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Climax! - Season 3

Episode List

Bury Me Later
E1 - Bury Me Later

Aired: September 06, 1956

An English vicar believes in the innocence of an artist, thought by everyone to be the murderer of a missing farmer. With the help of the murdered man's wife, he solves the mystery and unmasks the real killer.

Burst of Violence
E2 - Burst of Violence

Aired: September 13, 1956

A Texas rancher whose opposition to slavery led him to fight for the Union in the Civil War returns home to find himself despised for betraying the South even by his family.

The Garsten Case
E3 - The Garsten Case

Aired: September 20, 1956

Two nuclear scientists, married to each other, are working on a top-secret experiment when the woman is accidentally exposed to atomic radiation. With only a week to live, she and her husband decide to perform a series of usually fatal experiments in the name of science, with her as the subject.

The Fog
E4 - The Fog

Aired: September 27, 1956

A strange, poisonous fog envelops a small town. In the struggle against death in the mysterious fog, several people re-evaluate their lives and those of others close to them.

Island in the City
E5 - Island in the City

Aired: October 04, 1956

A Puerto Rican detective in the big city tries to keep a youngster from getting into trouble, but is suspended from the force for alleged brutality to the boy.

Journey Into Fear
E6 - Journey Into Fear

Aired: October 11, 1956

A munitions expert goes on an arms smuggling mission to Istanbul and becomes a target for Nazi agents.

The Midas Touch
E7 - The Midas Touch

Aired: October 18, 1956

The owner of a mine comes to a small South American town to investigate the cave-in, which caused his brother's death. But the townspeople refuse to co-operate.

Night of the Heat Wave
E8 - Night of the Heat Wave

Aired: October 25, 1956

After serving a six-year sentence for jewel robbery, a man is released from prison. He and his wife are threatened by characters from the underworld who believe the ex-convict knows where a missing $150,000 star-brilliant is hidden.

Flight to Tomorrow
E9 - Flight to Tomorrow

Aired: November 08, 1956

A co-owner of a small charter service plans to fake a plane crash in order to steal a casino's cash.

Night Shriek
E10 - Night Shriek

Aired: November 15, 1956

The young bride of a Jamaica plantation owner is frightened by her husband's violent outbursts of rage. She begins to believe the rumors that he was responsible for the death of his first wife, whose body was never found

The Chinese Game
E11 - The Chinese Game

Aired: November 22, 1956

A newspaper columnist buys an unusual Chinese game at a curio shop. As he plays this game, he sees himself murdering his wife for another woman.

The Secret Thread
E12 - The Secret Thread

Aired: November 29, 1956

On a visit to his childhood home, a man discovers a cache of stolen goods in the attic. He is injured by falling crates, and, unable to leave, finds himself at the mercy of the leader of the gang that stole the goods.

Savage Portrait
E13 - Savage Portrait

Aired: December 06, 1956

After the loss of his patron and the failure of his one-man show, an artist decides that the only way he can acquire money is to steal it.

Strange Hostage
E14 - Strange Hostage

Aired: December 20, 1956

The kidnapping of a retired doctor whom the criminals mistakenly believe to be wealthy is witnessed by a young boy whose story no one believes.

Ten Minutes to Curfew
E15 - Ten Minutes to Curfew

Aired: December 27, 1956

A paroled convict and a hoodlum are both in love with the same girl. The hoodlum tries to provoke the ex-convict into a violation of his parole.

Carnival at Midnight
E16 - Carnival at Midnight

Aired: January 03, 1957

The elderly owner of a carnival is infatuated with the bareback rider he discovered. She rejects his love and his jealousy drives him to plot murder.

The Gold Dress
E17 - The Gold Dress

Aired: January 17, 1957

Richard leaves Louella, from a prominent family, to marry Jean. Louella vows vengeance even if it's from the grave.

Circle of Destruction
E18 - Circle of Destruction

Aired: January 24, 1957

A ruthless convict breaks out of prison and intimidates his family into helping him stay free.

The Trouble at Number 5
E19 - The Trouble at Number 5

Aired: January 31, 1957

A middle-aged woman takes a job as a wealthy old lady's housekeeper and, in an attempt to gain the security she longs for, plots to dispose of her employer.

The Stalker
E20 - The Stalker

Aired: February 07, 1957

A businessman who testifies against a gangster learns that the criminal is now out of jail.

Stain of Honor
E21 - Stain of Honor

Aired: February 14, 1957

The son of a former governor who was assassinated is himself running for the same office when the son of the killer, who was shot while trying to escape, arrives in town under an alias. The candidate confronts the newcomer and makes it clear he plans to use the assassination to further his own career.

The Long Count
E22 - The Long Count

Aired: February 21, 1957

After a cocky American boxer on a European tour is defeated by a French fighter, he is befriended by a beautiful cafe owner who tries to rouse him from the depression that threatens his career.

And Don't Ever Come Back
E23 - And Don't Ever Come Back

Aired: February 28, 1957

A man wrongly accused of murder is released from prison only after the guilty man confesses to the crime on his deathbed. A newspaper reporter seeks to learn if the townspeople will accept the ex-convict in their midst now that it has been proved he was innocent of the crime.

Night of a Rebel
E24 - Night of a Rebel

Aired: March 07, 1957

A young boy is ashamed of his father's bootlegging activities. When the parents of his girlfriend refuse to let her see him, he decides to run away to the big city to become a success.

Let It Be Me
E25 - Let It Be Me

Aired: March 21, 1957

Corruption in the recording industry plays out just as the music plays in.

Strange Sanctuary
E26 - Strange Sanctuary

Aired: March 28, 1957

In the old southwest, a pair of bank robbers must ride out after killing a man. They intend on eventually getting far away, but one seeks to reunite with his daughter in a nearby convent. When he is wounded in a gunfight, they end up hiding out there, though the men from town are a mob out for their blood,sanctuary or not.

Don't Touch Me
E27 - Don't Touch Me

Aired: April 04, 1957

A successful woman designer returns to her small home town in an attempt to ward off an emotional breakdown. She is still tormented by the memory of a murder she witnessed as a child.

Mad Bomber
E28 - Mad Bomber

Aired: April 18, 1957

Months after the arrest of New York's notorious mad bomber, new bomb threats terrorize the city. A detective begins a slow, painstaking effort to solve the case.

Avalanche at Devil's Pass
E29 - Avalanche at Devil's Pass

Aired: April 25, 1957

Among the passengers on a train trapped by an avalanche are a possessive woman, the irresponsible playboy she's been following, a man hunting for a drug addict, and a conductor awaiting news of the birth of his first child.

Strange Deaths at Burnleigh
E30 - Strange Deaths at Burnleigh

Aired: May 02, 1957

At the turn of the century, Scotland Yard receives letters accusing a village doctor of killing some of his patients. The detective sent to investigate is opposed by the townspeople and the doctor's attractive young niece.

Bait for the Tiger
E31 - Bait for the Tiger

Aired: May 16, 1957

Two swindlers in Italy hire a hungry novelist to find a woman who will pose as a missing countess entitled to an inheritance. Their plans go haywire when one conspirator is driven to murder.

The Hand of Evil
E32 - The Hand of Evil

Aired: May 23, 1957

Poison pen letters threaten the career of a brilliant young college instructor whose pregnant wife has just inherited half a million dollars.

The Disappearance of Amanda Hale
E33 - The Disappearance of Amanda Hale

Aired: May 30, 1957

An actress is plagued with dread before opening night when her leading man suddenly falls ill, a man follows her on her way to the theater, and she narrowly escapes injury from a falling sandbag.

Mr. Runyon of Broadway
E34 - Mr. Runyon of Broadway

Aired: June 06, 1957

New York sportswriter Damon Runyon becomes interested in a young boxer and backs him in an upcoming bout, which gamblers try to make him throw by involving his wife in a rigged crap game.

The Man Who Stole the Bible
E35 - The Man Who Stole the Bible

Aired: June 13, 1957

At carnival time in Havana an American salesman rescues an attractive woman from revelers, spends some time with her, and finds his hotel room ransacked when he returns.

A Taste for Crime
E36 - A Taste for Crime

Aired: June 20, 1957

To prove his connection between body chemistry and the criminal mind, a wealthy society doctor secretly joins forces with a hunted fugitive.

The Trial of Captain Wirtz
E37 - The Trial of Captain Wirtz

Aired: June 27, 1957

During the Civil War, thousands of captured Union soldiers were confined in the Andersonville stockade in Georgia. Conditions there were so bad that over 12,000 prisoners died and the infamous reputation of the Andersonville stockade spread. When the war ended, steps were taken to bring to justice those responsible. The trial of Captain Henry Wirz, commandant of the Andersonville prison and the charge--conspiracy to commit atrocities and murder among the prisoners. The Union prosecutor is determined to prove that Wirz himself shot down one of the prisoners.

False Witness
E38 - False Witness

Aired: July 04, 1957

A man dies in an unfortunate accident at an remote hunting lodge. A passing bum who saw the accident threatens to testify that the death was no accident-- unless the widow and her mother give him cash and a home.

Payment for Judas
E39 - Payment for Judas

Aired: July 11, 1957

When one of the ranchers resisting an unscrupulous railroad agent's efforts to buy them out breaks ranks and decides to sell, the other ranchers turn against him, his wife scorns him and her brother is murdered.

Walk a Tightrope
E40 - Walk a Tightrope

Aired: July 18, 1957

A man arrested for a murder that was committed for no apparent reason claims he was hired by the victim's wife.

The High Jungle
E41 - The High Jungle

Aired: July 25, 1957

A steel tycoon finds that his company is threatened by a younger man who is trying to gain control through the proxy votes of the shareholders. The older man approaches his late partner's widow in an effort to gain her support, but learns that she has already promised to help the young man.

The Giant Killer
E42 - The Giant Killer

Aired: August 01, 1957

A short man who's sensitive about his height picks a fight on the job over the issue. Then his wife gives him a pair of shoes designed to make him look taller.

Trail of Terror
E43 - Trail of Terror

Aired: August 08, 1957

Murdered doctor had been researching a rare disease.

Murder is a Witch
E44 - Murder is a Witch

Aired: August 15, 1957

After meeting a woman who tells him she desperately needs money for an operation for her mother, a young man agrees to go along with a friend planning a robbery.

The Stranger Within
E45 - The Stranger Within

Aired: August 22, 1957

A young man is visiting the sister of a friend who was killed in South America when the woman claims she's being poisoned by her doctor stepfather and begs the young man to help her.

Deadly Climate
E46 - Deadly Climate

Aired: August 29, 1957

A woman vacationing off the New England coast reports that she witnessed a murder while walking in the woods. But no one in the small island town believes her except a reporter who finds a shoe at the scene of the alleged crime.