Original Airdate: June 12, 1974

Episode 0104 "The Rat"

Original Story by George Lowther, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall

Enraged by the faithlessness of his wife, a genius scientist creates a highly-evolved rodent and sends it to attack his wife's lover.

Welcome to our world of mystery and the macabre. How much do you know about rats? About as much as I did, I suppose, before I heard of the strange crimes at the Merriweather Research Institute. It all began with certain experiments on a strain of rat known in scientific circles as Ratus Novigicus and ended with death.

Still there? Good. I admire your nerve. All right then. Come along with me to the laboratory of Dr. Grayson Carter, behavioral scientist at the Me ...