one of his company's wealthy clients. He gambles everything he has and everything his company owns on one single game.

Jonathan

10. Jonathan

Air Date: 1956-12-02

When his father dies a teenager suspects his stepmother, whom he's resented since the day she married his father.

The Better Bargain

11. The Better Bargain

Air Date: 1956-12-09

Furious at his cheating wife, a mobster hires a hit man to kill her. But the plan turns complicated when he overlooks some loose ends.

The Rose Garden

12. The Rose Garden

Air Date: 1956-12-16

A man thinks that a manuscript's murder mystery is more fact than fiction, so he visits the author's home to see what lies buried in the garden.

Mr. Blanchard's Secret

13. Mr. Blanchard's Secret

Air Date: 1956-12-23

A nosy housewife sets out to prove that the new neighbor has murdered his wife.

John Brown's Body

14. John Brown's Body

Air Date: 1956-12-30

A man's wife devises a greedy scheme to take over his failing business. But persuading him to come back isn't as easy as getting rid of him.

Crackpot

15. Crackpot

Air Date: 1957-01-06

When a car breaks down, a newlywed couple is helped by Mr. Moon, who turns nasty when his suits get dirty.

Nightmare in 4-D

16. Nightmare in 4-D

Air Date: 1957-01-13

A man agrees to help his pretty neighbor, an actress, to hide her murdered husband. But his good deed backfires when he becomes a suspect.

My Brother Richard

17. My Brother Richard

Air Date: 1957-01-20

A district attorney faces a crisis in his campaign for governor when his mentally unstable brother decides to eliminate the competition.

The Manacled

18. The Manacled

Air Date: 1957-01-27

A crafty, resourceful criminal being transported via train tries to bribe his escorting police sergeant for his freedom.

A Bottle of Wine

19. A Bottle of Wine

Air Date: 1957-02-03

A wealthy older man confronts the young, handsome suitor (Horton) that his wife is leaving him for.

Malice Domestic

20. Malice Domestic

Air Date: 1957-02-10

A man begins to suspect that his wife is trying to poison him.

Number Twenty-Two

21. Number Twenty-Two

Air Date: 1957-02-17

A young ruffian involved in a failed stickup learns some hard facts of life during a police interrogation.

The End of Indian Summer

22. The End of Indian Summer

Air Date: 1957-02-24

An insurance investigator is compelled to re-examine an old claim when troubling new facts come to light.

One for the Road

23. One for the Road

Air Date: 1957-03-03

When the wife of a two-timing husband starts to connect the dots, the consequences could prove deadly.

The Cream of the Jest

24. The Cream of the Jest

Air Date: 1957-03-10

An alcoholic has-been actor tries to blackmail a producer into casting him in a new play.

I Killed the Count (1)

25. I Killed the Count (1)

Air Date: 1957-03-17

Count Mattoni is brutally murdered and Scotland Yard Inspector Davidson must wade the through a myraid of suspects.

I Killed the Count (2)

26. I Killed the Count (2)

Air Date: 1957-03-24

Scotland Yard Inspector Davidson continues in his investigation of the murder of Count Mattoni he contiunes to wade the through suspects. He discovers that each not only appears guilty, but also that many readily admit to having committed the crime.

I Killed the Count (3)

27. I Killed the Count (3)

Air Date: 1957-03-31

Scotland Yard Inspector Davidson discovers who killed Count Mattoni. Due to a legal loophole, however, the killer cannot be tried.

One More Mile to Go

28. One More Mile to Go

Air Date: 1957-04-07

After murdering his shrewish spouse, a man finds that disposing of her body may be the challenge of his life.

Vicious Circle

29. Vicious Circle

Air Date: 1957-04-14

A hired killer discovers there's a huge catch to being the favorite of his organization's big boss.

The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater

30. The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater

Air Date: 1957-04-21

A henpecked husband escapes into a fantasy world populated by a girl from the South Seas and a dream of murder.

The Night the World Ended

31. The Night the World Ended

Air Date: 1957-04-28

A practical joker convinces a barfly into thinking that the world is about to end.

The Hands of Mr. Ottermole

32. The Hands of Mr. Ottermole

Air Date: 1957-05-05

In 1919 London, a killer is stalking the streets, and residents look to a police sergeant to catch the culprit.

A Man Greatly Beloved

33. A Man Greatly Beloved

Air Date: 1957-05-12

A precocious, pigtailed girl attaches herself to a grumpy loner in the hopes of learning his secrets.

Martha Mason, Movie Star

34. Martha Mason, Movie Star

Air Date: 1957-05-19

The wife of a gardener goes to extreme lengths to spend more time with her movie-star daydreams—and less time with her fertilizer-obsessed husband.

The West Warlock Time Capsule

35. The West Warlock Time Capsule

Air Date: 1957-05-26

Taxidermist George Tiffany conceives a macabre method of dealing with a brother-in-law who has long outstayed his welcome.

Father and Son

36. Father and Son

Air Date: 1957-06-02

The shifty son of a shop owner plots to extract money from his long-suffering father.

The Indestructible Mr. Weems

37. The Indestructible Mr. Weems

Air Date: 1957-06-09

Cemetery owners bribe an allegedly dying man to be their first customer for business reasons...but the plot backfires when the man simply will not expire.

A Little Sleep

38. A Little Sleep

Air Date: 1957-06-16

A fickle young woman gets entangled in a web of crime and deceit at her remote mountain cabin.

The Dangerous People

39. The Dangerous People

Air Date: 1957-06-23

Two men are waiting for their train in the station's waiting room. The neighborhood has a criminal asylum nearby from which a criminal has escaped. Nervous about the situation, these two people start suspecting each other.

The Glass Eye

1. The Glass Eye

Air Date: 1957-10-06

Captivated by his physical beauty, an aging spinster develops an obsession for a ventriloquist, travelling all over the country to watch his act with his child-sized dummy.

Mail Order Prophet

2. Mail Order Prophet

Air Date: 1957-10-13

When an ordinary clerk starts receiving letters which accurately predict the outcome of future events, he takes a dangerous gamble with his life.

The Perfect Crime

3. The Perfect Crime

Air Date: 1957-10-20

A lawyer, with blackmail in mind, meets with a famous detective who prides himself on never having committed a single mistake in his long and distinguished career, to prove that he convicted an innocent man.

Heart of Gold

4. Heart of Gold

Air Date: 1957-10-27

A convicted robber is released to the family of one of his cell mates, against the better judgment of his parole officer.

Silent Witness

5. Silent Witness

Air Date: 1957-11-03

Intending to break up with an infatuated student, professor Donald Mason tracks her down at a babysitting job, where the conversation ends in murder.

Reward to Finder

6. Reward to Finder

Air Date: 1957-11-10

After finding a cash-laden wallet John Gaminski promises his wife that he'll return it. But when he reneges, she demands that he share the money.

Enough Rope for Two

7. Enough Rope for Two

Air Date: 1957-11-17

An ex-con heads to a mine to retrieve a cache of stolen loot. When his two former partners show up, three's a crowd with $100,000 at stake.

Last Request

8. Last Request

Air Date: 1957-11-24

A death-row inmate awaiting the electric chair uses his final hours to prove his innocence in a killing.

The Young One

9. The Young One

Air Date: 1957-12-01

A pretty underage girl, bored with adolescence and eager to experience all that adulthood allows, acts out in ways that could ultimately prove deadly.

The Diplomatic Corpse

10. The Diplomatic Corpse

Air Date: 1957-12-08

Touring Mexico, Janet's rich aunt dies, and the car holding her corpse is stolen. Without a body, Janet can't claim the inheritance.

The Deadly

11. The Deadly

Air Date: 1957-12-15

A conniving handyman tries to blackmail an innocent housewife for a fabricated dalliance.

Miss Paisley's Cat

12. Miss Paisley's Cat

Air Date: 1957-12-22

An elderly woman is terrified that her disagreeable male neighbor will kill her beloved—but habitually roving—tabby cat.

Night of the Execution

13. Night of the Execution

Air Date: 1957-12-29

Warren, a prosecuting attorney with a long history of acquittals, must deliver a guilty verdict in a murder case to ensure his political future.

The Percentage

14. The Percentage

Air Date: 1958-01-05

A successful businessman who once acted cowardly in the war—but got undeserved credit for heroism—attempts to buy off an old Army buddy who knows the truth.

Together

15. Together

Air Date: 1958-01-12

When a businessman's mistress threatens to expose their secret relationship to his wife, he realizes he must do anything to stop her.

Sylvia

16. Sylvia

Air Date: 1958-01-19

Her elderly father becomes alarmed when a jilted woman purchases a handgun.

The Motive

17. The Motive

Air Date: 1958-01-26

Two crime-obsessed buddies plot the perfect murder—one with absolutely no motive.

Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty

18. Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty

Air Date: 1958-02-02

Traveling in Paris, an Englishwoman finds herself accidentally locked in a hotel room with a corpse.

The Equalizer

19. The Equalizer

Air Date: 1958-02-09

Filled with jealous rage, a man plots revenge on a coworker he is convinced has had an affair with his wife.

On the Nose

20. On the Nose

Air Date: 1958-02-16

A gambling-addicted housewife owes money to a bookie, and resorts to desperate measures in order to raise the money.

Guest for Breakfast

21. Guest for Breakfast

Air Date: 1958-02-23

In this violent home-invasion tale, a gun-wielding convict terrorizes a married couple whose relationship is already on the ropes.

The Return of the Hero

22. The Return of the Hero

Air Date: 1958-03-02

Things are not what they seem when two soldiers discharged from the Algerian war spend some time together in Marseilles.

The Right Kind of House

23. The Right Kind of House

Air Date: 1958-03-09

After the death of her troubled son, a mother decides to sell her house, but a potential buyer discovers she may be hiding something.

The Foghorn

24. The Foghorn

Air Date: 1958-03-16

A woman alone in a quiet house finds herself haunted by the noise of a foghorn. As the story progresses, she tries to recall how the sound became so horrifying to her, but the answer may be deeper than she thinks.

Flight to the East

25. Flight to the East

Air Date: 1958-03-23

The plight of an American war correspondent suddenly becomes front-page news when a former British Army nurse recalls a strange incident from the past.

Bull in a China Shop

26. Bull in a China Shop

Air Date: 1958-03-30

A handsome homicide detective is befriended by four old ladies who invite him for tea and proceed to play out a variation of Arsenic and Old Lace for his benefit.

Disappearing Trick

27. Disappearing Trick

Air Date: 1958-04-06

A debonair tennis player looks into his attractive partner's past and her presumed dead husband.

Lamb to the Slaughter

28. Lamb to the Slaughter

Air Date: 1958-04-13

Domestic bliss comes to a rapid halt when a housewife discovers that her police chief husband has been having an affair while she's been pregnant.

Fatal Figures

29. Fatal Figures

Air Date: 1958-04-20

It's all in the numbers when a bookkeeper becomes obsessed with his mundane life and crime statistics.

Death Sentence

30. Death Sentence

Air Date: 1958-04-27

Love is in the eye of the beholder when a happily married woman sees a bomb attached to the family car as a sign of her husband's affection.

The Festive Season

31. The Festive Season

Air Date: 1958-05-04

'Tis the season to resurrect old family grudges when a brother accuses his sister of murdering his wife on a less than jolly Christmas Eve.

Listen, Listen. . . !

32. Listen, Listen. . . !

Air Date: 1958-05-11

When three beautiful blonde women are strangled with a silk stocking, Mr. Morgan becomes convinced he knows how it happened, even though no one will hear him out.

Post Mortem

33. Post Mortem

Air Date: 1958-05-18

When a newly married couple realizes that a lottery ticket is in her recently deceased ex-husband's burial suit, they put their love on the line to exhume the winnings.

The Crocodile Case

34. The Crocodile Case

Air Date: 1958-05-25

A man learns never to separate a woman from her accessories when his "perfect" murder plot is spoiled by a missing piece of luggage.

Dip in the Pool

35. Dip in the Pool

Air Date: 1958-06-01

A desperate man takes the ultimate plunge when he gambles a fortune without his wife's knowledge.

The Safe Place

36. The Safe Place

Air Date: 1958-06-08

A senior bank teller is tempted by the prospect of sudden wealth when a known gangster makes a large withdrawal from his account.

The Canary Sedan

37. The Canary Sedan

Air Date: 1958-06-15

A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing when a woman discovers she has extraordinary powers to see the past of objects.

The Impromptu Murder

38. The Impromptu Murder

Air Date: 1958-06-22

Still waters run deep when a lawyer with mayoral ambitions murders a woman who claimed he tried to embezzle money from her in the past.

Little White Frock

39. Little White Frock

Air Date: 1958-06-29

An elderly actor proves he still has the chops to grace the stage when he reveals a tragic tale from his past.

Poison

1. Poison

Air Date: 1958-10-05

Two partners discover their real feelings for one another when one is bitten by a poisonous snake and it's up to the other to save his life.

Don't Interrupt

2. Don't Interrupt

Air Date: 1958-10-12

Silence may be golden, but it also proves lethal when a young boy witnesses an escaped mental patient and can't tell anyone about it.

The Jokester

3. The Jokester

Air Date: 1958-10-19

A morgue attendant gets the last laugh when he finally has enough of a man who has been provoking him.

The Crooked Road

4. The Crooked Road

Air Date: 1958-10-26

A joyride in a new convertible is seriously called to a halt as the corrupt public officials in a small town attempt to take advantage of the defenseless drivers.

The $2,000,000 Defense

5. The $2,000,000 Defense

Air Date: 1958-11-02

A lawyer gets creative when the man he is defending offers him half of his net worth if he will find a way out of the case.

Design for Loving

6. Design for Loving

Air Date: 1958-11-09

A man's marriage seriously malfunctions when he buys a robot to take over his relationship with his demanding wife so he can escape to Rio.

Man with a Problem

7. Man with a Problem

Air Date: 1958-11-16

A man relates the series of events that led him to contemplate suicide to a police officer.

Safety for the Witness

8. Safety for the Witness

Air Date: 1958-11-23

A gunsmith sets his sight on two gangsters who will kill him if he testifies to what they've purchased in court.

Murder Me Twice

9. Murder Me Twice

Air Date: 1958-12-07

When a hypnotist puts a young woman into a trance during a seance, things go wildly out of control and she stabs her husband. But is she really to blame for her actions?

Tea Time

10. Tea Time

Air Date: 1958-12-14

It's hard to tell who's the bigger cheater when a wife and her husband's jealous mistress sit down for some lethal negotiating.

And the Desert Shall Blossom

11. And the Desert Shall Blossom

Air Date: 1958-12-21

When two old men need a miracle in order to keep their home, the answer arrives in the unlikely form of a killer on the run from the law.

Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore

12. Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore

Air Date: 1958-12-28

Two women plot to do away with an irascible old man and seize his money, but their plan is foiled when one of them decides she deserves more of the fortune.

Six People, No Music

13. Six People, No Music

Air Date: 1959-01-04

A funeral parlor owner is put in an awkward position when a deceased client comes back to life and demands a much smaller affair than what was planned for his funeral.

The Morning After

14. The Morning After

Air Date: 1959-01-11

Motherly love knows no bounds when a woman decides to get revenge on the married man who has been dating her daughter.

A Personal Matter

15. A Personal Matter

Air Date: 1959-01-18

Two construction engineers are between more than just a rock and a hard place when one of them discovers the other's violent past during an explosive tunnel blast.

Out There - Darkness

16. Out There - Darkness

Air Date: 1959-01-25

When a wealthy woman mistakenly accuses her elevator boy of robbing her, his resulting imprisonment will take her to levels of guilt she never expected.

Total Loss

17. Total Loss

Air Date: 1959-02-01

A desperate department store owner foolishly agrees to a scheme to have her store burned down so she can collect the insurance, but the fiery transaction doesn't go down as planned.

The Last Dark Step

18. The Last Dark Step

Air Date: 1959-02-08

It's murder most foul when a man decides to drown the longtime girlfriend who's been supporting him, but his crime doesn't go unnoticed for very long.

The Morning of the Bride

19. The Morning of the Bride

Air Date: 1959-02-15

A young woman with her eye on marriage wonders why she still hasn't met her boyfriend's mother.

The Diamond Necklace

20. The Diamond Necklace

Air Date: 1959-02-22

During his last week of work before retirement, the longtime employee of a jewelry store serves an unusual client.

Relative Value

21. Relative Value

Air Date: 1959-03-01

When John learns that he has been made the beneficiary in his cousin's will, he decides he can't wait for nature to take its course and begins plotting murder.

The Right Price

22. The Right Price

Air Date: 1959-03-08

A middle-aged couple, recently wed and constantly bickering, learn how married life can be murder.

I'll Take Care of You

23. I'll Take Care of You

Air Date: 1959-03-15

A used car salesman with a spendthrift wife concocts a killer deal with his father and two college boys.

The Avon Emeralds

24. The Avon Emeralds

Air Date: 1959-03-22

Nothing is as it seems when a young Scotland Yard inspector follows a widow suspected of smuggling jewelry.

The Kind Waitress

25. The Kind Waitress

Air Date: 1959-03-29

Thelma Tomkins and her deadbeat boyfriend begin poisoning an old and wealthy woman in order to get an inheritance ... but the results are not what they expected.

Cheap Is Cheap

26. Cheap Is Cheap

Air Date: 1959-04-05

When a miser discovers how expensive a divorce will cost, he comes up with another way to rid himself of his wife.

The Waxwork

27. The Waxwork

Air Date: 1959-04-12

A reporter with a gambling problem will do anything for a lucrative story - including spending the night in the Murderers' Den of a wax museum.

The Impossible Dream

28. The Impossible Dream

Air Date: 1959-04-19

Pining for her boss - a former movie star now forced to take supporting roles - a middle-aged secretary shows how she will do anything to make her romantic fantasy a reality.

Banquo's Chair

29. Banquo's Chair

Air Date: 1959-05-03

A retired Scotland Yard inspector goes to extreme lengths to prove the guilt of a suspect in an old murder case.

A Night with the Boys

30. A Night with the Boys

Air Date: 1959-05-10

When he loses all his money in a poker game, a man tells his pregnant wife an involved lie to explain the missing cash.

Your Witness

31. Your Witness

Air Date: 1959-05-17

A prominent lawyer appears able to manipulate any situation successfully - except, perhaps, for his marriage.

Human Interest Story

32. Human Interest Story

Air Date: 1959-05-24

A newspaper reporter gets a tip about an out of this world story: a man who claims to be a Martian.

The Dusty Drawer

33. The Dusty Drawer

Air Date: 1959-05-31

When a local bank clerk cheats him out of $200, a man takes extreme measures to get back his money.

A True Account

34. A True Account

Air Date: 1959-06-07

Paul Brett is a top-notch criminal attorney who is consulted by Mrs. Cannon-Hughes. She was a nurse by profession who tended to the bedridden wife of Gilbert Hughes until her death. In the time since then, she married Mr. Hughes only to come to the conclusion that he murdered his first wife. Brett advises her that little that can be done without evidence, but he takes a liking to her and they eventually become lovers and marry when Gilbert takes his own life. Little does he realize the consequences of the choices he has made.

Touché

35. Touché

Air Date: 1959-06-14

A millionaire takes a hunting trip during which he hatches a plan to make his wife's lover his prey.

Invitation to an Accident

36. Invitation to an Accident

Air Date: 1959-06-21

When a woman's blatant indiscretions with her ex-husband continue even after a confrontation with her current spouse, the consequences are dire.

Arthur

1. Arthur

Air Date: 1959-09-27

When his former fiancee turns up missing, chicken farmer Arthur obligingly lets the police search his ranch, despite the fact that they seem to suspect him of her murder.

The Crystal Trench

2. The Crystal Trench

Air Date: 1959-10-04

Dangerous secrets are revealed when a devoted widow travels to the glacier in Switzerland where her husband's body has been preserved since his deadly fall forty years earlier.

Appointment at Eleven

3. Appointment at Eleven

Air Date: 1959-10-11

A 17-year-old causes havoc at a bar and alarms everyone around him when he talks hysterically about how he'll be "born again" when someone else dies at eleven o'clock.

Coyote Moon

4. Coyote Moon

Air Date: 1959-10-18

John Piltkin picks up three hitchhikers who rob him. After he spots them in a diner, he exacts his revenge. He steals a car and picks the hitchhikers up. Concealing his face in shadows, he then pretends the car has stalled and walks off to get help. The hitchhickers are then arrested in the stolen car.

No Pain

5. No Pain

Air Date: 1959-10-25

Nothing is as it seems when a polio victim in an iron lung suspects his wife of becoming attracted to a new neighbor and wonders if she's planning to get rid of him for good.

Anniversary Gift

6. Anniversary Gift

Air Date: 1959-11-01

Sick of his wife's menagerie of strange and high-maintenance animals, a frazzled husband decides to get her the perfect present - a highly poisonous coral snake.

Dry Run

7. Dry Run

Air Date: 1959-11-08

An aspiring hitman takes on a risky assignment to kill a rival gangster but then finds himself easily conned by his target in a treacherous game of cat and mouse.

The Blessington Method

8. The Blessington Method

Air Date: 1959-11-15

Troubled by the responsibility of his aging mother in law, a man takes advantage of a society that specializes in "taking care of" elderly relatives and then soon finds out that he may be in for a similar fate.

Dead Weight

9. Dead Weight

Air Date: 1959-11-22

Lovers' Lane becomes a dark and deadly destination when an ad executive and his former girlfriend are attacked by a young thug, and his efforts to protect them quickly go from heroic to something much more criminal.

Special Delivery

10. Special Delivery

Air Date: 1959-11-29

After his neighbor warns him about suspicious disappearances around them, a man wonders if the vanishings have anything to do with a delivery to his young son.

Road Hog

11. Road Hog

Air Date: 1959-12-06

When a traffic delay prevents a dying boy from reaching the hospital in time, his bereaved father and brothers swear revenge on the salesman who hogged the road when a life was on the line.

Specialty of the House

12. Specialty of the House

Air Date: 1959-12-13

A successful businessman finally gets his greatest wish to see inside the kitchen of his favorite dining club, but has he just ordered his final meal as well?

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

13. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Air Date: 1959-12-20

Moments before he's set to swing from the end of a Union rope, a Southern supporter reflects on the sabotage attempt that brought him there and sees a possibility for freedom.

Graduating Class

14. Graduating Class

Air Date: 1959-12-27

A teacher's interest in the one student who seems to care about her lessons turns tragic when she and a kindly neighbor follow the girl to a man's apartment.

Man from the South

15. Man from the South

Air Date: 1960-01-03

A down-on-his-luck gambler bets his hand (literally) for a convertible, but the game is stopped by a person with an even larger interest in the outcome.

The Ikon of Elijah

16. The Ikon of Elijah

Air Date: 1960-01-10

An antiques dealer takes refuge in a tucked away monastery with the goal of seizing a priceless manuscript, but his greed will extend his stay at the holy place for much longer than he ever imagined.

The Cure

17. The Cure

Air Date: 1960-01-24

Some important things get lost in translation when a South American oil explorer agrees to have his loyal native assistant take his murderous wife to a head shrinker for her health.

Backward, Turn Backward

18. Backward, Turn Backward

Air Date: 1960-01-31

A middle aged plumber is suspected of bludgeoning to death the father of his 19-year-old love interest, but the Sheriff can't figure out how the man could have done the crime and been caring for his baby grandson at the same time.

Not the Running Type

19. Not the Running Type

Air Date: 1960-02-07

After twelve years in prison for stealing $200,000 from his investment firm employers, Milton Potter calmly returns all the money he embezzled and pursues some very unique post-prison retirement plans.

The Day of the Bullet

20. The Day of the Bullet

Air Date: 1960-02-14

When Clete Vine, a successful businessman, reads about a gangster's violent death, he recalls how he and a childhood friend were profoundly affected by an event that began with their innocent admiration of an elegant car.

Hitch Hike

21. Hitch Hike

Air Date: 1960-02-21

A righteous and hypocritical civic leader on a road trip accepts mechanical help from a young man who then asks for a lift, soon afterwards he reveals he's recently been released from reform school.

Across the Threshold

22. Across the Threshold

Air Date: 1960-02-28

When his over-bearing mother mentions missing her dead husband, a selfish bachelor is happy to arrange the reunion and enlists his actress girlfriend to help by posing as a clairvoyant.

Craig's Will

23. Craig's Will

Air Date: 1960-03-06

It's one lucky dog who is named the beneficiary of his deceased master's estate, but he then becomes the target of murderous plots concocted by the humans in his life.

Madame Mystery

24. Madame Mystery

Air Date: 1960-03-27

A ruthlessly ambitious Hollywood publicist capitalizes on the drowning death of an actress, but his hopes for success sink like a stone when he learns that she's still alive.

The Little Man Who Was There

25. The Little Man Who Was There

Air Date: 1960-04-03

The patrons in a copper town saloon initially scoff at the mysterious, small man who barges in, but soon find themselves handing over their valuables when he takes on two strapping brothers.

Mother, May I Go out to Swim?

26. Mother, May I Go out to Swim?

Air Date: 1960-04-10

What begins as a mother-son vacation soon becomes a trip to agony when he falls in love with a girl who is determined to share his affections ... and will do anything to get rid of her nemesis.

The Cuckoo Clock

27. The Cuckoo Clock

Air Date: 1960-04-17

A sensible widow beginning her stay in a remote summer cottage refuses to be alarmed by news of an escaped mental patient, but her resolve weakens as she visits with an off-beat local.

Forty Detectives Later

28. Forty Detectives Later

Air Date: 1960-04-24

The forty-first private eye hired by a man to find his wife's killer follows the clues to a suspect, and then realizes that the case is more complex than he had realized.

The Hero

29. The Hero

Air Date: 1960-05-01

A wealthy entrepreneur is sure that the man he meets on a cruise ship is the same person he robbed and left for dead many years ago ... or is he?

Insomnia

30. Insomnia

Air Date: 1960-05-08

Lack of sleep is ruining a widower's life, but the real nightmare begins when he finally meets his brother-in-law, a menacing veteran still holding a grudge for his sister's death.

I Can Take Care of Myself

31. I Can Take Care of Myself

Air Date: 1960-05-15

A beautiful Greenwich Village nightclub singer unwittingly risks her life - and that of her pianist - when she makes the mistake of brushing off "Little Dandy", a dangerous mobster.

One Grave Too Many

32. One Grave Too Many

Air Date: 1960-05-22

Chronic unemployment makes a poor husband desperate enough to steal from a man he believes is dead, but he soon regrets the decision when he sees that the lifted wallet contains more than just cash.

Party Line

33. Party Line

Air Date: 1960-05-29

A busybody fears for her life when she learns that the man who blames her for his wife's death has escaped from prison and may be planning a visit with his former neighbor.

Cell 227

34. Cell 227

Air Date: 1960-06-05

A falsely convicted prisoner is determined to make his walk to the gas chamber on of dignity, but his plan suddenly changes when he hurls himself at the jovial guard known as "Pops".

The Schartz-Metterklume Method

35. The Schartz-Metterklume Method

Air Date: 1960-06-12

An unconventional governess disrupts a conservative household with her radical ideas about interior design, wines, art and - especially - children and their education.

Letter of Credit

36. Letter of Credit

Air Date: 1960-06-19

When he goes to a bank to transfer money, a man writing a book on the subject of unsolved crimes has no idea that he will find information about the $500,000 robbery he is chronicling ... or does he?

Escape to Sonoita

37. Escape to Sonoita

Air Date: 1960-06-26

A pair of truck drivers stranded in the Arizona desert find themselves at the mercy of two kidnappers who are heading to the border ... and determined to take the last of the drinking water with them.

Hooked

38. Hooked

Air Date: 1960-09-25

Believing that financial reasons prevent him from leaving his wife, an unhappily married man and the woman he really loves hatch a scheme that they believe will solve all their problems.

Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat

1. Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat

Air Date: 1960-09-27

A touch of mink for Mr and Mrs Bixby is only part of a story of love grown cold and a hidden passion beneath the surface.

The Doubtful Doctor

2. The Doubtful Doctor

Air Date: 1960-10-04

Bewitched advertising executive Ralph Jones seeks psychiatric help when he inexplicably finds an escape from his present day marital woes by traveling back in time to his earlier carefree bachelorhood.

Very Moral Theft

3. Very Moral Theft

Air Date: 1960-10-11

Lumbered with more than an enormous debt, a businessman needs money - and fast. His doting fiance-in-waiting provides an instant solution, but in so doing, her act of desperate kindness leads to fatal consequences.

The Contest for Aaron Gold

4. The Contest for Aaron Gold

Air Date: 1960-10-18

A pensive, withdrawn child attending a summer camp fashions a one-armed warrior knight in clay, to the consternation of his counselors. Is there a reason behind this particular display?

The Five Forty-eight

5. The Five Forty-eight

Air Date: 1960-10-25

Two passengers on a train leaving Grand Central station at 5:48 - one in fear of his past catching up with him at long last, the other intent on exacting a revenge which will restore the balance of power.

Pen Pal

6. Pen Pal

Air Date: 1960-11-01

Love letters from a pen pal bring an escaped convict to a country cottage in search of the woman he plans to make his bride. With the police closing in, is more than his heart trapped?

Outlaw in Town

7. Outlaw in Town

Air Date: 1960-11-15

At the Last Chance Saloon, an outlaw rides in to town amidst a raging blizzard. The "Whistling Kid" has a price on his head, and everyone wants a piece of the action.

O Youth and Beauty!

8. O Youth and Beauty!

Air Date: 1960-11-22

A midlife crisis for a man with a teenage past boasting athletic prowess and vigor puts a dangerous strain on his marriage, and his own physical state. How much more can a wife take living under starter's orders?

The Money

9. The Money

Air Date: 1960-11-29

To win the hand of his beautiful girlfriend, a bookie-turned-import agent eyes the main chance with a deceitful ploy. In so doing, he finds himself earning more than the highest prize.

Sybilla

10. Sybilla

Air Date: 1960-12-06

On the passing of his wife, a man reflects on a marriage filled with bitterness and suspicion through the pages of her diary, and comes to realize he never really knew her at all.

The Man With Two Faces

11. The Man With Two Faces

Air Date: 1960-12-13

The theft of a woman's purse is the start of a tale of profit and loss which strikes close to home when the identity of the culprit is sought through a series of conflicting photographs.

The Baby Blue Expression

12. The Baby Blue Expression

Air Date: 1960-12-20

Philip Weaver concocts a scheme to murder his employer.

The Man Who Found the Money

13. The Man Who Found the Money

Air Date: 1960-12-27

When a down-on-his-luck man finds a small fortune on the streets of Las Vegas, a simple act of charity pays more dividends than he ever expected.

The Changing Heart

14. The Changing Heart

Air Date: 1961-01-03

The time for love is any time, but for Dane Ross and his beloved Lisa, the clock is almost certainly ticking.

Summer Shade

15. Summer Shade

Air Date: 1961-01-10

The witches of Salem are getting younger by the year, and for nine-year-old Kate Kendall this isn't a problem as she has a new playmate for the summer. Parents Phyllis and Ben are altogether more concerned, and consult the local Reverend on the subject of exorcism.

A Crime for Mothers

16. A Crime for Mothers

Air Date: 1961-01-24

When a mother returns to seek out her long-lost abandoned daughter, money rather than love seems to be her driving motive. Refusing to pay, the girl's pseudo-adoptive parents call the woman's bluff and demand a court settlement to the matter.

The Last Escape

17. The Last Escape

Air Date: 1961-01-31

An escapologist with a daring new act, a deceitful wife with a passion for music and the musician performing it, and a last escape worthy of Houdini himself, make cheating death a circus act to bend anyone's sanity.

The Greatest Monster of Them All

18. The Greatest Monster of Them All

Air Date: 1961-02-14

The Prince of Darkness stalks the living once more as legendary Hollywood producer Ernst Von Kroft makes a low-budget bid for a return to the fame and glory of the big screen. When he falls short of renewed stardom, it could be a pain in the neck for all concerned.

The Landlady

19. The Landlady

Air Date: 1961-02-21

In a small provincial town, an English lady takes in lodgers. For Billy Weaver, the town of Bramley offers accommodation at a reasonable rate, and a vacation to die for.

The Throwback

20. The Throwback

Air Date: 1961-02-28

A knight's tale of chivalry and honor sees two men vying for the affections of a beautiful woman fighting an honorable duel for her heart and hand. All is fair in love and war, but a little cheating is expected.

The Kiss Off

21. The Kiss Off

Air Date: 1961-03-07

When a man is released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, he sets about balancing the ledger of life by pulling off an audacious robbery which he believes the police can never prove he was responsible for. Will his hotel key prove his undoing?

The Horse Player

22. The Horse Player

Air Date: 1961-03-14

On a wing and a prayer, a gambler with a mission thinks he has a hotline to God in praying for a string of successful winners. Convincing a naive minister to play the odds with the parish funds, could this be the race which beats the horse player?

Incident in a Small Jail

23. Incident in a Small Jail

Air Date: 1961-03-21

An arresting tale of crime and misdemeanor in a small town sees a traveling salesman embroiled in deceit and murder. In a twisted variation on the prince and the pauper, the swapping of clothes reveals the true identity of a murderous fiend.

A Woman's Help

24. A Woman's Help

Air Date: 1961-03-28

When you're handsome and attractive, the ladies will always pay you the sort of attention you want. For Arnold Bourdon, there's only one problem: how to get rid of his shrewish but wealthy wife. Perhaps her new companion and nurse hold the key.

Museum Piece

25. Museum Piece

Air Date: 1961-04-04

Dark secrets lie at the heart of a private Indian museum, with one particular exhibit telling a sinister story of seduction, betrayal and murder.

Coming, Mama

26. Coming, Mama

Air Date: 1961-04-11

Lucy Baldwin wishes to marry her boy friend Arthur. Unfortunately, her domineering mother believe that Arthur is only out for money opposes the marriage. When Lucy's mother falls ill, Lucy sees her chance. She slips her a fatal dose of sleeping tonc and she dies. Lucy and Arthur are married and Arthur takes Lucy to visit his mother. Unfortunately, Arthur's mother is just as domineering as Lucy's. Since Arthur's mother is ill, Lucy suggests a dose of sleeping tonic to take care of the problem.

Deathmate

27. Deathmate

Air Date: 1961-04-18

A cash-strapped, treacherous couple set on being together no matter what the cost find that the price of love runs high when a private investigator comes onto the scene and discovers bigamy and murder are the perfect deathmate.

Gratitude

28. Gratitude

Air Date: 1961-04-25

When a prosperous racketeer with a fear of death gambles with life, those closest to him turn their backs on him in his hour of need. Can a dead man walking really show gratitude?

The Pearl Necklace

29. The Pearl Necklace

Air Date: 1961-05-02

How to marry a millionaire becomes a pathway to a loveless union for a beautiful young woman already in a relationship with a grasping and handsome man. Thinking she has married a man with a year to live and a fortune to inherit, her future plans soon go awry when her husband does the unexpected - he continues to live!

You Can't Trust a Man

30. You Can't Trust a Man

Air Date: 1961-05-09

When a nightclub beauty is visited upon by the misfortune of a former husband whom she has carelessly neglected to divorce amidst her rapid rise to stardom and subsequent bigamy, murder seems the only answer. Surely, reasons beautiful Crystal Coe, you can't trust a man to be of any worth her now?

The Gloating Place

31. The Gloating Place

Air Date: 1961-05-16

The boy who cried wolf got his comeuppance in the end. What of a spurned girl seeking the attention of all and sundry? When one lie replaces another and the stakes are raised to murder, what of the girl at the gloating place?

Self Defense

32. Self Defense

Air Date: 1961-05-23

When a robbery goes wrong and one fatal bullet becomes four, can self defense really be the motive behind a frightened man's gun-toting pursuit of the culprits? The police think not ... and they may have a point.

A Secret Life

33. A Secret Life

Air Date: 1961-05-30

James Howgill wants a divorce from his wife. When she refuses to give him one, he hires a private eye to follow her in hopes of finding evidence of adultery.

Servant Problem

34. Servant Problem

Air Date: 1961-06-06

Good staff are hard to come by and, once found, are as priceless as one's own wife when it comes to their talent in the kitchen. At least, for handsome and distinguished Kerwin Drake, this is certainly the case when the arrival of his dowdy down-at-heel wife is a mere hors d'ouevres for the murderous meal that follows.

Coming Home

35. Coming Home

Air Date: 1961-06-13

When an armed robber is released from prison, beaten down by the system and wanting to retreat to his long-lost family life, his homecoming makes for a shocking revelation.

Final Arrangements

36. Final Arrangements

Air Date: 1961-06-20

Browbeaten husband seeks nothing but the best for his late-lamented wife. The most expensive casket from the best in the business, every detail attended to in the making of final arrangements. Just one item left of the to-do list: kill the wife.

Make My Death Bed

37. Make My Death Bed

Air Date: 1961-06-27

When music is the food of love, sweet passion spells more than cream in the coffee for two couples.

Ambition

38. Ambition

Air Date: 1961-07-04

The price of ambition for District Attorney Rudolf Cox is high when a hard-bitten hoodlum prepares to make a confession that could put an end to his high-profile career.

The Hatbox

1. The Hatbox

Air Date: 1961-10-10

When caught cheating on a test, Perry Hatch visits his college Professor to plead his case before a letter is sent to his parents. But upon witnessing the Professor disposing of a brand new ladies hat box, Perry thinks he may be onto something sinister.

Bang, You're Dead

2. Bang, You're Dead

Air Date: 1961-10-17

Young Jackie Chester is ostracized by his fellow playmates because he doesn't own a toy gun like theirs. Upset at being left out, he finds a gun in his Uncle's suitcase - unaware he has a real revolver ... and it's loaded.

Maria

3. Maria

Air Date: 1961-10-24

The manager of a carnival discovers his drunken purchase of a monkey is in fact a female midget dressed up as the animal. Falling in love with her "owner", she sets about to break up his marriage.

Cop for a Day

4. Cop for a Day

Air Date: 1961-10-31

Two bank robbers, Phil and Davey, are forced to act when it is revealed a woman was an eye-witness to their crime. Phil devises a clever plan to dress up as a policeman to gain entry to her secure location, but will his plan go without a hitch?

Keep Me Company

5. Keep Me Company

Air Date: 1961-11-07

A lonely housewife invents the story a prowler is on her property in order to entice a handsome detective to visit her. But she may have inadvertently helped the police with a major investigation that will affect her own life.

Beta Delta Gamma

6. Beta Delta Gamma

Air Date: 1961-11-14

After a drinking contest, students decide to play a joke on one of their fraternity friends, Alan. Putting fake blood on one of them, they lead Alan to believe he has committed murder, placing into action a deadly chain of events.

You Can't be A Little Girl All Your Life

7. You Can't be A Little Girl All Your Life

Air Date: 1961-11-21

When a young wife is assaulted in her home, her husband is enraged upon her selecting who she thinks was the culprit from a police line-up. But his wife is on the brink of making a shocking discovery.

The Old Pro

8. The Old Pro

Air Date: 1961-11-28

A hit-man's retirement is jeopardized when he is blackmailed by a man threatening to reveal his past to his wife - who knows nothing about his wicked ways.

I Spy

9. I Spy

Air Date: 1961-12-05

Private detective Al Frute falls love with his client's wife when her husband hires him to prove her infidelity. Al decides the best way forward is to provide the required evidence to ensure a happy ending for all.

Services Rendered

10. Services Rendered

Air Date: 1961-12-12

Being hit by a falling plank of wood has rendered a young man with amnesia. All he has in his possession is a $1000 bill and a note with a doctor's address. Visiting the doctor jogs his memory, which is unfortunate for one of them.

The Right Kind of Medicine

11. The Right Kind of Medicine

Air Date: 1961-12-19

A doctor gets more than he bargains for when he attends to a man's gunshot wound. However, the doctor may have the ultimate revenge from the grave.

A Jury of Her Peers

12. A Jury of Her Peers

Air Date: 1961-12-26

A local sheriff has failed to find enough evidence to prove Millie Wright killed her husband. When the sheriff's wife stumbles across some clues that may prove Millie guilty, will she speak up?

The Silk Petticoat

13. The Silk Petticoat

Air Date: 1962-01-02

Elisa Minden begins to question her actions when discovering her fiance talking to his late wife's grave about the virtues of torture and the fact he had caught his wife having an affair. Will Elisa regret going through with the vows?

Bad Actor

14. Bad Actor

Air Date: 1962-01-09

Two young actors are up for the same role and get together for an afternoon's rehearsal. Alcoholic Bart Collins shows just a tad too much realism when he strangles his friend Jerry to death. Now what to do with the body?

The Door Without a Key

15. The Door Without a Key

Air Date: 1962-01-16

Two lonely people, one an old man suffering amnesia, the other a young, lost boy, find they have more in common that they realize when meeting at the police station.

The Case of M.J.H.

16. The Case of M.J.H.

Air Date: 1962-01-23

Young criminal Jimmy French convinces his girlfriend to take a peek at her psychiatrist boss' files in order to find the perfect blackmail victim. But will Jimmy end up being the one under analysis?

The Faith of Aaron Menefee

17. The Faith of Aaron Menefee

Air Date: 1962-01-30

When a faith-healer cures a mechanic's stomach ulcer, it leads to love and murder.

The Woman Who Wanted to Live

18. The Woman Who Wanted to Live

Air Date: 1962-02-06

When a convict takes a girl hostage after murdering a gas station attendant, he is puzzled why she doesn't try to escape when several opportunities arise ... and why she is being so helpful.

Strange Miracle

19. Strange Miracle

Air Date: 1962-02-13

Following a train accident, Mr. Sequiras fakes being paralyzed from the waist down so he can collect compensation from the train company. When tiring of having to pretend he cannot walk, Sequiras comes up with a plan to "walk" again when meeting a girl who really is paralyzed.

The Test

20. The Test

Air Date: 1962-02-20

When a young boy murders another boy with a knife, his father convinces attorney Vernon Wedge to take on the case. Wedge comes up with a rather unique "test" to prove the boy's innocence, providing it can be used in court.

Burglar Proof

21. Burglar Proof

Air Date: 1962-02-27

As part of a publicity gimmich, ex-criminal Sammy Morrissey agrees to attempt opening a "burglar proof" safe. If he can unlock the safe at a press conference, he can keep the $50,000 contained within. But will Morrissey prove the hand is quicker than the eye?

The Big Score

22. The Big Score

Air Date: 1962-03-06

A group of young thieves hit on the idea of robbing a wealthy man by one of them volunteering to babysit. However, when robbing the premises, the man returns home, leading to murder and revenge.

Profit Sharing Plan

23. Profit Sharing Plan

Air Date: 1962-03-13

When a long-time employee retires with little in the way of thanks, the man decides to rob the company and run off with his secret girlfriend. His wife, however, has other plans.

Apex

24. Apex

Air Date: 1962-03-20

An unfaithful husband and his girlfriend concoct a plan to murder his wife after she plans to divorce him, which will leave him penniless.

The Last Remains

25. The Last Remains

Air Date: 1962-03-27

A funeral director blackmails a client when he discovers the man's business partner didn't really die in a road accident, but was shot instead.

Ten O'Clock Tiger

26. Ten O'Clock Tiger

Air Date: 1962-04-03

When a boxing manager tries out a special formula designed to enhance the performance of race horses on one of his prize-fighters, he finds himself in the ring fighting for his own life.

Act of Faith

27. Act of Faith

Air Date: 1962-04-10

When a writer agrees to sponsor a fledgling author's first book, he receives a lesson in patience.

The Kerry Blue

28. The Kerry Blue

Air Date: 1962-04-17

The death of a beloved pooch sets off a series of deadly events for the dog's shattered owner

The Matched Pearl

29. The Matched Pearl

Air Date: 1962-04-24

The sale of an expensive pearl teaches a con-man a lesson in honesty that will cost him far more than just his integrity.

What Frightened You, Fred?

30. What Frightened You, Fred?

Air Date: 1962-05-01

The warden of a prison is puzzled by the fact a man has just broken his parole conditions just two days after being released. Despite probing for answers, the warden eventually discovers the reason for the convict's return.

Most Likely to Succeed

31. Most Likely to Succeed

Air Date: 1962-05-08

A bragging, successful businessman takes pity on a former down-on-his-luck college friend by giving him a job, revealing how he has cheated the government out of tax revenue. Perhaps he should have kept his mouth shut.

Victim Four

32. Victim Four

Air Date: 1962-05-15

A newlywed couple are involved in an accident, leaving them each with a disability. The husband has a bad limp, but his wife's injuries are not as easily identified ... until one night when she goes missing.

The Opportunity

33. The Opportunity

Air Date: 1962-05-22

An assistant manager of a department store finds a unique use for a girl he has caught shoplifting. Agreeing to let the girl off, he sets into motion a plan that will lead to murder.

The Twelve Hour Caper

34. The Twelve Hour Caper

Air Date: 1962-05-29

A disgruntled employee hatches a plan, with the help of two professional thieves, to steal a shipment of negotiable bonds. Will he get away with a clean sweep?

The Children of Alda Nuova

35. The Children of Alda Nuova

Air Date: 1962-06-05

An American criminal living in Rome gets more than he bargained for when supplying narcotics to a group of juveniles.

First Class Honeymoon

36. First Class Honeymoon

Air Date: 1962-06-12

Initially delighted with divorce, a man soon regrets the agreement when his ex-wife's alimony payments are wiping him out. Desperate to claw back the money, a scheme involving a stranger may be the key to his happiness ... or cause further debt.

The Big Kick

37. The Big Kick

Air Date: 1962-06-19

A desperately broke beatnik couple, Mitch and Judy, plan to use a well-off man, who has shown an interest in Judy, to finance their lifestyle. But who's using who?

Where Beauty Lies

38. Where Beauty Lies

Air Date: 1962-06-26

Caroline Hardy's affair with the handsome Paul Ross comes to an abrupt end when her brother tells Paul's wife about them. Intent on revenge, Caroline sets off an explosion that will have life-changing results.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

39. The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Air Date: 1962-07-03

The frustrated wife of a carnival musician is in love with the circus strong man. With the appearance of a homeless boy comes a plan to free her from her husband. But will he play the final trick?

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Rating

7.7/10

Release Date

1955-10-02

Episodes

268 (7 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Videos

Production Companies

Universal Television

Universal Television

Revue Studios

Shamley Productions