List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1978 season)

This is an episode list for the 1978 season of the radio drama series CBS Radio Mystery Theater.[1] The series premiered on CBS on January 6, 1974, and ended on December 31, 1982.[2] A set of 1,399 original episodes aired between January 1974 and December 1982.[3][4] The series was broadcast every day of the week for the first six years with re-runs filling in empty slots starting in February 1974.[5] All episodes are available free at the Internet Archive.[6]

List of episodes

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Episode list # of episodes
List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1974 season) 193
List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1975 season) 212
List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1976 season) 170
List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1977 season) 186
List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1978 season) 176
List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1979 season) 106
List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1980 season) 97
List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1981 season) 132
List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1982 season) 127

1978 episodes

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January

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7621"Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater"Himan BrownSam DannJanuary 2, 1978 (1978-01-02)
Unrespected at both work and home, Peter Perkins creates fantasies in which he is the infallible hero. But eventually, just as in his real life, the criticisms from others permeates into his dream state.
Starring: Fred Gwynne
7632"Family Album"Himan BrownRoy WinsorJanuary 4, 1978 (1978-01-04)
After arriving in Europe to report on the death of a notorious gangster, a reporter's behavior turns strange. His investigation leads him to an underworld where the crook isn't dead… yet.
Starring: Paul Hecht
7643"The Laughing Maiden"Himan BrownPercy GrangerJanuary 13, 1978 (1978-01-13)
Three sailors try to locate Captain Kidd's treasure while eluding both a mysterious organization that's seeking the loot and the curse of the dead pirate.
Starring: Norman Rose, Arnold Moss, William Griffis
7654"In Another Place"Himan BrownSam DannJanuary 16, 1978 (1978-01-16)
A rich, young couple believe they've committed a flawlessly executed crime. The local sheriff knows they did it, but can't quite prove it.
Starring: Fred Gwynne, Court Benson, Evie Juster, Gilbert Mack
7665"A Model Murderer"Himan BrownIan MartinJanuary 17, 1978 (1978-01-17)
A traveling salesman poses as a charming photographer to rape young models; he's able to elude suspicion… until he one day progresses to murder.
Starring: Larry Haines, Marian Seldes
7676"Sophia and the Pilgrim"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisJanuary 19, 1978 (1978-01-19)
A gentleman steps in after his friend's daughter falls under the spell of a traveling Pied Piper-like mystic; the guru has a propensity of luring young women into leaving their homes and families, forgetting their pasts… and into eventual states of depression and death.
Starring: Gordon Heath, Jada Rowland, Robert Dryden, Bryna Raeburn, Russell Horton
7687"The Enchanted Child"Himan BrownElspeth EricJanuary 20, 1978 (1978-01-20)
Using just the force of his thoughts, a young boy has the power to kill people at will, in particular those who speak positively about death in his presence. The boy's parents become suspicious… and fearful that they might be his next victims.
Starring: Teri Keane, Ralph Bell
7698"The Forgetful Ghost"Himan BrownIan MartinJanuary 23, 1978 (1978-01-23)
An affable spirit returns to the world of the living for an altruistic purpose he's forgotten. Instead, he teams with a living mortal to pull off a card hustle to benefit the ghost's living daughter.
Starring: Mandel Kramer, Ian Martin, Martha Greenhouse
7709"Ranee of Rajputana"Himan BrownSam DannJanuary 24, 1978 (1978-01-24)
A copper statue of "The Queen of Thieves" lures a deceitful stockbroker into a lucrative career as a thief. When the statue talks him into committing murder, the man finds his back to the wall.
Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Marian Seldes
77110"The Safety Match"Himan BrownPercy GrangerJanuary 26, 1978 (1978-01-26)
With a spent match as their only clue, two detectives make great progress on solving a mysterious murder… until suddenly everything stops making sense.
Starring: Robert Dryden, Russell Horton
Adapted from a story by Anton Chekhov
77211"The Defectors"Himan BrownSam DannJanuary 27, 1978 (1978-01-27)
After catching a married senator in a compromising situation with another woman, a foreign spy blackmails the lawmaker into backing legislation that may hurt U.S. interests. His patriotism being stronger than his morals, the senator fights back.
Starring: Fred Gwynne, Bryna Raeburn, Robert Kaliban, Ken Harvey
77312"Yesterday's Giant"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisJanuary 30, 1978 (1978-01-30)
After a nuclear test in remote Nevada, a pair of scientists discover a family of Neanderthals; they use the living fossils for their own agendas.
Starring: Norman Rose, Ralph Bell, Howard Ross
77413"The Ice Palace"Himan BrownPercy GrangerJanuary 31, 1978 (1978-01-31)
Sailors on an ice-breaking mission find that the polar ice caps are melting. When the pilot sent to investigate disappears, a team is dispatched to find out why.
Starring: Tony Roberts, Earl Hammond, Arnold Moss, Ian Martin

February

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77514"Don't Look Back"Himan BrownSam DannFebruary 2, 1978 (1978-02-02)
A famous country singer falls for a small-town girl he meets at a service station… but she is reluctant to reciprocate, fearful that the singer's manager will do anything, even commit murder, to keep her out of his life.
Starring: Don Scardino, Marian Seldes
77615"The Postmistress of Laurel Run"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisFebruary 3, 1978 (1978-02-03)
The titular character works to save an admiring Postal Service colleague from the next town over, after the latter is subjected to a criminal inquiry about the theft of money transferred between the two towns.
Starring: Marian Seldes
Adapted from a story by Bret Harte
77716"The Talking Women"Himan BrownSam DannFebruary 6, 1978 (1978-02-06)
An unscrupulous, adulterous man decides to change his ways both professionally and maritally. But when his ex-mistress is found dead, a blackmailer appears.
Starring: Ed Ames
77817"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"Himan BrownPercy GrangerFebruary 7, 1978 (1978-02-07)
An old doctor offers his old schoolmates water from the Fountain of Youth, part of an experiment to see if his friends will repeat their youthful mistakes if given a second chance to be young.
Starring: Gordon Heath, Robert Dryden, Mary Jane Higby, Guy Sorel
Adapted from the short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
77918"All Unregistered Aliens"Himan BrownVictoria DannFebruary 9, 1978 (1978-02-09)
A doctor treats an illegal immigrant with a gunshot wound. But when the patient dies, his body vanishes… and it's not a cheap trick.
Starring: Ann Williams
78019"Reflected Terror"Himan BrownSam DannFebruary 10, 1978 (1978-02-10)
A young woman tells a gothic tale of her employment at a country manor, where its lord does not permit mirrors — lest he be forced to see the image of the wife he murdered.
Starring: Marian Seldes, Russell Horton, Court Benson, Bryna Raeburn
78120"Nighteyes"Himan BrownSam DannFebruary 13, 1978 (1978-02-13)
A race track stable hand is killed after discovering that a slow racehorse has been replaced by a nearly identical horse. But when bizarre coincidences blows the lid off the plan, the horse owner's wife sets out to sorting the facts.
Starring: Ralph Bell, Earl Hammond, Joan Lovejoy, Sam Gray
78221"Revenge is Sweet"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisFebruary 14, 1978 (1978-02-14)
After serving a prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit, a former swindler leads a clean life as an upscale athletic club employee. But when a club member frames him for pilfering a wallet, the ex-con risks a return to jail to get revenge.
Starring: Mandel Kramer, Lloyd Battista, Robert Dryden, William Griffis
Adapted from the Guy de Maupassant short story "The Piece of String"
78322"Something in the Air"Himan BrownElspeth EricFebruary 16, 1978 (1978-02-16)
A father attempts to stop his young daughter from marrying an older, poorer man. But a strange psychic link seems to re-attract the lovers.
Starring: Gordon Heath, Ralph Bell, Ann Williams, Corrine Orr
78423"The Church of Hell"Himan BrownIan MartinFebruary 17, 1978 (1978-02-17)
A couple returns from vacation to find the tenant and caretaker of their home has been murdered, and must fight off supernatural forces to reclaim their domicile.
Starring: Roberta Maxwell, Paul Hecht, Lloyd Battista, Roger DeKoven
78524"Angel from England"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisFebruary 20, 1978 (1978-02-20)
The true story of a nurse who risked her life to help more than 200 British soldiers escape occupied Belgium during World War I.
Starring: Marian Seldes
78625"A Phantom Yesterday"Himan BrownIan MartinFebruary 21, 1978 (1978-02-21)
A renowned actress must use her wartime espionage experience to save herself from the clutches of a Nazi war criminal after returning to her native Germany.
Starring: Kim Hunter, Michael Tolan, Arnold Moss, Ray Owens
78726"Vanishing Lady"Himan BrownMurray BurnettFebruary 23, 1978 (1978-02-23)
With no help from police, local press, or even her mother, Peter Carlsen investigates the disappearance of his true love, Lois… only to suspect a convoluted plot upon seeing a curious stranger caring for Lois' fish.
Starring: Tony Roberts, Evelyn Juster, Russell Horton, Nat Polen
78827"Loser Take All"Himan BrownArnold MossFebruary 24, 1978 (1978-02-24)
A young man appears to be content at being second fiddle to a friend who seems more capable than him at everything. But the man has a plan to put himself ahead in at least one area.
Starring: Paul Hecht, Russell Horton
Adapted from a story by Peter Bulwer Lytton
78928"Second Sight"Himan BrownPercy GrangerFebruary 27, 1978 (1978-02-27)
Larry Millard is framed and executed for a murder he didn't commit. The evil businessman who did commit the crime receives Millard's eyes in a surgical transplant… and begins seeing things he never expected to afterwards.
Starring: Court Benson, Earl Hammond, Bryna Raeburn, Robert Kaliban
79029"A Message from Space"Himan BrownIan MartinFebruary 28, 1978 (1978-02-28)
A reporter tries to disprove the existence of UFOs, but a first-hand encounter forces him to change is views on the subject.
Starring: Tony Roberts

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79130"You Tell Me Your Dream"Himan BrownSam DannMarch 2, 1978 (1978-03-02)
A psychiatrist tries to help a wealthy businessman with constant dreams about death. But then she starts having those same dreams.
Starring: Teri Keane, Ralph Bell, Robert Dryden
79231"The Assassin"Himan BrownMurray BurnettMarch 3, 1978 (1978-03-03)
A professional hit man suffers amnesia after a car accident, then tries to reconstruct his life and his memory in order fulfill the biggest assignment he's ever had to carry out.
Starring: Larry Haines
79332"The House and the Brain"Himan BrownPercy GrangerMarch 6, 1978 (1978-03-06)
The persistent appearance of a spirit at a local house prompts two men to investigate a mysterious tale of intrigue spanning over 100 years.
Starring: Gordon Heath, Robert Dryden, Court Benson
Adapted from a novelette by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
79433"The Red Scarf"Himan BrownSam DannMarch 7, 1978 (1978-03-07)
A woman ditches her lover after he kills her husband. But the paramour isn't about to let her go.
Starring: Ralph Bell, Teri Keane, Bryna Raeburn, Russell Horton
79534"The Instant Millionaires"Himan BrownIan MartinMarch 9, 1978 (1978-03-09)
Despite having moral reservations, three warehouse workers quit their jobs after splitting $3 million cash they found in an old trunk. Years later, they learn that money doesn't bring contentment… and that the criminal figure who hid the cash in the trunk is hunting them down.
Starring: Bob Kaliban, Ray Owens, Ian Martin, Evelyn Juster, Ralph Bell
79635"Who Is George Williams?"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisMarch 10, 1978 (1978-03-10)
An amnesiac stumbles into an Alaskan cabin during a blizzard and is cared for by its occupants. A year later, after the man earns a job as a police officer, he is asked to work a case of discovered human remains… and begins to realize he may be responsible.
Starring: Larry Haines, Robert Dryden, Court Benson, Joan Shay
79736"The Wheel of Life"Himan BrownSam DannMarch 13, 1978 (1978-03-13)
A Vietnam War vet runs into an old Army buddy he thought perished in combat. Turns out the friend is a leader in a growing political movement — an ascent that fate has preordained.
Starring: Russell Horton, Lloyd Battista
79837"The Impossible Is True"Himan BrownIan MartinMarch 14, 1978 (1978-03-14)
Police offer to help a young woman haunted by images of ghosts and the Grim Reaper after inheriting a family estate.
Starring: Anne Williams, Catherine Byers, Michael Wager, Paul Hecht, Earl Hammond
79938"The Time Fold"Himan BrownIan MartinMarch 16, 1978 (1978-03-16)
Turbulence causes a corporate jet to be thrust into a space-time anomaly; when its passengers are rescued by the residents of a space station, they learn they've been thrusted 1000 years into the future.
Starring: Paul Hecht, Ian Martin, Evelyn Juster, Fred Gwynne
80039"Identified Flying Objects"Himan BrownSam DannMarch 17, 1978 (1978-03-17)
An alien sees his spacecraft impounded after he's stopped for a traffic violation. A young Earth woman lends him the money to get the ship out of hock… and joins him on a journey back to his home planet.
Starring: Bryna Raeburn, Earl Hammond
80140"All Things Are Possible"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisMarch 20, 1978 (1978-03-20)
An innocent man struggles to keep his faith in God after he is framed and imprisoned for murdering a colleague at a sales convention.
Starring: Paul Hecht
80241"The Golden Amulet"Himan BrownRoy WinsorMarch 21, 1978 (1978-03-21)
An ancient Japanese ghost story involving a samurai's son who reaps bad karma after falling in love with a ghost.
Starring: Tony Roberts, Bob Dryden, Evelyn Juster
80342"The Judas Kiss"Himan BrownElspeth EricMarch 23, 1978 (1978-03-23)
A misogynistic clairvoyant witnesses a woman commit the murders of her boyfriend and her husband.
Starring: Fred Gwynne, Teri Keane, Lloyd Battista, Don Scardino
80443"Wise Child"Himan BrownSam DannMarch 24, 1978 (1978-03-24)
A couple discovers and adopts an abandoned baby at a hotel, but worry when it appears the child does not seem to grow or mature.
Starring: Ralph Bell, Ann Williams
80544"The Pretend Person"Himan BrownElspeth EricMarch 27, 1978 (1978-03-27)
Imaginary friends assist a woman dealing with recuperation from open heart surgery and other issues in her life.
Starring: Teri Keane
80645"The Ghost in the Well"Himan BrownMurray BurnettMarch 28, 1978 (1978-03-28)
The ghost of a woman who died after falling down a well tells her tale to an artist… who feels strangely compelled to paint her picture — over and over again.
Starring: Tony Roberts, Patricia Elliott
80746"Big City Blues"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisMarch 30, 1978 (1978-03-30)
After a newlywed couple is robbed in the big city, media attention inspires the public and the government to give them monetary aid. But things turn pear-shaped after the couple is arrested for passing bad checks.
Starring: Russell Horton, Marian Hailey
80847"Shark Bait"Himan BrownSam DannMarch 31, 1978 (1978-03-31)
A gambler schemes to pay off his debts by enlisting his bookie's help to murder his brother and aunt and inherit their wealth.
Starring: Tony Roberts

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80948"Fortune's Favorite"Himan BrownSam DannApril 3, 1978 (1978-04-03)
An elderly spinster smells a con when she's randomly selected to receive free vacations from a rich benefactor.
Starring: Mary Jane Higby, Earl Hammond, Joan Shay, William Griffis
81049"Delusion of Reprieve"Himan BrownPercy GrangerApril 4, 1978 (1978-04-04)
A police investigator, Jewish by descent, struggles to solve the murder mysteries surrounding former members of the German Schutzstaffel who were expatriated to the United States.
Starring: Paul Hecht
81150"A Tragedy of Error"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisApril 6, 1978 (1978-04-06)
Repulsed by her tyrant husband and adoring her sweet yet diffident lover, a woman enlists the help of a mysterious boatman and a ghost in a graveyard to put her life in order.
Starring: Tammy Grimes, Robert Dryden, Fred Gwynne, Russell Horton
Adapted from a short story by Henry James
81251"The Parasite"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisApril 7, 1978 (1978-04-07)
Long dismissive of the power of hypnosis, a university professor soon changes his mind… and starts believing a beautiful hypnotist is trying to seduce him.
Starring: Norman Rose, Bryna Raeburn, Robert Kaliban, G. Frederick Lewis
Adapted from the novelette by Arthur Conan Doyle
81352"Childish Laughter"Himan BrownSam DannApril 10, 1978 (1978-04-10)
After wrecking his car to avoid hitting a little child, a scientist finds himself isolated in a remote home, where tormented memories and the sound of a girl's laughter soon plague him.
Starring: Alexander Scourby, Lori March, Court Benson
81453"Blackmail"Himan BrownRoy WinsorApril 11, 1978 (1978-04-11)
The daughter of a Hollywood celebrity finds herself the target of a blackmailing scheme thanks to a photo that shows her in the embrace of an infamous gangster.
Starring: Larry Haines, Teri Keane, Jada Rowland
81554"The Shriek of the Mandrake"Himan BrownPercy GrangerApril 13, 1978 (1978-04-13)
A film crew is attacked by a spirit occupying the ancient manor house they're using for a movie shoot.
Starring: Anne Williams, Ian Martin, Paul Hecht, Ray Owens
81655"Chapter of Errors"Himan BrownIan MartinApril 14, 1978 (1978-04-14)
A modest art dealer is robbed of a valuable Picasso painting; when he places an ad asking the robber to return it, more than one person responds… and disastrous consequences result.
Starring: Court Benson, Bryna Raeburn, Russell Horton, Ian Martin
81756"Murder at Troyte's Hill"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisApril 17, 1978 (1978-04-17)
In Victorian-era England, a female detective and a Scotland Yard officer team to solve the murder of a gamekeeper and his dog on an ancient estate.
Starring: Marian Hailey, Robert Dryden, Earl Hammond, Ray Owens
Adapted from a story by Catherine Louisa Pirkis
81857"Uncle Louis"Himan BrownSam DannApril 18, 1978 (1978-04-18)
A young police detective falls in love with a witness while gathering proof against a known mobster… who discovers a secret from the investigator's past.
Starring: Tony Roberts, Ann Williams, Ralph Bell, Jackson Beck, Ken Harvey
81958"The Avocado Jungle"Himan BrownElspeth EricApril 20, 1978 (1978-04-20)
An aging actress, being assisted by a writer in composing her autobiography, divulges a deep secret that winds up recorded on tape.
Starring: Larry Haines, Teri Keane, Howard Ross, Lois Kibbee
82059"Bet with Angels"Himan BrownMurray BurnettApril 21, 1978 (1978-04-21)
Gambling fever overcomes an amiable advertising professional after he receives betting advice from his deceased friend, who himself was an addicted gambler.
Starring: Mason Adams, Mandel Kramer, Marian Seldes
82160"The Grandee of Terra Loco"Himan BrownPercy GrangerApril 24, 1978 (1978-04-24)
A big-city reporter travels to a small Texas town to do a posthumous profile on a famously honest politician; he discovers that the mayor had a private personal background that the locals prefer to keep secret.
Starring: Paul Hecht, Robert Dryden, Joan Shay, Earl Hammond
82261"International Dateline"Himan BrownIan MartinApril 25, 1978 (1978-04-25)
A womanizing World War II pilot keeps his wife on one side of the International Dateline and his lover (a lieutenant/nurse who cared for him while he was in a coma) on the other. Trouble arises when the two women meet and the pilot starts being pursued by a malevolent ghost.
Starring: Michael Tolan, Evie Juster, Ian Martin
82362"The Queen of Palmyra"Himan BrownSam DannApril 27, 1978 (1978-04-27)
Worried that his uncle is being conned, a financier's nephew asks a private eye to investigate an enigmatic woman the financier has become acquainted with; she claims to be the reincarnation of an ancient Roman empress.
Starring: Fred Gwynne, Bryna Raeburn, Jack Grimes, Court Benson
82463"The House on Chimney Pot Lane"Himan BrownBob JuhrenApril 28, 1978 (1978-04-28)
A professional couple buy a home infamous for the disappearance of its former inhabitants… and for housing a mysterious painting that seems to come to life.
Starring: Marian Seldes, Teri Keane, Earl Hammond, Sam Gray
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82564"A Drink with Dionysius"Himan BrownSam DannMay 1, 1978 (1978-05-01)
A nuclear warhead (poetically named after the Greek god of wine) falls into the hands of a petty thief and swindler, who attempts to sell it to a foreign agent.
Starring: Fred Gwynne
82665"The Figure in the Moonlight"Himan BrownRoy WinsorMay 2, 1978 (1978-05-02)
The search is on for the meaning of a mysterious engraving that depicts not only a Victorian mansion… but also a mysterious figure acting out a long-forgotten crime.
Starring: Patricia Elliott, Paul Hecht
An adaptation of a M. R. James short story
82766"Journey to Somewhere"Himan BrownIan MartinMay 4, 1978 (1978-05-04)
A train carries lost souls to a wintry town, where the spirits are destined for their own unique reasons.
Starring: Carol Teitel, Russell Horton, Norman Rose, Evelyn Juster
82867"Cool Killer Carl"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisMay 5, 1978 (1978-05-05)
The mother of a victimized family befriends an infamous killer who took them hostage while hiding from the police.
Starring: Mason Adams, Marian Seldes
82968"Death and Desire"Himan BrownElspeth EricMay 8, 1978 (1978-05-08)
Two retired circus actors fabricate a scheme of passing themselves off as fake mediums. But problems arise when one spirit dies.
Starring: Mercedes McCambridge, Robert Dryden
83069"Room 418"Himan BrownSam DannMay 9, 1978 (1978-05-09)
A man charms his way into renting an already-reserved room at a fully-booked hotel. But problems arise when the room's rightful guest turns up.
Starring: Michael Tolan, Carol Teitel
83170"The Guilt of the Innocent"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisMay 11, 1978 (1978-05-11)
A young, poor, and naive transient in a Russian harbor town falls for a master thief's trickery.
Starring: Fred Gwynne, Bob Kaliban
Adapted from a story by Maxim Gorky
83271"The Secret of Shen-Si"Himan BrownArnold MossMay 12, 1978 (1978-05-12)
College professor Joshua Neale becomes worried when his former actress wife, Maddy, suddenly begins recounting minute personal experiences of the sinking of the Titanic. It's only the start of Maddy's recollections.
Starring: Carol Teitel, Arnold Moss
83372"Edmund Orme"Himan BrownRoy WinsorMay 15, 1978 (1978-05-15)
A young man is thwarted by a ghost every time he starts to propose marriage to the woman he loves. The woman's mother offers some explanation.
Starring: Lamont Johnson, Gordon Gould, Mary Jane Higby, Jada Rowland
Adapted from a story by Henry James
83473"Girl Talk"Himan BrownSam DannMay 16, 1978 (1978-05-16)
Two women who were friends in high school reconnect to take stock of their lives. One has chosen to be a homemaker, the other a lawmaker… and one of the two is contemplating committing murder.
Starring: Teri Keane, Anne Williams
83574"Time Out of Mind"Himan BrownPercy GrangerMay 18, 1978 (1978-05-18)
Unconscious and hospitalized following a car accident, a college student journeys through time and takes the place of his uncle during World War II, when he must fulfill a task to aid the man who would be his father.
Starring: Russell Horton, Lloyd Battista, Ian Martin
83675"The Hundred Dollar Difference"Himan BrownSam DannMay 19, 1978 (1978-05-19)
A down-on-his-luck gambler conspires with his girlfriend to murder his wealthy aunt and obtain her fortune. But he finds that the job has already been carried out for him.
Starring: Mason Adams, Carol Teitel
83776"The Girl He Left Behind"Himan BrownPercy GrangerMay 22, 1978 (1978-05-22)
A soldier on leave from the Army proposes to his girlfriend, who rejects him under pressure from her mother. When the soldier dies in a car crash, his ghost returns to haunt the woman.
Starring: Anne Williams, Robert Dryden
83877"Window to Oblivion"Himan BrownIan MartinMay 23, 1978 (1978-05-23)
Spirit mediums attempt to establish communications with the widow of a World War II pilot who disappeared while on routine patrol over the Bermuda Triangle.
Starring: Russell Horton, Teri Keane, Ian Martin, Bryce Bond
83978"The Spy and the Traitor"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisMay 25, 1978 (1978-05-25)
A fictionalized narration of Benedict Arnold's betrayal of West Point to the British during the American Revolutionary War.
Starring: Gordon Heath
84079"Arctic Encounter"Himan BrownSam DannMay 26, 1978 (1978-05-26)
American and Soviet planes crash in the Arctic Circle after encountering an energy-draining dead spot near the North Pole; the surviving crews are left to encounter a new, peculiar world.
Starring: Mason Adams, Mandel Kramer, Bryna Raeburn
84180"The Rich Ostrich"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisMay 29, 1978 (1978-05-29)
An ostrich from a circus snatches and swallows a sizable, valuable diamond from an Arab diplomat.
Starring: Don Scardino, Patricia Elliott
84281"The Bittersweet Honeymoon"Himan BrownIan MartinMay 30, 1978 (1978-05-30)
A honeymooning couple believe themselves lucky when a cruise line erroneously puts them up in a ship's luxury suite. But their minds soon change when a nine-fingered thief breakes into their suite.
Starring: Jada Rowland, Russell Horton, Ian Martin, Gordon Heath

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84382"The Silent Woman"Himan BrownPercy GrangerJune 1, 1978 (1978-06-01)
A woman goes into a 27-year-long silent state after being forced into a marriage against her wishes.
Starring: John Beal, Robert Dryden, Norman Rose, Carol Teitel, Joan Shay
Adapted from a short story by Leopold Kompert
84483"Diamond Cut Diamond"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisJune 2, 1978 (1978-06-02)
A con artist poses as a psychic and pulls off a swindle on a wealthy man vacationing in Monte Carlo.
Starring: Fred Gwynne, Norman Rose, Earl Hammond, Barbara Sohmers
84584"The Undying Heart"Himan BrownIan MartinJune 5, 1978 (1978-06-05)
Instead of handing off the $50,000 his bookie owes to a gangster, gambler Sid Parks loses it at the roulette wheel; needing to recoup the loss, Sid ponders icing off his rich aunt, whose life insurance policy designates Sid as beneficiary.
Starring: Mandel Kramer, Bryna Raeburn
84685"Miracle in Sharon City"Himan BrownSam DannJune 6, 1978 (1978-06-06)
The titular city's mayor is hailed as a job creator for luring a chemical manufacturer to town, but learning from an ex-employee about terrifying side effects from the company's products gives him second thoughts.
Starring: John Beal
84786"Death Spell"Himan BrownElspeth EricJune 8, 1978 (1978-06-08)
A starving artist and his actress wife move into the estate of a wealthy friend, who believes his spouse wants to kill him with black magic.
Starring: Ralph Bell, Joan Lovejoy
84887"A Long Way from Home"Himan BrownArnold MossJune 9, 1978 (1978-06-09)
Two buddies enlist in the Union Army during the Civil War and agree to look after each other in battle. But when the fighting gets hot and heavy, one friend cuts and runs… and faces dire consequences after the other is mortally wounded.
Starring: Russell Horton, Arnold Moss, Evelyn Juster, Lloyd Battista
Adapted from a story by Ambrose Bierce
84988"Alias Mr. Aladdin"Himan BrownRoy WinsorJune 12, 1978 (1978-06-12)
A scheming woman and her loser paramour attempt to discover where her late husband kept his money, while the deceased's best friend tries to impede them.
Starring: John Beal, Robert Dryden, Teri Keane, Roberta Maxwell
85089"Charlie, the Actor"Himan BrownSam DannJune 14, 1978 (1978-06-14)
A police officer is assigned to protect the king of an obscure country during his visit to the U.S. The cop, however, immediately recognizes the monarch as an escaped convict from his old neighborhood.
Starring: Leon Janney, Earl Hammond, Bryna Raeburn
85190"The Unholy Miracle"Himan BrownIan MartinJune 16, 1978 (1978-06-16)
A couple discovers that the daughter they adopted from Russia 20 years earlier may be the product of a strange Soviet experiment.
Starring: Mandel Kramer, Carol Teitel, Betsy Beard, Ian Martin, Barbara Sohmers
85291"Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisJune 19, 1978 (1978-06-19)
A police sheriff elucidates the twisted story of a successful couple who disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
Starring: William Prince, Earl Hammond, Evelyn Juster
85392"A Matter of Faith"Himan BrownPercy GrangerJune 21, 1978 (1978-06-21)
On a trip to Rio de Janeiro, a businessman encounters a woman who bears strong resemblance to a long lost love executed during a revolution 12 years earlier. Despite witnessing that execution, he is certain she's the same woman; she, however, doesn't know who he's talking about.
Starring: Michael Wager, Carol Teitel
85493"The Black Door"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisJune 23, 1978 (1978-06-23)
Before receiving an inheritance on his 21st birthday, Michael Cartwright is forced to live in an ancient mansion; the key to said inheritance lies behind a secret room in the mansion's top floor.
Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Russell Horton, Guy Sorel
Adapted from a story by Arthur Conan Doyle
85594"Lady Bluebeard"Himan BrownSam DannJune 26, 1978 (1978-06-26)
Luana Pilbeam is an attractive 35-year-old who was married to 6 elderly husbands, each of whom died within 2 years of marrying Luana and left her as their estates' beneficiary. Insurance investigator Raymond Poindexter believes Luana poisoned them all… and that he may become her 7th victim.
Starring: Fred Gwynne, Marian Haley, Robert Dryden
85695"The Quadruple"Himan BrownIan MartinJune 28, 1978 (1978-06-28)
A trapeze artist sells his soul for the ability to perform the ultimate stunt.
Starring: Michael Tolan
85796"The Good Times Express"Himan BrownIan MartinJune 30, 1978 (1978-06-30)
It's strange that a snowstorm in June cancels a salesman's flight to Boston. What's even stranger are the destinations of the alternate means of transportation he's forced to rely on.
Starring: Ralph Bell, Roberta Maxwell, Robert Dryden

July

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85897"King Bankrobber"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisJuly 3, 1978 (1978-07-03)
A normally law-abiding architect becomes a masterful bankrobber to avenge the justice system's leniency toward the young scoundrel who murdered his parents.
Starring: Mason Adams
85998"My Kingdom for a Horse"Himan BrownSam DannJuly 5, 1978 (1978-07-05)
The strange tale of a gambler's conversations with his equine companion.
Starring: Joe Silver, Mandel Kramer
86099"The Four-Fifteen Express"Himan BrownElizabeth PennellJuly 7, 1978 (1978-07-07)
On a train journey, a man meets an ex-acquaintance who reportedly made off with £75,000. The man, at first, is accused of complicity in the theft before being written off as mistaken identity.
Starring: William Prince, Ann Williams, Ian Martin, Earl Hammond
861100"Sound Advice"Himan BrownVictoria DannJuly 10, 1978 (1978-07-10)
An advice columnist feels honor bound to pursue the case of a woman whom she had advised to walk out on her husband… and who was found dead the very next day.
Starring: Carol Teitel
862101"Guardian Angel"Himan BrownElspeth EricJuly 11, 1978 (1978-07-11)
A rising businessman falls for a young woman who says she's been reincarnated and can talk to animals; when she's committed to an asylum, he tries to relinquish everything to be with her.
Starring: John Beal, Jada Rowland
863102"The Village of Fools"Himan BrownSam DannJuly 13, 1978 (1978-07-13)
Mendele-Moishe is assigned to find a mysterious village known as "Chelm"; when he does, he is appointed its magistrate… and is assigned with saving the Moon. A farcical tale laced with Yiddishisms and fourth-wall breaks from series host E. G. Marshall.
Starring: Fred Gwynne, Robert Dryden, Bryna Raeburn
864103"The Hanging Judge"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisJuly 14, 1978 (1978-07-14)
An English shopkeeper has his assistant arrested on accusations of theft. The helper is released due to lack of evidence… and sets down on a chilling revenge spree against both his accuser and the judge who let him free.
Starring: Court Benson, Teri Keane, Earl Hammond, William Griffis
865104"The Tell-tale Scar"Himan BrownRoy WinsorJuly 17, 1978 (1978-07-17)
A crime journalist and a district attorney pursue a supposedly deceased mobster.
Starring: Tony Roberts, Russell Horton, Ralph Bell, Ray Owens
866105"The Absent-Minded League"Himan BrownGerald KeaneJuly 18, 1978 (1978-07-18)
A Sherlock Holmes-like detective from France is recruited by Scotland Yard to aid in a counterfeiting investigation.
Starring: Norman Rose
Adapted from a short story by Robert Barr
867106"The Further You Go, the Less You Know"Himan BrownSam DannJuly 20, 1978 (1978-07-20)
A spiritual guru convinces a con artist into believing he's the reincarnation of Leonardo da Vinci and gets him to paint a modern-day Mona Lisa.
Starring: Mandel Kramer
868107"The Locked Trunk"Himan BrownRoy WinsorJuly 21, 1978 (1978-07-21)
Two sisters in pre-Revolution Massachusetts pine for the same man; when Perdita marries him, Rosalind seeks revenge… and after she gains it, desires something else Perdita vowed would never be surrendered to her.
Starring: Patricia Elliott, Russell Horton
Adapted from Henry James' short story "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes"
869108"Close Shave"Himan BrownSam DannJuly 24, 1978 (1978-07-24)
A con artist passes off his blackjack-dealer girlfriend as the queen of a South American country, and dupes a lonely millionaire into marrying the fake empress.
Starring: Larry Haines
870109"The Stranger Inside"Himan BrownSam DannJuly 25, 1978 (1978-07-25)
With a police investigator's help, an aristocratic woman goes on a voyage of self-discovery (and culpability) after the murder of her stepdaughter.
Starring: Ralph Bell, Carol Teitel
871110"The Cabinet of the Unsolved"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisJuly 27, 1978 (1978-07-27)
A small-time actor turns deceiver when he sets out to hustle wealthy poker players, only to wind up dead in a railway compartment. In its investigation, Scotland Yard receives a letter detailing the murder from a man involved in the crime.
Starring: Robert Dryden, Ray Owens, Lloyd Battista, Robert Kaliban
Adapted from a story by Arthur Conan Doyle
872111"Double-Take"Himan BrownPercy GrangerJuly 28, 1978 (1978-07-28)
Without knowing of the other's existence, two women realize they've written the same novel… and are also living its plot.
Starring: Marian Seldes, Patricia Elliott
873112"The Vanishing Point"Himan BrownSam DannJuly 31, 1978 (1978-07-31)
On a trip to Germany, Dr. William Carstairs searches for an aged physicist who once worked on an antimatter device… and stumbles onto a plot to restore the Nazi regime with what may be just such a weapon.
Starring: Fred Gwynne, Bryna Raeburn, Court Benson, Earl Hammond

August

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874113"The Devil's Brew"Himan BrownIan MartinAugust 2, 1978 (1978-08-02)
The devil lays claim to the soul of a professional baseball player and devout Christian, stating the young man shamed his parents when he embarked on his career.
Starring: Russell Horton, Leon Janney, Rosemary Rice, Ian Martin
875114"The Avenging Ghost of Kitty Morgan"Himan BrownSam DannAugust 4, 1978 (1978-08-04)
A jilted woman takes her own life and vows to haunt the home she had made for her cheating beloved, haunting its future residents for generations before getting a chance at full-blown revenge.
Starring: Mandel Kramer, Evelyn Juster, Bryna Raeburn, Sam Gray
876115"The Sixth Commandment"Himan BrownIan MartinAugust 7, 1978 (1978-08-07)
A story, told from three different perspectives, of a man coveting his younger brother's wife while they try to co-exist on a failing family farm.
Starring: Teri Keane, Ian Martin, Russell Horton, Gilbert Mack
877116"The Versegy Case"Himan BrownGerald KeaneAugust 9, 1978 (1978-08-09)
Police in late-19th century Budapest suspect an unstable college professor of robbing the valuable contents of his own safe in an effort to claim the insurance.
Starring: Arnold Moss, William Griffis
878117"Doctor Eduardo"Himan BrownGerald KeaneAugust 11, 1978 (1978-08-11)
Dr. Eduardo Columbo moves to a tiny fishing village and wins over its normally hard-to-please residents… except the mayor's son, who is suspected of murdering Columbo after the doctor had sought to wed the man's sister.
Starring: Norman Rose, Betsy Beard, Robert Dryden, Earl Hammond, Lloyd Battista
Adapted from the Arthur Conan Doyle short story "The Black Doctor"
879118"The Black Sheep and the Captain"Himan BrownG. Frederick LewisAugust 14, 1978 (1978-08-14)
William Hutchens is summoned by his long lost uncle, Arthur, to his house in desolate moors of northern England. Arthur is seeking protection from an old enemy who had accused the uncle of cheating him.
Starring: Jack Grimes, Jackson Beck, Ian Martin, Ray Owens
Adapted from the Arthur Conan Doyle short story "The Winning Shot"
880119"Raptures of the Deep"Himan BrownIan MartinAugust 16, 1978 (1978-08-16)
A Greek diver searching for a sunken Spanish galleon and its treasure stumbles onto Atlantis, where he learns how the lost kingdom fell into the ocean… and how its inhabitants survived.
Starring: Michael Tolan, Catherine Byers, Sam Gray, Ray Owens
881120"Our Own Jailer"Himan BrownSam DannAugust 18, 1978 (1978-08-18)
An unhappy capitalist finds himself in a magical commune, where he indulges his passion for painting. Did he commit murder to get there?
Starring: John Beal, Robert Kaliban
882121"Cross Fire"Himan BrownPercy GrangerAugust 21, 1978 (1978-08-21)
A cabbie gets caught up in murder, intrigue, and thievery when he takes a wealthy man to a burned-out building in South Bronx.
Starring: Russell Horton
883122"Eavesdropper"Himan BrownElspeth EricAugust 23, 1978 (1978-08-23)
Trapped in a loveless marriage, Myrtle Chapman finds the answers to the questions in her life through a statue in a bar.
Starring: Teri Keane
884123"The Other Soul"Himan BrownGerald KeaneAugust 25, 1978 (1978-08-25)
While on a trip to Greece, Dr. Adam Parks receives a card written in Greek from a fainting woman; when he asks others to decipher it, they learn a vile secret they cannot divulge to him.
Starring: Russell Horton, Mandel Kramer
885124"Will the Real Amy Stand Up?"Himan BrownIan MartinAugust 28, 1978 (1978-08-28)
Amy Trowbridge is a young yet mentally unstable heiress in late-1800s Massachusetts who must deal with visiting relatives from Chicago who'll do anything — including murder — to acquire her inheritance. Fortunately for Amy, a voice from her past returns to help her.
Starring: Jennifer Harmon, Ray Owens, Ian Martin, Bryna Raeburn
886125"The Biggest Fish in the World"Himan BrownSam DannAugust 30, 1978 (1978-08-30)
The story of a man who's accidentally swallowed by a whale at an amusement park, his wife's efforts to rescue him, and an organization of whale lovers who impede the effort.
Starring: Joan Shea, Leon Janney

September

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887126"Flash Point"Himan BrownGerald KeaneSeptember 1, 1978 (1978-09-01)
Magazine reporter John Roth goes on assignment to a Pennsylvania steel town, begins an affair with the wife of a blast furnace operator, and experiences the worker's jealous wrath while touring the mill… where several other people have had fatal accidents.
Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Felicia Farr, Court Benson
Adapted from a story by H. G. Wells
888127"Devil's Gold"Himan BrownBob JuhrenSeptember 4, 1978 (1978-09-04)
As reward for turning in a shoplifter at a mysterious antique shop, Rusty West is bestowed a gold coin from the grateful shopkeeper. But try as he may, Rusty discovers he can't get rid of the coin.
Starring: Russell Horton, Lloyd Battista, Betsy Beard, Earl Hammond
889128"Dead Wrong"Himan BrownIan MartinSeptember 6, 1978 (1978-09-06)
Newly appointed as a collector of souls for Heaven, Elmer Potts misplaces the invoice for one Peter P. Pell. Instead, he claims the soul of Peter P. Bell. When Elmer realizes his mistake and tries to put things right, Peter Pell states he doesn't want to go just yet.
Starring: Jack Grimes, Ralph Bell, Court Benson, Teri Keane
890129"Ignorant Armies"Himan BrownSam DannSeptember 8, 1978 (1978-09-08)
Walter Patterson is a timid man of few vices, but he gets into trouble for falsehoods he told a young German girl during his time in the American military. He must tell even more dangerous lies to get out of the situation.
Starring: Mandel Kramer
891130"End of a Memory"Himan BrownGerald KeaneSeptember 11, 1978 (1978-09-11)
A visually-impaired man inadvertently finds himself at a murder scene, narrowly escaping with his life. Years later, he falls in love with a woman who was at that scene, but has no recollection of the incident.
Starring: Tony Roberts, John Lithgow, Carol Teitel, Ian Martin
Adapted from a story by Frederick Fergis
892131"High Caqueta"Himan BrownPercy GrangerSeptember 13, 1978 (1978-09-13)
The mysterious disappearance of their only daughter in a mountain climbing trip in the Andes forces a couple to attempt a search-and-rescue mission. But the escort they've hired seems to know a secret about the mountain that he's not set to divulge.
Starring: Marian Seldes, John Beal, Earl Hammond
893132"The Secret of Crow's Nest"Himan BrownGerald KeaneSeptember 15, 1978 (1978-09-15)
A man takes a return journey back to a mountain dwelling that holds a horrible surprise for him.
Starring: Mandel Kramer, Carol Teitel
894133"It's Hard to Be Rich"Himan BrownSam DannSeptember 18, 1978 (1978-09-18)
The need to write in peace drives wealthy author Stephen Brooks to rent an inexpensive apartment in a dilapidated building. But newfound tranquility is shattered by the sound of piano music from a previous tenant… who died there a century ago.
Starring: Lloyd Battista, Martha Greenhouse, Jada Rowland, William Griffis
895134"The Beheading"Himan BrownElspeth EricSeptember 20, 1978 (1978-09-20)
Joyce paints a verbal picture of her distressful family history and her frequent asthma attacks. She also talks of meeting a kindly, elderly physician who offers a cure for her maladies — a head transplant.
Starring: Teri Keane
896135"The Conversion Factor"Himan BrownSam DannSeptember 22, 1978 (1978-09-22)
Research scientist Dr. Frederick Lanners needs just one mathematical equation to complete his breakthrough study. The answer apparently resides within the mind of a truck stop waitress who apparently possesses ESP… and who has no interest in assisting Dr. Lanners.
Starring: Norman Rose, Jada Rowland
897136"A Table for Two"Himan BrownSam DannSeptember 25, 1978 (1978-09-25)
Herbie Lister barges into an upscale restaurant and strongly lures the maitre'd, Henri de la Tour, into a blackmail proposition: Be Herbie's lookout while he burglarizes the homes of the cafe's wealthiest customers, or he'll tell the management about Henri's previous life as an ex-con.
Starring: Larry Haines, Ann Williams, Court Benson, Catherine Byers
898137"The Headhunters"Himan BrownIan MartinSeptember 27, 1978 (1978-09-27)
On a trip to their native island in the Philippines, newlyweds Tim & Mary Lang are blackmailed by Tim's grandmother, Lola: If Tim acquiesces into beheading Mary's grandfather, Dondoc (who Lola believes killed her husband, Tali), revenge will be gained and Tali's soul will be eased; if not, the life of Mary's unborn baby is at risk.
Starring: Tony Roberts, Evelyn Juster, Ian Martin, Mary Jane Higby
899138"A Thousand-Year-Old Story"Himan BrownPercy GrangerSeptember 29, 1978 (1978-09-29)
The extremely wealthy Sir Dabney mysteriously dies aboard his luxury yacht after entering port in the Mariana Islands, with Dabney's personal secretary, Clive Chubb, branded as the suspect. But an old schoolmate of Chubb's believes otherwise and comes to his defense.
Starring: Ralph Bell, Gordon Heath, Carol Teitel, Gordon Heath

October

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900139"The Forever Alley"Himan BrownSam DannOctober 2, 1978 (1978-10-02)
A police detective tries to shame is brother-in-law into paying heed to his family, unaware that the man is about to embark into a metaphysical plane with his true obsession — bowling.
Starring: Larry Haines, Robert Kaliban, Marian Seldes, Catherine Byers
901140"Shadow of Love"Himan BrownJames Agate, Jr.October 4, 1978 (1978-10-04)
A college professor who disdains human affection is haunted by an unseen entity that radiates pure love. He asks a priest for help, but the man's pet parrot unwittingly hinders that plan.
Starring: Robert Dryden, Norman Rose
Adapted from a story by Robert Hichens
902141"The Captain of the PoleStar"Himan BrownMurray BurnettOctober 6, 1978 (1978-10-06)
While on a treasure-hunting quest through the North Pole's icy waters, a whaling ship's crew begins to doubt their captain's sanity when they hear strange noises and one-sided conversations coming from his quarters.
Starring: Paul Hecht, Court Benson, Earl Hammond, Jane Ives
Adapted from a story by Arthur Conan Doyle
903142"The Triple Crown"Himan BrownIan MartinOctober 9, 1978 (1978-10-09)
Convinced he's found the next great racing thoroughbred, a poor stable hand purchases a horse and encounters a motley crew of characters in his quest to find the financial backing needed to enter the steed in stakes races.
Starring: Jack Grimes
904143"The Man in Black"Himan BrownVictoria DannOctober 11, 1978 (1978-10-11)
A woman witnesses a murder near Washington's Embassy Row, but the crime's evidence vanishes by the time police arrive, pitching the woman into an international conspiracy.
Starring: Kim Hunter
905144"How Much Land Does a Man Need?"Himan BrownSam DannOctober 13, 1978 (1978-10-13)
A Native American chief gives a greedy Colonial aristocrat an enticing offer: For just 100 pounds sterling, the nobleman can purchase the entire expanse of land he can travel around in one day.
Starring: Paul Hecht, Gordon Heath, Ray Owens, Patricia Elliott
Based on the short story by Leo Tolstoy
906145"The Winds of Time"Himan BrownIan MartinOctober 16, 1978 (1978-10-16)
Plagued by incessant and debilitating migraines, a woman visits a paranormal expert, who guides her on a journey through time to secure closure for things left unresolved in her past lives.
Starring: Carol Teitel, Bryce Bond, Ian Martin, Robert Dryden
907146"Never Answer an Advertisement"Himan BrownJames Agate, Jr.October 18, 1978 (1978-10-18)
"Wanted: A man of steady nerves and strong physique."
Struggling to attract new clientele, a doctor answers a want ad for a physician with expertise in entomology, but soon finds himself captive to a crazed man with strange tastes.
Starring: Russell Horton, Evelyn Juster, Court Benson, Joan Beal
Adapted from a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
908147"The Outside Girl"Himan Brown--October 20, 1978 (1978-10-20)
An alcoholic living with his wealthy mother is obsessed with a years-old portrait he painted of his father; when he awakens from a drunken stupor, he discovers that the portrait, and the house's newly-hired cleaning lady, have vanished.
Starring: Paul Hecht, Ann Pitoniak, Ralph Bell, Catherine Byers
909148"The Lazarus Syndrome"Himan BrownSam DannOctober 23, 1978 (1978-10-23)
Fearing he's now worth less to a company that's been firing older workers without mercy, a fifty-something manager starts acting young and edgy, believing that's the kind of employee the company desires. His change concerns his wife and doctor, who warn him not to overtax his already ailing heart.
Starring: Mandel Kramer, Lloyd Battista, Ann Williams, Bryna Raeburn
910149"Family Ties"Himan BrownPercy GrangerOctober 25, 1978 (1978-10-25)
A woman's husband disappears after he receives a strange phone call; her search for him reveals his peculiar and mysterious familial relations.
Starring: Teri Keane, Russell Horton, Ray Owens
911150"The Sound of Terror"Himan BrownIan MartinOctober 27, 1978 (1978-10-27)
A police detective's girlfriend answers a ringing pay phone and finds herself involved with a terrorist kidnapping of a diplomat.
Starring: Patricia Elliott

November

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912151"The Midas of Castle Hill"Himan BrownJames Agate, Jr.November 1, 1978 (1978-11-01)
A rich patriarch hides the family fortune in his castle; his son hires famed French detective Eugène Valmont to help him discover its whereabouts, in the belief that doing so will gain his disappointed father's approval.
Starring: Norman Rose, Russell Horton, Robert Dryden
Adapted from a story by Robert Barr
913152"The Man with the Claret Mark"Himan BrownIan MartinNovember 3, 1978 (1978-11-03)
An Irish family's matron warns her younger relatives of a familial curse: Each of them will be haunted by a man who bears a claret-colored birthmark on his face.
Starring: Teri Keane
Adapted from a story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
914153"Hit and Run"Himan BrownSam DannNovember 6, 1978 (1978-11-06)
A professional accident victim unexpectedly dies when he jumps out in front of a car. His hired witness soon blackmails the senator riding that car after he flees the scene.
Starring: Ann Williams, Ralph Bell, Court Benson, Earl Hammond
915154"Second Sight"Himan BrownJames Agate, Jr.November 8, 1978 (1978-11-08)
A pilot is grounded after claiming he sees things in the sky that others cannot. When a psychiatrist recommends he take up painting as a means of relaxation, the pilot obliges… but the pictures he creates foretell of death and destruction that occur the next day.
Starring: Michael Tolan
916155"A Better Mousetrap"Himan BrownIan MartinNovember 10, 1978 (1978-11-10)
After she discovers his infidelity, a man kills his wealthy wife, then stages his own kidnapping in order to secure an air-tight alibi.
Starring: John Beal, Joan Lovejoy, Ian Martin, Bryna Raeburn
917156"The Pilgrim Soul"Himan BrownPercy GrangerNovember 13, 1978 (1978-11-13)
An American nurse travels to England to assist at a hospital during World War II. Her charming nature allows the patients to open up to her… and causes British Intelligence to suspect her as a Nazi spy. But a morally wounded officer she had fallen for proves to be her savior.
Starring: Carol Teitel, Gordon Heath, Bryna Raeburn, Gordon Gould
918157"The Conspiracy"Himan BrownElspeth EricNovember 15, 1978 (1978-11-15)
A vengeful model conspires to embarrass the first photographer — and first love — who abandoned her.
Starring: Teri Keane
919158"The Favor of Women"Himan BrownSam DannNovember 17, 1978 (1978-11-17)
In the year 3039, a resource-depleted Earth runs out of a vital energy source from another planet. An astronaut is dispatched to convince the planet's queen to resume shipments (after she cut them off), but he soon finds that Earth may not be the only one in need.
Starring: Lloyd Battista, Evelyn Juster, Ray Owens, William Griffis
920159"The Thing at Nolan"Himan BrownArnold MossNovember 20, 1978 (1978-11-20)
In 1879 Missouri, a rebellious young man is suspected in the disappearance of his domineering father; the young man's mother is the only one who believes in his innocence.
Starring: Russell Horton, Court Benson, Bryna Raeburn, Arnold Moss
Adapted from a story by Ambrose Bierce
921160"The Grey Slapper"Himan BrownSam DannNovember 22, 1978 (1978-11-22)
A woman tries to save the life of her former college professor from someone who's disappointed in the corrupt politician he has become. That someone, she insists, is the professor's younger self.
Starring: Carol Teitel, Gordon Heath
922161"Night Visitor"Himan BrownElspeth EricNovember 24, 1978 (1978-11-24)
A supposedly dead young woman shows up in the bed of her parents' visitor. Scandal ensues.
Starring: Teri Keane
923162"Alien Presences"Himan BrownIan MartinNovember 27, 1978 (1978-11-27)
An elderly couple witness a UFO crash and discover a baby onboard the wreckage; the couple raise the infant as an earthling, but the lad eventually longs to return to his own planet and people.
Starring: John Beal, Joan Shea, John Lithgow, Ian Martin
924163"The Romany Revenge"Himan BrownJames Agate, Jr.November 29, 1978 (1978-11-29)
A quartet of heirs to a $2 million diamond fortune start disappearing; only a band of gypsies residing in the area can provide a detective with answers to the case.
Starring: Earl Hammond, Court Benson, Bryna Raeburn
Adapted from a story by T. L. Neuger

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925164"Squaring the Triangle"Himan BrownSam DannDecember 1, 1978 (1978-12-01)
A CEO finds himself stranded at a remote airport along with the wife of one of his employees, a woman he falls head over heels for… and whose husband he later sends on a dangerous assignment in the hopes he will be killed.
Starring: Felicia Farr, Ian Martin
926165"The Serpent of Saris"Himan BrownSam DannDecember 4, 1978 (1978-12-04)
A retired cop steps in to help save a boxer's life from the god of athletics, Saris, who has already administered fatal punishment on another pugilist.
Starring: Fred Gwynne, Russell Horton, Evelyn Juster, Ray Owens
927166"The Devil's Bargain"Himan BrownJames Agate, Jr.December 6, 1978 (1978-12-06)
A con artist steals valuable items, then poses as a psychic in an effort to find the goods for a fee. However, he may meet his comeuppance via an equally elaborate scheme.
Starring: Robert Dryden, Joan Shay, Gordon Heath, Jackson Beck
Adapted from a story by Guy Boothby
928167"The Exploding Heart"Himan BrownIan MartinDecember 8, 1978 (1978-12-08)
Dr. Matt Bard must tell his future brother-in-law that he needs a risky heart operation. But the hospital's chief surgeon overrules him out of fear that the patient's father — the hospital's biggest benefactor — will pull his funding if the procedure were to fail.
Starring: Bob Kaliban, Gordon Gould, Evelyn Juster, Ian Martin
929168"A Horror Story"Himan BrownElspeth EricDecember 11, 1978 (1978-12-11)
How do a gourmet chef and a shoemaker make the finest cuisine and footwear around? The secret is in how the ingredients are obtained.
Starring: Robert Dryden
930169"Ward Six"Himan BrownPercy GrangerDecember 13, 1978 (1978-12-13)
Dr. Andrei Yefimych is assigned to a dilapidated hospital in the Russian heartland, and is upset most by the state of its mental ward and the well-being of its residents, in particular the one man with whom Dr. Yefimych can carry on an intelligent conversation.
Starring: Norman Rose, Eugene Troobnick, Earl Hammond, Russell Horton, Bryna Raeburn
Adapted from the Anton Chekhov short story "Ward Number Six"
931170"The Search for Myra"Himan BrownSam DannDecember 15, 1978 (1978-12-15)
Wealthy industrialist George Hastings inexplicably starts calling his secretary and his wife "Myra." The former doesn't mind, but the latter demands George see a psychiatrist. When he does, memories of an old flame resurface from his subconscious.
Starring: Mandel Kramer, Marian Seldes, Court Benson, Carol Teitel
932171"The Familiar Ghost"Himan BrownIan MartinDecember 18, 1978 (1978-12-18)
On the verge of marriage, retired British Navy captain James Barton becomes paranoid when he is pursued by footsteps only he can hear. A psychic detective advises Barton that he must determine is pursuer's identity before his wedding takes place.
Starring: Gordon Heath, Charles Irving, Teri Keane, Ian Martin
933172"It Has to Be True"Himan BrownSam DannDecember 20, 1978 (1978-12-20)
On his way to Chicago, a traveling salesman is arrested and imprisoned for a woman's death. The evidence against him is overwhelmingly incriminating… but he has no recollection of ever meeting her.
Starring: John Beal
934173"The Power of Evil"Himan BrownJames Agate, Jr.December 22, 1978 (1978-12-22)
Deep in debt from gambling losses, an employee of the U.S. consulate in Hong Kong is approached by a mysterious woman who lends him cash and tips on winning at the roulette wheel. When the man starts winning big, the woman demands more than just love.
Starring: Lloyd Battista, Evelyn Juster
935174"If I Can't Have You"Himan BrownSam DannDecember 25, 1978 (1978-12-25)
Agents of "the people's government" keep two classical musical rivals in check as the men compete for the romantic affections of the woman who completes their trio.
Starring: Bob Kaliban, Russell Horton, Anne Williams, Carol Teitel
936175"No Way Out"Himan BrownElspeth EricDecember 27, 1978 (1978-12-27)
An elderly man becomes obsessed with the number 12172 when it repeatedly appears in random patterns during the course of his life.
Starring: Earl Hammond, Charles Irving, Roberta Maxwell
937176"The Dead House"Himan BrownIan MartinDecember 29, 1978 (1978-12-29)
In an adaptation of a Mark Twain story (from Life on the Mississippi), the famous writer, while traveling in Germany, listens to a morgue caretaker's tale of a man who exacted revenge on those who killed his family.
Starring: Robert Dryden (as Twain), Leon Janney, Ian Martin, Bryna Raeburn

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