Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Ghost Story (original title)
Horror, Mystery | TV Series (1972–1973)

22 episodes + pilot on dvdr [2 episodes per dvdr] 

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An anthology of suspense dramas concentrating on individuals confronted with supernatural occurrences.

Creator: Richard Matheson

Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Sheila Larken, Meg Foster 

Plot
Ghost Story was hosted by Sebastian Cabot as Winston Essex, the owner of a mysterious hotel named Mansfield House.[3] Cabot's introductions were filmed in the Hotel del Coronado near San Diego, California. Ghost Story dealt exclusively with ghosts, vampires, witches, and other supernatural elements

Episodes

Pilot (1972)

"The New House"           John Llewellyn Moxey      Richard Matheson           March 17, 1972

A young couple (David Birney and Barbara Parkins) purchase a house that is standing on a site where an innocent woman (Caitlin Wyles) was unjustly hanged. The woman's spirit eventually takes over the family's newborn daughter.

Season 1 (1972–73)

1          "The Dead We Leave Behind"       Paul Stanley       Robert Specht    September 15, 1972

A forest ranger (Jason Robards) and his wife (Stella Stevens) have a television that can predict the future, including the wife's accidental death.

2          "The Concrete Captain"    Richard Donner  Story by : Elizabeth Walter

Teleplay by : Jimmy Sangster        September 22, 1972

The spirit of a dead sea captain buried in concrete on the seashore haunts two tourists (Gena Rowlands, Stuart Whitman).

3          "At the Cradle Foot"        Don McDougall   Anthony Lawrence          September 29, 1972

A father (James Franciscus) learns that changing events because he dreams that his daughter is murdered twenty years later makes things even worse.

4          "Bad Connection"           Walter Doniger   John McGreevey October 6, 1972

A young widow (Karen Black) receives warnings from her dead husband over the telephone.

5          "The Summer House"      Leo Penn           Seeleg Lester     October 13, 1972

A woman (Carolyn Jones) is trapped in a strange world between reality and nightmare—a vacation home possessed of its own malevolent personality.

6          "Alter-Ego"         David Lowell Rich           Story by : Stanley Ellin

Teleplay by : D.C. Fontana[12]      October 27, 1972

Robert, a bored, ill boy stuck in a wheelchair, creates his own double. Robert soon loses control of the evil doppelgänger, who grows stronger as Robert grows weaker. Helen Hayes guest stars.

7          "Half a Death"    Leslie H. Martinson         Henry Slesar      November 3, 1972

Christina (Pamela Franklin) is a young woman distressed to learn of the death of her twin sister Lisa, whose spirit begins to haunt Christina.

8          "House of Evil"   Daryl Duke        Robert Bloch      November 10, 1972

A deaf-mute girl (Jodie Foster) has telekinetic powers along with her evil grandfather (Melvyn Douglas), who uses the child as a pawn in his quest for revenge against his family.

9          "Cry of the Cat"  Arnold Laven     William Bast       November 24, 1972

Rodeo cowboy Dan Hollis (Doug McClure) is delighted about his new marriage to the beautiful Mariah (Lauri Peters). When a cougar brutally attacks a bull that had thrown and trampled Dan in the arena, Dan's stallion, and his former girlfriend, the other cowboys suspect that the legendary cat "Big Red" has returned while Mariah fears that she's possessed.

10        "Elegy for a Vampire"      Don McDougall   Mark Weingart & Elizabeth Walter December 1, 1972

A college professor (Hal Linden) becomes a vampire and preys on his female students.

11        "Touch of Madness"        Robert Day        Halsted Welles   December 8, 1972

A young woman (Lynn Loring) inherits a house after her mother dies in a mental institution. Her aunt (Geraldine Page) and uncle (Rip Torn) welcome her warmly, but neither they nor the house are what they seem.

12        "Creatures of the Canyon"            Walter Doniger   Del Reisman       December 15, 1972

A woman (Angie Dickinson) is troubled by a dog which turns vicious after its master dies.

13        "Time of Terror" Robert Day        Jimmy Sangster  December 22, 1972

Ellen (Patricia Neal) wakes up alone in a hotel room with no sign of her husband, Harry. She learns at the front desk that he has checked out without her, and further inquiries lead her to a man (Craig Stevens) who helps her discover what really happened to Harry.

Circle of Fear

14        "Death's Head"   James Neilson    Rick Blum          January 5, 1973

Carol (Janet Leigh), the wife of a lawyer and devout entomologist (Gene Nelson), dislikes insects and has eyes for her husband's partner (Rory Calhoun). She is susceptible when she meets a gypsy with a potion to offer, and after her husband's "heart attack" she figures to take up with the lawyer friend—until the legend of the Death's Head moth begins to come true.

15        "Dark Vengeance"          Herschel Daugherty        Peter L. Dixon    January 12, 1973

A construction worker (Martin Sheen) unearths a curious box, takes it home and opens it. His wife (Kim Darby) begins to be terrorized by the object it contains: a toy wooden horse that grows into something more.

16        "Earth, Air, Fire and Water"          Alexander Singer            Story by : Harlan Ellison & D. C. Fontana

Teleplay by : D. C. Fontana           January 19, 1973

Six young artists discover ancient, mysterious bottles in a warehouse which wield an abnormal influence over them.

17        "Doorway to Death"        Daryl Duke        Jimmy Sangster  January 26, 1973

When a family moves into a new apartment in San Francisco, young Robert (Leif Garrett) starts exploring and discovers an empty apartment upstairs. He opens a door that leads to a cabin in the woods, and sees a wood-chopping man who beckons to him. Robert brings his younger sister (Dawn Lyn) to meet the man upstairs, the spirit of an ax murderer who expresses an interest in meeting their older sister, Peggy (Susan Dey).

18        "Legion of Demons"        Paul Stanley       Anthony Lawrence          February 2, 1973

A young secretary (Shirley Knight) from a small town joins her more experienced friend in the city only to be baffled by the office's witch-like happenings.

19        "The Graveyard Shift"      Don McDougall   Mann Rubin        February 16, 1973

The unborn child of a couple (John Astin, Patty Duke) appears to be threatened by ghosts from an old horror picture studio.

20        "Spare Parts"      Charles Dubin    Story by : Paule Mason & Seeleg Lester

Teleplay by : Jimmy Sangster & Seeleg Lester        February 23, 1973

A transplant specialist (Don Knight) dies prematurely but donates his eyes, hands, and voice to three patients, all of whom suddenly take on his characteristics and seek vengeance on his widow (Susan Oliver), who he believes murdered him.

21        "The Ghost of Potter's Field"        Don McDougall   Bill S. Ballinger   March 23, 1973

A magazine journalist (Tab Hunter) is almost destroyed by his doppelgänger until he finds out the true identity of a hit man (Darwin Joston) buried in a potter's field.

22        "The Phantom of Herald Square"  James H. Brown  Story by : Seeleg Lester & Ed De Blasio

Teleplay by : Seeleg Lester & Jimmy Sangster         March 30, 1973

Holly (Sheila Larken) is charmed by James (David Soul) and begins seeing him, but as soon as she does, she finds herself terrorized by an old man (Victor Jory). As her relationship with James grows, she is surprised to discover the connection between James and the old man.