3x1 - Poison

August 29, 1950

A Britain in India awakens from a nap to discover a poisonous snake on his belly. The slightest movement on his part would mean death. It was placed on him by his hysterical wife.

3x2 - A Pocketful of Murder

September 5, 1950

Cocky newspaper reporter Turk Wilson has made it clear in articles and in person that he believes druggist Max Hensig murdered his wife. When Hensig is acquitted, he puts Wilson on notice that there are many undetectable ways to kill a man. Wilson's swagger turns to panic when a fellow reporter who borrowed his coat dies from a drug-resistant strain of flu.

3x3 - Edge of Panic

September 12, 1950

Harry Martin is an insurance agent with an alcohol problem. In a drunk stupor he apparently murders a flirty blonde who was trying to buy a large annuity. He returns to his wife Alice a few minutes before the police arrive. Harry hides while his wife is taken to the police station. The police allow Alice to see the scene of the crime since she is desperate to find her husband innocent. Alice talks to the woman's doctor and later finds a note that convinces her it was a frame up. The police arrest Harry as he is trying to board a ship out of the country. Alice becomes ...

3x4 - Dark Shadows

September 19, 1950

I. B. Trane lost his sight at the hands of brutal criminal Takama while he was in Japan on military duty. Trane's sixth sense tells him the barbarian is now in New York and that has him panicked for his life. The police and the FBI tell Trane that Takama died in a prison break over a year ago, but his gut tells him otherwise.

3x5 - Six to One

September 26, 1950

A released prisoner seeks to avenge himself on five "friends" who testified falsely against him.

3x6 - The Monkey's Paw

October 3, 1950

3x7 - Criminals Mark

October 10, 1950

The story of a wife of an ex-criminal who tries to go straight but gets involved in another hold-up through his "pals."

3x8 - The Man Who Would Be King

October 17, 1950

3x9 - Breakdown

October 24, 1950

A cruel and tyrannical office boss breaks his neck in a plane crash and is taken for dead until just before his body is cremated.

3x10 - Halloween Hold Up

October 31, 1950

A gang wearing masks finds the perfect opportunity for a hold-up during Halloween.

3x11 - Nightmare

November 7, 1950

A young father gets tragedy in double doses.

3x12 - The Brush Off

November 14, 1950

Ralph Farley, a struggling actor, overhears a plot to kill Roger Sherman, a powerful Hollywood agent. Ralph attempts to prevent the murder, but is thwarted by everyone from the police to Sherman himself.

3x13 - The Death Cards

November 21, 1950

3x14 - Hands of Mr. Ottermole

November 28, 1950

London is being plagued by a strangler who baffles police. Sgt. Ottermole investigates, but has a difficult time when an obnoxious reporter constantly gets in his way.

3x15 - The Guy From Nowhere

December 5, 1950

A young football coach in a small town gets involved with big time gamblers.

3x16 - The Mallet

December 12, 1950

A bellicose huckster travels the fairs of England shilling his magic elixir. The "doctor," as he's called, is befriended by a couple in a local tavern who proceed to get him intoxicated. The husband tells Dr. Potteton that he'd love to kill his greedy brother and asks him how he could go about it without being caught. The sideshow charlatan launches into a elaborate step by step instructions on how to get away with murder.

3x17 - Dancing Dan's Christmas

December 19, 1950

In the days of prohibition, jewel thief "Dancing Dan" is taken with the gorgeous speakeasy hostess. In the holiday spirit, he makes like Santa for the woman's elderly grandmother.

3x18 - The Tip

December 26, 1950

Elaine Court recently had a heart attack and needs relaxation, but she's stressed over a strange man she claims has been lurking about. With her husband at work, she walks into the apartment one afternoon to find that stranger waiting for her. Elaine is held hostage by the armed man who says he's just waiting for her husband to get home so that he can kill him.

3x19 - Death in a River

January 2, 1951

Two drownings, strikingly similar in their details, provide a mystery to investigators.

3x21 - The Fool's Heart

January 16, 1951

A story depicting a cowboy's idea of the perfect crime.

3x22 - Dead Fall

January 23, 1951

The innocent involvement of a young scientist in a touch-and-go duel between government agents and an espionage ring brings a surprising and thrilling climax.

3x23 - The Rose Garden

January 30, 1951

Two elderly spinsters bury bodies in their rose garden.

3x24 - Night Break

February 6, 1951

A killer escapes authorities while being taken to Sing Sing and searches for the person who betrayed him.

3x25 - Double Entry

February 13, 1951

Bookkeeper Horace Maybee has been skimming money for years from the small finance company where he works. With auditors coming in to examine the books, he's desperate to come up with ,000 in a hurry. He goes to a bookie, puts on a dog race, and wins. As he's about to get his cash, the police stage a raid and Horace runs off with a huge sack of the criminals' cash.

3x26 - The Victims

February 20, 1951

3x27 - Margin for Safety

February 27, 1951

3x28 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

March 6, 1951

What is the connection between the eminently respectable Dr. Jekyll and the ruthlessly murderous and cruel Mr. Hyde?

3x29 - On a Country Road

March 13, 1951

Running out of gas on a foggy back road in Maine, a couple become frightened by news reports of a murderous woman who's escaped from an asylum. Searching for help, the two take refuge in an abandoned shack. When an hysterical woman appears at the window wanting refuge, they're convinced she's the lunatic that's on the loose.

3x30 - Telephone Call

March 20, 1951

The Haskells are throwing a drunken New Year's Eve party in their New York apartment. Next door, Everett Kelsey has had enough of tending to the bitter supposedly invalid wife who treats him like dirt. He's just poisoned the shrew when he gets an unnerving phone call; the female on the line says that she saw what he did to his wife through the window. Kelsey doesn't realizes it's a prank call from one of the Haskell's tipsy party guests.

3x31 - The Three of Silence

March 27, 1951

Racketeer Frank Cadwallder isn't allowed to play cards at the speakeasy because of the huge debt he currently owes. He recruits a nobody off the street to play poker on his behalf, win their "sucker money," and split the take with him. The three gambles at the table have other plans for Frank; he's shot by one of them under the table.

3x32 - Go Home Dead Man

April 3, 1951

Williams is a pilot who works for Scandinavian Export, flying by night to deliver unknown shipments to somewhere in the Arctic. Feeling something's fishy, he tries to quit but is strong-armed into making another flight. His bosses are smugglers and they plot his "accidental" death. When their attempt to murder him on a train fails, they plan an explosion with the help of the woman he believes is in love with him.

3x33 - The Foggy Night Visitor

April 10, 1951

3x34 - The Juice Man

April 17, 1951

A committee investigating racketeering and political corruption in Chinatown fails to get Chan Sou, a local leader to cooperate. The district attorney convinces a detective and a newspaper reporter to probe further and the two men convince the old man to testify. Before Chan Zu can meet with the investigators he's murdered and his daughter becomes the target of the criminals because they believe her father confided in her before he died.

3x35 - The Meeting

April 24, 1951

The thief who just robbed and murdered a jeweler is trying to escape the office building when the police arrive. Sneaking down the hallways, he stumbles across a meeting of the International Association of Assassins, a group of mystery writers. They mistake him for famous author Bothwell Anderson, a writer who has come to speak to the group about his newest novel.

3x36 - No Friend Like an Old Friend

May 1, 1951

Story of an ailing concert pianist.

3x37 - Murder in the Ring

May 8, 1951

Drama about a crooked fight manager who wants to go straight.

3x38 - Too Hot to Live

May 15, 1951

Jefferson meets Rachel, an enigmatic young waitress. One moment he has a drink with her and the next moment she's dead. Jefferson doesn't think that he did it, but if he didn't do it; who did?

3x39 - Escape This Night

May 22, 1951

3x40 - Vamp Till Dead

May 29, 1951

3x41 - The Call

June 5, 1951

3x42 - De Mortuis

June 12, 1951

A devoted husband is suspected by friends of having murdered his faithless, much younger wife. He hasn't; but he might do.

3x43 - A Killing in Abilene

June 19, 1951

A man is determined to avenge his brother's death.

3x44 - The Greatest Crime

June 26, 1951

Espionage in a Russian setting.

3x45 - Blood on the Trumpet

July 3, 1951

Story of a man's flight from a murder he did not commit.

3x46 - Tent on the Beach

July 10, 1951

A wealthy socialite, kidnapped for ransom by a man whose closeness to the police helps him keep one step ahead of their attempts to track him down, wins her freedom through the astute observation of a newspaper reporter.

3x47 - Wisteria Cottage

July 17, 1951

A young man with murderous intentions latches onto a woman and her daughters.

3x48 - The Incident at Story Point

July 24, 1951

The story of a prison break.

3x49 - A Vision of Death

July 31, 1951

A nightclub performer discovers that his mind-reading act is real.

3x50 - Killers of the City

August 7, 1951

The story of a teenage drug addict and the ravages of narcotics.

3x51 - Death Sabre

August 14, 1951

3x52 - This is Your Confession (1)

August 21, 1951

A drama of an American scientist's involvement with secret police behind the Iron Curtain.

3x53 - This is Your Confession (2)

August 28, 1951

A drama of an American scientist's involvement with secret police behind the Iron Curtain.