Suspense anthology series hosted by Orson Welles who asks the audience to solve the crime presented in the first part of each episode. The second part is a separate horror or thriller story with a twist.
Suspense anthology series hosted by Orson Welles who asks the audience to solve the crime presented in the first part of each episode. The second part is a separate horror or thriller story with a twist.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 1
An Education in Murder/The Memory Game
1h
Orson Welles hosts two murder mysteries. In "Education In Murder," a blackmailing coed is slain. In "Memory Lane," a timid man plots the death of his shrewish wife. The second episode of an imaginative mystery series, where viewers are invited to solve crimes. Orson Welles introduces two stories, one involving a blackmailing coed who is murdered in her sorority house, and another in which a meek man takes refuge in a bar when his plans to murder his nagging wife fall through.
Episode credits
Written by Paul Leder, Ted Leighton, Stephen WolkGuest stars Randolph Mantooth, Jonna Lee, Joe Regalbuto, Barbara Rush, Barbara Rhoades, Peter Barton, Guy Stockwell, Arthur Rosenberg
Implicated in a model's murder: a jealous rival, an angry husband, and two competing agents. And the joke’s on a practical joker, Jack Morton (Jeff Altman), when his wife Cloris (Kay Lenz) and friends turn the tables on him. Orson Welles is the host.
Episode credits
Directed by Walter GraumanWritten by Henry OlekGuest stars Nicollette Sheridan, John Davidson, Jeff Altman, Kay Lenz, Nancy Malone, John Lansing
A fitness queen is murdered after selling her famous health spa; and a young woman becomes a murder target after she stumbles into a reclusive billionaire while vacationing on a tropical island.
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Written by Ken Berg, Nita SchroederGuest stars Michelle Phillips, Amy Steel, Lance Henriksen, Clive Revill, Dennis Dugan, Kim Miyori
A newly elected Senator is murdered at his victory party; and a young wife's plot to convince her middle-aged husband that he is going crazy falls through when her boyfriend double-crosses her. Hosted by Orson Welles.
Episode credits
Directed by Harry FalkWritten by Paul Leder, Harvey WeitzmanGuest stars Edward Winter, Meredith MacRae, Bibi Besch, Dennis Franz, Barbara Stock, Ben Piazza, Carol Eve Rossen, Kathy Shower
