Season 3 (1950)
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Episodes 53
A Pocketful of Murder
Cocky newspaper reporter Turk Wilson has made it clear in articles and in person that he believes druggist Max Hensig murdered his wife. When Hensig is acquitted, he puts Wilson on notice that there are many undetectable ways to kill a man. Wilson's swagger turns to panic when a fellow reporter who borrowed his coat dies from a drug-resistant strain of flu.
Read MoreEdge of Panic
Harry Martin is an insurance agent with an alcohol problem. In a drunk stupor he apparently murders a flirty blonde who was trying to buy a large annuity. He returns to his wife Alice a few minutes before the police arrive. Harry hides while his wife is taken to the police station. The police allow Alice to see the scene of the crime since she is desperate to find her husband innocent. Alice talks to the woman's doctor and later finds a note that convinces her it was a frame up. The police arrest Harry as he is trying to board a ship out of the country. Alice becomes ...
Read MoreDark Shadows
I. B. Trane lost his sight at the hands of brutal criminal Takama while he was in Japan on military duty. Trane's sixth sense tells him the barbarian is now in New York and that has him panicked for his life. The police and the FBI tell Trane that Takama died in a prison break over a year ago, but his gut tells him otherwise.
Read MoreSix to One
A released prisoner seeks to avenge himself on five "friends" who testified falsely against him.
Read MoreThe Monkey's Paw
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Criminals Mark
The story of a wife of an ex-criminal who tries to go straight but gets involved in another hold-up through his "pals."
Read MoreThe Man Who Would Be King
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Halloween Hold Up
A gang wearing masks finds the perfect opportunity for a hold-up during Halloween.
Read MoreThe Brush Off
Ralph Farley, a struggling actor, overhears a plot to kill Roger Sherman, a powerful Hollywood agent. Ralph attempts to prevent the murder, but is thwarted by everyone from the police to Sherman himself.
Read MoreThe Death Cards
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Hands of Mr. Ottermole
London is being plagued by a strangler who baffles police. Sgt. Ottermole investigates, but has a difficult time when an obnoxious reporter constantly gets in his way.
Read MoreThe Guy From Nowhere
A young football coach in a small town gets involved with big time gamblers.
Read MoreThe Mallet
A bellicose huckster travels the fairs of England shilling his magic elixir. The "doctor," as he's called, is befriended by a couple in a local tavern who proceed to get him intoxicated. The husband tells Dr. Potteton that he'd love to kill his greedy brother and asks him how he could go about it without being caught. The sideshow charlatan launches into a elaborate step by step instructions on how to get away with murder.
Read MoreDancing Dan's Christmas
In the days of prohibition, jewel thief "Dancing Dan" is taken with the gorgeous speakeasy hostess. In the holiday spirit, he makes like Santa for the woman's elderly grandmother.
Read MoreThe Tip
Elaine Court recently had a heart attack and needs relaxation, but she's stressed over a strange man she claims has been lurking about. With her husband at work, she walks into the apartment one afternoon to find that stranger waiting for her. Elaine is held hostage by the armed man who says he's just waiting for her husband to get home so that he can kill him.
Read MoreDeath in a River
Two drownings, strikingly similar in their details, provide a mystery to investigators.
Read MoreTough Cop
Rookie cop Eddie Stone takes out his anger on suspects after Ruth, his fiancé, tells him she's fallen for another man. For two years he seethes, just hoping for the day the "other man" is brought into the police station. He finally comes face to face with the scoundrel who stole his girl--right after he's been dismissed from the force for brutal conduct.
Read MoreThe Fool's Heart
A story depicting a cowboy's idea of the perfect crime.
Read MoreThe Rose Garden
Two elderly spinsters bury bodies in their rose garden.
Read MoreNight Break
A killer escapes authorities while being taken to Sing Sing and searches for the person who betrayed him.
Read MoreDouble Entry
Bookkeeper Horace Maybee has been skimming money for years from the small finance company where he works. With auditors coming in to examine the books, he's desperate to come up with $25,000 in a hurry. He goes to a bookie, puts $500 on a dog race, and wins. As he's about to get his cash, the police stage a raid and Horace runs off with a huge sack of the criminals' cash.
Read MoreThe Victims
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Margin for Safety
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
What is the connection between the eminently respectable Dr. Jekyll and the ruthlessly murderous and cruel Mr. Hyde?
Read MoreOn a Country Road
Running out of gas on a foggy back road in Maine, a couple become frightened by news reports of a murderous woman who's escaped from an asylum. Searching for help, the two take refuge in an abandoned shack. When an hysterical woman appears at the window wanting refuge, they're convinced she's the lunatic that's on the loose.
Read MoreTelephone Call
The Haskells are throwing a drunken New Year's Eve party in their New York apartment. Next door, Everett Kelsey has had enough of tending to the bitter supposedly invalid wife who treats him like dirt. He's just poisoned the shrew when he gets an unnerving phone call; the female on the line says that she saw what he did to his wife through the window. Kelsey doesn't realizes it's a prank call from one of the Haskell's tipsy party guests.
Read MoreThe Three of Silence
Racketeer Frank Cadwallder isn't allowed to play cards at the speakeasy because of the huge debt he currently owes. He recruits a nobody off the street to play poker on his behalf, win their "sucker money," and split the take with him. The three gambles at the table have other plans for Frank; he's shot by one of them under the table.
Read MoreGo Home Dead Man
Williams is a pilot who works for Scandinavian Export, flying by night to deliver unknown shipments to somewhere in the Arctic. Feeling something's fishy, he tries to quit but is strong-armed into making another flight. His bosses are smugglers and they plot his "accidental" death. When their attempt to murder him on a train fails, they plan an explosion with the help of the woman he believes is in love with him.
Read MoreThe Foggy Night Visitor
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The Juice Man
A committee investigating racketeering and political corruption in Chinatown fails to get Chan Sou, a local leader to cooperate. The district attorney convinces a detective and a newspaper reporter to probe further and the two men convince the old man to testify. Before Chan Zu can meet with the investigators he's murdered and his daughter becomes the target of the criminals because they believe her father confided in her before he died.
Read MoreThe Meeting
The thief who just robbed and murdered a jeweler is trying to escape the office building when the police arrive. Sneaking down the hallways, he stumbles across a meeting of the International Association of Assassins, a group of mystery writers. They mistake him for famous author Bothwell Anderson, a writer who has come to speak to the group about his newest novel.
Read MoreNo Friend Like an Old Friend
Story of an ailing concert pianist.
Read MoreMurder in the Ring
Drama about a crooked fight manager who wants to go straight.
Read MoreToo Hot to Live
Jefferson meets Rachel, an enigmatic young waitress. One moment he has a drink with her and the next moment she's dead. Jefferson doesn't think that he did it, but if he didn't do it; who did?
Read MoreEscape This Night
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Vamp Till Dead
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The Call
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De Mortuis
A devoted husband is suspected by friends of having murdered his faithless, much younger wife. He hasn't; but he might do.
Read MoreA Killing in Abilene
A man is determined to avenge his brother's death.
Read MoreThe Greatest Crime
Espionage in a Russian setting.
Read MoreBlood on the Trumpet
Story of a man's flight from a murder he did not commit.
Read MoreTent on the Beach
A wealthy socialite, kidnapped for ransom by a man whose closeness to the police helps him keep one step ahead of their attempts to track him down, wins her freedom through the astute observation of a newspaper reporter.
Read MoreWisteria Cottage
A young man with murderous intentions latches onto a woman and her daughters.
Read MoreThe Incident at Story Point
The story of a prison break.
Read MoreA Vision of Death
A nightclub performer discovers that his mind-reading act is real.
Read MoreKillers of the City
The story of a teenage drug addict and the ravages of narcotics.
Read MoreDeath Sabre
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This is Your Confession (1)
A drama of an American scientist's involvement with secret police behind the Iron Curtain.
Read MoreThis is Your Confession (2)
A drama of an American scientist's involvement with secret police behind the Iron Curtain.
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