Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.
Thriller (Season 2)
What Beckoning Ghost? (Episode 1) 7.0
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
Air date: 1961-09-18
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: An ailing pianist fears she is losing her mind when she begins seeing what she thinks is her own funeral.
Guillotine (Episode 2) 6.0
Writer: Charles Beaumont
Air date: 1961-09-26
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: To save the life of her husband who is to be executed, a young woman attempts to murder the executioner.
The Premature Burial (Episode 3) 7.0
Air date: 1961-10-02
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: When a man is accidentally buried alive and then saved he becomes paranoid that it might happen again - and he has good reason to be scared - his new wife is anxious to become a widow.
The Weird Tailor (Episode 4) 7.0
Writer: Robert Bloch
Air date: 1961-10-16
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A man attempts to bring his dead son back to life with the use of black magic and an unusual suit of clothes.
God Grante That She Lye Stille (Episode 5) 7.0
Writer: Robert Hardy Andrews
Air date: 1961-10-23
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A 300-year-old witch seeks to possess the last of her family line, beautiful young Lady Margaret.
Masquerade (Episode 6) 8.0
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
Air date: 1961-10-30
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A young couple take refuge in a spooky house on a stormy night and are terrorized by the strange family who occupy it. But do the young honeymooners have a secret of their own?
The Last of the Sommervilles (Episode 7) 7.0
Air date: 1961-11-06
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Two cousins scheme to kill their aunt for her money - but trust is hard to come by when you're the last of the Sommervilles.
Letter to a Lover (Episode 8)
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
Air date: 1961-11-13
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: When a doctor is murdered two of the chief suspects, a husband and wife, seem to be accusing each other of insanity - which one of them is correct?
A Third For Pinochle (Episode 9)
Air date: 1961-11-20
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A man plans to murder his wife using his nosy neighbors for an alibi - but the eccentric ladies across the street may have a trick or two up their sleeve.
The Closed Cabinet (Episode 10) 6.0
Air date: 1961-11-27
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A young woman visiting an ancient English castle learns a thing or two about the family curse. Will she be able to remove it by finding a way to open the closed cabinet?
Dialogues With Death (Episode 11) 7.0
Air date: 1961-12-04
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Two separate tales: a morgue attendent seems to be able to talk to the corpses, and get an answer; a young couple arrive at the home of their aunt and uncle who seem to believe the pair are dead no matter how much they protest.
The Return of Andrew Bentley (Episode 12) 7.0
Writer: Richard Matheson
Air date: 1961-12-11
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A man inherits his uncle's estate on the condition that he spend twenty-four hours a day in the house and guard his uncle's grave against a supernatural intruder.
The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk (Episode 13) 6.0
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
Air date: 1961-12-18
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Mrs. Hawk has a talent for raising prize hogs - but the secret of her success is more sinister than anyone could imagine.
Portrait Without a Face (Episode 14)
Air date: 1961-12-25
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: After a dispicable artist is murdered his last painting seems to be completing itself and revealing the artist's killer - or is it?
An Attractive Family (Episode 15) 7.0
Air date: 1962-01-01
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: An attractive family of serial murderers plan the death of another victim - their young sister-in-law.
Waxworks (Episode 16) 6.0
Writer: Robert Bloch
Air date: 1962-01-08
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A traveling exhibit of wax figures of murderers seems to be the cause of some more recent deaths - are the wax figures real or is their creator a madman?
La Strega (Episode 17) 8.5
Writer: Alan Caillou
Air date: 1962-01-15
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A young woman accused of being a witch goes to her young lover for protection against both her accusers and her grandmother, who really is a witch.
The Storm (Episode 18) 7.0
Air date: 1962-01-22
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A woman returns home after two weeks and must spend the evening by herself during a raging storm. She is terrorized by strange sounds and the feeling she is not alone.
A Wig For Miss Devore (Episode 19) 7.0
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
Air date: 1962-01-29
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A washed-up actress selects for her comeback vehicle the story of a real woman who was accused of being a witch and susequently hanged. When she purchases the actual wig owned by the real woman an odd change occurs in the actress. It seems the wig holds a strange and hideous power.
The Hollow Watcher (Episode 20) 7.5
Air date: 1962-02-12
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A scheming wife who murders her father-in-law is tormented by a strange being, a scarecrow.
Cousin Tundifer (Episode 21) 6.0
Air date: 1962-02-19
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A man tries to dispose of his uncle's body in a strange house that goes back in time everytime he sets foot in the living room.
The Incredible Doktor Markesan (Episode 22) 8.5
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
Air date: 1962-02-26
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A young couple go to stay with an uncle while they look for work in a new town. They find the house run-down and their visit unexpected. Locked in their room at night they become curious about the goings-on in the house, but they could never imagine the true horror of their uncle's nocturnal activities.
Flowers of Evil (Episode 23) 6.0
Air date: 1962-03-05
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: The skeleton of a man seems much more alive than those responsible for his death had hoped - it laughs, screams and even moves!
'Til Death Do Us Part (Episode 24)
Writer: Robert Bloch
Air date: 1962-03-12
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A henpecked undertaker disposes of his wife along with one of his customers then moves on to a new town and a new wife. But this one won't be so easy to get rid of.
The Bride Who Died Twice (Episode 25)
Writer: Robert Hardy Andrews
Air date: 1962-03-19
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A general is forced to give his daughter's hand in marriage to his corrupt commanding officer but the marriage only results in her death.
Kill My Love (Episode 26) 9.0
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
Air date: 1962-03-26
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: An adulterer tries to remove every obstacle in his life by way of murder - will his son be another victim?
Man of Mystery (Episode 27)
Writer: Robert Bloch
Air date: 1962-04-02
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A mysterious and powerful man is keeping many secrets and everytime someone gets close to the truth, they are murdered. Will a beautiful young singer survive her relationship with the man of mystery?
The Innocent Bystanders (Episode 28) 6.0
Writer: Robert Hardy Andrews
Air date: 1962-04-09
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A pair of nineteenth centure body snatchers take their business too far by murdering innocent bystanders to further their profits.
The Lethal Ladies (Episode 29) 7.5
Writer: Boris Sobelman
Air date: 1962-04-16
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Two separate tales: a woman deals with her unfaithful husband; a mousy librarian takes revenge on her tyrannical boss.
The Specialists (Episode 30) 4.0
Air date: 1962-04-30
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A group of special detectives try to capture international jewel thieves and save the life of an innocent young woman who has become entangled in their web.
