Tales from the Darkside - Season 3

Tales from the Darkside - Season 3

Season 3

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Episodes22
DatesSep 28, 1986 - May 17, 1987
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Episodes

The Circus
Season 3Episode 130 min

The Circus

A journalist tries to prove that the freaks at a sideshow are fakes.

Sep 28, 1986
I Can't Help Saying Goodbye
Season 3Episode 230 min

I Can't Help Saying Goodbye

A young girl is cursed: anyone she says goodbye to soon dies.

Oct 5, 1986
The Bitterest Pill
Season 3Episode 330 min

The Bitterest Pill

A boy treated poorly by his parents gets the upper hand when an eccentric uncle shows up and tries to convince the parents to finance him to develop his newest invention - a pill that increases brain power and memory. He has a stroke and dies but not before the boy swallows the one and only prototype, and soon puts his parents into the same position he was before.
Oct 12, 1986
Florence Bravo
Season 3Episode 430 min

Florence Bravo

The ghost of a feminist torments the woman who buys her home.
Oct 19, 1986
The Geezenstacks
Season 3Episode 530 min

The Geezenstacks

A little girl, Audrey, discovers she can control her family by manipulating her doll family, the Geezenstacks, within her dollhouse.
Oct 26, 1986
Black Widows
Season 3Episode 630 min

Black Widows

Audrey Webster is concerned about her reclusive mother, but when she pursues the matter discovers exactly why her mother stays away from others, and what awaits Audrey on her own upcoming wedding night.
Nov 2, 1986
Heretic
Season 3Episode 730 min

Heretic

A mysterious monk comes to visit an art dealer who has picked up a painting of the Inquisition on the black market.

Nov 9, 1986
A Serpent's Tooth
Season 3Episode 830 min

A Serpent's Tooth

A kibbitzing mother, Pearl, warns her unlistening family but her warnings start to come true.
Nov 16, 1986
Baker's Dozen
Season 3Episode 930 min

Baker's Dozen

Ruby Cuzzins, a New Orleans baker, sells ""magic"" cookies and gives unscrupulous Henry adman a sample of her wares. Convinced, Henry tries to get her to go into business with him but gets his comeuppance when she refuses.
Nov 23, 1986
Deliver Us from Goodness
Season 3Episode 1030 min

Deliver Us from Goodness

Valeria is a saint - literally - and finds it more then she can bear. She seeks out a way to fall from Grace but is unable to do so no matter how hard she tries.
Nov 30, 1986
Seasons of Belief
Season 3Episode 1130 min

Seasons of Belief

A grandfather entertains his grandchildren on Christmas Eve with the tale of a creature that comes from the North Pole looking for bad boys and girls.

Dec 29, 1986
Miss May Dusa
Season 3Episode 1230 min

Miss May Dusa

A robber accidentally brings a mannequin to life - its gaze turns him into a statue. The now-living mannequin flees into the night, unaware of her powers or the harm she can bring.
Jan 18, 1987
The Milkman Cometh
Season 3Episode 1330 min

The Milkman Cometh

A man, Garry, hears from his neighbor a bizarre tale of how the unseen neighborhood milkman grants wishes to anyone who leaves their request in the empty bottles to be picked up. Garry tries it for himself and soon finds his every wish granted. His final wish is for a daughter, and his curiosity is too great and he tries to confront the milkman. Garry gets a glimpse of a deformed mutant creature before it disapepars and then realizes exactly how the ""milkman"" will fulfill his wish - by impregnating his wife.
Jan 25, 1987
My Ghostwriter: The Vampire
Season 3Episode 1430 min

My Ghostwriter: The Vampire

Hack writer Peter, writing worse and worse vampire stories, buys a coffin for inspiration and finds it occupied by Count Draco. Peter manages to protect himself, and the two strike a deal: Draco will supply new inspiration based on his life experiences, and Peter will write the books. Peter becomes wealthy, but refuses to share the proceeds. With the aid of Peter's secretary, Draco manages to get the drop on the writer and kill him, and the vampire and secretary strike up a new arrangement.
Feb 1, 1987
My Own Place
Season 3Episode 1530 min

My Own Place

Laura, a desperate woman, tries to get an apartment by herself but is forced to take in Ram, an immigrant from Calcutta. When Ram dies partly due to her involvement, Laura finds that she has inherited an entire family of ghostly Hindus.
Feb 8, 1987
Red Leader
Season 3Episode 1630 min

Red Leader

A crooked tycoon makes a deal with the Devil in return for power and wealth.
Feb 15, 1987
Everybody Needs a Little Love
Season 3Episode 1730 min

Everybody Needs a Little Love

Robert, a lonely divorced man, fixated on a mannequin, but the question soon becomes - is the mannequin alive?
Feb 22, 1987
Auld Acquaintances
Season 3Episode 1830 min

Auld Acquaintances

Two long-lived witches, Elizabeth and Mary, vie once more over an amulet in the modern day that they agreed to share hundreds of years ago.
Mar 1, 1987
The Social Climber
Season 3Episode 1930 min

The Social Climber

A shoemaker's apprentice discovers a strange power when he finds he can step into other peoples' lives simply by putting on their shoes.
Mar 8, 1987
The Swap
Season 3Episode 2030 min

The Swap

Anna Belle's plot to murder her husband to gain his money backfires with unpleasant results.
May 3, 1987
Let the Games Begin
Season 3Episode 2130 min

Let the Games Begin

When Harry Carson has a heart attack, an angel and a devil fight for who will get his soul and it's up to Harry to make the right choice.
May 10, 1987
The Enormous Radio
Season 3Episode 2230 min

The Enormous Radio

Irene and Jim discover that a new radio they buy lets them overhear the neighbors, but Irene soon turns paranoid as she wonders whether they can hear her.
May 17, 1987

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