Tales of the Unexpected

G.B. Shaw informs an opponent that he is the world's greatest chess player. The skills used and the precision with which he effected his wife's murder have made him the best chess player.

Sutton and his friends had an affair with the same woman who is now blackmailing them. She must die. When the men need to dump the body, the chauffeur has the perfect plan.

An author on a book tour fights allegations that his book is sexist. A phone message, "Have a nice death" precedes an exploding box. He would feel safe home with his wife. But would that help?

A driver picks up a hitchhiker. They hear on the radio that a serial killer is on the loose. The driver quickly realises that the description exactly matches that of his passenger.

A magazine editor has a wife and a secret lover. For his magazine, he launches a competition for a story involving the perfect murder. His wife encourages him to enter it himself.

Elizabeth kills her husband because she wants to be with her young lover Ray - who helped in the murder - but she feels insecure because of the age gap. She then sees a flyer for an anti-ageing process known as the Gift of Beauty.

George Princey has a high standing in the community and when his daughter kills a man he devises a plot to cover the murder up to prevent facing a scandal.

Olivia is having an affair with a younger man, having killed her husband to acquire his fortune. However, her new lover begins an affair with another woman.

Jack and Edna's parrot dies, laying a large, oversized egg. On hatching, it reveals an aggressive black-feathered bird. Jack is taken by it, but Edna is suspicious of the evil-looking creature.

Harry is on the verge of bankruptcy. But he likes his life in Wilmington and realizes that his wife's insurance may be the answer to his financial problems.

Con artists enter people's homes claiming to be doing research. While there, they assess the valuables. They come across a scruffy old man whom they hear is deceptively rich. But they underestimate him.

James has walked out on his wife, who still loves him. His lawyer advises him that it may be difficult to get a divorce unless he can catch her being unfaithful. With little hope, he hires a private detective.

Gerald Overton, a politician, has fallen in love with a beautiful woman he met at a party. Things go wrong and his entire career and reputation are in jeopardy. Gerald decides to take the law into his own hands.

On a visit, Gregory meets Jane who, relates the tragedy of her family members who left on a hunting trip but have never returned. Do she and her mother really hope to see her relatives return?

An ex-Army man is unable to function in any job. In Vietnam, Sergeant Guedo always subjected him to "dirty detail" punishments. When Pearson runs into Guedo in a local bar, it's payback time.