Night Gallery
The Doll of Death
TV Flash files “The Doll of Death” as hour 96 of 98 in the TV Flash guide — Night Gallery (1969–1973) on NBC, season 3, episode 15, aired 1973-05-20, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E15: listed hour 96 of 98 in the Night Gallery guide, hour 15 of 17 in season 3. It aired 1973-05-20 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Whisper” (S03E14). Next is “Hatred unto Death” (S03E16).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
During the colonial era in the British West Indies, bitter plantation owner Alex Brandon uses voodoo to try to get revenge on his runaway bride Sheila Trent's ex lover Raphael, after she elopes with Raphael.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Doll of Death sit in the Night Gallery guide?
S03E15 is listed hour 96 of 98 — hour 15 of 17 in season 3, season 3 episode 15.
When did Night Gallery S03E15 air?
The Doll of Death aired 1973-05-20 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
The 1969 pilot, including the Spielberg-directed 'Eyes,' is the lore on-ramp; then any series hour that uses a painting as the portal. Anthology, so order is optional.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Night Gallery is Rod Serling after The Twilight Zone: paintings as cold opens, color horror, nastier punchlines. The 1969 NBC pilot even carries a young Spielberg directing credit in the lore. Serling's anthology brand shifts into a darker decade — less civics lesson, more gallery-wall dread, host still selling the moral in a tailored suit.
The silhouette is a painting used as a cold open. *Gallery-wall dread, color horror, a host still selling the moral in a tailored suit.* Night Gallery is Rod Serling after The Twilight Zone: nastier punchlines, less civics lesson, anthology dread entering the 1970s doorway. The 1969 NBC pilot even carries a young Spielberg directing credit — the segment Eyes — in the lore; the series ran 1970–1973. Serling hosts tales of horror and dark fantasy introduced through eerie gallery paintings, and wrote many segments,…
Filed against
- Rod Serling as Host
Rod Serling created and hosted The Twilight Zone — moral fables in a black suit, twist endings that taught America to fear its own reflection. Sponsor and censor battles are as legendary as the episodes. On TV Flash he is prestige…