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Episodes
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Trick or Treat (Pilot)
Town miser Gideon Hackles spends Halloween hiding IOU's in his house, which he then rigs as haunted and invites local kids to search for the IOU's so he can scare...
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October 29, 1983
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The New Man
A reformed alcoholic is visited by his young son Jerry; but he doesn't have a son called Jerry.
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September 30, 1984
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I'll Give You a Million
Wily millionaire Duncan Williams engages his longtime acquaintance Jack Blaine in a cat & mouse game ... by offering Jack one million dollars for his mortal soul.
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October 7, 1984
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Pain Killer
Harvey Turman suffers from both back pain and his nagging wife Nadine. Dr. Roebuck finds nothing physically wrong, concludes that the problem is caused by latent anger...
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October 14, 1984
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The Odds
Bookie Tom Vale never refuses a bet. Bettor Bill Lacey only bets long shots and beats impossible odds each time. Lacey's latest bet is that Vale will die of natural...
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October 21, 1984
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Mookie and Pookie
Mookie and Pookie are twins. Computer whiz Mookie is terminally ill. But not even death can sever the bond that exists between the two siblings when his knowledge of...
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November 4, 1984
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Slippage
When graphic designer Rich Hall fails to receive timely news about the outcome of a job interview, he begins to discover that he is slowly ceasing to exist.
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November 11, 1984
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Inside the Closet
What is scurrying around inside the closet of the upstairs room that grad student Gail Aynsley rents from veterinary school dean Dr. Fenner? Gail doesn't know, but she...
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November 18, 1984
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The Word Processor of the Gods
Struggling writer Richard Hagstrom receives an upgraded computer from his computer-whiz nephew Jonathan right before Jonathan dies in an accident. Thanks to Jonathan,...
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November 25, 1984
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A Case of the Stubborns
Jodie and his mum are grief-stricken by the passing away of Jodie's grandfather, but they soon find themselves with a lot more to be upset about when he gets...
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December 2, 1984
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Djinn, No Chaser
Mental patient Danny Squires tells his unseen psychiatrist the story of how his wife Connie purchased an old lamp, rubbed it, and brought an ill-tempered genie into...
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January 13, 1985
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All a Clone by the Telephone
The life of failed TV screenwriter Leon is taken over by a voice that emanates from inside his answering machine.
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January 20, 1985
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In the Cards
Soft-hearted Catherine makes a living as a tarot card reader but faces a crisis of conscience in the process.
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January 27, 1985
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Anniversary Dinner
Henry and Elinor Colander are preparing to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with a special dinner. Hiker Sybil has just broken up with her boyfriend, so they...
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February 3, 1985
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Snip, Snip
Warlock Abe North and hairdresser Anne MacColl do battle over a winning lottery ticket.
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February 10, 1985
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Answer Me
Joan Matlin's an English actress living in a NYC sublet. She's unable to get any rest - being constantly annoyed by the sound of a ringing phone from the apartment...
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February 17, 1985
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The Tear Collector
A young woman who can't stop crying meets a mysterious man who collects tears.
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February 24, 1985
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Madness Room
A wealthy couple finds an extra room in their house with the help of a Ouija board.
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May 5, 1985
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If the Shoes Fit...
Gubernatorial candidate Bo Gumbs' belief that politics is nothing more than entertainment, is helpedl at a hotel where the bellboy and maid help him get ready to show...
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May 12, 1985
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Levitation
Two young hecklers goad once-great circus magician Kharma into reviving his legendary wireless levitation trick, which he abandoned years ago because it went horribly...
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May 19, 1985
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It All Comes Out in the Wash
Unsavory real estate developer Carl Gropper pays Chinese laundry man Chow Ting to perform an expensive special service: washing away all of Gropper's sins.
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May 26, 1985
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Bigalow's Last Smoke
Chain smoker Frank Bigalow is imprisoned in a simulacrum of his apartment, then forced to quit smoking and punished each time he lights up.
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June 9, 1985
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Grandma's Last Wish
Given one last wish to enliven her days before she is moved into the Tranquil Gardens retirement home, elderly Grandma sees to it that her self-centered family finds...
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June 16, 1985
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The False Prophet
A young woman depends on an astrology machine to help her make all her decisions.
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August 4, 1985
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The Impressionist
Nightclub impressionist Spiffy Remo is blackmailed into helping the government establish communication with Hoffgosh, a seemingly hostile alien who holds the secret to...
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September 26, 1985
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Lifebomb
A CEO working himself to death receives an offer of a special service designed to keep him alive.
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October 6, 1985
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Ring Around the Redhead
Death Row inmate Billy Malone tells a journalist of how he survived an earthquake and found a portal to another dimension. Out of that portal popped young Keena, whose...
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October 13, 1985
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Parlour Floor Front
After Linda, a landlady, speaks to her tenant, Mars Gillis, who she wants to move out of the parlour floor front apartment, bad things start happening all over the...
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October 20, 1985
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Halloween Candy
Nasty old Mr Killup uses Halloween to taunt kids. This year, he's in for a surprise, from which even his long-suffering son Michael cannot save him.
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October 27, 1985
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The Satanic Piano
Struggling composer Pete Bancroft is contacted by strange Wilson Farber, who has invented a synthesizer that can read minds and may be able to help Bancroft in his...
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November 3, 1985
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The Devil's Advocate
A hate-filled host of a radio call-in show discovers where his anger and cynicism leads.
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November 10, 1985
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Distant Signals
Mr. Smith is a cult follower of the failed 60's TV show MAX PARADISE and approaches Hollywood studio executives about recreating it, despite the reluctance of its...
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November 17, 1985
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The Trouble with Mary Jane
Mrs. Knudsen enlists the aid of bumbling occult students Jack and Nora Mills to exorcise Aisha Candisha, the demon who is possessing her now-goat-footed daughter Mary...
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November 24, 1985
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Ursa Minor
Richard and Joan's birthday gift for their daughter Susie is a large stuffed teddy bear ... or is it?
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December 1, 1985
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Effect and Cause
Artist Kate Collins is afraid to recycle her old canvasses by painting over them because she thinks doing so is bad karma. She soon learns that she has the power to...
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December 8, 1985
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Monsters in My Room
Biff doesn't understand children well and winds up at odds with his new wife Helen's young son Timmy, whose life is already complicated by the monsters that Timmy...
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December 22, 1985
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Comet Watch
An amateur astronomer makes a surprising discovery about Halley's Comet after a young woman falls out of his telescope.
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January 12, 1986
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Dream Girl
A theatrical director finds herself trapped along with her colleagues in a dreamlike world created by a stagehand.
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January 19, 1986
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A New Lease on Life
Archie Fenton moves into the St. George Apartments, where the lease has caveats: he must take out the trash every night, and he must not hang pictures on the walls....
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January 26, 1986
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Printer's Devil
A desperate, frustrated writer and auteur is convinced by a shady oversized producer to use animal sacrifices to become successful. Things don't go as planned.
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February 2, 1986
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The Shrine
Cecilia Matthews has turned her daughter Christine's bedroom into a shrine. But Christine didn't die; she merely suffered a nervous breakdown, has recovered, and is...
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February 9, 1986
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The Old Soft Shoe
A traveling salesman has a ghostly date with an attractive woman in a motel, which turns ominous.
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February 16, 1986
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The Last Car
A pretty university student named Stacey (Begona Plaza) waits to board a train that will take her home for Thanksgiving. However Stacey soon discovers there is...
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February 23, 1986
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A Choice of Dreams
Mobster Jake Corelli has terminal cancer. A stranger promises him his choice of dreams and power over death. The price is ten million dollars.
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May 4, 1986
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Strange Love
A doctor makes a house call and finds his patients are vampires
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May 11, 1986
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The Unhappy Medium
Televangelist Farley Bright, the founder of the Church of the Bright Tomorrow, has died recently. Three greedy relatives gather for the reading of his will. But Farley...
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May 18, 1986
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Fear of Floating
At an Army recruiting station in Arizona, Arnold Barker asks for protection from the Coopers, who are trying to hold him hostage as "The Human Balloon" in their...
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May 25, 1986
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The Casavin Curse
Beautiful Gina Casavin claims to be under the spell of a decades-old family curse, because everyone with whom she falls in love dies mysteriously.
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July 13, 1986
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The Circus
Newspaperman Bragg debunks charlatans as a way of "staying sane." His latest quarry is the obscure circus of Dr. Nis. When Bragg visits, Dr. Nis tries to prove its...
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September 28, 1986
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I Can't Help Saying Goodbye
Asthmatic Max Smith is dating Libby and plans to marry her, until he learns that her sister Karen appears to be able to make people die by touching their faces and...
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October 5, 1986
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The Bitterest Pill
When an undeserving couple win the lottery, they're rude to their inventor friend and they ridicule his invention, which happens to be superior intellect pills. Too...
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October 12, 1986
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Florence Bravo
Dr. David McCall is cheating on his emotionally unstable wife Emily, who is visited by the specter of Florence Bravo, who murdered her own adulterous husband.
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October 19, 1986
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The Geezenstacks
Sam Hummel notices eerie parallels between events in the life of his own family, and events in the lives of his daughter Audrey's dolls, the Geezenstacks.
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October 26, 1986
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Black Widows
On her wedding night, a young bride learns a secret about the women in her family.
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November 2, 1986
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Heretic
Arrogant art "dealer" Harte buys an expensive 16th century tempera painting from an art fence, then lands in a Court of Inquisition to face judgment for his act.
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November 9, 1986
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A Serpent's Tooth
Disappointed with her unappreciative children, Pearl King enlists the aid of a serpent's tooth talisman that has potent powers and produces instant results.
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November 16, 1986
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Baker's Dozen
Elderly cookie baker Ruby Cuzzins teams up with ad exec Henry Hogan to profit from her baking skills with a plan that includes greed, spousal abuse, and voodoo.
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November 23, 1986
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Deliver Us from Goodness
Julian Cantrell's bid for mayor in an Alabama town is undermined by his saintly wife Valeria's miraculous behavior. So she decides to change her ways and break the Ten...
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November 30, 1986
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Seasons of Belief
On Christmas Eve, a father ends his two children's boredom by holding them spellbound with a scary story about a fearsome beast known as the Grither.
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December 29, 1986
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Miss May Dusa
Jimmy James is playing his saxophone in the New York City subway when he meets an enigmatic woman named May Dusa, who claims to suffer amnesia and to have caused...
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January 18, 1987
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The Milkman Cometh
Ruth Cooley is curious as to the reason why her husband Garry leaves unusual written requests in their mailbox for the mail carrier to fulfill.
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January 25, 1987
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My Ghostwriter - The Vampire
Hack horror writer Peter Prentice receives an offer from Vampire Count Jeffrey Draco: nine hundred years of authentic vampire stories to use as material - in exchange...
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February 1, 1987
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My Own Place
A young man gets a great deal on a New York apartment, then discovers he has a mysterious roommate.
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February 18, 1987
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Red Leader
A corrupt business man is offered a top position in Hell by the devil.
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February 15, 1987
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Everybody Needs a Little Love
A divorced man dotes upon a mannequin.
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February 22, 1987
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Auld Acquaintances
Two accused witches covet a talisman for its powers but can't have it all the time. So they agree to take turns keeping it for one year at a time... through the...
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March 1, 1987
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The Social Climber
A shoemaker's assistant discovers that he can live other people's lives by putting on their shoes.
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March 8, 1987
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The Swap
In the Louisiana bayou, loathsome-looking Bubba is the son of an infamous conjure woman. His wife Annabelle is cheating on him with their handsome handyman Claude. But...
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March 3, 1987
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Let the Games Begin
Harry Carson suffers a heart attack and dies in a hotel room, prompting an angel and a devil to battle each other for possession of Harry's soul.
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May 10, 1987
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The Enormous Radio
A new radio lets a couple overhear their neighbors' private conversations.
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May 17, 1987
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Beetles
Archaeologist Arthur Hartley is accused of stealing expensive artifacts from a museum, is warned of a curse that befalls those who touch the artifacts, but won't be...
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September 27, 1987
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Mary, Mary
A lonely single woman hides behind a mannequin.
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October 4, 1987
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The Spirit Photographer
A man invents a camera which can make ghosts disappear and use it in a room haunted by a violent spirit.
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October 11, 1987
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The Moth
Dying Sybil uses her last hours on Earth to curse her enemies and plan for the afterlife, much to the chagrin of her mother.
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October 18, 1987
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No Strings
Mobster Eddie Minelli plans a private performance by a famous puppeteer, but with a ghoulish new puppet: the bloody remains of Don Paulie, the man Eddie has just...
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October 25, 1987
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The Grave Robber
Two archaeologists turned grave robbers are forced to play strip poker with an angry mummy that protects the tomb they broke into.
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November 1, 1987
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The Yattering and Jack
Happy-go-lucky salesman Jack Polo receives a yuletide visit from the 3.5-foot-tall Yattering, a snarling horned demon that wants to claim Jack's soul.
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November 8, 1987
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Seymourlama
On a bitter cold night, Henry and Ellen Strand's home is visited by exotic Himalayan strangers who claim that son Seymour Strand has been chosen to replace the...
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November 15, 1987
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Sorry, Right Number
A woman is troubled by a mysterious phone call and tries desperately to help the person on the other end of the line.
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November 22, 1987
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Payment Overdue
A callous collection agent discovers that she herself has an overdue payment involving Rita Valdez, a client who took drastic steps to end her financial woes.
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February 14, 1988
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Love Hungry
Desperate to lose weight in order to please an old boyfriend from high school, compulsive eater Betsy Cowland uses mysterious, and possibly unsafe, products that she...
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February 21, 1988
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The Deal
Starving screenwriter Tom Dash claims he would give anything to sell a script in Hollywood. His acquaintance Donald has the means to help him give anything.
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February 28, 1988
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The Apprentice
College sophomore Sarah McBride accepts a job at Colonial Village, a tourist attraction that recreates Puritan life in 1692 Salem and allows nothing from the 20th...
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May 1, 1988
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The Cutty Black Sow
Young Jamie receives, and takes seriously, a deathbed warning from his great-grandmother to guard against the legendary Cutty Black Sow.
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May 8, 1988
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Do Not Open This Box
Charles is a meek inventor living with his greedy nagging wife Rose. The mail brings them a misdirected box saying "Do Not Open This Box". Then the postman comes...
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May 15, 1988
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Family Reunion
Janice Perry claims that her husband Robert has kidnapped their son Bobby, but Robert maintains that the boy needs to be cured of an illness. After all, Bobby hasn't...
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May 22, 1988
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Going Native
An alien on Earth who is studying humans in a therapy group envies them and wants to be one.
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June 19, 1988
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Hush
On a seemingly "ordinary night", a teenage babysitter, and a young boy, are terrorized by the boy's latest invention, that's gone awry: a "noise eater", which -- in...
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July 10, 1988
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Barter
Harried housewife Ruthie receives a visit from bizarre salesman Klaatzu, whose mechanical device may help her shut out the sound of her son Nicky's constant...
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July 17, 1988
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Basher Malone
Professional wrestler Basher Malone fights Trog, a demon wrestler summoned by unscrupulous promoter Tippy Ryan for a private match in Tippy's gym.
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July 24, 1988
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