Accusing Corpse, The

A con man blackmailing his brother-in-law who thinks he killed his wife fails to be thorough enough to pull off his plan.

A version later aired on The Sealed Book.

Behind the Locked Door

An archaeological expedition to the Vermillion Cliffs of Arizona seeks to uncover ancient Aztec artifacts... but, instead, finds a cave with a bizarre and deadly legacy.

Beware of Tomorrow

A scientist responds to a job offer from a professor who claims to have invented an intelligent robot, but there are many different types of intelligence...

See also: "Almost Human" (Dimension X and X Minus One), "The Automaton" (Hall of Fantasy), "Beware of Tomorrow" (Mysterious Traveler and Sealed Book) and "The Doom Machine" (Suspense and 2000 Plus).

Big Brain, The

A programmer uses a supercomputer to predict the winners of horse races, to the unwelcome notice of the track's underworld owners, who are curious about the secret behind his phenomenal stretch of 'luck'.

A version of this story was produced for an Australian series, Adventure into Fear.

Black Door, The    *LOST*

A legendary lost Mayan city of gold becomes a death trap for two men who discover its location - and a horror beyond description lurking in its depths.

A version of this story later appeared on Suspense.

Case of Charles Foster, The

Change of Address

Have you ever seen a house that made you say, automatically, "That house was just made for a murder"? Of course you have. But until now you've never wanted to own such a house.

The Collector's Items

Christmas Story

Dark, Dark Destiny

A man's wife faces a lifetime of invalidism unless she risks a very delicate operation. But how do you raise the necessary cash when you don't have a steady income, your mortgage is underwater, and all your credit lines are already tapped out?

Death at Fifty Fathoms

A remake of "Death Comes for Adolph Hitler".

Death Comes for Adolph Hitler

As the Third Reich crumbles into ruins, a U-boat spiriting an escaped Hitler off to a safe haven in South America is haunted by the ghosts of Nazi war victims.

This episode was later remade as "Death at Fifty Fathoms".

Death Has a Cold Breath

Publicity agent Andy Marlowe isn't too impressed when he learns that he's the sole beneficiary of faded matinee idol Harold Farrington's last will and testament. Howewer, his fortune takes a turn for the better when he discovers that Harold has been left a tidy sum in the will of a wealthy admirer who's just passed away!

Death Has a Thousand Faces

Death is My Caller

Death is the Judge

Death is the Visitor

Death Laughs Last

A version later aired on The Sealed Book.

Death Rings down the Curtain

A version later aired on The Sealed Book.

Death Writes a Letter

Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, The

Fortune hunters searching for a sunken pirate treasure ship find more than they bargained for when the treasure's original owner seems unwilling to part with it.

Fire in the Sky

An apocalyptic tale of a couple who meet their ultimate destiny on a lonely road while a comet approaches Earth.

Five Miles Down    *LOST*

Geologists using a new super drill to reach the magma for geothermal energy hit an underground cave. Descending to explore, they encounter intelligent winged creatures like giant bats which kill off most of the expedition. The survivors must get back to the surface to blast the hole closed as below them the winged creatures are rising to overtake them and wreak havoc on the surface world.

Good Die Young, The

Green Plague, The

A chemist, obsessed with getting rich, sprays an acre of cropland with an experimental formula for accelerating plant growth, with catastrophic results.

Haunted Trailer, The

In this comical tale, a man traveling cross-country discovers that a ghost of a former street thug is haunting the trailer he is pulling.

Hideout

House of Death, The

Two invalid sisters living with their niece and nephew become disgruntled with the isolated life in the country and make plans to move back to their former home in the city. But when one of their cats dies after eating a piece of meat and the other unexpectedly vanishes, the sisters begin to wonder if their niece and nephew will ever allow them to leave.

Another version aired on The Sealed Book as "Escape by Death".

I Died Last Night

Gregory Raymond, a man obsessed with the mysteries of life and death, is a follower of an Eastern yogi. After murdering his wealthy brother John, Gregory himself winds up in limbo between the worlds of the living and the dead.

I Won't Die Alone

Steve Martin and Chuck Williams, two bank robbers on the lam, drive along a West Virginian highway. After Chuck decides to continue on foot, he learns that Steve's been captured. Seventeen years later, a prosperous (and married) Chuck is still looking for his share of the take.

If You Believe

A reporter who believes the printed word can shape truth engenders a public belief in the existence of a monster being created in a laboratory. Well , if faith can move mountains...

It's Only Money

Key Witness

Killer at Large

When a businessman discovers that his wife and best friend are conspiring to have him declared insane, he develops a clever (and vengeful) plan of his own.

Killer Come Home

Knives of Death, The

Lady in Red, The

A reporter investigates a series of killings in which the linking factor is that the same woman was present each time.

Last Survivor, The

An account of the first mission to the Moon, and a terrifying revelation upon its return to Earth.

This story was adapted from the story "Rocket From Manhattan" on Lights Out! and Arch Oboler's Plays and expanded into a broadway play "Night of the Auk".

Like Man, Somebody Dig Me

Locomotive Ghost, The

A man on the run is haunted by a train seen only by those about to die.

Man in the Black Derby, The

A woman becomes convinced that the man she keeps seeing is Death, and that her own must therefore be imminent.

Man from Singapore, The

Man the Insects Hated, The

A scientist who develops an infallible bug spray finds his house plagued by vengeful insects.

Man Who Died Twice, The

Man Who Knew Everything, The

A small-time but ambitious gangster gets hold of a formula that allows him to read minds, and he embarks on a series of blackmailings and threats to obtain world domination.

A version later aired on The Strange Dr Weird.

Man Who Tried to Save Lincoln, The

A scientist invents a machine to allow someone to mentally travel back in time and inhabit the body of past individuals. He then encounters a historian who is convinced the world would be a better place if only Abraham Lincoln had not been assassinated.

Man Who Vanished, The

A disgruntled albino's attempted cure for his colourless condition results in an invisibility serum that he uses to commit murder and mayhem.

Mind over Murder

Most Famous Man in the World, The

A couple take in a pair of enigmatic boarders who reveal themselves to be time travellers returning to the 20th century to prevent the rise of the man who would make himself the first Dictator of America.

Murder Goes Free

Murder in 2952

Depressed over the being the loser in a love triangle, a man flees Earth for the jungles of Ganymede, only to find himself pursued for murder by his rival, a crooked detective with the World Police.

Murder in Jazz Time

With Hazel Scott recordings.

Murder is My Business

A radio writer has had it with the temperamental producer of a detective show who thinks his radio plays are barely serviceable at best. So he decides to show him how little he knows about murder methods.

New Year's Nightmare

No Grave Can Hold Me

A magician is sentenced to be executed for murder. Before he dies, he instructs his son-in-law on how he is to be buried so that he can come back and kill the jury, the judge, and the district attorney.

No One on the Line

Every time Harvey Benson answers the telephone, there's no answer on the other end. But, when his wife answers the phone, it's a wrong number. The explanation? Mrs. Benson has a lover and Harvey plots to do away with him.

Operation Tomorrow

A time traveller discovers a future writhing in perpetual war; knowing the future, can he return to the present and prevent it?

Out of the Past

Wealthy Joan Morgan receives a blackmail letter from an extortionist who identifies himself as "John Benedict." But the blackmailer is never satisfied with just one payment, and Joan is determined to do anything to prevent a past scandal from hurting her husband.

A version later aired on The Sealed Book.

Planet Zevius, The

An expedition to an alien planet discovers a lost civilization, and the terrible secret of its demise.

Versions of this story appeared as "Report from a Dead Planet" on Suspense, and as "In Absence of all Intelligent Life" on Theatre Five.

Queen of the Cats, The

Obsessed by a hauntingly beautiful woman, a man sacrifices all to marry her, unaware that her uncontrollable jealousy and passion for cats can be a deadly combination.

S-O-S

A trio of criminals attempt to steal a shipment of uncut diamonds on a liner, but run into a bit of trouble.

Strange New World

Two men stranded on a remote Pacific island near old nuclear test sites are horrified to find the the local fauna have undergone a frightening metamorphosis.

See also: "The Insect" (2000 Plus), and "The Crawling Thing" (Hall of Fantasy).

Stranger in the House

A young couple move into a charming old house, but the husband falls under the spell of a malevolent spirit.

A version later aired on The Sealed Book.

Survival of the Fittest

A version later aired on The Strange Dr Weird.

Symphony of Death, The

They Struck It Rich

They Who Sleep

Till Death Do Us Part

Vacation from Life

Timid college professor Matthew Clark is beach-combing on a small Maine beach when he comes across a naval mine left over from the war. Trapped in a loveless marriage with a woman who refuses to divorce him, Professor Clark plans to use the device to his advantage.

Visiting Corpse, The

Woman in Black, The

A newspaper reporter keeps sighting the same woman at the scene of several murders and suspects her of having an intimate connection to all of them - and countless more.

Zero Hour

A renowned professor travels to the West with his biographer to investigate the supposed crash landing of a Martian spacecraft.

NOT the same story as Bradbury's "Zero Hour".

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