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Theatre Macabre Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

24 Episodes 1971 - 1972

Episode 1

First Love

Fri, Oct 1, 197125 mins

Vladimir, 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.

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Episode 2

The Man Who Demoralized Hadleyburg

Fri, Oct 8, 197125 mins

A stranger comes to town with a bag full of gold and a test for everyone.

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Episode 3

The Tortures of Hope

Fri, Oct 15, 197125 mins

A man is about to be executed by the Inquisition. Is hope enough to save him?

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Episode 4

Mateo Falcone

Fri, Oct 22, 197125 mins

A young Corsican boy goes against local customs and dishonors his family when he gives up a bandit to police. Based on the tale by Prosper Mérimée.

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Episode 5

The Vampire

Fri, Oct 29, 197125 mins

From Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy's 'The Vampire.'

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Episode 6

The Swashbuckler

Fri, Nov 5, 197125 mins

From Ivan Turgenev's 'A Swashbuckler.'

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Episode 7

The Actress

Fri, Nov 12, 197125 mins

From Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's 'The Actress.'

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Episode 8

The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether

Fri, Nov 19, 197125 mins

From Edgar Allan Poe's 'The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether.'

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Episode 9

The Rajah's Diamond

Fri, Nov 26, 197125 mins

From Robert Louis Stevenson's 'The Rajah's Diamond.'

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Episode 10

The Nose

Fri, Dec 3, 197125 mins

From Nikolai Gogol's 'The Nose.'

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Episode 11

Tell-Tale Hearts

Fri, Dec 10, 197125 mins

From Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart.'

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Episode 12

Markheim

Fri, Dec 17, 197125 mins

A mysterious stranger might be the Devil; an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous short story 'Markheim.'

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Episode 13

The Barrel Organ

Fri, Dec 24, 197125 mins

From Boleslaw Prus' 'The Barrel Organ.'

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Episode 14

The Canterville Ghost

Fri, Dec 31, 197125 mins

New tenants at a castle terrify the resident ghost; from Oscar Wilde's short story, 'The Canterville Ghost.'

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Episode 15

Decameron

Fri, Jan 7, 197225 mins

From Giovanni Boccaccio's 'The Decameron No. 40.'

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Episode 16

A Matter of Conscience

Fri, Jan 14, 197225 mins

From Ambrose Bierce's 'A Matter of Conscience.'

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Episode 17

The Husband Under the Bed

Fri, Jan 21, 197225 mins

From Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Another Man's Wife and a Husband Under the Bed.'

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Episode 18

Pavoncello

Fri, Jan 28, 197225 mins

From Stefan Zeromski's 'Pavoncello.'

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Episode 19

The Song of Triumphant Love

Fri, Feb 4, 197225 mins

From Ivan Turgenev's 'The Song of Triumphant Love.'

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Episode 20

The Postmaster

Fri, Feb 11, 197225 mins

From Alexander Pushkin's 'The Postmaster.'

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Episode 21

A Terribly Strange Bed

Fri, Feb 18, 197225 mins

A young man with a lot of money finds that the bed in his room at a boarding-house is not what it seems; from William Wilkie Collins' 'A Terribly Strange Bed.'

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Episode 22

The Fatalist

Fri, Feb 25, 197225 mins

From Mikhail Lermontov's 'The Fatalist.'

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Episode 23

Resurrection of the Offland

Fri, Mar 3, 197225 mins

From Alexandre Dumas 'The Resurrection of the Offland.'

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Episode 24

Boarded Window

Fri, Mar 10, 197225 mins

From Ambrose Bierce's 'The Boarded Window.'

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