7.0/10177 votes#1 - What Beckoning Ghost?
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1961
An ailing pianist fears she is losing her mind when she begins seeing what she thinks is her own funeral.
Director: Ida Lupino
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
7.5/10197 votes#2 - Guillotine
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1961
To save the life of her husband who is to be executed, a young woman attempts to murder the executioner.
Director: Ida Lupino
Writer: Charles Beaumont
7.9/10191 votes#3 - The Premature Burial
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1961
When a man is accidentally buried alive and then saved he becomes paranoid that it might happen again - and he has good reason to be scared - his new wife is anxious to become a widow.
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writer: N/A
7.9/10213 votes#4 - The Weird Tailor
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1961
A man attempts to bring his dead son back to life with the use of black magic and an unusual suit of clothes.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Robert Bloch
6.8/10167 votes#5 - God Grante That She Lye Stille
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1961
A 300-year-old witch seeks to possess the last of her family line, beautiful young Lady Margaret.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Robert Hardy Andrews
7.7/10254 votes#6 - Masquerade
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1961
A young couple take refuge in a spooky house on a stormy night and are terrorized by the strange family who occupy it. But do the young honeymooners have a secret of their own?
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
7.3/10171 votes#7 - The Last of the Sommervilles
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1961
Two cousins scheme to kill their aunt for her money - but trust is hard to come by when you're the last of the Sommervilles.
Director: Ida Lupino
Writer: N/A
6.6/10130 votes#8 - Letter to a Lover
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1961
When a doctor is murdered two of the chief suspects, a husband and wife, seem to be accusing each other of insanity - which one of them is correct?
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
7.1/10151 votes#9 - A Third For Pinochle
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1961
A man plans to murder his wife using his nosy neighbors for an alibi - but the eccentric ladies across the street may have a trick or two up their sleeve.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
6.6/10153 votes#10 - The Closed Cabinet
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1961
A young woman visiting an ancient English castle learns a thing or two about the family curse. Will she be able to remove it by finding a way to open the closed cabinet?
Director: Ida Lupino
Writer: N/A
7.5/10150 votes#11 - Dialogues With Death
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/1961
Two separate tales: a morgue attendent seems to be able to talk to the corpses, and get an answer; a young couple arrive at the home of their aunt and uncle who seem to believe the pair are dead no matter how much they protest.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
7.5/10245 votes#12 - The Return of Andrew Bentley
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/11/1961
A man inherits his uncle's estate on the condition that he spend twenty-four hours a day in the house and guard his uncle's grave against a supernatural intruder.
Director: John Newland
Writer: Richard Matheson
7.9/10181 votes#13 - The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1961
Mrs. Hawk has a talent for raising prize hogs - but the secret of her success is more sinister than anyone could imagine.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
7.4/10153 votes#14 - Portrait Without a Face
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/25/1961
After a dispicable artist is murdered his last painting seems to be completing itself and revealing the artist's killer - or is it?
Director: John Newland
Writer: N/A
7.4/10166 votes#15 - An Attractive Family
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/1/1962
An attractive family of serial murderers plan the death of another victim - their young sister-in-law.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
7.7/10175 votes#16 - Waxworks
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/8/1962
A traveling exhibit of wax figures of murderers seems to be the cause of some more recent deaths - are the wax figures real or is their creator a madman?
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Robert Bloch
7.5/10195 votes#17 - La Strega
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/15/1962
A young woman accused of being a witch goes to her young lover for protection against both her accusers and her grandmother, who really is a witch.
Director: Ida Lupino
Writer: Alan Caillou
7.6/10187 votes#18 - The Storm
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/22/1962
A woman returns home after two weeks and must spend the evening by herself during a raging storm. She is terrorized by strange sounds and the feeling she is not alone.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
8.1/10233 votes#19 - A Wig For Miss Devore
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/29/1962
A washed-up actress selects for her comeback vehicle the story of a real woman who was accused of being a witch and susequently hanged. When she purchases the actual wig owned by the real woman an odd change occurs in the actress. It seems the wig holds a strange and hideous power.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
7.6/10168 votes#20 - The Hollow Watcher
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/12/1962
A scheming wife who murders her father-in-law is tormented by a strange being, a scarecrow.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10154 votes#21 - Cousin Tundifer
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/19/1962
A man tries to dispose of his uncle's body in a strange house that goes back in time everytime he sets foot in the living room.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
8.3/10248 votes#22 - The Incredible Doktor Markesan
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/26/1962
A young couple go to stay with an uncle while they look for work in a new town. They find the house run-down and their visit unexpected. Locked in their room at night they become curious about the goings-on in the house, but they could never imagine the true horror of their uncle's nocturnal activities.
Director: Robert Florey
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
6.3/10137 votes#23 - Flowers of Evil
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/5/1962
The skeleton of a man seems much more alive than those responsible for his death had hoped - it laughs, screams and even moves!
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
7.2/10134 votes#24 - 'Til Death Do Us Part
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/12/1962
A henpecked undertaker disposes of his wife along with one of his customers then moves on to a new town and a new wife. But this one won't be so easy to get rid of.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Robert Bloch
6.4/10128 votes#25 - The Bride Who Died Twice
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/19/1962
A general is forced to give his daughter's hand in marriage to his corrupt commanding officer but the marriage only results in her death.
Director: Ida Lupino
Writer: Robert Hardy Andrews
The Best Episodes of Thriller Season 2
Every episode of Thriller Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Thriller Season 2!
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"What Beckoning Ghost?" is the best rated episode of "Thriller" season 2. It scored 7/10 based on 177 votes. Directed by Ida Lupino and written by Donald S. Sanford, it aired on 9/18/1961. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Guillotine".