S01E01 The Twisted Image
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.
Thriller
S01E32: Mr. George
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.
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Child's Play
A young boy with an unhappy homelife gets dangerously absorbed in his imagination.
S01E03 Worse Than Murder
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.
S01E04 The Mark of the Hand
An eight-year-old girl is accused of murdering a man and then trying to kill again.
S01E05 Rose's Last Summer
When an aging film actress dies under mysterious circumstances a friend and her former husband try to find out what happened to her.
S01E06 The Guilty Men
The inner workings of a crime syndicate are examined as their mouthpiece lawyer wrestles with his conscience over the future of the organization.
S01E07 The Purple Room
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...
S01E09 Girl With a Secret
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.
S01E10 The Prediction
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?
S01E11 The Fatal Impulse
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.
S01E12 The Big Blackout
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?
S01E13 Knock Three-One-Two
A man desparate for money decides to enlist the help of a serial killer in getting the cash he needs from his wife.
S01E14 Man in the Middle
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.
S01E15 The Cheaters
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.
S01E16 The Hungry Glass
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...
S01E17 The Poisoner
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.
S01E18 Man in a Cage
A man arrives in Tangier looking for his missing brother who seems to have been involved in some shady dealings.
S01E19 Choose a Victim
A wealthy girl takes up with a mercenary beachbum. Together they plot to kill her uncle for his money
S01E20 Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook
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.
S01E21 The Merriweather File
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...
S01E22 The Fingers of Fear
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.
S01E23 Well of Doom
A man is kidnapped on the eve of his wedding and held prisoner by a ghoulish creature claiming to be the devil himself.
S01E24 The Ordeal of Dr. Cordell
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.
S01E25 Trio for Terror
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...
S01E27 Late Date
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.
S01E28 Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper
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 -...
S01E29 The Devil's Ticket
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?
S01E30 Parasite Mansion
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.
S01E31 A Good Imagination
A book dealer turns to murder over his adulterous wife - taking his methods for killing from classic literature.
S01E32 Mr. George
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.
S01E33 Terror in Teakwood
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...
S01E34 The Prisoner in the Mirror
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?
S01E35 Dark Legacy
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.
S01E36 Pigeons From Hell
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.
S01E37 The Grim Reaper
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...
Cast
Boris Karloff
Self - Host
