True Terror with Robert Englund preview: “Cryptic Messages”

True Terror with Robert Englund looks at phone calls from the dead, a terrifying serial killer running amuck in New Orleans and a Florida scientist who believes in keeping the ones he holds dear near…even after death.

True Terror with Robert Englund returns. This week’s episode deals with “Cryptic Messages.” If you enjoy Rod Serling, specifically his Night Gallery series, you are going to love this show’s segments.

In the first installment, a businessman named J.J. O’Connor owns a cemetery in Newark, N.J. Wanting to make his life easier by not traveling two miles down the road to constantly check on his office, he has two telephones installed.

Now, at the time, Alexander Graham Bell’s invention was in its infancy. So, to have one in a house back in the 1800’s was a luxury. At first, O’Connor loved his phone because he was able to save money by letting his messengers go. He also got to spend more time with his wife.

While everything appeared to be going along swimmingly, the O’Connor’s began to receive incessant calls in the middle of the night. However, every time J.J. answered the phone, all that can be heard on the other end of the line is loud static. Was this a prank or something far more sinister?