In Poison, a man on a Malaysian plantation believes that a venomous snake sits on his chest, just below his blanket. His friend doesn't believe him, but as the man grows more and more panicked, calls a doctor. In The perfect crime, egocentric detective Vincent Price has an unexpected late-night vistor, James Gregory who informed him that the last man convicted by Price (and since executed) was not guilty. In Dip in the pool, a gambling man finds a bet he can't miss: bidding on what the distance traveled for the day will be. His plans, of course, don't go the way he expects. In One more mile to go, a henpecked husband kills his wife and then goes about the task of disposing her body.