The Hitchcock Project-Conclusion and links to all the posts

by Jack Seabrook

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Cimarron Street Books is thrilled to bring you Expanding Suspense — your comprehensive guide to all three seasons of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963-1965); exploring each episode from the perspective of the story that inspired it. Hitchcock expert Jack Seabrook digs into the original source material and details how it compares to the filmed result. This is an indispensable companion to the classic television series. All 93 hour-long episodes are covered, featuring stories by the likes of Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, John D. MacDonald, Richard Matheson, Henry Slesar, Cornell Woolrich, and more!

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Cimarron Street Books is thrilled to bring you Sources of Suspense — your comprehensive guide to all seven seasons of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1962); exploring each episode from the perspective of the story that inspired it. Hitchcock expert Jack Seabrook digs into the original source material and details how it compares to the filmed result. This is an indispensable companion to the classic television series. All 268 half-hour episodes are covered, featuring stories by the likes of Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Fredric Brown, John Collier, Roald Dahl, Evan Hunter, Henry Slesar, Cornell Woolrich and more!

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The project is now complete! Thanks to my wife Lorrie and my writing partner Peter for all of their help and support.

If you like to read about Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, stay tuned next year for a book collecting all of these posts in one place, to be published by Cimarron Street Books!

An introduction to The Hitchcock Project may be found here. All episodes are listed below. Click on any episode name to jump to the post.

1.1-Revenge

1.2-Premonition

1.3-Triggers in Leash

1.4-Don't Come Back Alive

1.5-Into Thin Air

1.6-Salvage

1.7-Breakdown

1.8-Our Cook's a Treasure
1.9-The Long Shot
1.10-The Case of Mr. Pelham
1.11-Guilty Witness

1.12-Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid

1.13-The Cheyney Vase

1.14-A Bullet for Baldwin
1.15-The Big Switch
1.16-You Got to Have Luck
1.17-The Older Sister
1.18-Shopping for Death
1.19-The Derelicts

1.20-And So Died Riabouchinska

1.21-Safe Conduct

1.22-Place of Shadows
1.23-Back for Christmas
1.24-The Perfect Murder
1.25-There Was an Old Woman
1.26-Whodunit
1.27-Help Wanted
1.28-Portrait of Jocelyn
1.29-The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby
1.30-Never Again
1.31-The Gentleman from America
1.32-The Baby Sitter

1.33-The Belfry

1.34-The Hidden Thing

1.35-The Legacy

1.36-Mink

1.37-Decoy
1.38-The Creeper
1.39-Momentum

"Mink"

2.1-Wet Saturday
2.2-Fog Closing In
2.3-De Mortuis

2.4-Kill With Kindness
2.5-None Are So Blind

2.6-Toby
2.7-Alibi Me
2.8-Conversation Over a Corpse
2.9-Crack of Doom
2.10-Jonathan
2.11-The Better Bargain
2.12-The Rose Garden

2.13-Mr. Blanchard's Secret
2.14-John Brown's Body

2.15-Crackpot
2.16-Nightmare in 4-D

2.17-My Brother, Richard
2.18-The Manacled
2.19-A Bottle of Wine

2.20-Malice Domestic

2.21-Number Twenty-Two
2.22-The End of Indian Summer
2.23-One for the Road
2.24-The Cream of the Jest
2.25-I Killed the Count, part one
2.26-I Killed the Count, part two
2.27-I Killed the Count, part three
2.28-One More Mile to Go
2.29-Vicious Circle
2.30-The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater
2.31-The Night the World Ended
2.32-The Hands of Mr. Ottermole

2.33-A Man Greatly Beloved
2.34-Martha Mason, Movie Star
2.35-The West Warlock Time Capsule
2.36-Father and Son

2.37-The Indestructible Mr. Weems
2.38-A Little Sleep
2.39-The Dangerous People

"Kill With Kindness"

3.1-The Glass Eye
3.2-Mail Order Prophet
3.3-The Perfect Crime
3.4-Heart of Gold
3.5-Silent Witness

3.6-Reward to Finder
3.7-Enough Rope for Two

3.8-Last Request

3.9-The Young One
3.10-The Diplomatic Corpse
3.11-The Deadly
3.12-Miss Paisley's Cat
3.13-Night of the Execution
3.14-The Percentage
3.15-Together
3.16-Sylvia

3.17-The Motive
3.18-Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty
3.19-The Equalizer
3.20-On the Nose
3.21-Guest for Breakfast
3.22-The Return of the Hero
3.23-The Right Kind of House

3.24-The Foghorn

3.25-Flight to the East

3.26-Bull in a China Shop

3.27-Disappearing Trick
3.28-Lamb to the Slaughter
3.29-Fatal Figures

3.30-Death Sentence
3.31-The Festive Season
3.32-Listen, Listen.....!
3.33-Post Mortem
3.34-The Crocodile Case
3.35-Dip in the Pool

3.36-The Safe Place
3.37-The Canary Sedan
3.38-The Impromptu Murder
3.39-Little White Frock

"The Motive"

4.1-Poison

4.2-Don't Interrupt
4.3-The Jokester

4.4-The Crooked Road

4.5-The $2,000,000 Defense
4.6-Design for Loving

4.7-Man with a Problem

4.8-Safety for the Witness

4.9-Murder Me Twice

4.10-Tea Time
4.11-And the Desert Shall Blossom
4.12-Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore

4.13-Six People, No Music
4.14-The Morning After

4.15-A Personal Matter
4.16-Out There--Darkness

4.17-Total Loss

4.18-The Last Dark Step

4.19-The Morning of the Bride

4.20-The Diamond Necklace
4.21-Relative Value
4.22-The Right Price

4.23-I'll Take Care of You

4.24-The Avon Emeralds
4.25-The Kind Waitress

4.26-Cheap is Cheap

4.27-The Waxwork

4.28-The Impossible Dream
4.29-Banquo's Chair
4.30-A Night With the Boys

4.31-Your Witness
4.32-Human Interest Story

4.33-The Dusty Drawer
4.34-A True Account
4.35-Touché
4.36-Invitation to an Accident

"Total Loss"

5.1-Arthur
5.2-The Crystal Trench

5.3-Appointment at Eleven
5.4-Coyote Moon

5.5-No Pain
5.6-Anniversary Gift
5.7-Dry Run
5.8-The Blessington Method

5.9-Dead Weight
5.10-Special Delivery
5.11-Road Hog
5.12-Specialty of the House
5.13-An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
5.14-Graduating Class
5.15-Man From the South

5.16-The Ikon of Elijah
5.17-The Cure
5.18-Backward, Turn Backward
5.19-Not the Running Type
5.20-The Day of the Bullet
5.21-Hitch Hike

5.22-Across the Threshold

5.23-Craig's Will
5.24-Madame Mystery

5.25-The Little Man Who Was There
5.26-Mother, May I Go Out To Swim?
5.27-The Cuckoo Clock
5.28-Forty Detectives Later
5.29-The Hero
5.30-Insomnia

5.31-I Can Take Care of Myself
5.32-One Grave Too Many
5.33-Party Line
5.34-Cell 227
5.35-The Schartz-Metterklume Method

5.36-Letter of Credit
5.37-Escape to Sonoita

5.38-Hooked

"The Little Man Who Was There"

6.1-Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat

6.2-The Doubtful Doctor

6.3-Very Moral Theft

6.4-The Contest for Aaron Gold
6.5-The Five-Forty-Eight
6.6-Pen Pal

6.7-Outlaw In Town
6.8-O Youth and Beauty!
6.9-The Money

6.10-Sybilla
6.11-The Man With Two Faces

6.12-The Baby-Blue Expression

6.13-The Man Who Found the Money
6.14-The Changing Heart

6.15-Summer Shade
6.16-A Crime for Mothers
6.17-The Last Escape
6.18-The Greatest Monster of Them All
6.19-The Landlady
6.20-The Throwback

6.21-The Kiss-Off
6.22-The Horseplayer
6.23-Incident in a Small Jail
6.24-A Woman's Help

6.25-Museum Piece
6.26-Coming, Mama
6.27-Deathmate

6.28-Gratitude

6.29-The Pearl Necklace

6.30-You Can't Trust a Man
6.31-The Gloating Place

6.32-Self Defense

6.33-A Secret Life
6.34-Servant Problem
6.35-Coming Home

6.36-Final Arrangements

6.37-Make My Death Bed

6.38-Ambition

"Final Arrangements"

7.1-The Hatbox

7.2-Bang! You're Dead
7.3-Maria
7.4-Cop for a Day
7.5-Keep Me Company

7.6-Beta Delta Gamma
7.7-You Can't Be a Little Girl All Your Life

7.8-The Old Pro
7.9-I Spy

7.10-Services Rendered
7.11-The Right Kind of Medicine
7.12-A Jury of Her Peers

7.13-The Silk Petticoat
7.14-Bad Actor

7.15-The Door Without a Key
7.16-The Case of M.J.H.
7.17-The Faith of Aaron Menefee
7.18-The Woman Who Wanted to Live

7.19-Strange Miracle
7.20-The Test
7.21-Burglar Proof
7.22-The Big Score

7.23-Profit-Sharing Plan

7.24-Apex
7.25-The Last Remains

7.26-Ten O'Clock Tiger

7.27-Act of Faith
7.28-The Kerry Blue
7.29-The Matched Pearl

7.30-What Frightened You, Fred?
7.31-Most Likely to Succeed

7.32-Victim Four
7.33-The Opportunity

7.34-The Twelve Hour Caper

7.35-The Children of Alda Nuova
7.36-First Class Honeymoon
7.37-The Big Kick
7.38-Where Beauty Lies

"Apex"

S.1-The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (shown only in syndication)

8.1-A Piece of the Action

8.2-Don't Look Behind You

8.3-Night of the Owl

8.4-I Saw the Whole Thing

8.5-Captive Audience
8.6-Final Vow
8.7-Annabel
8.8-House Guest
8.9-The Black Curtain

8.10-Day of Reckoning
8.11-Ride the Nightmare

8.12-Hangover

8.13-Bonfire

8.14-The Tender Poisoner
8.15-The Thirty-First of February
8.16-What Really Happened

8.17-Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog
8.18-A Tangled Web

8.19-To Catch a Butterfly

8.20-The Paragon

8.21-I'll Be Judge--I'll Be Jury

8.22-Diagnosis: Danger

8.23-The Lonely Hours
8.24-The Star Juror
8.25-The Long Silence

8.26-An Out for Oscar
8.27-Death and the Joyful Woman

8.28-Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans

8.29-The Dark Pool
8.30-Dear Uncle George
8.31-Run for Doom

8.32-Death of a Cop

"Don't Look Behind You"

9.1-A Home Away From Home

9.2-A Nice Touch

9.3-Terror at Northfield

9.4-You'll Be the Death of Me
9.5-Blood Bargain

9.6-Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale
9.7-Starring the Defense

9.8-The Cadaver

9.9-The Dividing Wall

9.10-Good-Bye, George

9.11-How To Get Rid Of Your Wife
9.12-Three Wives Too Many
9.13-The Magic Shop

9.14-Beyond the Sea of Death

9.15-Night Caller

9.16-The Evil of Adelaide Winters
9.17-The Jar

9.18-Final Escape
9.19-Murder Case
9.20-Anyone for Murder?
9.21-Beast in View
9.22-Behind the Locked Door

9.23-A Matter of Murder
9.24-The Gentleman Caller

9.25-The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow
9.26-Ten Minutes from Now
9.27-The Sign of Satan
9.28-Who Needs An Enemy?
9.29-Bed of Roses
9.30-The Second Verdict

9.31-Isabel

9.32-Body in the Barn

"How to Get Rid of Your Wife"

10.1-Return of Verge Likens
10.2-Change of Address
10.3-Water’s Edge
10.4-The Life Work of Juan Diaz

10.5-See the Monkey Dance

10.6-Lonely Place
10.7-The McGregor Affair

10.8-Misadventure
10.9-Triumph

10.10-Memo From Purgatory

10.11-Consider Her Ways
10.12-Crimson Witness
10.13-Where the Woodbine Twineth
10.14-Final Performance
10.15-Thanatos Palace Hotel

10.16-One of the Family
10.17-An Unlocked Window

10.18-The Trap
10.19-Wally the Beard
10.20-Death Scene

10.21-The Photographer and the Undertaker
10.22-Thou Still Unravished Bride

10.23-Completely Foolproof
10.24-Power of Attorney

10.25-The World's Oldest Motive
10.26-The Monkey's Paw--A Retelling
10.27-The Second Wife
10.28-Night Fever
10.29-Off Season

"Completely Foolproof"

BONUS ARTICLES:

Bill S. Ballinger overview
Charles Beaumont overview
Robert Bloch overview

James Bridges overview
Fredric Brown overview

Ray Bradbury overview
James P. Cavanagh overview
John Cheever overview
An Interview with Amanda Cockrell
Francis and Marian Cockrell overview
John Collier overview
Roald Dahl overview

Lewis Davidson overview
Robert C. Dennis overview
Stanley Ellin overview

William Fay overview

William Fay, Writer and Family Man

Memories of William Fay

Morton Fine and David Friedkin overview

William D. Gordon overview

Hammer Meets Hitchcock

Alfred Hayes overview

Kathleen Hite overview
Clark Howard overview

William Link and Richard Levinson overview

Richard Matheson overview

Joel Murcott overview

About Emily Neff

Helen Nielsen overview
Arthur A. Ross overview

Sarett Rudley overview
Shatner Meets Hitchcock overview
Bernard C. Shoenfeld overview
Stirling Silliphant overview
Henry Slesar overview

Jerry Sohl overview

Harold Swanton overview
Bryce Walton overview
John Williams overview

Victor Wolfson overview
Cornell Woolrich overview