The Second Wife

Season 3 - Episode 27: The Second Wife
Overview
Martha Hunter is a mail order bride who has just moved into the rundown and not well-heated home of her new husband Luke. Martha is Luke's second wife and she becomes worried when she discovers that Luke's previous wife, who was also a mail order bride, died under mysterious circumstances on a vacation to Luke's relatives. Martha grows more fearful when she finds a offin like box and sees her husband digging in the cellar. When Luke suggests that they go one vacation she grows even more nervous. Prior to their departure, Luke insists that Martha go down to the cellar. Martha becomes terrified. She pulls a gun and kills Luke. After he is dead, she takes a look into the cellar and discovers that her husband installed a new furnace as a belated wedding gift.
Episode Information
TV Show
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Season
Season 3
Episode Number
27
Air Date
April 26, 1965
Runtime
60 minutes
Rating
3.5/5
Guest Stars

June Lockhart
Martha Peters / Martha Hunter

John Anderson
Luke Hunter

Eve McVeagh
Sylvia Boggs

Gertrude Flynn
Peggy Gilfoyle

Alice Backes
Helen Fiske
David Fresco
Sam Ogle
Crew

Robert Bloch
Writer

Joseph M. Newman
Director
Richard Deming
Writer