Ghost Story 1
1972-09-14 | Drama,Mystery | 22 episodes2 Seasons
Episode
The Dead We Leave Behind (1972)
When Ranger Elliot Brent's pretty young wife Joanna complains of boredom, he buys her a television set. Unfortunately, she starts spending all of her time watching television, to the neglect of her household chores. One day, during an argument, Elliot accidentally kills Joanna. He buries her body in a shed behind his cabin. After that, he starts seeing images of Joanna being unfaithful on the television. One stormy night, a man shows up at the cabin seeking shelter, and Elliot recognizes him as the man Joanna was having an affair with. Elliot kills him, too. But will the dead stay quietly buried?
Directed By
- Paul Stanley
Writer
- Robert Specht
The Concrete Captain (1972)
While on vacation, Ed Lucas presents his wife Kate with a souvenir of "The Concrete Captain," a small chunk of concrete with a miniature harpoon sticking out of it. Kate seems to be drawn to the item, continually picking it up and looking at it. Later, she is also drawn to a seaside inn where she and her husband hear the tale of the Concrete Captain and his wife, Katherine. But when Kate becomes ill and starts acting strangely, Ed wonders if the Concrete Captain hasn't returned to try to claim Kate as his own.
Directed By
- Richard Donner
At the Cradle Foot (1972)
Paul, a recently divorced man, has a dream that his daughter Emily gets murdered as an adult. Believing it to be a premonition, he goes to the town where this will happen to see if he can prevent it. While there, he falls for Julie the owner of the boardinghouse where he is staying. It turns out that Julie is engaged to Ed, who turns out to be the man who murders Emily in Paul's vision. Chaos ensues as Paul and Ed end up fighting over Julie, and Ed ends up dead. Paul gets off by claiming the death was an accident, but Julie has one more nasty surprise waiting for Paul before he leaves town for good.
Directed By
- Don McDougall
Writer
- Anthony Lawrence
Bad Connection (1972)
A young widow, trying to move on after her husband is shot down in Vietnam and presumed dead, begins to receive mysterious phone calls from a man who sounds like her late husband.
Directed By
- Walter Doniger
Writer
- John McGreevey
The Summer House (1972)
Martha and Andrew Alcott own a vacation home where they spend their summers. Martha hates the house and, as the summer goes on, it appears she has good reason as there seems to be a malevolent force in the place that is strongest around the well in the basement. Events and scenes become ever more familiar as it becomes clear what the malevolent force is and what it intends to do with the lives of Martha and Andrew.
Directed By
- Leo Penn
