Journey to the Unknown

Shipwrecked on a desert island, a man (Brandon deWilde) is soon joined by two companions, but jealousy overwhelms him. Based on a story by Donald E. Westlake.

A down-on-his luck actor (Joseph Cotten) asks a friend to kill him so his family can have the insurance money. The murder is to happen randomly, the actor not knowing when or where, and his friend will not respond to any attempt to contact him. Now the actor decides he doesn't want to die, but how can he call it off? Based on a story by Frederick Rawlings.

A young man (Robert Lansing) recovering from a nervous breakdown moves into a haunted house. The ghost is a beautiful girl, and he falls in love with her, overlooking his living fiancee (Gabrielle Drake). Based on the novella The Beckoning Fair One by Oliver Onions.

On vacation at a resort, a young woman (Patty Duke) is plagued by a mysterious visitor; the proprietress (Kay Walsh) informs her that the visitor is her estranged husband.

Invited to a costume party at a wealthy mansion, a man (Chad Everett) finds that everything looks as it did in the 1920s. Then he meets a girl who keeps saying she needs to leave... Based on the short story "Poor Butterfly" by William Abney.

A boy can control people; this sometimes leads to their deaths. Both a scientist and the agent of a struggling actress (Janice Rule) would like to get their hands on him.

A detective investigates the electrocution of a computer technician and discovers it's no accident. Barbara Bel Geddes and Allan Cuthbertson play the scientists who developed the computer.

In order to obtain the family inheritance, a man (Barry Evans) must have his brother declared insane. The brother hates anyone who does harm to living creatures, so they show him a butterfly killing bottle, hoping he will go mad and assault the owner (Roddy McDowall). Based on the short story "The Killing Bottle" by L. P. Hartley.