In 1862 a young man and his friend Sam enlist in the Union Army. During their first taste of battle, Sam is fatally wounded and the young man panics. While running from the battlefield, he receives a head wound, which is treated at an army hospital. Later, he finds himself wandering around the Tennessee countryside, trying to find his regiment and explain why his wound was in the back—not in the front—of his head.

Chapter 1 of a heart-pounding thriller where regular folks encounter deadly threats and must battle to stay alive.

Two dead lovers live in their old house, moving from room to room and thinking about the happy times they shared when they were alive.

An Irishman goes to investigate his haunted house, with unexpected results. The last show of the series, one of the last two shows of, "The Golden Age of Radio."

A woman breaks into her missing boyfriend's home and reads his diary, only to discover he had been fighting a split personality -- one half that loved her and another that despised her and was drawn to someone else.

A nightclub performer who reads minds loses his wife in a deadly car accident where the driver flees the scene, so he turns to his special abilities to track down the person responsible...or so it seems.

A railroad station-master is haunted by the ghost of an engineer who died ten years ago.

Lola always gets what she wants - but who killed Artie Finch?

A man tries to poison his wife, but no mater how much poison he puts in her wine, she does not die. An excellent performance by Sam Grey, but an unbelievably bad, cop-out ending to an otherwise good mystery. Shame on Ben Kagen!

When a woman dies, her sister falls for a man who has wicked intentions. The story ends with a shocking twist.

A woman tries to prevent her husband's execution by finding the real killer.

A young boy learns a dying person's secret and fights to rescue an innocent man from being put to death.

A tale about the ideas that flash through a man's head while he faces execution by hanging for destroying property during the Civil War. This story was heard before on "Suspense" on December 9, 1956, and December 15, 1957.

John Dehner plays a British reporter working for the London Times who travels to the Wild West to cover stories and proves himself capable with a gun. The episode follows Cole Williams, a notorious killer from the war, as he faces his final days in Batesville, Missouri. For the network-sponsored version of this program, refer to catalog number 63372.

Kendall finds himself staying overnight at an odd house where he encounters bizarre residents and a death. This AFRTS program, titled "Sagebrush Theatre," has a network-sponsored version available under catalog number 63371.

A female justice of the peace is powerless to stop a mob from lynching an Indian man who has been accused of committing murder.

A woman appears to be in desperate trouble when her husband leaves her and then her neighbor tries to kill her!

A dream of murder and counter-murder.

They were lovers, Oh, Lordy how they could love!

The story of a spy in the desert and a beautiful girl with a Mercedes.

A young person joins spider-shaped aliens from Mars on their final journey back to their planet.

A Texan arrives in Pleasant Valley to bring the man who killed his brother to justice. The rest of the town wants to lynch the killer. The writing is highly stylized.

A well-crafted tale of a duel fought for honor in the Confederate South. This script had been performed earlier on the "Suspense" radio show on October 12, 1953.

A woman and her lover murder her business partner with a boat explosion to steal his fortune, but when the body isn't found immediately, she becomes paranoid that he survived and knows about their deadly betrayal.

A desperate secretary who embezzled company funds discovers her murdered friend's involvement in a diamond smuggling operation and decides to impersonate her friend to sell stolen diamonds and avoid prosecution.

A good story about an unknown disease that threatens to wipe out of all mankind! The system cue has been deleted.

Harriet Shipley vanishes along with her infant child after receiving death threats.

A trucking business owner shoots his business partner, but the wounded man escapes in the truck! A surprise witness gets involved in the mess and pays the price. The safety messages have been removed.

A group of individuals becomes trapped in cabins while investigating a honeymoon murder, racing against time before an execution date as they uncover the truth about a woman who died during what should have been the happiest time of her life.

A scary tale begins when "Mr. Narco" kills Jane Carter by stabbing her with garden shears. Arnold Moss uses a charming German-Transylvanian accent.

Someone murdered three men connected to Claudia - her two husbands and another man who was in love with her. The show might be called "Claudia." Some parts of a public service message were cut out. This story aired again on Inner Sanctum on September 4, 1945.

An insurance scam that took seven years to plan hits two big problems... a man who wants money to keep quiet and the schemer's own wife.

This episode features a compelling narrative about a deranged Nazi scientist conducting cruel experiments. The same script was later adapted for X Minus One on July 14, 1955, and for Future Tense, with the X Minus One version subsequently rebroadcast on Monitor in March 1974.

A drunk man gets married and then attempts to murder his bride by shoving her off a boat into the ocean. After she survives, he tries once more to kill her by abandoning her on train tracks as a locomotive bears down on her.

A man discovers his wife gambled away a fortune, and this shocking news turns him into a killer!

A great tale about a man who can make people die simply by wanting it to happen!

A dead sister comes back to life and starts killing people again.

A dead man comes back to hunt down Aunt Edna because she stole his property.

A bad criminal facing death from his gang gets one final opportunity to do something good from the mysterious "Mr. Whiskers."

When Speaker 2 discovers that a murderer has killed both their father and mother, they must decide whether to tell Doctor Wells the truth about the deaths or protect dangerous secrets, while Speaker 3 pressures them to take a perilous course of action that could cost them everything.

A killer meets his victim face to face, and a piano man hits the wrong key!

A journalist whose writing destroys lives crosses paths with a murderer who kills with regular weapons. An excellent tale that ends with an unexpected twist.

Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane go to a big fancy house for Gerald Covington's holiday party. The rich Covington family is celebrating because Aunt Frances just got a lot of money, but Gerald and his brother Clyde are jealous of each other and everyone can feel the bad feelings in the air.

Edgar Finley gets a coffin and decides to lie inside it to test whether his family truly cares about him. A phone placed in the coffin will let him know when to come out.

A heartwarming tale follows a poor boy from London's rough neighborhoods as he tries to escape street life, but faces the pull of taking shortcuts to get ahead.

When Jane Carter disappears and Martha is found murdered, multiple suspects emerge at Martha's funeral each claiming responsibility for the killing, forcing investigators to unravel which confession is real and why so many people want to take credit for the crime.

When Speaker 2 refuses to sign a crucial legal document or reveal personal information about a murder suspect, Speaker 1 must convince them to cooperate before vital evidence in a deadly case is lost forever.

"Raymond" presents a story with no given title about the killing of a man who created a medicine to fix people who cannot see colors properly. Though the story has no announced name, people often call it "Elixir Number Four" or "The Color Blind Formula." The tale has a shocking twist at the end that will make you angry! The AFRS program is called "Mystery Playhouse." When the story ends, Peter Lorre shows a preview of "The Whistler" episode called "Death Sees Double." This story has parts like the one listed as number 5585, but it is clearly different.

A story about a dead body on a roller coaster, and a wrecked hold-up getaway car...which is all grist for a private eye's mill.

A man and woman living on Cape Cod, where foghorns blow all the time, are about to commit murder. You won't believe who they plan to kill.

A man and his friend Joan sit in a dark theater waiting for someone to talk about what happens after people die. The man gets pulled into a strange world where mysterious beings called Atavars reveal that his search to live forever will actually destroy him. He learns to accept that death is final and becomes himself again.

A group of four friends goes on an outdoor adventure to a stunning canyon, but when massive boulders crash down in a fatal rockslide, they become buried alive and one person dies as the survivors struggle to stay alive.

A woman tells Father Donahue about her two boys - good son Thomas who plans to marry Eileen, and troublemaker son Paddy. When Thomas goes missing during a storm while hunting for shipwreck treasure with Paddy on his wedding day, Thomas comes back as a ghost to face his brother, and his mother wants payback.

A greedy treasure hunter kills his native guide to steal the man's valuable diamond, but the dying guide swears a curse of revenge from beyond the grave that haunts the killer.

A doctor who studies killers gets in too deep with his research.

Richard and Emily Longacre travel to Merrivale to claim a strange inheritance when they hear someone scream and find a dead man sitting in a chair. The body disappears, leaving behind only a lit cigarette. When they investigate further, they uncover a plan to kill them and discover a secret treasure of three tons of cursed silver.

Alec and Phyllis, a troubled couple in the jungle, are joined by Lt. Lawrence, who loves Phyllis. Their last night in the wilds is marked by Alec's drunkenness and the witch doctor's farewell ritual. Alec’s obsession with a cursed mask leads to his ruin and leaves Phyllis free to go with Lawrence, haunted by her husband's death.

A young married couple moves into a small house with a deadly past, where the ghost of a bride killed years before puts their love and minds through hell.

Three treasure hunters named Morgan, Dutch, and Frenchie search for riches in an ancient Aztec city deep in the Yucatan jungle. Morgan's hunger for wealth drives the group into a cursed temple filled with emeralds that bring disaster. When they try to escape, a giant snake kills Frenchie and Dutch dies under strange circumstances. Morgan must confront his wife Marianne, who turns out to be a supernatural being seeking revenge for his wrongdoings. The jungle itself seems to whisper against him as his greed ultimately destroys him.

A tale of love and tragedy from the emerald isle, where a young man defies his father's curse and proposes a ghostly troth to prove his devotion. In the end, he discovers that the price of his love is his own life. This is a classic in the library of Irish folklore. The cast includes John McIntire and Veda Ann Borg.