The Best Episodes Written By Jack Ritchie

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - What Frightened You, Fred?

   S7:E305/1/1962

   The warden of a prison is puzzled by the fact a man has just broken his parole conditions just two days after being released. Despite probing for answers, the warden eventually discovers the reason for the convict's return.

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   Writer:Jack Ritchie

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   6.5/10(2 votes)

   #2 - Number Eight

   S7:E56/9/1984

   A driver picks up a hitchhiker. They hear on the radio that a serial killer is on the loose, nicknamed Willow the Wisp, and the description matches that of the passenger.

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   Writer:Jack Ritchie

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   6.5/10(2 votes)

   #3 - Shatterproof

   S4:E65/10/1981

   Property tycoon Gerry Williams is married to the beautiful but unhappy Ellen, and somewhere the marriage has gone terribly wrong. Then an assassin is hired to kill Gerry, and he makes the mistake of getting too friendly with his target.

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   Writer:Jack Ritchie

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   5.5/10(2 votes)

   #4 - The Way to Do it

   S4:E167/26/1981

   The casino offers Roger an escape from his domineering aunt. He has a love for both gambling and a pretty hostess, but the casino boss has a score to settle.

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   Writer:Jack Ritchie

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   5.5/10(2 votes)

   #5 - The Absence of Emily

   S5:E147/25/1982

   Norma owns a big house and lets her sister Emily and her husband live there. But then Emily disappears.

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   Writer:Jack Ritchie

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   4.0/10(4 votes)

   #6 - Anyone for Murder?

   S2:E203/13/1964

   James Parkerson is a psychology professor who places an ad in the newspaper offering advice on how to murder one's spouse. He gets a response from the police, but manages to convince them that he is merely gathering research for an experiment. Later, he is contacted by a man named Robert Johnson who is searching for a way to kill his lover's husband. From Johnson's description of his lover and her husband, Parkerson realizes that Johnson is talking about his wife Doris and himself. Johnson is planning to kill him, but doesn't seem to realize that his target and the man on the phone are one and the same. Parkerson hires a hitman named Bingham to kill Johnson. Unfortunately, Johnson kills the hitman. Johnson realizes that Parkerson knows about him so he contacts Doris. He tells her that they should kill Parkerson and then make it look like the hitman did it. Unfortunately, Doris still loves her husband and has no plans to kill him.

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   Writer:Jack Ritchie

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