• Air date: 18 Sep '61 30 episodes
      Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of macabre horror tales and suspense thrillers. Reruns currently air on the MeTV television network.
  • List of Episodes (30)
    • 1. What Beckoning Ghost?

      18 Sep '61
      An ailing pianist fears she is losing her mind when she begins seeing what she thinks is her own funeral.
    • 2. Guillotine

      26 Sep '61
      To save the life of her husband who is to be executed, a young woman attempts to murder the executioner.
    • 3. The Premature Burial

      02 Oct '61
      When a man is accidentally buried alive and then saved he becomes paranoid that it might happen again - and he has good reason to be scared - his new wife is anxious to become a widow.
    • 4. The Weird Tailor

      16 Oct '61
      A man attempts to bring his dead son back to life with the use of black magic and an unusual suit of clothes.
    • 5. God Grante That She Lye Stille

      23 Oct '61
      A 300-year-old witch seeks to possess the last of her family line, beautiful young Lady Margaret.
    • 6. Masquerade

      30 Oct '61
      A young couple take refuge in a spooky house on a stormy night and are terrorized by the strange family who occupy it. But do the young honeymooners have a secret of their own?
    • 7. The Last of the Sommervilles

      06 Nov '61
      Two cousins scheme to kill their aunt for her money - but trust is hard to come by when you're the last of the Sommervilles.
    • 8. Letter to a Lover

      13 Nov '61
      When a doctor is murdered two of the chief suspects, a husband and wife, seem to be accusing each other of insanity - which one of them is correct?
    • 9. A Third For Pinochle

      20 Nov '61
      A man plans to murder his wife using his nosy neighbors for an alibi - but the eccentric ladies across the street may have a trick or two up their sleeve.
    • 10. The Closed Cabinet

      27 Nov '61
      A young woman visiting an ancient English castle learns a thing or two about the family curse. Will she be able to remove it by finding a way to open the closed cabinet?
    • 11. Dialogues With Death

      04 Dec '61
      Two separate tales: a morgue attendent seems to be able to talk to the corpses, and get an answer; a young couple arrive at the home of their aunt and uncle who seem to believe the pair are dead no matter how much they protest.
    • 12. The Return of Andrew Bentley

      11 Dec '61
      A man inherits his uncle's estate on the condition that he spend twenty-four hours a day in the house and guard his uncle's grave against a supernatural intruder.
    • 13. The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk

      18 Dec '61
      Mrs. Hawk has a talent for raising prize hogs - but the secret of her success is more sinister than anyone could imagine.
    • 14. Portrait Without a Face

      25 Dec '61
      After a dispicable artist is murdered his last painting seems to be completing itself and revealing the artist's killer - or is it?
    • 15. An Attractive Family

      01 Jan '62
      An attractive family of serial murderers plan the death of another victim - their young sister-in-law.
    • 16. Waxworks

      08 Jan '62
      A traveling exhibit of wax figures of murderers seems to be the cause of some more recent deaths - are the wax figures real or is their creator a madman?
    • 17. La Strega

      15 Jan '62
      A young woman accused of being a witch goes to her young lover for protection against both her accusers and her grandmother, who really is a witch.
    • 18. The Storm

      22 Jan '62
      A woman returns home after two weeks and must spend the evening by herself during a raging storm. She is terrorized by strange sounds and the feeling she is not alone.
    • 19. A Wig For Miss Devore

      29 Jan '62
      A washed-up actress selects for her comeback vehicle the story of a real woman who was accused of being a witch and susequently hanged. When she purchases the actual wig owned by the real woman an odd change occurs in the actress. It seems the wig holds a strange and hideous power.
    • 20. The Hollow Watcher

      12 Feb '62
      A scheming wife who murders her father-in-law is tormented by a strange being, a scarecrow.
    • 21. Cousin Tundifer

      19 Feb '62
      A man tries to dispose of his uncle's body in a strange house that goes back in time everytime he sets foot in the living room.
    • 22. The Incredible Doktor Markesan

      26 Feb '62
      A young couple go to stay with an uncle while they look for work in a new town. They find the house run-down and their visit unexpected. Locked in their room at night they become curious about the goings-on in the house, but they could never imagine the true horror of their uncle's nocturnal activities.
    • 23. Flowers of Evil

      05 Mar '62
      The skeleton of a man seems much more alive than those responsible for his death had hoped - it laughs, screams and even moves!
    • 24. 'Til Death Do Us Part

      12 Mar '62
      A henpecked undertaker disposes of his wife along with one of his customers then moves on to a new town and a new wife. But this one won't be so easy to get rid of.
    • 25. The Bride Who Died Twice

      19 Mar '62
      A general is forced to give his daughter's hand in marriage to his corrupt commanding officer but the marriage only results in her death.