Original Airdate: June 13, 1974

Episode 0105 "The House Of Seven Gables"

Original Story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, adapted by Ian Martin, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall

The surviving members of two families that have locked horns for generations, do battle with a lethal curse that hangs over the titular house that is the root cause of their blood feud.

Once upon a time there was a poor and common man named Matthew Maul, who owned a couple of acres that were desired by a rich and titled man named Colonel Pinchian, who wished to build a house on the property. Since the Colonel could not acquire the land by lawful means, He took others. The year was 1650, and he connived to have Matthew Maul declared a wizard, condemned to die on the scaffo ...