Horror History: Tuesday, November 13, 1984: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Lovesounds” premiered

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Season 2 Episode 1

For months, Eric Dunlap has been hard at work on a special sound system for Kurt Hoffman, a temperamental conductor who is impossible to please. During that time, he fell deeply in love with Hoffman’s much younger wife, Veronica. It isn’t long before Eric realises the computer he created, which only responds to him, is something special. When Veronica realises she returns Eric’s feelings and the two become lovers, Hoffman learns of his wife’s infidelity and exacts his revenge on the two, but Eric’s creation avenges the man who gave it life.

Horror History: Wednesday, December 14, 1983: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Split Decision” premiered

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Season 1 Episode 3

John ‘Jake’ McElhaney will do anything to make a sale, absolutely anything. Faced with losing his job, he decides to make his next sale really count, and thinks he has it made when he signs on to work for the Packard twins, two women who have problems sharing and so split everything directly down the middle. Frances makes it clear straight away that she likes Jake, but Jake also plays up to Priscilla, hoping to not only sell the house for the two women but sell each of them homes as well. Unfortunately, the bond between the sisters is stronger than any bond they could form with him.

Horror History: Wednesday, November 30, 1983: “The Hitchhiker” episode “When Morning Comes” premiered

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Season 1 Episode 2

Bob is a married advertising executive who enjoys picking up women throughout his travels. After picking up a hitchhiker, he runs into a beautiful blonde who he ends up spending the night with. After hearing a report on the radio that there is an escaped blonde mental patient named Ann Marie Brown on the loose who enjoys slitting men’s throats, Bob becomes convinced that the woman he picked up is really the escaped mental patient, but things are not always as they seem.

Horror History: Wednesday, November 23, 1983: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Shattered Vows” premiered

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Season 1 Episode 1

Jeff Boder marries a much older woman to get at her fortune, but finds himself falling for her beautiful step-daughter. He uses a mysterious statuette he received from his grandmother to get rid of his wife, only to find that he must also pay the consequences for his actions.