A simple yet proud rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.

In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.

A writer accidentally shoots his blackmailer and tries to hide the body.

A young woman commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim.

A labor party leader is having an affair with the opposing party's secretary. Unfortunately for them, there seems to be a corpse in their hotel room just as they managed to sneak in unnoticed.

After moving into a boardinghouse, a young woman becomes the object of her lonely neighbor's obsessions.