The George Sanders Mystery Theater

Episode 1

Man in the Elevator

Sat, Jun 22, 1957 30 mins

A married couple living in a New York town house, decides to go on a trip to the country. At the last moment the wife remembers she has forgotten her watch and sends her husband back for it. But while he is in the elevator she removes the fuse, trapping him between floors, and then leaves for the country. Frantically, the man tries to save himself.

Episode 2

And the Birds Still Sing

Sat, Jun 29, 1957 30 mins

Down on his luck attorney Francis Parnell is retained by a beautiful but mysterious woman to perform unspecified, but equally mysterious duties. When he arrives at her apartment for their first business meeting, the lawyer finds his client dead from a gunshot wound. Parnell discovers that there were many people who wished to do his erstwhile client harm - a two-timing husband, his jealous wife, an equally jealous ex-boyfriend and a faux-French maid.

Episode 3

The Call

Sat, Jul 6, 1957 30 mins

A demented student plots the murder of a pretty nurse, first terrorizing her with a series of midnight phone calls and then climaxing his campaign with a violent visit to her apartment.

Episode 4

You Don't Live Here

Sat, Jul 13, 1957 30 mins

A woman returns a trip out of town and finds someone else staying in her apartment who claims to lived their years. When her landlord and the building's janitor claim to have never seen her before, the woman takes her concerns to the police and their staff psychologist are return to the woman's apartment building to find everything as it should be - except the woman's husband has disappeared.

Episode 5

Last Will and Testament

Sat, Jul 20, 1957 30 mins

An amnesia victim is told he resembles a missing heir. He joins forces with a couple to claim the inheritance, and agrees to divide the money with them. But after he has the money he decides to murder the man and marry the woman.

Episode 6

The Liar

Sat, Jul 27, 1957 30 mins

Episode 7

Broker's Special

Sat, Aug 3, 1957 30 mins

Episode 8

Try It My Way

Tue, Oct 8, 1957 30 mins

Episode 9

Round Trip

Sat, Aug 17, 1957 30 mins

Upon arriving in a small town and renting a furnished room, a man reads in the newspaper that he is wanted by police for the murder of his former fiance.

Episode 10

Love Has No Alibi

Sat, Aug 24, 1957 30 mins

Episode 11

The Night I Died

Sat, Aug 31, 1957 30 mins

Nice guy Ben Cook, goaded by his scheming common-law wife, fakes his own suicide and moves to another town-all to trick his life insurance company into making a large payout. No one en route or at the new address will recognize him, will they?

Episode 12

Morning Boat to Africa

Sun, Aug 30, 2026 30 mins

Episode 13

The People vs. Anne Tobin

Sun, Aug 30, 2026 30 mins