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Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

  • Air date:1955-10-02
  • User score:
    7.5
  • Number of episodes:39

List of Episodes

Revenge
S1E1
6.9

Air date: 1955-10-02

Runtime: 27 min

When Carl Spann's wife Elsa is left traumatized after being assaulted by an unknown attacker, he becomes determined to track down the perpetrator and take revenge.

Premonition
S1E2
8.0

Air date: 1955-10-09

Runtime: 27 min

A famous pianist returning to his home town finds his father has died, and suspects his friends and family are covering up the true details of that death.

Triggers in Leash
S1E3
7.4

Air date: 1955-10-16

Runtime: 27 min

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
S1E4
7.8

Air date: 1955-10-23

Runtime: 27 min

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
S1E5
7.8

Air date: 1955-10-30

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E6
6.8

Air date: 1955-11-06

Runtime: 26 min

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

Breakdown
S1E7
7.6

Air date: 1955-11-13

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E8
8.2

Air date: 1955-11-20

Runtime: 26 min

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

The Long Shot
S1E9
8.2

Air date: 1955-11-27

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E10
8.8

Air date: 1955-12-04

Runtime: 26 min

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

Guilty Witness
S1E11
7.5

Air date: 1955-12-11

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E12
6.8

Air date: 1955-12-18

Runtime: 26 min

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

The Cheney Vase
S1E13
6.8

Air date: 1955-12-25

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E14
7.7

Air date: 1956-01-01

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E15
8.0

Air date: 1956-01-08

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E16
8.0

Air date: 1956-01-15

Runtime: 26 min

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

The Older Sister
S1E17
7.0

Air date: 1956-01-22

Runtime: 26 min

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

Shopping for Death
S1E18
7.0

Air date: 1956-01-29

Runtime: 26 min

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

The Derelicts
S1E19
9.0

Air date: 1956-02-05

Runtime: 26 min

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

And So Died Riabouchinska
S1E20
6.0

Air date: 1956-02-12

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E21
7.0

Air date: 1956-02-19

Runtime: 26 min

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

Place of Shadows
S1E22
7.0

Air date: 1956-02-26

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E23
6.8

Air date: 1956-03-04

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E24
8.0

Air date: 1956-03-11

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E25
8.0

Air date: 1956-03-18

Runtime: 27 min

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

Whodunit
S1E26
8.0

Air date: 1956-03-25

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E27
8.0

Air date: 1956-04-01

Runtime: 26 min

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

Portrait of Jocelyn
S1E28
0.0

Air date: 1956-04-08

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E29
0.0

Air date: 1956-04-15

Runtime: 27 min

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
S1E30
7.0

Air date: 1956-04-22

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E31
0.0

Air date: 1956-04-29

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E32
0.0

Air date: 1956-05-06

Runtime: 25 min

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
S1E33
0.0

Air date: 1956-05-13

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E34
0.0

Air date: 1956-05-20

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E35
0.0

Air date: 1956-05-27

Runtime: 27 min

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
S1E36
0.0

Air date: 1956-06-03

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E37
0.0

Air date: 1956-06-10

Runtime: 26 min

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
S1E38
0.0

Air date: 1956-06-17

Runtime: 26 min

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

Momentum
S1E39
0.0

Air date: 1956-06-24

Runtime: 26 min

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

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