Annoyed by the constant fighting of their next-door neighbors the Verbers Ben and Amelia (Ed Kemmer, Judith Evelyn), grocery story owners Stanley (Joe Mantell) and Dorothy Krane (Kathleen Maguire) become suspicious when they don't see the husband Ben for a few days. After overhearing a detective Sgt. Halloran (Robert F. Simon) say the man might have been murdered, Dorothy gets involved in the deadly case.
I swear I love these little stories, but, some of them defiantly haven't aged well over the years, I mean these were made 60+ years ago and society was a whole lot different back then then it is now. While the concept may have been a little more believable in 1955, its kinda ludicrous now. There's a twist here as usual and while I enjoyed it I'm not sure if I really understand it, Much like another reviewer stated I mean why would one of our main characters (I won't name any names to keep from spoiling anything) literally bring all this suspicion to themselves? I mean they are the one that got this whole thing going and you would think they would want to stay out of it, it order from being found out, who knows maybe I'm just missing the point here. It's still a nicely set up little episode that feels very "Rear Window" like at times, and Hitchcock's narratives with the hanging noise is fun as well. I'm just not sure If the character motivations here really match that of what is revealed in the twist.