Mystery and Imagination

Series 3

1968 · 6 episodes · 6h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Casting the Runes

   25 Mar 1968 · 60 min

   Volatile and short-tempered Mr Karswell never forgets a slight. As he is also a man capable of summoning demons from Hell to do his bidding, his quarrel with Dunning may have unfortunate consequences.

2. 2

   2. The Listener

   30 Mar 1968 · 60 min

   Reeve is a studious man hyper-sensitive to noise. Lodgings in a quiet cul-de-sac initially seem to be the answer, but he soon begins to suspect he is not alone.

3. 3

   3. A Place of One's Own

   6 Apr 1968 · 60 min

   The elderly Smedhursts buy the old Bellingham House, rumoured to be haunted by a maiden believed to have been murdered by her guardians.

4. 4

   4. The Devil's Piper

   13 Apr 1968 · 60 min

   A bagpipe player pays his rent but doesn't get a receipt before his landlord dies. The Devil then persuades him to go to Hell and get his recently deceased landlord to sign the receipt.

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   5. The Telltale Heart

   20 Apr 1968 · 60 min

   A man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.

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   6. Feet Foremost

   29 Jun 1968 · 60 min

   Anthony Fairfield goes to stay with a friend, only to encounter a ghostly woman seeking vengeance for a past injustice.