Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Make My Death Bed
TV Flash files “Make My Death Bed” as hour 228 of 268 in the TV Flash guide — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) on CBS/NBC, season 6, episode 37, aired 1961-06-27, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E37: listed hour 228 of 268 in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide, hour 37 of 38 in season 6. It aired 1961-06-27 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Final Arrangements” (S06E36). Next is “Ambition” (S06E38).
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Taylor has an affair with a man named Bishop Darby. Darby's wife, Jackie gives her "friend" Elise, a bottle of saccharin and tells her to make sure that Darby stays on his diet.. Later, however, Darby is killed when Elise's husband catches him with his wife. When Jackie hears the news, she confesses to the murder, believing that the poisoned saccharin did the job. Meanwhile, Elise is drinking a cup of coffee.....
Viewer FAQ
Where does Make My Death Bed sit in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents guide?
S06E37 is listed hour 228 of 268 — hour 37 of 38 in season 6, season 6 episode 37.
When did Alfred Hitchcock Presents S06E37 air?
Make My Death Bed aired 1961-06-27 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Hitch's hosted half-hours rather than assuming he directed the lot. Sample the dry intros and the snap endings; the silhouette is the franchise.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Alfred Hitchcock Presents made the director himself the franchise: silhouette, dry intro, murder with a wink, and closings that sometimes 'corrected' crime to soothe censors. Watch it in 2026 as branded anthology swagger — Joan Harrison's engine, Hitch's persona, and twist endings as moral architecture you can still hum.
Calendar first: CBS, October 2, 1955. Then a later NBC window. Original half-hour run through 1962 — **268 episodes, seven seasons** — before the expansion as *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962–1965). That is not nostalgia cosplay. That is a branded anthology with a host who was the franchise, a silhouette you could hum, and a weekly drop of murder with a wink. Rex can keep the three-network hymn. This was already a logo, a window, and a closing card that sometimes reversed the crime to soothe Standards & Practices.
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- Alfred Hitchcock as Host
Alfred Hitchcock made himself the franchise on Alfred Hitchcock Presents — silhouette, dry intro, murder with a wink, closings that sometimes “corrected” crime to soothe censors. Branded anthology swagger, Joan Harrison’s engine, twist…