Thriller - Season 1
Season 1
Network
Episodes37
DatesSep 13, 1960 - Jun 13, 1961
Episodes
Season 1Episode 160 min
The Twisted Image
Alan Patterson (Leslie Nielsen), a successful account executive, unwittingly commits two blunders which set in motion forces that threaten to destroy his family and his career. Alan's first mistake is his innocent befriending of Lily Hanson (Natalie Trundy), a beautiful girl who lives in a world of fantasy and who has selected him as the object of her infatuation. His second mistake is calling Merle Jenkins (George Grizzard), an office boy, by the wrong name. Merle, a petty thief with psychopathic tendencies, is envious of Alan and his attractive wife, Judy (Diane Foster). Like Lily, Merle proceeds to undermine the Patterson family's happiness.
Sep 13, 1960
Season 1Episode 260 min
Child's Play
A young boy with an unhappy homelife gets dangerously absorbed in his imagination.
Sep 20, 1960
Season 1Episode 360 min
Worse Than Murder
A man dies and leaves a diary describing how he and his sister murdered a woman. The sister's unscrupulous daughter-in-law uses the diary for blackmail.
Sep 27, 1960
Season 1Episode 460 min
The Mark of the Hand
An eight-year-old girl is accused of murdering a man and then trying to kill again.
Oct 4, 1960
Season 1Episode 560 min
Rose's Last Summer
When an aging film actress dies under mysterious circumstances a friend and her former husband try to find out what happened to her.
Oct 11, 1960
Season 1Episode 660 min
The Guilty Men
The inner workings of a crime syndicate are examined as their mouthpiece lawyer wrestles with his conscience over the future of the organization.
Oct 18, 1960
Season 1Episode 760 min
The Purple Room
A man who inherits a house from his brother has one night to decide whether or not to stay - if he leaves, his cousins will inherit the house instead. He expects his cousins to try and frighten him into leaving, but could the strange happenings be more than pranks?
Oct 25, 1960
Season 1Episode 860 min
The Watcher
A twisted zealot seeks to kill all those he feels are sinners.
Nov 1, 1960
Season 1Episode 960 min
Girl with a Secret
When the wife of a government agent inadvertently discovers the details of one of his missions she becomes a girl with a secret that must be kept at all costs.
Nov 15, 1960
Season 1Episode 1060 min
The Prediction
A phony clairvoyant suddenly starts having genuine premonitions. Will he be able to save those closest to him when he sees death in their future?
Nov 22, 1960
Season 1Episode 1160 min
The Fatal Impulse
A canidate for Mayor is told he won't live through the next day. The police are sent to protect him and we follow their actions as well as those of the potential killer.
Nov 29, 1960
Season 1Episode 1260 min
The Big Blackout
A former alcoholic is haunted by a past he can't remember. Will he be able to stay alive long enough to unravel the mystery?
Dec 6, 1960
Season 1Episode 1360 min
Knock Three-One-Two
A man desparate for money decides to enlist the help of a serial killer in getting the cash he needs from his wife.
Dec 13, 1960
Season 1Episode 1460 min
Man in the Middle
A man overhears the kidnapping and murder plot of two unsavory characters and tries to prevent it from being carried out despite the fact that his own life is in danger.
Dec 20, 1960
Season 1Episode 1560 min
The Cheaters
A pair of very unusual glasses allow the wearer to see the absolute truth about whatever they look upon. We see what happens as they pass from one owner to another.
Dec 27, 1960
Season 1Episode 1660 min
The Hungry Glass
A young couple buy a run-down, old mansion surrounded with legends about the lack of mirrors and the deaths of many former tenants. On their first night in the house they are frightened by strage visions, inexplicably intertwined with mirrors and glass.
Jan 3, 1961
Season 1Episode 1760 min
The Poisoner
A man in nineteenth century England disposes of his family members one by one - his weapon of choice? - an undetectable poison concealed within his ring.
Jan 10, 1961
Season 1Episode 1860 min
Man in a Cage
A man arrives in Tangier looking for his missing brother who seems to have been involved in some shady dealings.
Jan 17, 1961
Season 1Episode 1960 min
Choose a Victim
A wealthy girl takes up with a mercenary beachbum. Together they plot to kill her uncle for his money
Jan 24, 1961
Season 1Episode 2060 min
Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook
A young detective is sent to the English countryside to investigate a strange murder. His wife, who has accompanied him, soon finds herself a target of the locals who believe she is a witch.
Feb 7, 1961
Season 1Episode 2160 min
The Merriweather File
When a man discovers a body in the trunk of his car the harder he tries to prove his innocence the more guilty he looks. Do the attempts on his wife's life have anything to do with this strange case?
Feb 14, 1961
Season 1Episode 2260 min
The Fingers of Fear
A child murderer is on the loose. A mentally disturbed man is arrested for the crimes, but a determined police lieutenant isn't sure they have the right man.
Feb 21, 1961
Season 1Episode 2360 min
Well of Doom
A man is kidnapped on the eve of his wedding and held prisoner by a ghoulish creature claiming to be the devil himself.
Feb 28, 1961
Season 1Episode 2460 min
The Ordeal of Dr. Cordell
A research scientist accidentally discovers a strange gas that penetrates his gas mask and the effects are most bizarre - now every time he hears a bell it sends him into a murderous rage.
Mar 7, 1961
Season 1Episode 2560 min
Trio for Terror
Three separate tales: a man murders his uncle for the inheritance, but the uncle is no oridinary man; a man wins a fortune gambling, but may not live to enjoy it; a serial killer meets an odd fate.
Mar 14, 1961
Season 1Episode 2660 min
Papa Benjamin
A musician tells a strange tale of involvement in a voodoo cult.
Mar 21, 1961
Season 1Episode 2760 min
Late Date
When a man murders his adulterous wife his brother attempts to conceal the crime by disposing of the body - but it won't be easy.
Apr 4, 1961
Season 1Episode 2860 min
Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper
A series of brutal murders in the modern-day U.S. mirror those of Jack the Ripper. Sir Guy informs the police of his theory that it is in fact the Ripper himself, alive and well - and not a year older.
Apr 11, 1961
Season 1Episode 2960 min
The Devil's Ticket
A starving artist goes to a pawn shop with one of his paintings and ends up pawning his soul to the devil. Will he be able to redeem it when the time comes?
Apr 18, 1961
Season 1Episode 3060 min
Parasite Mansion
Marcia Hunter is taken prisoner by the strange owners of a old estate when she makes a wrong turn on a stormy night. There she encounters a weird granny, brother and sister and she attempts to solve the mystery of the manor and its unusual inhabitants.
Apr 25, 1961
Season 1Episode 3160 min
A Good Imagination
A book dealer turns to murder over his adulterous wife - taking his methods for killing from classic literature.
May 2, 1961
Season 1Episode 3260 min
Mr. George
A little girl is the sole heir to her mother's fortune and her greedy relatives are out to kill her for her money. What they don't realize is this little girl has a supernatural guardian.
May 9, 1961
Season 1Episode 3360 min
Terror in Teakwood
A young man's former girlfriend comes to him for help; her husband, a famous pianist, is being terrorized by an unknown being - is it a dead rival, secretly alive, or is it something much more grotesque.
May 16, 1961
Season 1Episode 3460 min
The Prisoner in the Mirror
A professor researching an eighteenth century murderous magician purchases a mirror in Paris only to find the magician's victims imprisoned within - or is it only a trick?
May 23, 1961
Season 1Episode 3560 min
Dark Legacy
The patriarch of a family of magicians dies and leaves his nephew his book of secrets - and it is indeed a dark legacy involving satanic spirits and black magic.
May 30, 1961
Season 1Episode 3660 min
Pigeons From Hell
Two young brothers attempt to spend the night in an abandoned southern plantation and encounter some birds that seem to have a strong dislike for intruders.
Jun 6, 1961
Season 1Episode 3760 min
The Grim Reaper
An eccentric mystery writer purchases a ghoulish painting of the grim reaper which happens to have a curse on it - almost all of its former owners have died. When the owner's life is in danger the painting sends a gruesome warning - it begins to bleed.
Jun 13, 1961
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