Beat the Reaper

November 24, 1997

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Ghost Stories - S1 - E17

A man on death row prays for a governor's pardon. One night he has a ghostly visitation from his dead partner, who shows him how to escape. But trapped in the bowels of the prison, the man is terrified to learn that the ghost is the Angel of Death, intent upon keeping his prize, and not being cheated.

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Ghost Stories: Season 1 - 44 Episode s

1x1 - Back Ward
September 28, 1997
The new chief psychiatrist at an old mental institution is haunted by Images from the hospital's cruel past.
1x2 - Last Flight Out
September 28, 1997
A year after the plane crash that claimed her husband and child, a guilt ridden woman takes a night flight. Amid the storm-tossed flight, the woman is haunted by ghosts of her past.
1x3 - Step-Sister
October 5, 1997
When a young girl's mother remarries, she moves into her step-father's house, only to find herself haunted by the ghost of her jealous step-brother. But soon she discovers he's trying to warn her - about his own death and the danger she now finds herself in.
1x4 - You'll Always Be Mine
October 5, 1997
A young woman is stalked by the ghost of an obsessive suitor. After she's found murdered, the cop who failed to protect her is haunted by her cries for help from beyond the grave.
1x5 - Wake in Fear
October 13, 1997
An overworked intern is plagued by dreams in which he sees corpses being wheeled to the hospital morgue. They turn out to be premonitions of patients about to die the next day on the operating table.
1x6 - Blood Money
October 13, 1997
A crooked lawman hounds an ex-con bank robber to determine the whereabouts of his buried loot. Upon retrieving the ill-gotten booty, the dirty cop discovers to his horror that the money's even dirtier - it's haunted by the spirits of those who were killed during the heist.
1x7 - Landscape of Lost Dreams
October 20, 1997
A couple returns to their honeymoon hotel in a last ditch effort to save their crumbling marriage. When the wife vanishes, the husband is suspected of killing her.
1x8 - Cold in the Grave
October 20, 1997
A divorced, embittered repairman murders a woman he picked up in the bar, stashes her body in an industrial refrigerator, and dumps it into the river.
1x9 - Personal Demons
October 27, 1997
A social worker pursuing a mentally unbalanced man who escaped from a halfway house discovers that her client is prodded to murderous actions by a malevolent demon.
1x10 - Cloistered
October 27, 1997
A lonely care-giver to the elderly falls for a man whom she believes is kept in his house by his domineering mother. But as their secret relationship grows, she is horrified to learn that the young man is not what he seems.
1x11 - All Night Diner
November 3, 1997
Abandoning her family, a woman drives out of town and stops at an all night diner. Inside, she is harassed by strange customers who know too much of her past, causing her to flee to another diner. But to her horror, she discovers that it's the same diner with the same tormentors. Turns out she was killed in a car crash and is trapped in her own purgatory of guilt.
1x12 - Beware the Muse
November 3, 1997
A tabloid reporter concocts a story about a long-dead serial killer, and unwittingly resurrects the killer's ghost.
1x13 - Blazes
November 10, 1997
A hero fireman, who is actually a compulsive arsonist, forges an unholy alliance with a mysterious homeless man with more than a passing interest in blazes.
1x14 - Cold Dark Space
November 10, 1997
A frenzied man finds himself trapped in a nightmarish hospital room. Surrounded by the dead from his past, it appears he's lost in a limbo world between life and death. We discover this is all the delusion of an astronaut adrift in space with his dead co-pilots as company.
1x15 - Green-Eyed Monster
November 17, 1997
A jealous husband becomes a green-eyed monster when he finds his wife giving undue attention to their backyard tree -- the very tree from which her ex-boyfriend committed suicide.
1x16 - Sara's Friends
November 17, 1997
Sara works in a morgue, but she has lots of friends - on the gurney. But when a grifter tries to con her out of the morgue patient's valuables, he learns that Sara's friends will go above and beyond - the grave.
1x17 - Beat the Reaper
November 24, 1997
A man on death row prays for a governor's pardon. One night he has a ghostly visitation from his dead partner, who shows him how to escape. But trapped in the bowels of the prison, the man is terrified to learn that the ghost is the Angel of Death, intent upon keeping his prize, and not being cheated.
1x18 - Conscience
January 19, 1998
A good man who has done some terrible things finds that his conscience has a unique way of giving himself away - whether he wants it or not.
1x19 - Sleep No More
January 19, 1998
A dream psychologist who takes on her patients' nightmares yearns to escape her work and insensitive husband. But when her nightmares start to invade her waking hours, she seeks refuge - into a peaceful dreamscape.
1x20 - Point Hope
January 26, 1998
A woman is saved from suicide by a mysterious lighthouse keeper with more on his mind than her salvation.
1x21 - The Stainless Blade
January 26, 1998
The famous magician Vance Delbert passes on the secret of his magic sword.
1x22 - The State of Grace
February 2, 1998
A lonely hospital orderly falls in love with a beautiful woman who just happens to be comatose. A la Sleeping Beauty she is reawakened by his feelings for her - yet only he alone can see her in a wakened state.
1x23 - Fatal Distraction
February 2, 1998
A frustrated writer is tempted to cheat on his wife by a mysterious woman he sees through his apartment window. But when he discovers that she is a ghost, it's too late -- and intends to get her revenge.
1x24 - The New Nanny
February 9, 1998
A nanny spends a terrifying first night with her strange new charge.
1x25 - Heartsick
February 9, 1998
The recipient of a heart transplant finds herself attracted to a stranger she sees on a train. Turns out she's being controlled by the ghost of the donor - the erstwhile lover of the man on the train.
1x26 - At Death's Door
February 16, 1998
At the end of the Civil War, a grieving woman, whose husband is missing in action, awaits a doctor to care for her ill son. Surprisingly, the doctor himself is the Angel of Death, who has come to take the woman, not her son.
1x27 - Underground
February 16, 1998
An attendant, working in a subterranean garage, finds himself trapped in a nightmarish underworld.
1x28 - It's Only a Movie
February 23, 1998
Joey Howell, jaded horror film fan, wins being a role of an extra in a horror film. But when he arrives on the set, Joey finds that things are not as they seem. The movie is being played out for real - and he's the star victim.
1x29 - Consumers
February 23, 1998
A young guy gets a job working the night shift at a supermarket frequented by the neighborhood elderly. Much to his horror, he discovers that they are shopping for young bodies to take over and inhabit.
1x30 - From the Ashes
March 2, 1998
An Asian man, a refugee from his homeland's murderous regime, is haunted by a trio of death squad enforcers - all of whom were executed years ago.
1x31 - Scream House
March 2, 1998
A man drags his wife back to the idealized neighborhood of his youth, but a trip to the old boardwalk fun house provides a terrifying glimpse into a past best forgotten.
1x32 - You'll Wake the Dead
April 27, 1998
A cruel young couple wage a campaign of noisy terror to evict an old lady from their duplex. The old lady dies, only to return to exact retribution from her tormentors.
1x33 - Resting Place
April 27, 1998
A grieving father refuses to accept the loss of his son, presumed dead from the bombing of a clinic in Africa. When the son miraculously returns home, his mother slowly begins to suspect the truth - his father's undying love has resurrected the living dead.
1x34 - The Inheritance
May 4, 1998
An African-American couple are terrorized in their new home by the ghost of a racist man. In the end, we discover the ghost's true motive - unable to rest in peace, he's been seeking forgiveness from his sins.
1x35 - Mirror, Mirror
May 4, 1998
A haggish old dowager is murdered by her put-upon niece and young boyfriend, only to return to haunt them in mirrors.
1x36 - The House That Spilled Tears
May 11, 1998
A slumlord, condemned to house arrest in her own decrepit property, is haunted by the specters of tenants who suffered and died in the building.
1x37 - Winner Takes All
May 11, 1998
A ruthless CEO gathers three of his executives for a most unusual poker game - the stakes of which prove more than anyone bargained for.
1x38 - Cabin Fever
May 18, 1998
Art Jones faked his death in a mountain blizzard and killed his climbing guide in the process, now awaiting a hefty insurance settlement. After months in isolation, Art is being tormented by the ghost of the climbing guide.
1x39 - Bless Me Father
May 18, 1998
A young disillusioned priest is sent to take over a dying parish, but finds his presence is resented by the older priest. The young priest soon finds himself haunted by the ghost of a girl he left behind to join the clergy.
1x40 - Erased
May 25, 1998
Locked in a stale marriage with her lackluster husband, a youth-obsessed woman starts to suspect that he is creating a young woman to replace her. She learns that the woman is actually the younger version of herself.
1x41 - Going Down
May 25, 1998
The experience of having been trapped and held hostage in an elevator has left Kate Bradshaw claustrophobic and mute. In the end, Kate triumphs over her fears as well as her captor.
1x42 - Denial
June 1, 1998
After his wife's murderer is finally sentenced, a man starts to see visions of the crime, revealing a horrible truth that he's managed to hide from himself.
1x43 - Parting Shot
June 1, 1998
A paparazza seeks the ultimate shot - of the now dead celebrity at a funeral home. But after finally getting the picture, she finds that the ghost of the celebrity starts to relentlessly hound her.
1x44 - I Heard You Call My Name
June 8, 1998
After her young son drowns during a beach field trip, a school teacher is haunted, convinced her ghostly son wants to take her with him. But when she saves the life of another boy, she realizes her own son was trying to set her free from her guilt.

Ghost Stories: All seasons

S1: Season 1
44 Episode s

1x1 - Back Ward

1x2 - Last Flight Out

1x3 - Step-Sister

1x4 - You'll Always Be Mine

1x5 - Wake in Fear

1x6 - Blood Money

1x7 - Landscape of Lost Dreams

1x8 - Cold in the Grave

1x9 - Personal Demons

1x10 - Cloistered

1x11 - All Night Diner

1x12 - Beware the Muse

1x13 - Blazes

1x14 - Cold Dark Space

1x15 - Green-Eyed Monster

1x16 - Sara's Friends

1x17 - Beat the Reaper

1x18 - Conscience

1x19 - Sleep No More

1x20 - Point Hope

1x21 - The Stainless Blade

1x22 - The State of Grace

1x23 - Fatal Distraction

1x24 - The New Nanny

1x25 - Heartsick

1x26 - At Death's Door

1x27 - Underground

1x28 - It's Only a Movie

1x29 - Consumers

1x30 - From the Ashes

1x31 - Scream House

1x32 - You'll Wake the Dead

1x33 - Resting Place

1x34 - The Inheritance

1x35 - Mirror, Mirror

1x36 - The House That Spilled Tears

1x37 - Winner Takes All

1x38 - Cabin Fever

1x39 - Bless Me Father

1x40 - Erased

1x41 - Going Down

1x42 - Denial

1x43 - Parting Shot

1x44 - I Heard You Call My Name

S1: Season 1