Episode list

In a Las Vegas casino, an unpleasant little man hopes to use a young man's wish to impress the young woman he has just met to pressure the young fellow into accepting a macabre bet.

Carpius owns an antique shop in Cyprus and is quite excited to hear that a local monastery may be in possession of a very valuable icon. Knowing that a client would pay a fortune for it, he arranges to visit the monastery to steal the icon. During the robbery, Carpius kills a praying monk but claims it was an accident. The Abbot says he will forgive him, but as he has sinned he must pray for forgiveness. Only then does Carpius understand what the Abbot has in mind.

Living in a remote area of the Amazon are two oil explorers, one of whom is married to a very attractive, but unfaithful, wife who tries to stab him one night. The husband sends her to a doctor to cure her "fever", but things go awry.

The father of a teenage girl being romanced by a much older man is bludgeoned to death with a pipe wrench and suspicion immediately falls on the older man.

When Capt. Ernest Fisher learns that Milton Potter has been released from prison after serving his 15-year sentence, he tells his subordinates about this very strange case. Potter was a bookkeeper for a bank. He did his work well and was reliable but people knew very little about his private life. When it's determined that he embezzled $200,000 he is eventually sent to jail. No one can quite believe that he was really the type to steal, and he never tells anyone what happened to the money. After his release, Fisher visits him and incredibly, Potter tells him he's not the type to run and returns the stolen money. Only later, aboard a cruise ship does he explain to a fellow passenger that there is "method" to his apparent madness.

When a young boy reports a mob-beating to the police and his father fails to support him under questioning in the presence of the mobster, he's adversely affected for the rest of his life.

A young troublemaker teaches a surprising lesson in morality.

A woman hoping to contact her late husband takes drastic steps.

A greedy man and his scheming girlfriend concoct various plans for a dog's early demise after the man's uncle leaves the bulk of his estate to the dog instead of to the man, who was the deceased's only living relative.

A soaking wet woman enters a novelist's apartment. She's followed by his PR friend who wants the writer to create a tale exaggerating the actress' recent disappearance right before her latest movie is released. How far will the story go?

Jamie and Ben McMahon have brought a civilized attitude to a rough and tumble mining town. Although both strongmen in their own rights, they preach brotherly love and turning the other cheek. One day, in walks the Little Man, a strange little fellow who challenges the McMahons and says that his powers are far greater than theirs. To the shock of everyone present, he proves his point and the local folk think they are dealing with the devil incarnate. There is however, far more to this than meets the eye.

A coroner's inquiry takes a man back to a fateful decision.

Mrs. Blythe goes to spend a weekend at her cottage. She hasn't been there since her husband died the year before. Stopping at the general store, she's told that a patient has escaped from the local mental institution. Once at her cottage, she meets Madeleine who says she had seen a dangerous looking man nearby. Madeleine is obviously upset and wants to leave, but Mrs. Blythe begs her to stay. She agrees, but with dire consequences.

After 40 detectives in a row have failed to locate the killer of his wife, a man hires his 41st detective to set up a meeting so he can avenge the murder.

While on a sea cruise, Richard Musgrave meets his former business partner, whom he once robbed and left for dead, traveling under an assumed name. His task is now to convince the man to reveal his true identity.

Charles Cavender suffers from terrible insomnia. He hasn't had a good night's sleep in months and has lost a number of jobs as a result. He visits a psychiatrist and recounts a recurring dream he has about the death of his wife, who died in a house fire. Cavender's brother-in-law, Jack Fletcher, blames him for his sister's death and it's determined there is a link between that and the insomnia. Cavender feels threatened but decides to pay him a visit to clear the air. However, things don't quite go as planned.

Middle-aged piano player Bert Haber injects himself into a scuffle between a mobster named Little Dandy and a nightclub singer named Georgia. Dandy is knocked to the floor and vows revenge.

Joe Helmer is having serious financial problems. He's been out of work for some time and his unemployment insurance has run out. Walking home after unsuccessfully trying to get a loan, he comes across a well-to-do gent, apparently dead on the sidewalk. Joe takes the man's wallet and flees. It's only when he gets home that he finds a revealing note in the man's wallet.

Helen Parch shares a party-line telephone with several others. She likes to talk on the phone quite a bit but also listens in on others. She's warned by the police one day that a Mr. Miller, with whom she once shared the party line, has broken out of prison and that her life may be in danger. Years before, Miller needed to contact a doctor when his wife was ill, and Helen refused to get off the line. Miller's wife died and he turned to a life of crime. Now he may be after Helen.

Professor Herbert Morrison is on death row awaiting his sentence to go through. His lawyer is trying to get a last-minute stay of execution but the professor says he doesn't want a reprieve.

Charlotte Hope arrives into the peaceful lives of the Wellington household to act as a governess of their children. She's a somewhat brash, opinionated and iconoclastic lady who boldly announces she uses the "Schartz-Metterklume method" for teaching.

Henry Taylor visits the town of Kirkland where, three years before, a bank employee, Arnold Mathias, had been convicted of stealing $200,000 from the bank where he worked. None of the money has been found and Mathias always maintained his innocence. It would appear that Mathias had recently been killed in an attempted prison escape and Taylor visits the bank manager telling him he's an author researching a book on the robbery. It turns out that Taylor is after something altogether different and all is not altogether what it seems.

Two kidnappers think they have made their escape when they hijack a tanker truck in the arid desert, leaving the truck drivers and the female kidnap victim behind to die.

Ray Marchand schemes with a beautiful young woman to get rid of his wealthy wife.

A woman is heartbroken when she is forced to end her affair with a colonel.

A doctor examines a man who suffers from blackouts in which he reverts to his life two years prior to the current year.

Helen's brother John informs her that he is soon to be married and they'll have to decide what to do about the house they share. Helen is quite attracted to Harry Wade, the owner of a lumber yard who has fallen on hard times after one of his customers goes bankrupt. Helen decides to help Harry out with an $8,000 "loan" after he assures her that he can repay her within 48 hours. When things don't work out as planned, Harry has a decision to make.

Bernie Samuelson is a ceramic arts teacher at a children's summer camp. From the very first day, he notices that young Aaron Gold has a real talent for sculpture. Aaron much prefers ceramics to swimming classes but when the camp Director criticizes Bernie for Aaron's lateness at swimming, Bernie promises not to hold him back. After a few weeks though, Bernie lets Aaron skip swimming and then learns that Aaron is has yet to complete any of the camp activities. As parents' day approaches, the Director flies into a rage when he realizes Aaron has yet to complete his sculpture. When Aaron's Dad shows up, things become a little clearer.

A mentally unstable secretary finally catches up to her cruel former boss and makes him listen to what she has to say, at gunpoint.

An imprisoned lifer breaks out of prison to meet the pen pal he has fallen in love with, but finds only her middle-aged aunt at home.

Tony Lorca arrives in a small town in the middle of a blizzard to a less-than-pleasant reception in the local saloon. One of the locals says he's seen him before but leaves the saloon before trouble starts. Lorca loses his gun in a poker game at which point the same local returns with a sheriff's poster: Lorca is a wanted man with a $5,000 reward on his head. Seeing no way out, Lorca auctions himself to the highest bidder, offering to turn himself in without a fuss. His plan is to spend the money and have a good time before he meets the hangman. Turns out he killed the saloon girl's husband some time ago and she has something else in mind. But is Lorca really who he says he is?

Cash Bentley is having a hard time coping with middle age. A one-time champion hurdler, he now drinks a bit too much and doesn't quite earn enough money to pay for the lifestyle he would like to provide for his family, such as a membership at the local country club. Despondent, he decides to try one last "race," with tragic results.

Larry Chetnick and his girlfriend are always bickering about money. She wants more of it and he assures her that he has plans to get a job with a better future. Larry visits his father's former friend, Mr. Bregornick hoping to land a job. Bregornick offers him a job. But after several months of doing this, Larry decides the best way to get money will be to steal it from Bregornick.

Newlywed Sybilla is extremely attentive to her husband's every need, but he's suspicious. Eventually, her acquiescence despite his coldness makes him paranoid and desperate. When he realizes just how wrong he's been, will it be too late?

A woman looking at pictures in a police mug book is shocked to see a picture of her son-in-law, who's living at her home with her daughter.

A beautiful, simple-minded blonde changes her mind after conspiring with her boyfriend to kill her rich, loving husband.

A teacher visiting Las Vegas finds $92,000 in a money clip in the parking lot of the casino he's just left. However, the owner of the clip claims that it held $102,000 when he lost it. He demands the teacher account for the missing $10K.