Good Evening: An Alfred Hitchcock Presents Podcast

While circuses are often the setting for animal abuse and other unsavory practices, Leo Thorby’s exploitative act is downright disgraceful. Burn-o-meter: 7 Overall rating: 1 circus drawing

Simple plot. Limited dialogue. What this episode lacks in complexity, it makes up for in suspense. Big time. Burn-o-meter: N/A Overall rating: 8 broken taillights

A lying ventriloquist and his truthful dummy take to the stage as an inexplicably angry detective attempts to solve a murder. The sisters disagree (for once!) about how good this classic episode actually is. Burn-o-meter: N/A Overall rating: 7 living dummies

Arsenic, old lace, and a fetching feather boa. Add a pinch of dark humor and four old ladies, and you have a recipe for a lethally charming episode. Burn-o-meter: 9.5 Overall rating: 6.5 pieces of good china  

An escaped convict thinks it’s his lucky day, but not all is as it seems at the country home he invades. Watch the AHP episode that critics (Annie & Kathryn) are raving about, bestowing their rare and coveted 9/10 rating! Overall Rating: 9 old-fashioned telephones Burn-o-Meter: 6.5

Linda Lawson’s heavenly voice is a distraction from the one-note performances, but ultimately, this gangster story falls a bit flat. Burn-o-meter: N/A Overall rating: 3 champagne face splashes  

A drawn-out manhunt and a predictable ending nearly bore Annie and Kathryn to death in this hard-to-swallow episode.   Burn-o-meter: 1 Overall rating: 4.5 poison pills

A conniving ne’er-do-well charms and gaslights the women in his life in order to get ahead. But when he sets his sights on a valuable antique, it’s the women who have the last word. Burn-o-meter: N/A Overall rating: 6.75 Cheney vases

An awkward teacher learns a cruel lesson in this week’s episode, while the confusing screenwriting warrants a demerit from Annie and Kathryn. Burn-o-meter: N/A Overall rating: 4 copies of Mary Shelley’s The Last Man

It’s not such a wonderful life for Mrs. Shrike and her hot-headed husband. Can a couple of mansplaining do-gooders save her from the murderous heat? Tune in to find out. Burn-o-meter: N/A Overall rating: 6 glasses of summer milk

When a kept man decides he wants to marry another woman, murder seems to be the only solution. But just who is killing whom? Burn-o-meter: 0 Overall rating: 8 fish-spearing knives

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the weirdest of them all? While Susan can’t take credit for being the most interesting student at school, she can claim the superlative of “creepiest” and, perhaps, “most likely to facilitate murder.” Burn-o-meter: 1.5 Overall rating: 6.75 white gloves

A soul-crushing job is stealing Ronald J. Grimes’ sunshine along with his dreams for a better life. Ronald seems resigned to his fate until a modern-day Nostradamus begins mailing him lucrative predictions. Is it all just a scam, or is Ronald in for a huge payday?   Burn-o-meter: N/A Overall rating: 8 letters from J. Christiani

A man discovers a more menacing version of himself—a double with a terrifying agenda. Will an unlikely fashion choice distinguish the real Mr. Pelham from the imposter? Tune in to find out. Burn-o-meter: 7.5 Overall rating: 7.25 doppelgängers

A narcissistic woman, convinced that she resembles a famous actress, begins to tire of her humdrum life and dull husband. Will a deadly encounter pave the way for a more glamorous, Hollywood lifestyle? It all seems to be coming up lilies for Martha Mason’s (supposed) doppelgänger. Burn-o-meter: N/A Overall rating: 7 Martha Mason magazines

A wounded Confederate soldier risks his neck and tries to find his way home. Along his journey, there are signs that something isn’t quite right. Burn-o-meter: 3 Overall rating: 8 bridges

Two lost souls find each other in this sentimental episode about love, belonging, and family.   Burn-o-meter: 6.5 Overall rating: 7 unfortunate ducklings

Her aunt just wants her to be nice, but our teenage protagonist is too busy imagining how nice it would be if she were older. Maybe she doesn’t have to wait that long to get what she wants. . . Burn o’ meter: 9.5 Overall rating: 8 glasses of milk

A husband and wife attempt to defraud their insurance company, but can they outlast a prying investigator and their hidden machinations? Burn o’ meter: 3.5 Overall rating: 6 garden spades

A dependable piranha and a disloyal henchman take the stage in a mob story that is riddled with plot holes. Burn-o-meter: 8.25 Overall rating: 6.5 glasses of Barberosa wine