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0430 - The Golden Chalices (2/12/1976) Feb 04, 2026

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0430 - The Golden Chalices (2/12/1976)
Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Norman Rose; Jada Rowland; Carmen Matthews.
A gift from a patient arouses a memory in psychoanalyst Hans von Fodor, who with wife Lili fled Kispest, Hungary after their wedding 30 years ago.

0429 - You Owe Me A Death (2/11/1976) Feb 03, 2026

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0429 - You Owe Me A Death (2/11/1976)
Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Patricia Elliott; Vicky Vola; Russell Horton; William Redfield; Ann Pitoniak.
A woman is haunted by her twin sister, who died when they were very young. To put the spirit to rest, she must first unravel the mysteries surrounding her twin.

0428 - The Horror of Dead Lake (2/9/1976) Feb 02, 2026

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0428 - The Horror of Dead Lake (2/9/1976)
Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: William Prince; Gordon Gould; Ann Sheppard; George Petrie; Gil Mack.
Claude & Polly Baxter are delighted to have inherited a castle and a neighboring lake. But joy turns to fright when they discover the castle has been home to a demented embryologist crossing Venus flytraps with birds and that the lake is home to something even more horrific.

0427 - Straight from the Horse's Mouth (2/6/1976) Feb 01, 2026

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0427 - Straight from the Horse's Mouth (2/6/1976)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Robert Morse; Augusta Dabney; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Mandel Kramer; Earl Hammond.
Mousy bookkeeper Hubert Purley buys a work horse named Mervin, who may not be the racing thoroughbred Hubert mistook him to be, but who can tell him (literally) how to turn a $2 bet at the track into a life-changing windfall.

0426 - The Children of Death (2/5/1976) Jan 31, 2026

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0426 - The Children of Death (2/5/1976)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Tony Roberts; Marian Seldes; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden.
In a post-apocalyptic world where hate rules and men and women live separately in hostile tribes, a High Priest's son reluctantly takes part in a deadly game wherein participants must hunt each other down for the sake of growing, through procreation, their respective tribes.

0425 - The Dead Deserve to Rest (2/3/1976) Jan 30, 2026

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0425 - The Dead Deserve to Rest (2/3/1976)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Jennifer Harmon; Russell Horton; Martha Greenhouse; William Redfield; Teri Keane.
Distraught over her husband's death at the hands of a drunk driver, Tish Meredith becomes easy prey for a false medium who swindles her into believing he can help her contact her husband.
Defects: Muffled audio on and off.

0424 - First Prize -- Death (2/2/1976) Jan 29, 2026

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0424 - First Prize -- Death (2/2/1976)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Norman Rose; Evie Juster; Roger DeKoven; Sam Gray.
Despite being a celebrated sociologist, John Desmond has been constantly passed over for the highest honor in the field, the Parkhurst Medal.

0423 - Castle Kerfol (1/30/1976) Jan 28, 2026

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0423 - Castle Kerfol (1/30/1976)
Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edith Wharton.
Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; William Redfield; Ian Martin; Guy Sorel.
After an American is confronted by a pack of dogs while touring a British castle for a possible purchase, a neighbor clues her in on the history of the castle and its former inhabitants.

0422 - Mirror, Mirror (1/28/1976) Jan 27, 2026

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0422 - Mirror, Mirror (1/28/1976)
Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Marian Seldes; Carmen Matthews; Marian Haley; Nat Polen.
Jessica Chapman sets out to discover whether a gold-framed, full-length mirror she gave to former college roommate Clare Connor played a part in Clare's descent from "the fairest of them all" into a life of unhappiness and familial dysfunction.
Defects: Static throughout the episode.

0421 - The Ferret (1/26/1976) Jan 26, 2026

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0421 - The Ferret (1/26/1976)
Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Elliot Reid; Patricia Elliott; Court Benson; Robert Maxwell.
A lawyer for Energy Exploration, Inc. sets up a scheme to entrap the corrupt EEI executive who's sabotaging the company's offshore oil drilling efforts.

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