Season 2

Season • Sep 30, 1956–Jun 23, 1957

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, horror and mystery.
  1. S2E1 - Wet Saturday

    Wet Saturday

    27 min • Sep 30, 1956 (70 years ago)

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

  2. S2E2 - Fog Closing In

    Fog Closing In

    27 min • Oct 7, 1956 (70 years ago)

    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.

  3. S2E3 - De Mortuis

    De Mortuis

    26 min • Oct 14, 1956 (70 years ago)

    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.

  4. S2E4 - Kill with Kindness

    Kill with Kindness

    26 min • Oct 21, 1956 (69 years ago)

    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.

  5. S2E5 - None Are So Blind

    None Are So Blind

    27 min • Oct 28, 1956 (69 years ago)

    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.

  6. S2E6 - Toby

    Toby

    26 min • Nov 4, 1956 (69 years ago)

    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.

  7. S2E7 - Alibi Me

    Alibi Me

    26 min • Nov 11, 1956 (69 years ago)

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

  8. S2E8 - Conversation Over a Corpse

    Conversation Over a Corpse

    25 min • Nov 18, 1956 (69 years ago)

    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.

  9. S2E9 - Crack of Doom

    Crack of Doom

    26 min • Nov 25, 1956 (69 years ago)

    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.

  10. S2E10 - Jonathan

    Jonathan

    26 min • Dec 2, 1956 (69 years ago)

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

  11. S2E11 - The Better Bargain

    The Better Bargain

    26 min • Dec 9, 1956 (69 years ago)

    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.

  12. S2E12 - The Rose Garden

    The Rose Garden

    26 min • Dec 16, 1956 (69 years ago)

    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.

  13. S2E13 - Mr. Blanchard's Secret

    Mr. Blanchard's Secret

    26 min • Dec 23, 1956 (69 years ago)

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

  14. S2E14 - John Brown's Body

    John Brown's Body

    25 min • Dec 30, 1956 (69 years ago)

    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.

  15. S2E15 - Crackpot

    Crackpot

    26 min • Jan 6, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  16. S2E16 - Nightmare in 4-D

    Nightmare in 4-D

    27 min • Jan 13, 1957 (69 years ago)

    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.

  17. S2E17 - My Brother Richard

    My Brother Richard

    26 min • Jan 20, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  18. S2E18 - The Manacled

    The Manacled

    26 min • Jan 27, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  19. S2E19 - A Bottle of Wine

    A Bottle of Wine

    26 min • Feb 3, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  20. S2E20 - Malice Domestic

    Malice Domestic

    26 min • Feb 10, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  21. S2E21 - Number Twenty-Two

    Number Twenty-Two

    26 min • Feb 17, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  22. S2E22 - The End of Indian Summer

    The End of Indian Summer

    26 min • Feb 24, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  23. S2E23 - One for the Road

    One for the Road

    26 min • Mar 3, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  24. S2E24 - The Cream of the Jest

    The Cream of the Jest

    26 min • Mar 10, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  25. S2E25 - I Killed the Count (1)

    I Killed the Count (1)

    26 min • Mar 17, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  26. S2E26 - I Killed the Count (2)

    I Killed the Count (2)

    26 min • Mar 24, 1957 (69 years ago)

    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.

  27. S2E27 - I Killed the Count (3)

    I Killed the Count (3)

    26 min • Mar 31, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  28. S2E28 - One More Mile to Go

    One More Mile to Go

    26 min • Apr 7, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  29. S2E29 - Vicious Circle

    Vicious Circle

    26 min • Apr 14, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  30. S2E30 - The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater

    The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater

    26 min • Apr 21, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  31. S2E31 - The Night the World Ended

    The Night the World Ended

    26 min • Apr 28, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  32. S2E32 - The Hands of Mr. Ottermole

    The Hands of Mr. Ottermole

    26 min • May 5, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  33. S2E33 - A Man Greatly Beloved

    A Man Greatly Beloved

    26 min • May 12, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  34. S2E34 - Martha Mason, Movie Star

    Martha Mason, Movie Star

    26 min • May 19, 1957 (69 years ago)

    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.

  35. S2E35 - The West Warlock Time Capsule

    The West Warlock Time Capsule

    26 min • May 26, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  36. S2E36 - Father and Son

    Father and Son

    26 min • Jun 2, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  37. S2E37 - The Indestructible Mr. Weems

    The Indestructible Mr. Weems

    26 min • Jun 9, 1957 (69 years ago)

    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.

  38. S2E38 - A Little Sleep

    A Little Sleep

    26 min • Jun 16, 1957 (69 years ago)

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

  39. S2E39 - The Dangerous People

    The Dangerous People

    26 min • Jun 23, 1957 (69 years ago)

    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.