Suspense

A killer hides out with his wartime buddy, unaware that his buddy is now a cop.

A trader in dry goods makes his home in the Polynesian Islands, where the natives are believers in both voodoo and taboo. Other competing traders set him up to marry Anna, a cursed princess. Once married, she and her new husband are to be killed in order to break the taboo.

In 19th century England, a celebrated thief who sold his "findings" to an antique dealer, decides he now wants to make a purchase (or steal) an item as a present. As he is somewhat of a madman, he kills the proprietor, and gets lost in the dementia of is own mind, that is, until the devil pays him a visit.

An athlete leaving the Soviet Union during the cold war for Olympic competition is informed that his elderly father is to be collateral for his return. But when he later discovers his father has died, he attempts to keep his death a secret so that he may defect.

In the mid 19th century, a retired police commissioner lives quietly in a mansion in the country. He gets a late night visit from the chief of police and an officer from Scotland Yard to consult on a burglary case. After dispensing his advice, the detective thanks him and starts to leave, taking special interest in wondering how civil servant can live so lavishly.

A professional arsonist, who has been helping landlords with non-profitable buildings collect from their insurance carriers, gets a special investigative task force assigned to him. When the son of the unit commander is killed after he unwittingly triggers a blaze that the arsonist has set, a father seeks the ultimate revenge.

A man arriving at an airport is abducted by two thugs and taken to a boarding house. There, he is forced to put his fingerprints on several items and is knocked unconscious. The kidnappers then leave him there with the gas stove turned on.

A middle-aged woman in pre-WWII Berlin leads a double life as a spy. When she falls in love with a German gentleman who shares her love of life, she decides to leave the service to marry him, but it's too late, as the Nazis are closing in on her.

Unbeknownst to him, a distraught and lonely widower is followed home from work by a tough looking pair of thugs. As he unwinds and turns to alcohol for solace, the two shady characters continue to follow him wherever he goes. Is it a case of mistaken identity, or are they planning to murder him?

A man who was wrongly convicted the first time is committing a real crime. He holds up a tax office and takes the money and gives it to his girlfriend and sends her off to Florida.

Marking his fifth of six appearances on Suspense, Boris Karloff plays the starring role of Grigori Rasputin, the famed historical figure who reportedly gained a reputation as a holy man with healing and prophetical powers. What results from his reputation proves to be his downfall. In true Suspense tradition, Karloff plays the role much like his screen persona as an actor in creepy mystery movies.

A private detective, who was engaged to a woman named Constance, reopens her missing persons case when he gets a hot lead as to her whereabouts. The clue leads him and his new wife to a cottage in the country where Constance was last seen. Once there they discover a sculptor's portrait of her and as the investigation continues, he comes across a madman.

In early 19th century France, a young woman, engaged to an army officer that she does not love, falls for a young lieutenant. Her father, a colonel, who had previously arranged the marriage, ends the arrangement and plans to send her to Paris to quell the disparity. The officer, feeling humiliated and betrayed, picks a fight with the young lieutenant and challenges him to a bizarre duel.

In the only episode of this live television anthology to be written by Rod Serling, a scientist plans his wife's untimely demise at a nuclear test site.