Tales of Mystery

*Tales of Mystery*
Tales of Mystery
Genre	Horror; Mystery
Presented by	John Laurie
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	29 (all missing)
Production
Producer	Peter Graham Scott
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	Associated-Rediffusion
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	1961 –; 1963

Tales of Mystery was a British supernatural television drama anthology series based on the short stories of Algernon Blackwood.^[1] It was broadcast by ITV (Associated-Rediffusion) and ran over three seasons from 1961–1963. Produced by Peter Graham Scott, each episode was 25 minutes long and introduced by John Laurie (as the author himself). None of the 29 episodes broadcast survive in any television archive, however.^[2]

Episodes

Season 1

The Terror of the Twins
The Promise
The Man Who Was Milligan
The Tradition
The Empty Sleeve
Accessory Before The Fact
The Woman's Ghost Story
Decoy

Season 2

Confession
Chinese Magic
Max Hensig
The Man Who Found Out^[1]
Nephele
Ancient Sorceries
Deferred Appointment
The Pikerstaffe Cast
The Telephone
The Call
Wolves of God

Season 3

Old Clothes
The Doll
Egyptian Sorcery
The Damned
The Second Generation
A Case of Eavesdropping
Petershin And Mr Snide
The Lodger
The Insanity of Jones
Dream Cottage

References

^ ^a ^b Colavito, Jason (2008). Knowing fear: science, knowledge and the development of the horror genre (illustrated ed.). McFarland & Company. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-7864-3273-8.
^ Wheatley, Helen. Gothic Television (Manchester University Press 2006) p35-36.

External links

IMDB Page
Tales of Mystery (EOFFTV)

[colavito-1] Colavito, Jason (2008). Knowing fear: science, knowledge and the development of the horror genre (illustrated ed.). McFarland & Company. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-7864-3273-8.

[2] Wheatley, Helen. Gothic Television (Manchester University Press 2006) p35-36.

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