First episode of this mystery-thriller series: while attempting to steal  their money, John Hendrix has axe murdered his wife and weak-minded  step-son. Year later, he escapes jail and returns to search for the  money only to have a series of bizarre events unfold in the unusual  house.    Gale Gordon was be cast as "The Whistler."  CBS Pacific network In the dismal courthouse of the village of Marsenburn John Hendry is on  trial for his life. He killed his wife and his simple-minded stepson  Henry for the ten thousand dollars in cash she kept in her big house on  the outskirts of town.