1955

S5.E1 ∙ Arthur

Sat, Sep 26, 1959

When his pretty ex-fiancee returns from another failed relationship, a chicken farmer, not wanting anything to do with her, decides to eliminate her.

7.4 /10

S5.E2 ∙ The Crystal Trench

Sat, Oct 03, 1959

An obsessed young woman waits decades for her husband's body to emerge from the ice, after he fell from a mountain.

6.8 /10

David Logan lives at home with his mother and he's still upset that his father left them many years before. He is haunted by an event when he was twelve years old and he came home to find his father with a blue-eyed blond. He tells his mother he has an appointment at 11:00 so he skips dinner and heads to a bar. There he meets a girl and repeats several times that something big is going to happen at 11:00. He gets into a fight with a sailor in the bar and tells him the same and then again with a patron in an Irish pub, now saying someone is going to die at the prescribed hour. When the 11 o'clock news come on the air, you learn the full story.

5.4 /10

S5.E4 ∙ Coyote Moon

Sat, Oct 17, 1959

A goodhearted man picks up an old man and his adult son and daughter hitchhiking, but they steal from him every chance they get.

7.6 /10

S5.E5 ∙ No Pain

Sat, Oct 24, 1959

A woman reveals to her rich husband who's confined to an iron lung that she's planning to painlessly murder him, but he may have a surprise for her.

7.3 /10

S5.E6 ∙ Anniversary Gift

Sat, Oct 31, 1959

Myra Jenkins has quite a menagerie in her home: birds, a turtle, a monkey, a chameleon and on and on. She is quite devoted to them, usually at the expense of her husband Hermie. Their neighbor, George Bay, is always telling Hermie how much he misses his late wife and that since since she's died, all he ever does is travel, go fishing and drink beer. All of this sounds pretty good to Hermie who hatches a plan to get his wife a new pet that may not be very cuddly and lovable but may give him the way out that he desires. Little does Hermie realize the predicament he is getting himself into.

7.1 /10

S5.E7 ∙ Dry Run

Sat, Nov 07, 1959

A crime boss gives a new employee an assignment to kill another man, but the intended victim tempts him with another offer.

7.8 /10

S5.E8 ∙ The Blessington Method

Sat, Nov 14, 1959

In the future year of 1980, life expectancy has increased dramatically and J.J. Bunce provides an essential service for those in need. He approaches John Treadwell and informs him that the octogenarian mother-in-law who lives with him will live at least another 32 years. Bunce's offer is quite simple; he will dispose of her for a fee. Treadwell initially rejects the offer out of hand, but the old lady is becoming more and more demanding, further eroding Treadwell's tolerance of her constant aggravation. In the end, he accepts Bunce's offer but then ponders what his own children might do when the time comes.

7 /10

S5.E9 ∙ Dead Weight

Sat, Nov 21, 1959

A married man captures a gunman who tried to rob him and his mistress, but to avoid a scandal, he contemplates whether to let him go or kill him.

7.4 /10

S5.E10 ∙ Special Delivery

Sat, Nov 28, 1959

Mental suggestions and odd behavior have some people believing a special delivery of quick-growing mushroom spores may be an invading life form.

6.6 /10

S5.E11 ∙ Road Hog

Sat, Dec 05, 1959

A rude traveling salesman forces a truck off the road causing a delay in emergency care for an injured young man who then dies.

8.2 /10

S5.E12 ∙ Specialty of the House

Sat, Dec 12, 1959

Mr. Laffler invites Mr. Costain to join him for dinner at a private club that he describes as a very special experience. To his disappointment, Laffler is informed that the house specialty, a lamb dish, is not being served. They continue to visit the club and one evening, the famous dish is served. It also happens that a long-time member has resigned. What, if anything, do the two events have in common?

8.1 /10

S5.E13 ∙ An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Sat, Dec 19, 1959

In the Civil War, Union soldiers hang a Confederate farmer for sabotage. The rope breaks and he falls into a river. He swims to safety and begins walking home. Disoriented, he's glad to see plantation staff who guide his befogged travel.

7 /10

S5.E14 ∙ Graduating Class

Sat, Dec 26, 1959

While on a date, a new teacher of European literature at an all-girl college observes one of her students leaving a nightclub with a man and follows them. What could go wrong?

6.4 /10

S5.E15 ∙ Man from the South

Sat, Jan 02, 1960

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.

8.5 /10

S5.E16 ∙ The Ikon of Elijah

Sat, Jan 09, 1960

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.

6.8 /10

S5.E17 ∙ The Cure

Sat, Jan 23, 1960

Living in the remote tropics are two oil explorers, one of whom is married to a very attractive woman. One night, she tries to stab her husband and he is convinced by his partner that she is sick with tropical fever. They agree that she needs to see a head shrinker. En route to the doctor however, she convinces her husband's partner to help her kill the husband. Fortunately, the husband's trusted manservant is also with them and protects his master's interests in a very unusual way.

6.8 /10

S5.E18 ∙ Backward, Turn Backward

Sat, Jan 30, 1960

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.

6 /10

S5.E19 ∙ Not the Running Type

Sat, Feb 06, 1960

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.

7.3 /10

S5.E20 ∙ The Day of the Bullet

Sat, Feb 13, 1960

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.

7.1 /10

S5.E21 ∙ Hitch Hike

Sat, Feb 20, 1960

A young troublemaker teaches a surprising lesson in morality.

7 /10

S5.E22 ∙ Across the Threshold

Sat, Feb 27, 1960

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

7.2 /10

S5.E23 ∙ Craig's Will

Sat, Mar 05, 1960

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.

6.7 /10

S5.E24 ∙ Madame Mystery

Sat, Mar 26, 1960

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?

6 /10

S5.E25 ∙ The Little Man Who Was There

Sat, Apr 02, 1960

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.

7.3 /10

S5.E26 ∙ Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?

Sat, Apr 09, 1960

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

7 /10

S5.E27 ∙ The Cuckoo Clock

Sat, Apr 16, 1960

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.

6.8 /10

S5.E28 ∙ Forty Detectives Later

Sat, Apr 23, 1960

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.

7.1 /10

S5.E29 ∙ The Hero

Sat, Apr 30, 1960

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.

6.5 /10

S5.E30 ∙ Insomnia

Sat, May 07, 1960

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.

7 /10

S5.E31 ∙ I Can Take Care of Myself

Sat, May 14, 1960

Bert Haber is an old-time piano player, and he and Georgia who sings, have proven to be a very popular nightclub act. Problems arise when a gangster, 'Little Dandy' Dorf, takes a liking to Georgia but she wants no part of him and pours a drink over his head. Soon after, Bert is threatened when someone suggests he get an insurance policy. Things come to a head a few weeks later when Bert is approached by a police officer who has information and suggests that he is in need of protection. Bert doesn't quite realize who he needs protection from, however.

6.4 /10

S5.E32 ∙ One Grave Too Many

Sat, May 21, 1960

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.

7.3 /10

S5.E33 ∙ Party Line

Sat, May 28, 1960

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.

7.4 /10

S5.E34 ∙ Cell 227

Sat, Jun 04, 1960

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.

7 /10

S5.E35 ∙ The Schartz-Metterklume Method

Sat, Jun 11, 1960

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.

6.7 /10

S5.E36 ∙ Letter of Credit

Sat, Jun 18, 1960

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.

7.2 /10

S5.E37 ∙ Escape to Sonoita

Sat, Jun 25, 1960

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.

7.6 /10