Alfred Hitchcock Presents is een Amerikaanse anthologieserie van de zender NBC. De serie ging in première op 2 oktober 1955.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1962) was een anthologie voor mysterie en spanning, gepresenteerd door de meester van de spanning zelf - Alfred Hitchcock. Elke aflevering staat op zichzelf en duikt in horror, komedie, spanning en het bovennatuurlijke.
Helen Parch shares a telephone party line with her two neighbors: Betty and Emma. One day Helen hears that Heywood Miller is coming back into town. She once shared a party line with him. Heywood's wife died after Helen refused to get off the phone so he could call the hospital. Helen is terrified that Heywood is coming to kill her. When she hears noise coming from her basement she tries to call the police. Unfortunately, Betty and Emma are on the line and refuse to believe that she is in danger. They stay on the phone while Heywood appears upstairs to kill Helen.