Suspense - Season 2

Episodes

The Cask of Amontillado

In this loose adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," a vengeful Italian count during World War II lures the stable boy turned Nazi General to his wine cellar to taste a rare Amontillado wine.

Oct 11, 1949

Season 2Episode 725 min

The Serpent Ring

Oct 18, 1949

Season 2Episode 825 min

The Murderer

Detained by the side of the road where his wife Mollie was found murdered, John explains to a deputy the events leading up to that moment. Their busybody neighbor Lillybelle had made accusations about Mollie's infidelity, as had a mysterious stranger who traveled the road near their home. Realizing John was wise to her, Mollie tried to flee but Lillybelle blocked the door.

Oct 25, 1949

Season 2Episode 925 min

Black Passage

An American lover of architecture is escorted to a crumbling Mexican castle by the local padre. He warns the visitor to keep his room door locked and avoid the family that lives there--especially the maniacal mother when the black wind blows. Eventually, the curious American learns the horrible truth about the family's history of blood lust.

Nov 1, 1949

Season 2Episode 1025 min

Suspicion

Nov 8, 1949

Season 2Episode 1125 min

The Thin Edge of Violence

Nov 15, 1949

Season 2Episode 1225 min

The Third One

A self-absorbed couple takes their daughter on a vacation, unaware that the child is urgently wanted by health officials. The little girl was afraid to tell them she'd been bitten by a dog, and the animal turns out to have been rabid. The child hears on the radio that authorities are searching for the dog bit victim, panics that she could die, and tells her parents the truth.

Nov 22, 1949

Season 2Episode 1325 min

The Man in the House

Emily has moved back home to care for her battle-ax old mother and it has placed her marriage in jeopardy. Arriving home from work, she finds an escapee from a mental hospital with the old bitty tied up and gagged; she was so irritating he couldn't stand her talking anymore. While he hides at their house for a few days, Emily is supposed go to work as usual, but not utter a word of his presence to anyone or it will be curtains for the old lady.

Nov 29, 1949

Season 2Episode 1425 min

The Scar

Dec 6, 1949

Season 2Episode 1525 min

The Gray Helmet

A dramatic story of the Black Hand's operations in New York's Little Italy during the 1890's.

Dec 13, 1949

Season 2Episode 1625 min

The Seeker and the Sought

An elderly man is in a desperate search for a youngster who is in peril of passing evil's point of no return.

Dec 20, 1949

Season 2Episode 1725 min

The Case of Lady Sannox

Lady Sannox, the toast of London society, carries on an obvious affair with Douglas Stone, an arrogant, young surgeon. Lord Sannox, a retired star of the stage, is thought to be a clueless old man unaware of the liaison. After discussing with the Lady his plan to murder her husband so they can marry, Stone is hired by a desperate man to perform a questionable operation on his wife. Lord Sannox, we learn, is not as oblivious to his wife's infidelity as he appears.

Dec 27, 1949

Season 2Episode 1825 min

Morning Boat to Africa

A wayward wife of a jealous husband brings trouble home.

Jan 3, 1950

Season 2Episode 1925 min

The Bomber Command

Former bomber pilot D.P. Bradford and his wife Zita host a reunion for D.P.'s World War II crew. In the midst of the celebration, the Bradfords's daughter Susan is kidnapped and held for ransom by a mysterious German. The bomber crew joins forces to track down and rescue the little girl.

Jan 10, 1950

Season 2Episode 2025 min

Summer Storm

A father and son moving out of a boarding house get into a tussle with the sleazy landlord who promptly drops dead on the floor. Since the father has a past record, the two hide in the attic while the police investigate, waiting to make their escape.

Jan 17, 1950

Season 2Episode 2125 min

The Horizontal Man

The murder of a Professor has undergraduate Kate investigating the case with help from a newspaper reporter.

Jan 24, 1950

Season 2Episode 2225 min

The Distant Island

The story of an amnesia victim and what happens when he regains his memory.

Jan 31, 1950

Season 2Episode 2325 min

Escape This Night

Feb 7, 1950

Season 2Episode 2425 min

The Suicide Club

Prince Florizel and his cohort, Gerard, masquerade under false identities and hit the city in search of adventure. One night in a bar, they encounter a young man who says he does not wish to go on. Claiming to feel the same way, the prince and his friend soon find themselves at the Suicide Club, an organization whose members want to die. Each evening using a deck of cards, the "lucky" next victim is decided, as is the member who must commit the deed and make it look like an accident. Florizel and Gerard's charade ceases to be entertaining when a club member is ...

Feb 14, 1950

Season 2Episode 2525 min

Roman Holiday

Feb 21, 1950

Season 2Episode 2625 min

The Man Who Talked in His Sleep

Teenage practical joker Jerry pretends his new stepfather revealed something incriminating while talking in his sleep. Rather than laughing it off, Henry Lord gets very defensive and becomes threatening. After suffering a suspicious accident, Jerry is convinced his stepfather has something in his past he's willing to kill to keep secret.

Feb 28, 1950

Season 2Episode 2725 min

The Ledge

Mar 7, 1950

Season 2Episode 2825 min

The Parcel

Tommy, an errand boy, hangs around a hot dog stand when he's not in transit. The stand, a front for criminal enterprises, proves dangerous when he's hired by a shady character to deliver a package at exactly 5PM that evening. With time to kill, he goes to a baseball game. Tommy doesn't realize that the package contains 20 grand from a payroll heist and that a pair of criminals know it's in his possession.

Mar 14, 1950

Season 2Episode 2925 min

The Old Man's Badge

Officer Malone is murdered outside a "gay 90s"-themed nightclub simply by buying a seemingly harmless gift from one of the showgirls. His son, a rookie cop, takes a vacation from the force to find the murderer himself. At the club, he uncovers the deadly secret that got his father shot -- they're selling illegal drugs.

Mar 21, 1950

Season 2Episode 3025 min

The Second Class Passenger

A man taking a cruise around the world finds second-class passengers are much more interesting, and by the time things become more complicated he wished that he'd missed the boat.

Mar 28, 1950

Season 2Episode 3125 min

1000 to One

Detective Sam Cragg goes to meet a client in the "Little Serbia" section of the city and finds the man murdered. Everyone in the neighborhood lives in fear of the unseen C. W. Roberts, a mysterious loan shark who keeps the poor permanently in debt. Cragg sends a book to Roberts and watches to see who picks it up.

Apr 4, 1950

Season 2Episode 3225 min

Steely, Steely Eyes

The notorious criminal Ma Barker and her gang of four sons blaze a murderous path from beginnings in Missouri to their final showdown with FBI agents and their machine guns in Florida.

Apr 11, 1950

Season 2Episode 3325 min

Murder at the Mardi Gras

Dan Bedell, an up-and-coming actor, has come to New Orleans for Mardi Gras and he has fallen in love with Connie Williams. Gambling boss Morgan Nelson warns Dan that Connie is in league with her friend Bill Reed to blackmail Dan. When Nelson's bodyguard turns up dead in Dan's apartment, Connie enlists Reed to help her and Dan dispose of the body. But can Dan trust Connie and Bill, or are the pair up to no good as Nelson warned?

Apr 18, 1950

Season 2Episode 3425 min

The Gentleman From America

An American bets two London friends that he can spend the night alone in a "haunted house."

Apr 25, 1950

Season 2Episode 3525 min

Death of a Dummy

A young man on a scavenger hunt for a department store sales check stumbles into a murderer at midnight in the store.

May 2, 1950

Season 2Episode 3625 min

Red Wine

The FBI pursues a man to the wilds of Borneo.

May 9, 1950

Season 2Episode 3725 min

One and One's a Lonesome

A predatory blond conspires with an old flame to murder her husband, but tosses a neat double cross at the old flame.

May 16, 1950

Season 2Episode 3825 min

Photo Finish

The former medical examiner who had falsified information in a murder case years earlier returns to town. Lawyer Robert Quartermain, who was involved in the trial, kills the ex-examiner, careful to leave no clues behind. But, he hadn't planned on having his picture taken by a street photographer when he was leaving the scene of the crime. Realizing the shutterbug possesses the only evidence against him, Quartermain is frantic to find the man and retrieve that picture.

May 23, 1950

Season 2Episode 3925 min

Listen, Listen

Be silent, husband; that is the admonition of a wife to her husband when it comes to murder. She tells her hubby to keep his big mouth shut and not tip the police off about a murder.

May 30, 1950

Season 2Episode 4025 min

Black Bronze

A reporter unexpectedly becomes involved in a series of violent, brutal murders.

Jun 6, 1950

Season 2Episode 4125 min

I'm No Hero

Dr. Joe Parker and his family are awakened by a gun-wielding criminal demanding treatment for his brother. The man's in serious condition after a bullet pierced his lung. With a pistol pointing at their daughter, the doctor and his wife are forced to perform surgery despite his protests that the patient requires hospital treatment to survive.

Jun 20, 1950

Season 2Episode 4225 min

Wisteria Cottage

A disturbed young man with a murderous background latches onto an older woman and her daughters. He worms his way into their family by charming the mother, even accompanying them to their summer cottage. One daughter's attempt to break off her flirtatious affair with the volatile man, whose true colors begin to show.

Jun 27, 1950