Thriller

Season 1 1960 - 1961
TV-PG

  • 1960-09-13T04:00:00Z on NBC
  • 50m
  • 1d 6h 50m (37 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Crime
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.

37 episodes

Series Premiere

1960-09-13T04:00:00Z

1x01 The Twisted Image

Series Premiere

1x01 The Twisted Image

  • 1960-09-13T04:00:00Z50m

When the paths of a disturbed young man (consumed with the idea of taking over the life of his boss) and a disturbed young woman (obsessed with the same man) cross, the results are disatrous.

1960-09-20T04:00:00Z

1x02 Child's Play

1x02 Child's Play

  • 1960-09-20T04:00:00Z50m

A young boy with an unhappy homelife gets dangerously absorbed in his imagination.

1960-09-27T04:00:00Z

1x03 Worse Than Murder

1x03 Worse Than Murder

  • 1960-09-27T04:00:00Z50m

A man dies and leaves a diary describing how he and his sister murdered a woman. The sister's unscrupulous daughter-in-law uses the diary for blackmail.

1960-10-04T04:00:00Z

1x04 The Mark of the Hand

1x04 The Mark of the Hand

  • 1960-10-04T04:00:00Z50m

An eight-year-old girl is accused of murdering a man and then trying to kill again.

1960-10-11T04:00:00Z

1x05 Rose's Last Summer

1x05 Rose's Last Summer

  • 1960-10-11T04:00:00Z50m

When an aging film actress dies under mysterious circumstances a friend and her former husband try to find out what happened to her.

1960-10-18T04:00:00Z

1x06 The Guilty Men

1x06 The Guilty Men

  • 1960-10-18T04:00:00Z50m

The inner workings of a crime syndicate are examined as their mouthpiece lawyer wrestles with his conscience over the future of the organization.

1960-10-25T04:00:00Z

1x07 The Purple Room

1x07 The Purple Room

  • 1960-10-25T04:00:00Z50m

A man who inherits a house from his brother has one night to decide whether or not to stay - if he leaves, his cousins will inherit the house instead. He expects his cousins to try and frighten him into leaving, but could the strange happenings be more than pranks?

1960-11-01T05:00:00Z

1x08 The Watcher

1x08 The Watcher

  • 1960-11-01T05:00:00Z50m

A twisted zealot seeks to kill all those he feels are sinners.

1960-11-15T05:00:00Z

1x09 Girl With a Secret

1x09 Girl With a Secret

  • 1960-11-15T05:00:00Z50m

When the wife of a government agent inadvertently discovers the details of one of his missions she becomes a girl with a secret that must be kept at all costs.

1960-11-22T05:00:00Z

1x10 The Prediction

1x10 The Prediction

  • 1960-11-22T05:00:00Z50m

A phony clairvoyant suddenly starts having genuine premonitions. Will he be able to save those closest to him when he sees death in their future?

1960-11-29T05:00:00Z

1x11 The Fatal Impulse

1x11 The Fatal Impulse

  • 1960-11-29T05:00:00Z50m

A canidate for Mayor is told he won't live through the next day. The police are sent to protect him and we follow their actions as well as those of the potential killer.

1960-12-06T05:00:00Z

1x12 The Big Blackout

1x12 The Big Blackout

  • 1960-12-06T05:00:00Z50m

A former alcoholic is haunted by a past he can't remember. Will he be able to stay alive long enough to unravel the mystery?

1960-12-13T05:00:00Z

1x13 Knock Three-One-Two

1x13 Knock Three-One-Two

  • 1960-12-13T05:00:00Z50m

A man desparate for money decides to enlist the help of a serial killer in getting the cash he needs from his wife.

1960-12-20T05:00:00Z

1x14 Man in the Middle

1x14 Man in the Middle

  • 1960-12-20T05:00:00Z50m

A man overhears the kidnapping and murder plot of two unsavory characters and tries to prevent it from being carried out despite the fact that his own life is in danger.

1960-12-27T05:00:00Z

1x15 The Cheaters

1x15 The Cheaters

  • 1960-12-27T05:00:00Z50m

A pair of very unusual glasses allow the wearer to see the absolute truth about whatever they look upon. We see what happens as they pass from one owner to another.

1961-01-03T05:00:00Z

1x16 The Hungry Glass

1x16 The Hungry Glass

  • 1961-01-03T05:00:00Z50m

A young couple buy a run-down, old mansion surrounded with legends about the lack of mirrors and the deaths of many former tenants. On their first night in the house they are frightened by strage visions, inexplicably intertwined with mirrors and glass.

1961-01-10T05:00:00Z

1x17 The Poisoner

1x17 The Poisoner

  • 1961-01-10T05:00:00Z50m

A man in nineteenth century England disposes of his family members one by one - his weapon of choice? - an undetectable poison concealed within his ring.

1961-01-17T05:00:00Z

1x18 Man in a Cage

1x18 Man in a Cage

  • 1961-01-17T05:00:00Z50m

A man arrives in Tangier looking for his missing brother who seems to have been involved in some shady dealings.

1961-01-24T05:00:00Z

1x19 Choose a Victim

1x19 Choose a Victim

  • 1961-01-24T05:00:00Z50m

A wealthy girl takes up with a mercenary beachbum. Together they plot to kill her uncle for his money

1961-02-07T05:00:00Z

1x20 Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook

1x20 Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook

  • 1961-02-07T05:00:00Z50m

A young detective is sent to the English countryside to investigate a strange murder. His wife, who has accompanied him, soon finds herself a target of the locals who believe she is a witch.

1961-02-14T05:00:00Z

1x21 The Merriweather File

1x21 The Merriweather File

  • 1961-02-14T05:00:00Z50m

When a man discovers a body in the trunk of his car the harder he tries to prove his innocence the more guilty he looks. Do the attempts on his wife's life have anything to do with this strange case?

1961-02-21T05:00:00Z

1x22 The Fingers of Fear

1x22 The Fingers of Fear

  • 1961-02-21T05:00:00Z50m

A child murderer is on the loose. A mentally disturbed man is arrested for the crimes, but a determined police lieutenant isn't sure they have the right man.

1961-02-28T05:00:00Z

1x23 Well of Doom

1x23 Well of Doom

  • 1961-02-28T05:00:00Z50m

A man is kidnapped on the eve of his wedding and held prisoner by a ghoulish creature claiming to be the devil himself.

1961-03-07T05:00:00Z

1x24 The Ordeal of Dr. Cordell

1x24 The Ordeal of Dr. Cordell

  • 1961-03-07T05:00:00Z50m

A research scientist accidentally discovers a strange gas that penetrates his gas mask and the effects are most bizarre - now every time he hears a bell it sends him into a murderous rage.

1961-03-14T05:00:00Z

1x25 Trio for Terror

1x25 Trio for Terror

  • 1961-03-14T05:00:00Z50m

Three separate tales: a man murders his uncle for the inheritance, but the uncle is no oridinary man; a man wins a fortune gambling, but may not live to enjoy it; a serial killer meets an odd fate.

1961-03-21T05:00:00Z

1x26 Papa Benjamin

1x26 Papa Benjamin

  • 1961-03-21T05:00:00Z50m

A musician tells a strange tale of involvement in a voodoo cult.

1961-04-04T05:00:00Z

1x27 Late Date

1x27 Late Date

  • 1961-04-04T05:00:00Z50m

When a man murders his adulterous wife his brother attempts to conceal the crime by disposing of the body - but it won't be easy.

A series of brutal murders in the modern-day U.S. mirror those of Jack the Ripper. Sir Guy informs the police of his theory that it is in fact the Ripper himself, alive and well - and not a year older.

1961-04-18T05:00:00Z

1x29 The Devil's Ticket

1x29 The Devil's Ticket

  • 1961-04-18T05:00:00Z50m

A starving artist goes to a pawn shop with one of his paintings and ends up pawning his soul to the devil. Will he be able to redeem it when the time comes?

1961-04-25T05:00:00Z

1x30 Parasite Mansion

1x30 Parasite Mansion

  • 1961-04-25T05:00:00Z50m

A young teacher is lost during a storm and wakes up to find herself held prisoner in a run-down mansion inhabited by a strange and terrifying family.

1961-05-02T04:00:00Z

1x31 A Good Imagination

1x31 A Good Imagination

  • 1961-05-02T04:00:00Z50m

A book dealer turns to murder over his adulterous wife - taking his methods for killing from classic literature.

1961-05-09T04:00:00Z

1x32 Mr. George

1x32 Mr. George

  • 1961-05-09T04:00:00Z50m

A little girl is the sole heir to her mother's fortune and her greedy relatives are out to kill her for her money. What they don't realize is this little girl has a supernatural guardian.

1961-05-16T04:00:00Z

1x33 Terror in Teakwood

1x33 Terror in Teakwood

  • 1961-05-16T04:00:00Z50m

A young man's former girlfriend comes to him for help; her husband, a famous pianist, is being terrorized by an unknown being - is it a dead rival, secretly alive, or is it something much more grotesque.

1x34 The Prisoner in the Mirror

  • 1961-05-23T04:00:00Z50m

A professor researching an eighteenth century murderous magician purchases a mirror in Paris only to find the magician's victims imprisoned within - or is it only a trick?

1961-05-30T04:00:00Z

1x35 Dark Legacy

1x35 Dark Legacy

  • 1961-05-30T04:00:00Z50m

The patriarch of a family of magicians dies and leaves his nephew his book of secrets - and it is indeed a dark legacy involving satanic spirits and black magic.

1961-06-06T04:00:00Z

1x36 Pigeons From Hell

1x36 Pigeons From Hell

  • 1961-06-06T04:00:00Z50m

Two young brothers attempt to spend the night in an abandoned southern plantation and encounter some birds that seem to have a strong dislike for intruders.

Season Finale

1961-06-13T04:00:00Z

1x37 The Grim Reaper

Season Finale

1x37 The Grim Reaper

  • 1961-06-13T04:00:00Z50m

An eccentric mystery writer purchases a ghoulish painting of the grim reaper which happens to have a curse on it - almost all of its former owners have died. When the owner's life is in danger the painting sends a gruesome warning - it begins to bleed.

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