Thriller

Season 2

Season • Sep 18, 1961–Apr 30, 1962

Host Boris Karloff inteoduces a mix of macabre horror tales and suspense thrillers.
  1. S2E1 - What Beckoning Ghost?

    What Beckoning Ghost?

    50 min • Sep 18, 1961 (65 years ago)

    An ailing pianist fears she is losing her mind when she begins seeing what she thinks is her own funeral.

  2. S2E2 - Guillotine

    Guillotine

    50 min • Sep 26, 1961 (65 years ago)

    To save the life of her husband who is to be executed, a young woman attempts to murder the executioner.

  3. S2E3 - The Premature Burial

    The Premature Burial

    50 min • Oct 2, 1961 (65 years ago)

    When a man is accidentally buried alive and then saved he becomes paranoid that it might happen again - and he has good reason to be scared - his new wife is anxious to become a widow.

  4. S2E4 - The Weird Tailor

    The Weird Tailor

    50 min • Oct 16, 1961 (65 years ago)

    A man attempts to bring his dead son back to life with the use of black magic and an unusual suit of clothes.

  5. S2E5 - God Grante That She Lye Stille

    God Grante That She Lye Stille

    50 min • Oct 23, 1961 (64 years ago)

    A 300-year-old witch seeks to possess the last of her family line, beautiful young Lady Margaret.

  6. S2E6 - Masquerade

    Masquerade

    50 min • Oct 30, 1961 (64 years ago)

    A young couple take refuge in a spooky house on a stormy night and are terrorized by the strange family who occupy it. But do the young honeymooners have a secret of their own?

  7. S2E7 - The Last of the Sommervilles

    The Last of the Sommervilles

    50 min • Nov 6, 1961 (64 years ago)

    Two cousins scheme to kill their aunt for her money - but trust is hard to come by when you're the last of the Sommervilles.

  8. S2E8 - Letter to a Lover

    Letter to a Lover

    50 min • Nov 13, 1961 (64 years ago)

    When a doctor is murdered two of the chief suspects, a husband and wife, seem to be accusing each other of insanity - which one of them is correct?

  9. S2E9 - A Third For Pinochle

    A Third For Pinochle

    50 min • Nov 20, 1961 (64 years ago)

    A man plans to murder his wife using his nosy neighbors for an alibi - but the eccentric ladies across the street may have a trick or two up their sleeve.

  10. S2E10 - The Closed Cabinet

    The Closed Cabinet

    50 min • Nov 27, 1961 (64 years ago)

    A young woman visiting an ancient English castle learns a thing or two about the family curse. Will she be able to remove it by finding a way to open the closed cabinet?

  11. S2E11 - Dialogues With Death

    Dialogues With Death

    50 min • Dec 4, 1961 (64 years ago)

    Two separate tales: a morgue attendent seems to be able to talk to the corpses, and get an answer; a young couple arrive at the home of their aunt and uncle who seem to believe the pair are dead no matter how much they protest.

  12. S2E12 - The Return of Andrew Bentley

    The Return of Andrew Bentley

    50 min • Dec 11, 1961 (64 years ago)

    A man inherits his uncle's estate on the condition that he spend twenty-four hours a day in the house and guard his uncle's grave against a supernatural intruder.

  13. S2E13 - The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk

    The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk

    50 min • Dec 18, 1961 (64 years ago)

    Mrs. Hawk has a talent for raising prize hogs - but the secret of her success is more sinister than anyone could imagine.

  14. S2E14 - Portrait Without a Face

    Portrait Without a Face

    50 min • Dec 25, 1961 (64 years ago)

    After a dispicable artist is murdered his last painting seems to be completing itself and revealing the artist's killer - or is it?

  15. S2E15 - An Attractive Family

    An Attractive Family

    50 min • Jan 1, 1962 (64 years ago)

    An attractive family of serial murderers plan the death of another victim - their young sister-in-law.

  16. S2E16 - Waxworks

    Waxworks

    50 min • Jan 8, 1962 (64 years ago)

    A traveling exhibit of wax figures of murderers seems to be the cause of some more recent deaths - are the wax figures real or is their creator a madman?

  17. S2E17 - La Strega

    La Strega

    50 min • Jan 15, 1962 (64 years ago)

    A young woman accused of being a witch goes to her young lover for protection against both her accusers and her grandmother, who really is a witch.

  18. S2E18 - The Storm

    The Storm

    50 min • Jan 22, 1962 (64 years ago)

    A woman returns home after two weeks and must spend the evening by herself during a raging storm. She is terrorized by strange sounds and the feeling she is not alone.

  19. S2E19 - A Wig For Miss Devore

    A Wig For Miss Devore

    50 min • Jan 29, 1962 (64 years ago)

    A washed-up actress selects for her comeback vehicle the story of a real woman who was accused of being a witch and susequently hanged. When she purchases the actual wig owned by the real woman an odd change occurs in the actress. It seems the wig holds a strange and hideous power.

  20. S2E20 - The Hollow Watcher

    The Hollow Watcher

    50 min • Feb 12, 1962 (64 years ago)

    A scheming wife who murders her father-in-law is tormented by a strange being, a scarecrow.

  21. S2E21 - Cousin Tundifer

    Cousin Tundifer

    50 min • Feb 19, 1962 (64 years ago)

    A man tries to dispose of his uncle's body in a strange house that goes back in time everytime he sets foot in the living room.

  22. S2E22 - The Incredible Doktor Markesan

    The Incredible Doktor Markesan

    50 min • Feb 26, 1962 (64 years ago)

    A young couple go to stay with an uncle while they look for work in a new town. They find the house run-down and their visit unexpected. Locked in their room at night they become curious about the goings-on in the house, but they could never imagine the true horror of their uncle's nocturnal activities.

  23. S2E23 - Flowers of Evil

    Flowers of Evil

    50 min • Mar 5, 1962 (64 years ago)

    The skeleton of a man seems much more alive than those responsible for his death had hoped - it laughs, screams and even moves!

  24. S2E24 - 'Til Death Do Us Part

    'Til Death Do Us Part

    50 min • Mar 12, 1962 (64 years ago)

    A henpecked undertaker disposes of his wife along with one of his customers then moves on to a new town and a new wife. But this one won't be so easy to get rid of.

  25. S2E25 - The Bride Who Died Twice

    The Bride Who Died Twice

    50 min • Mar 19, 1962 (64 years ago)

    A general is forced to give his daughter's hand in marriage to his corrupt commanding officer but the marriage only results in her death.

  26. S2E26 - Kill My Love

    Kill My Love

    50 min • Mar 26, 1962 (64 years ago)

    An adulterer tries to remove every obstacle in his life by way of murder - will his son be another victim?

  27. S2E27 - Man of Mystery

    Man of Mystery

    50 min • Apr 2, 1962 (64 years ago)

    A mysterious and powerful man is keeping many secrets and everytime someone gets close to the truth, they are murdered. Will a beautiful young singer survive her relationship with the man of mystery?

  28. S2E28 - The Innocent Bystanders

    The Innocent Bystanders

    50 min • Apr 9, 1962 (64 years ago)

    A pair of nineteenth centure body snatchers take their business too far by murdering innocent bystanders to further their profits.

  29. S2E29 - The Lethal Ladies

    The Lethal Ladies

    50 min • Apr 16, 1962 (64 years ago)

    Two separate tales: a woman deals with her unfaithful husband; a mousy librarian takes revenge on her tyrannical boss.

  30. S2E30 - The Specialists

    The Specialists

    50 min • Apr 30, 1962 (64 years ago)

    A group of special detectives try to capture international jewel thieves and save the life of an innocent young woman who has become entangled in their web.