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Season 1

  • S01E01 An Echo of Theresa

    • January 15, 1973
    • ABC (US)

    A middle-aged American businessman and his wife travel to London for a second honeymoon. But soon after arriving, the businessman begins to have deja vu experiences revolving around certain places in London and a woman named Theresa. The catch is that he doesn't know a Theresa and has never been to London before.

  • S01E02 Frankenstein (1)

    • January 16, 1973
    • ABC (US)

    A scientist obsessed with creating life steals body parts to put together his "creation."

  • S01E03 Frankenstein (2)

    • January 17, 1973
    • ABC (US)

  • S01E04 Lady Killer

    • January 21, 1974
    • ABC (US)

    A shy, lonely American girl marries a charming man she meets while on vacation in England, unaware that he has sinister plans for her.

  • S01E05 The Suicide Club

    • January 15, 1974
    • ABC (US)

    A young gambler seeking greater challenges joins a card club where the members literally gamble for their lives.

  • S01E06 The Screaming Skull

    • February 14, 1973
    • ABC (US)

    Weird doctor Ollie conducts experiments at the expense of his wealthy wife Helen, who hates him for letting their son die.

  • S01E07 And the Bones Came Together

    • February 15, 1973
    • ABC (US)

    When a graveyard caretaker is fired from his job, his exacts a terrifying supernatural vengeance.

  • S01E08 A Prowler in the Heart

    • March 26, 1973
    • ABC (US)

    A mystery novelist meticulously creates an alibi to keep her husband from being convicted of murder.

  • S01E09 Nightmare Step

    • March 27, 1973
    • ABC (US)

    The cure is more dangerous than the malady as a mild-mannered woman who is slowly summoning the strength to rid herself of a cruel and domineering husband ... permanently.

  • S01E10 Night Life

    • March 28, 1973
    • ABC (US)

    Revenge rears its ugly head when a husband finds out that his wife has been unfaithful.

  • S01E11 A Little Bit Like Murder

    • March 29, 1973
    • ABC (US)

    A malevolent old house is pervaded by evil spirits who inflict harm upon the occupants. Their latest victim is a woman who is overcome with hatred for her family.

  • S01E12 The Haunting of Rosalind

    • July 12, 1974
    • ABC (US)

    A visitor brings havoc upon a home and is accused of a ghostly possession.

  • S01E13 Moving Target

    • May 22, 1973
    • ABC (US)

    A police detective initially believed to have died in an accident is found to have been murdered, and suspicion arises the killer is a fellow officer.

  • S01E14 Night Train to Terror

    • May 23, 1973
    • ABC (US)

    A woman is murdered during an overnight train ride and a veteran detective clashes with young P.I. on how they are going flush out the killer. They find themselves racing against the clock when a second body is discovered.

  • S01E15 Chant of Silence

    • May 9, 1973
    • ABC (US)

    A murdering skyjacker parachutes to safety and poses as a novice monk in an isolated New Mexico monastery.

  • S01E16 The House and the Brain

    • May 24, 1973
    • ABC (US)

    A pretty woman becomes imprisoned in a warlock's 18th century castle, and in her state of possession, lures male victims inside.

  • S01E17 The Color of Blood

    • June 18, 1973
    • ABC (US)

    A young girl on a train finds out that her companion is a serial killer.

  • S01E18 Deadly Visitor

    • July 3, 1973
    • ABC (US)

    A writer who takes a room in a boarding house finds himself haunted by the ghost of a previous tenant.

Season 2

  • S02E01 The Book of Murder

    • March 19, 1974
    • ABC (US)

    Much-married and once successful writer Henry T. Aythecliff, now heavily in debt, summons his three ex-wives to his mansion, planning to extort a sizable amount of money from each. When he is discovered dead, clues indicate that each of his four wives had motive and opportunity to murder him, and a young detective must sift through some ingeniously devised evidence.

  • S02E02 The Satan Murders

    • January 11, 1974
    • ABC (US)

    Assured that it’s a joke, a berated wife makes a deal with a local Satan occultist for the death of her irritating husband and finds that the Devil doesn’t play games.

  • S02E03 Come Die With Me

    • May 14, 1974
    • ABC (US)

    A man kills his older brother when he is refused a loan and then is held in bondage by the housekeeper who knows of the murder.

  • S02E04 Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest

    • August 20, 1974
    • ABC (US)

    Police looking for drug dealers mistakenly raid the house of a typical suburban family. However, rather than admit their mistake and jeopardize their careers, several of the police officers decide to plant heroin in the family’s house, and change the records of the raid to make it look like the family was the target of their investigation all along. Based on a true story.

  • S02E05 The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

    • January 8, 1974
    • ABC (US)

    Spy spoof about a double agent involcved in a phony death plot.

  • S02E06 A Beautiful Killing

    • January 22, 1974
    • ABC (US)

    A pair of detectives are faced with murder at a plush health spa for women.

  • S02E07 Shadow of Fear

    • January 28, 1974
    • ABC (US)

    A rich woman, an industrialist’s wife, finds her home nearly destroyed and with menacing phrases painted on the walls. Besides calling the police, her husband calls his security manager, an ex-cop, who hesitates before accepting the task of protecting her and finding the responsible party.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Once the Killing Starts

    • January 7, 1974
    • ABC (US)

    Married college professor Michael Lane falls in love with one of his students and hatches an elaborate scheme to dispose of his wife, Elizabeth. His murder plot goes as planned. However, he soon receives an anonymous note: “I know what you did, murderer!” Prof. Lane frantically tries to discover who knows his secret…

  • S03E02 The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer

    • November 1, 1974
    • ABC (US)

    Clifford Swimmer, an angry and abusive man cruel to his wife and son, wants out if his marriage. With the help of a scientist he clones a replacement who takes over as head of the family while the real Clifford travels the world. The clone turns out to be a gentle and sensitive husband and father, a complete opposite of the original, and the wife and son come to love him. When the real Clifford comes back and finds his family happy with the clone he becomes angry and jealous and things take a deadly turn.

  • S03E03 The Werewolf of Woodstock

    • January 24, 1975

    At the site of the 1969 rock concert at Woodstock, New York, an electrical charge turns a local farmer into a murderous werewolf.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Alien Lover

    • November 25, 1975

    An orphaned teenager becomes involved with an alien who was beamed to Earth from another galaxy in a TV signal. Is the alien a dream come true or a harbinger of doom? Originally broadcast as part of “The Wide World of Mystery.”