S2 E1 • Lunch Box

A man wants to get even with an aircraft plant by blowing it up. He conceals a bomb in his lunch box and warns him to get out of the place in time. The son does escape, but a friend sees the lunch box and, thinking his buddy forgot it, puts it in his car.

Première diffusion : 6 septembre 1949

S2 E2 • Collector's Item

An older man,Evans, walks into a record store, slips the young clerk, Fred, a huge bill and pleads for him to come to his hotel to discuss something important. He goes and finds Evans beaten and mumbling something about a record. Fred is knocked out and awakens to find Evans now dead and himself set-up to take the rap for his murder. Fred races back to the store, hoping to find the record the dead man was talking about.

Première diffusion : 13 septembre 1949

S2 E3 • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Première diffusion : 20 septembre 1949

S2 E4 • The Comic Strip Murder

Julia, the model for a character in her husband's comic strip, informs a police detective that her spouse is going to murder her. He bumped off her "twin" in that morning's strip and she's sure he's going do get rid of her in the same grizzly way that evening.

Première diffusion : 27 septembre 1949

S2 E5 • Doctor Violet

A college student studying abnormal psychology thinks the owner of a wax museum dedicated to murderers can teach her a few things. Police lock down Dr. Violet's exhibit when an actual corpse is found in the museum, trapping the co-ed alone with the murder expert.

Première diffusion : 4 octobre 1949

S2 E6 • The Cask of Amontillado

In World War II Italy, Count Montressor has watched with horror as his former stable boy became a powerful Nazi general. In the process, General Fortanato has murdered the Count's sister and stolen his wife. Knowing the General plans to murder him, Count Montressor lures him into the palace's catacombs to taste the rare cask of Amontillado he has procured.

Première diffusion : 11 octobre 1949

S2 E7 • The Serpent Ring

A former soldier who works at an all-night diner is scheduled for the electric chair. There's one witness who can clear him of the charges, but that person has disappeared.

Première diffusion : 18 octobre 1949

S2 E8 • The Murderer

Detained by the side of the road where his wife Mollie was found murdered, John explains to a deputy the events leading up to that moment. Their busybody neighbor Lillybelle had made accusations about Mollie's infidelity, as had a mysterious stranger who traveled the road near their home. Realizing John was wise to her, Mollie tried to flee but Lillybelle blocked the door.

Première diffusion : 25 octobre 1949

S2 E9 • Black Passage

An American lover of architecture is escorted to a crumbling Mexican castle by the local padre. He warns the visitor to keep his room door locked and avoid the family that lives there--especially the maniacal mother when the black wind blows. Eventually, the curious American learns the horrible truth about the family's history of blood lust.

Première diffusion : 1 novembre 1949

S2 E10 • Suspicion

Première diffusion : 8 novembre 1949

S2 E11 • The Thin Edge of Violence

Première diffusion : 15 novembre 1949

S2 E12 • The Third One

A self-absorbed couple takes their daughter on a vacation, unaware that the child is urgently wanted by health officials. The little girl was afraid to tell them she'd been bitten by a dog, and the animal turns out to have been rabid.

Première diffusion : 22 novembre 1949

S2 E13 • The Man in the House

Emily's moved back home to care for her battle-ax old mother and it has placed her marriage in jeopardy. Arriving home from work, she finds an escapee from a mental hospital with the old bitty he's tied up and gagged (because she's obnoxious). While he hides at their house for a few days, Emily is supposed go to work as usual but not utter a word of his presence to anyone--or it will be curtains for the old lady.

Première diffusion : 29 novembre 1949

S2 E14 • The Scar

Première diffusion : 6 décembre 1949

S2 E15 • The Gray Helmet

Première diffusion : 13 décembre 1949

S2 E16 • The Seeker and the Sought

Première diffusion : 20 décembre 1949

S2 E17 • The Case of Lady Sannox

Lady Sannox, the toast of London society, carries on an obvious affair with Douglas Stone, an arrogant, young surgeon. Lord Sannox, a retired star of the stage, is thought to be a clueless old man unaware of the liaison. After discussing with the Lady his plan to murder her husband so they can marry, Stone is hired by a desperate man to perform a questionable operation on his wife. Lord Sannox, we learn, is not as oblivious to his wife's infidelity as he appears.

Première diffusion : 27 décembre 1949

S2 E18 • Morning Boat to Africa

The impulsive wife of a jealous man is paid a visit by the very person her husband most despises.

Première diffusion : 3 janvier 1950

S2 E19 • The Bomber Command

D.P. Bradford's wife invites a couple of his old bomber crew buddies to New York to ring in 1950. New Year's morning as the guys sleep off their hangovers, the Bradford's daughter takes her puppy for a walk in Grand Central Station. There she's kidnapped by a German named Hans and held for $30,000 ransom. D.P. and his buddies, who had grown apart over the years, reunite on the mission to rescue his daughter from the kidnapper's clutches.

Première diffusion : 10 janvier 1950

S2 E20 • Summer Storm

A father and son moving out of a boarding house get into a tussle with the sleazy landlord who promptly drops dead on the floor. Since the father has a past record, the two hide in the attic while the police investigate, wating to make their escape.

Première diffusion : 17 janvier 1950

S2 E21 • The Horizontal Man

Première diffusion : 24 janvier 1950

S2 E22 • The Distant Island

A man who's been suffering from amnesia suddenly gets his memory back.

Première diffusion : 31 janvier 1950

S2 E23 • Escape This Night

Première diffusion : 7 février 1950

S2 E24 • The Suicide Club

The members of the suicide club are all men who wish to end their lives. One member draws the card the ace of spades meaning he must kill another member and make it look like an accident.

Première diffusion : 14 février 1950

S2 E25 • Roman Holiday

Prior to the United States going to war with Italy, one of the country's leading Fascists challenges an American to a duel.

Première diffusion : 21 février 1950

S2 E26 • The Man Who Talked in His Sleep

Teenage practical joker Jerry pretends his new stepfather revealed something incriminating while talking in his sleep. Rather than laughing it off, Henry Lord gets very defensive and becomes threatening. After suffering a suspicious accident, Jerry is convinced his stepfather has something in his past he's willing to kill to keep secret.

Première diffusion : 28 février 1950

S2 E27 • The Ledge

Première diffusion : 7 mars 1950

S2 E28 • The Parcel

Tommy, an errand boy, hangs around a hot dog stand when he's not in transit. The stand, a front for criminal enterprises, provesdangerous when he's hired by a shady character to deliver a package at exactly 5 PM that evening. With time to kill, he goes to a baseball game. Tommy doesn't realize that the package contains 20 grand from a payroll heist and that a pair of criminals have figured out that he's holding the money.

Première diffusion : 14 mars 1950

S2 E29 • The Old Man's Badge

Officer Malone is murdered outside a "gay 90s"-themed nightclub simply by buying a seemingly harmelss gift from one of the showgirls. His son, a rookie cop, takes a vacation from the force to find the murderer himself. At the club, he uncovers the deadly secret that got his father shot: they're selling illegal drugs.

Première diffusion : 21 mars 1950

S2 E30 • The Second Class Passenger

Arthur Dawson is a young American who lands in a Mozambique port and goes in search of a stolen idol.

Première diffusion : 28 mars 1950

S2 E31 • 1000 to One

Detective Sam Cragg goes to meet a client in the "Little Serbia" section of the city and finds the man murdered. Everyone in the neighborhood lives in fear of the unseen C. W. Roberts. a mysterious loan shark who keeps the poor permanently in debt. Cragg send a book to Roberts and watches to see who picks it up.

Première diffusion : 4 avril 1950

S2 E32 • Steely, Steely Eyes

The notorious criminal Ma Barker and her gang of four sons blaze a murderous path from beginnings in Missouri to their final showdown with FBI agents and their machine guns in Florida.

Première diffusion : 11 avril 1950

S2 E33 • Murder at the Mardi Gras

Young actor Dan Bedell stops off in New Orleans for his first Mardi Gras. He gets a visit from gambling boss Morgan Nelson and his bodyguard who's shot from outside of the window. Morgan scrams, leaving Dan to be framed for the murder. With his girlfriend and one of her pals, Dan decides to dispose of the corpse by ditching him in the crowd, passing him off a passed out Mardi Gras drunk. Nelson returns, finds the others involved covering-up the death, and is not pleased.

Première diffusion : 18 avril 1950

S2 E34 • The Gentleman From America

An American bets two British friends that he can spend the night alone in a "haunted house."

Première diffusion : 25 avril 1950

S2 E35 • Death of a Dummy

On a midnight scavenger hunt for a department store sales receipt, a man encounters a murderer in a store.

Première diffusion : 2 mai 1950

S2 E36 • Red Wine

Première diffusion : 9 mai 1950

S2 E37 • One and One's a Lonesome

A dangerous blonde wants to lose her husband so she seduces an old boyfriend into doing the deed. The old flame is in for a surprise when she promptly gets rid of him.

Première diffusion : 16 mai 1950

S2 E38 • Photo Finish

After killing a former medical examiner, lawyer Robert Quartermain has his picture taken by a street photographer while leaving the scene of the crime. When he learns the photographer possesses the only evidence against him, Quartermain goes to see the shutterbug and bumps him off, too.

Première diffusion : 23 mai 1950

S2 E39 • Listen, Listen

A woman has a very good reason for ordering her husband to keep his mouth shut when it comes to tipping the police off about a murder.

Première diffusion : 30 mai 1950

S2 E40 • Black Bronze

A reporter unexpectedly becomes involved in a series of violent, brutal murders.

Première diffusion : 6 juin 1950

S2 E41 • I'm No Hero

Dr. Joe Parker and his family are awakened by a gun-wielding criminal demanding treatment for his brother. The man's in serious condition after a bullet pierced his lung. With a pistol pointing at their daughter, the doctor and his wife are forced to perform surgery even though the patient requires hospital treatment to survive

Première diffusion : 20 juin 1950

S2 E42 • Wisteria Cottage

A disturbed young man with a murderous background latches onto an older woman and her daughters. He worms his way into their family by charming the mother, even accompanying them to their summer cottage. One daughter's attempt to break off her flirtatious affair with the volatile man, whose true colors begin to show.

Première diffusion : 27 juin 1950