Season 1
24 episodes · Oct 1, 1971
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- S1E1
First Love
Oct 1, 197125mVladimir, the teenage son of a local rich man, falls madly in love with his new neighbor's daughter Zina competing for her affections along with a host of her other suitors.
- S1E2
The Man Who Demoralized Hadleyburg
Oct 8, 197125mA stranger comes to town with a bag full of gold and a test for everyone.
- S1E3
The Tortures of Hope
Oct 15, 197125mA man is about to be executed by the Inquisition. Is hope enough to save him?
- S1E4
Mateo Falcone
Oct 22, 197125mA young Corsican boy defies local customs and dishonors his family when he turns in a bandit to police.
- S1E5
The Vampire
Oct 29, 197125mIntertwines multiple stories, including a framing device about a young man named Runevsky, and explores themes of obsession, the supernatural, and the line between reality and imagination.
- S1E6
The Swashbuckler
Nov 5, 197125mA psychological character study revolving around Luchkov, an aggressive, manipulative former military officer who lives for duels and social domination.
- S1E7
The Actress
Nov 12, 197125mA failed actress wants to go back to her husband, who has fallen into alcoholism.
- S1E8
The System of Dr Tarr and Professor Fether
Nov 19, 197125mA narrator visits a French mental asylum where the 'soothing system' of patient-led care has been overthrown by a new, more severe method, only for the narrator to discover the 'doctors' are actually the patients, and the 'keepers' are those locked away, tarred and feathered.
- S1E9
The Rajah's Diamond
Nov 26, 197125mFollows the journey of a cursed, valuable diamond as it passes through the hands of various characters, revealing their greed, folly, and the dark allure of wealth. The narrative links these tales through the diamond's movement from London to Paris, exploring themes of crime, deception, and morality.
- S1E10
The Nose
Dec 3, 197125mA government official's nose leaves his face and develops a life of its own.
- S1E11
Tell-Tale Hearts
Dec 10, 197125mA nameless man insists on his sanity while confessing to murdering an old man because of his 'vulture-like' eye.
- S1E12
Markheim
Dec 17, 197125mA man murders an antique dealer on Christmas Day to steal from him, only to be tormented by his own conscience, personified by a mysterious visitor who may be the Devil, forcing him to confront his evil and ultimately choose confession over further sin.
- S1E13
The Barrel Organ
Dec 24, 197125mReclusive, cultured lawyer Mr Tomasz's solitary life is transformed by a blind orphan girl who moves in next door and her barrel organ, which he initially despises but comes to cherish as a source of joy and connection, ultimately leading him to help her.
- S1E14
The Canterville Ghost
Dec 31, 197125mA young American couple inherits an English castle, only to find that it is haunted by the spirit of a disgraced ancestor, doomed to stay on the estate because of his cowardice. The only way he can escape is if one of his descendants performs an heroic act, something he intends to get the husband to do.
- S1E17
The Husband Under the Bed
Jan 21, 197225mFrom Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Another Man's Wife and a Husband Under the Bed.'
- S1E19
The Song of Triumphant Love
Feb 4, 197225mFrom Ivan Turgenev's 'The Song of Triumphant Love.'
- S1E21
A Terribly Strange Bed
Feb 18, 197225mFrom William Wilkie Collins' 'A Terribly Strange Bed.'
- S1E23
Resurrection of the Offland
Mar 3, 197225mFrom Alexandre Dumas 'The Resurrection of the Offland.'