Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Ann Arbor District Library
In 'Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents,' Al Sjoerdsma is dedicated to examining each episode of the original 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' television series, show by show in chronological order, in depth and with an eye to the popular culture of the 1950s and 1960s.
- Update frequency
- every 29 days
- Average duration
- 89 minutes
- Episodes
- 89
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
PAHP #61: The End of Indian Summer.
In this installment, insurance man Joe Rogers investigates a woman whose previous two husbands died under mysterious circumstances. And it looks like she's preparing to marry again. Then, Al indulges…
01:47:38 |
Mon 18 Dec 2023
PAHP #60: Number Twenty-Two.
In this installment, Steve Morgan becomes a number...number 22...when he is arrested and enters a police line-up. Steve thinks it's a game but it is more serious than Steve thinks. Then, Al counts do…
02:14:32 |
Mon 27 Nov 2023
PAHP #59: Malice Domestic.
In this installment, there's some arsenic poisoning going on in the home of Carl and Annette Borden. But who is the poisoner and who is the victim? Then, it's Downhill from there.
01:22:48 |
Mon 23 Oct 2023
PAHP #58: A Bottle of Wine.
In this installment, the Judge invites young Wallace, who is running off with the Judge's wife, to share a bottle of wine, which he just may have poisoned. In stories pitting young and old rivals, on…
01:38:11 |
Tue 26 Sep 2023
PAHP #57: The Manacled.
In this installment, Stephen Fontaine is a prisoner, saddled with an "Oregon Boot," a manacle around his ankle. He is sure that he can convince police Sgt. Rockwell to free him for $50,000 but things…
02:08:03 |
Mon 28 Aug 2023
PAHP #56a: The Wrong Man.
In this special installment, Al takes a look at the Hitchcock film that came out in the middle of the show's second season; a film very much like "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" in tone, look, and feelin…
00:41:27 |
Mon 24 Jul 2023
PAHP #56: My Brother Richard.
In this installment, Richard Ross murders his brother's political rival, then can't believe that his district attorney brother doesn't appreciate it. There's nothing else to do but threaten the life …
01:59:40 |
Wed 28 Jun 2023
PAHP #55: Nightmare in 4D.
In this installment, Harry has a nightmare in 4D, then helps to clean up a murder in 3D. So where does the nightmare end and reality begin?
02:06:20 |
Tue 30 May 2023
PAHP #54: Crackpot.
In this installment, newlyweds Meg and Ray encounter Mr. Moon who may be a dangerous crackpot. On the other hand, he may be something else.
01:17:57 |
Mon 24 Apr 2023
PAHP #53: John Brown's Body.
In this installment, how do Harold and Vera get her husband John Brown out of the way? Easy. They commit him to a rest home. But maybe that isn't the best idea.
01:31:07 |
Mon 27 Mar 2023
PAHP #52: Mr. Blanchard's Secret.
In this installment, Babs Fenton hasn't ever seen her new neighbor, Mrs. Blanchard, and wonders whether Mr. Blanchard has done away with her. Al and Amy completely disagree on the merits of "Mr. Blan…
01:53:46 |
Mon 27 Feb 2023
PAHP #51: The Rose Garden.
In this installment, Miss Julia has written a murder mystery that appears to take place in her house. Did a murder actually take place in her house, too? And, Al looks at "Dial M For Murder," which, …
01:20:20 |
Mon 23 Jan 2023
PAHP #50: The Better Bargain.
In this installment, mobster Louis "King" Koster wants to find out who his wife's lover is so he can have him bumped off. The answer is likely more of a surprise to King than it is to us.
01:34:22 |
Mon 19 Dec 2022
PAHP #49: Jonathan.
In this installment, Gil wants to know how his stepmother, Rosine, managed to murder his father, Jonathan. Little does he know that he had something to do with it himself.
01:34:09 |
Mon 21 Nov 2022
PAHP #48: Crack of Doom.
In this installment, Mason Bridges has always been an honest man...except once when, thanks to poker, for a few hours, he was a thief. But when is a thief a thief?
01:32:59 |
Sun 23 Oct 2022
PAHP #47: Conversation Over a Corpse.
In this installment, Cissy's sister wants to murder Mr. Brenner. She poisons him but things are not what they seem. For one thing, Mr. Brenner isn't dead. For another, Cissy's sister isn't her sister…
01:34:43 |
Mon 19 Sep 2022
PAHP #46: Alibi Me.
In this installment, Georgie has bumped off his old rival Lucky and is sure to be the prime suspect unless he can come up with an alibi. But from who, Who, WHO???
01:42:26 |
Sun 28 Aug 2022
PAHP #45: Toby.
In this installment, Albert has prepared an apartment for his long-lost love Edwina whom he hasn't seen for twenty years, but she shows up with a baby named Toby. Or maybe not.
01:25:08 |
Mon 18 Jul 2022
PAHP #44b: TV Guide.
Alfred Hitchcock appeared on the cover of TV Guide magazine four different times. The first was the October 27-November 2, 1956 issue with a listing for episode 44 "None Are So Blind" and an article …
00:15:39 |
Mon 27 Jun 2022
PAHP #44a: Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.
In our last installment, Hitch promoted a new magazine that would soon be the source of many episodes. Here is a look at that first issue, along with the first story to find its way from the magazine…
00:35:10 |
Mon 13 Jun 2022
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