0200 Berenice

Berenice
Episode 0200
Original Air Date: January 9, 1975

A man falls in love with his wife's younger sister while his wife lay dying. He is haunted by his wife's ghastly smile. When that same smile shows up on his new love, he goes insane.

Cast: Michael Tolan, Norman Rose, Joan Lovejoy, Roberta Maxwell

Writer: Edgar Allan Poe adapted by George Lowther

Rating: **1/2

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0199 The Oblong Box

The Oblong Box
Episode 0199
Original Air Date: January 8, 1975

On a ship leaving Europe bound for the U.S., a man encounters an old college friend traveling with his "mistress" and a strange box he claims contains a rare painting. But it's strange shape convinces everyone on board its contents are something more ghastly.

Cast: Grace Matthews, Cort Benson, Bryna Raeburn, Richard Mulligan

Writer: Edgar Allan Poe adapted by George Lowther

Rating: **1/2

0198 The Murders In The Rue Morgue

The Murders In The Rue Morgue
Episode 0198
Original Air Date: January 7, 1975

A woman is brutally murdered and mutilated in a locked room. A police detective desperate for promotion calls on an amateur detective to help him solve the crime with a most unusual solution.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Guy Sorel, Corrine Orr, Dan Ocko

Writer: Edgar Allen Poe adapted by George Lowther

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from KCBS

Commercials: Mens Wearhouse, Western appliance,

0197 The Premature Burial

The Premature Burial
Episode 0197
Original Air Date: January 6, 1975

A physician assists his friend in unearthing the dead body of his beloved who wed another man who is evil. It turns out she is still alive, much to her husband's regret.

Cast: Keir Dullea, Paul Hecht, Guy Sorel, Marian Seldes

Writer: Edgar Allan Poe adapted by George Lowther

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from KRNT Des Moines, IA

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0196 The Many Names Of Death

The Many Names Of Death
Episode 0196
Original Air Date: January 5, 1975

A trust officer at the bank hires a new, alluring secretary who convinces him to take a walk on the wild side. His walk is expensive in more ways than one.

Cast: Alexander Scourby, Laurie March, William Redfield, Marian Haley

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

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0195 The Reluctant Killer

The Reluctant Killer
Episode 0195
Original Air Date: January 2, 1975

When a pro football player tires of the violence of the game and quits, his wife and mother in law rebel and demand that he continue.

Cast: Tony Roberts, Leon Janney, Bryna Raeburn, Roberta Maxwell, Ian Martin,

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **1/2

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0194 The Deadly Pearls

The Deadly Pearls
Episode 0194
Original Air Date: January 1, 1975

A private investigator travels to a remote Hawaiian island to locate a set of radioactive pearls that were used to kill two women. posing as a writer, he infiltrates the island's population and averts attempts on his life.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Kate Reed, Grace Matthews, Cort Benson

Writer: Elizabeth Pinnel

Rating: **1/2

0193 The Golem

The Golem
Episode 0193
Original Air Date: December 30, 1974

A man decides to help a young Jewish woman and her grandfather hide from the Nazi soldiers that are pursuing them. The grandfather begins to construct a creature from ancient Hebrew legend that will save the jews from their pursuers.

Cast: Robert Lansing, Mildred Clinton, Patricia Elliot, Ralph Bell, Robert Dryden

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

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0192 Turnabout Is Foul Play

Turnabout Is Foul Play
Episode 0192
Original Air Date: December 26, 1974

A man conspires with his girlfriend to off his wealthy, but sick wife. He changes his mind at the last minute, but somebody else does the job for him. With all the evidence he has created, he has to convince the cops that he changed his mind.

Cast: Mason Adams, Vicky Viola, Marian Seldes, Jackson Beck, Sidney Slon

Writer: Sidney Slon

Rating: ***

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0191 A Very Private Miracle

A Very Private Miracle
Episode 0191
Original Air Date: December 24, 1974

A little girl melts the heart of the town Grinch by asking him to play Santa Claus

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Jennifer Marlowe, Virginia Payne, Evie Juster, Ian Martin

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded frm WOR, New York

Commercials: Suburban Savings and Loan, New York Magazine, Buick Skyhawk, Shop Rite supermarkets, Budweiser, Auto Pub,

0190 Give The Devil His Due

Give The Devil His Due
Episode 0190
Original Air Date: December 23, 1974

An over the hill dancer tries to sell her soul to the devil in exchange for her youth and talent. But when she reneges on the deal, she comes to regret it.

Cast: Mercedes McCambridge, Joe Silver, Ian Martin, Bryna Raeburn, Peter Donald

Writer: Nancy Moore

Rating: *1/2

Recorded from KCBS, San Francisco

Commercials: American Will Kit, Arthritis Foundation, Hornblower Dining Yacht murder mystery cruise,

0189 The House Of The Voodoo Queen

The House Of The Voodoo Queen
Episode 0189
Original Air Date: December 19, 1974

A couple inherit a New Orleans home that is haunted by a malevolent spirit. A woman seduces the husband in order to possess it.

Cast: Jordan Charney, Joan Loring, Rene Roy, Dan Ocko, Gilbert Mack

Writer: Murray Burnett

Rating: *1/2

Recorded from KOIN

News: Nelson Rockefeller sworn in as vice president, Senate passes bill public service jobs bill and unemployment extension, Gunmen hold hostages in a Minnesota department store, Three injured in London in IRA attack, President Ford hosts newsmen for Christmas, Portland local news, Ford vetoes strip mining bill, President Ford will study ideas for national energy policy, Senate passes unemployment bill, South Korea executes man who assassinated Korea's First Lady, Portland local news,

Commercials: Vantage Press, 1975 World Almanac, United Nations Children's Fund PSA, Buick Skylark SR, Catholic Communications Foundation, Better Business Bureau PSA, Budweiser, IRS PSA, Buick Century Regal, Save the Whales, Cancer Foundation PSA, Mennonite Churches, Contac, Tru Value,

0188 Charity Is Never Dead

Charity Is Never Dead
Episode 0188
Original Air Date: December 18, 1974

After a department store explosion, an elderly woman with critical injuries is wheeled into an emergency room. She is panicked because she can't find the grandaughter she has just encountered for the first time in ten years. Meanwhile, a young woman is brought in who has a head injury and no memory. Are the two linked?

Cast: Virginia Payne, Patricia Wheel, William Prince, Rosemary Rice, George Petrie

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: Tentative agreement to clean up final details in coal strike. Congress expected to enact trade embargoes against Russia to get them to open their immigration policies, Corporate tax rates are supposed to be 48 percent, but are really less, G.M. will furlough 25 percent of its workforce, Congress approves 5.5 billion for unemployed, Congressional approval expected for Nelson Rockefeller for VP, Speaker of Oregon House arrested for DUI, Oregon population growth grows 2 percent a year, Government will provide money for fishermen, Israelis accuse Arabs of building up arms with U.S. help. White House pressures for reduction in steel prices, Unemployment in auto industry going up, Defective Christmas lights recalled,

Commercials: Vantage Press, Contac, Budweiser, IRS PSA, Buick Century, Mennonite Churches, Contac, Better Business Bureau PSA, National Audobon Society, Vantage Press, Tru Value Hardware,

0187 Stephanie's Room

Stephanie's Room
Episode 0187
Original Air Date: December 16, 1974

A housewife moves back to New York when her husband is transfered and decides to visit the house in which she grew up. There, she meets an elderly woman who never had children. They develop an odd, symbiotic relationship.

Cast: Mercedes McCambridge, Mary Jane Higby, William Redfield, Robert Dryden

Writer: Bob Juhren

Rating: **

0186 Is The Lady Dead?

Is The Lady Dead?
Episode 0186
Original Air Date: December 12, 1974

A millionaire who is a meticulous planner marries on a whim. When his wife dies shortly after the marriage, he "wills" her back to life. His mother and butler are upset by his behavior.

Cast: Larry Haines, Ann Pitoniak, Joan Loring, Leon Janney

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

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0185 The Damned Thing

The Damned Thing
Episode 0185
Original Air Date: December 10, 1974

A coroner conducts an inquest into the death of a wealthy man. Several witnesses recount the events differently, but it turns out the man was killed by an exceptionally violent, unseen being.

Cast: Robert Dryden, Joan Tompkins, Arnold Moss, Evie Juster, Robert Kaliban

Writer: Ambrose Bierce adapted by Arnold Moss

Rating: **1/2

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0184 The Fatal Connection

The Fatal Connection
Episode 0184
Original Air Date: December 9, 1974

An expecting married couple inherits a home with a secret room furnished in 1890s decor. The phone has the power to send them back in time to live the lives of their ancestors. Their ancestors were not nice people.

Cast: Nick Pryor, Jennifer Harmon, Robert Maxwell, Joan Shea

Writer: Fielden Farrington

Rating: ***

Recorded from KOIN Portland, OR

News: Discussions continue on energy policy, Energy Resources Council to meet with President-elect Carter at Camp David, Israeli Foreign Relations Minister met with President Ford, New York mayor will declare health emergency if milk delivery people do not return to work, touch and go situation for recently born sextuplats. Portland Mayor Goldsmith will trim $2.3 million from city budget, Governor orders state agencies to cut energy use by 15 percent, Army Corps suspends two employees for illegal land purchase, Search of reservoir will resume for missing duck hunters, Bonneville bombers to be sentenced, Portland to auction off 100 bicycles, Redskins beat Rams 23-17, Coal miners reach tentative agreement on contract, President Ford to discuss the economy, German built satellite launched from Cape Canaveral, Nobel prizes awarded in Stockholm,

Commercials: Vantage Press, Dubanai Wine, Buick Century Regal, Leukemia PSA, IRS PSA, Budweiser, Better Business Bureau PSA, Contac, Post Office Christmas Mail, Buick, National Audobon Society, Vantage Press, Dubanai Wine,

0183 The Body Snatchers

The Body Snatchers
Episode 0183
Original Air Date: December 5, 1974

A drunk and a doctor who used to be friends meet in a bar. The doctor is reminded of how they used to rob graves to sell cadavers to the medical school.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Patricia Elliot, Ralph Bell, Cort Benson, Ken Harvey

Writer: Robert Louis Stevenson adapted by Ian Martin

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from KRLD Dallas

Commercials: Bonanza Steak House, 1975 Buic Skylark SR, Cub Scouts PSA, Budweiser, Tru Value Hardware, Buick Century Regal, Careers without College, Ojay's Beauty Lotion, Sine Off, Pilgrim's Self Service Storage, Lakewood Bank & Trust,

0182 A Bride For Death

A Bride For Death
Episode 0182
Original Air Date: December 4, 1974

A down on his luck poet finds love with the woman living down the road who is awaiting her fiance's return from the war. The question is: which war?

Cast: Tony Roberts, Bryna Raeburn, Marian Seldes, Earl Hammond

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

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0181 The Dice Of Doom

The Dice Of Doom
Episode 0181
Original Air Date: December 2, 1974

A Faustian bargain made by a nineteenth century gambler's ancestor dooms his bloodline. He tries to change it before his child is born.

Cast: Michael Wager, Gordon Gould, Carol Teitel, Ian Martin, Robert Dryden

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from KOIN Portland, OR

News: Pioneer 11 survives pass of Jupiter, Soyez Space Craft launched in Russia, 35,000 people stranded in Michigan and Ohio, Snow keeps mine workers from voting on contract in West Virginia, President Ford calls on Congress to pass emergency employment legislation, Defense budget to increase due to inflation, Portland local news, President Ford asking American people to support agreement with Russia on nuclear testing, Ethiopian military rulers impose curfew on capital city, Air traffic controllers say rejected techology could have prevented plane crash that killed 92 last week,

Commercials: Dubanai Wine, Tru Value Hardware, 1975 Buick Skylark SR, anti-drug PSA, Budweiser, United Way PSA, Sine Off, USO PSA, Better Business Burea PSA, Tru Value Hardware, Sine Off, Give to the College of Your Choice,