One Step Beyond

1959–1961 · Canceled · 3 seasons · 97 episodes · Mystery, Drama · United States

Channel ABC · Starring John Newland, Jeanne Bates, Robert Douglas

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series that dramatized purportedly real-life supernatural and paranormal experiences. The series was hosted by John Newland and ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.
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Episodes

22 episodes · January 1959 – June 1959
  1. Episode 1: 1. The Bride PossessedJanuary 20, 1959
    Matt Conroy is startled when on their honeymoon his wide-eyed, Louisiana-drawling wife Sally suddenly becomes a determined and demanding woman with no accent who denies even knowing him.
  2. Episode 2: 2. Night of April 14thJanuary 27, 1959
    A young Englishwoman is suddenly wracked by dreams of drowning in the ocean. She is stunned when her fiancée tells her that he has prepared a surprise honeymoon trip for them--they're sailing to New York on the passenger liner Titanic.
  3. Episode 3: 3. Emergency OnlyFebruary 3, 1959
    Having had his fortune told at a party, a skeptical man's disbelief turns to fear as events begin to unfold exactly as the psychic had predicted.
  4. Episode 4: 4. The Dark RoomFebruary 10, 1959 · 30 min
    A female photojournalist on assignment in France takes an apartment and begins to work with a somewhat mysterious male model. Thngs come to a head when she has a brush with the supernatural that could well mean her death.
  5. Episode 5: 5. Twelve Hours to LiveFebruary 17, 1959
    Following an argument, a wife begins having visions of her husband in terrible danger.
  6. Episode 6: 6. EpilogueFebruary 24, 1959
    A recovering alcoholic returns to his family from an extended stay in rehabilitation. His sobriety is put to the test, as are his beliefs in the supernatural, when his son is trapped in a cave-in.
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  1. Episode 7: 7. The DreamMarch 3, 1959
    In 1940, a fearful Britain awaits invasion by Nazi forces. A husband and his wife, separated by their wartime assignments, suddenly dream that each is in danger, and both try frantically to see if their dream has come true.
  2. Episode 8: 8. PremonitionMarch 10, 1959
    A woman is haunted by the fear of her own demise after witnessing a premonition of her death at the hands of a chandelier in her home.
  3. Episode 9: 9. The Dead Part of the HouseMarch 17, 1959
    A young girl moves into a new house with her father and aunt, and before long, she makes friends with the ghosts of three girls who reside in an upstairs nursery -- though the adults assume that her new "friends" are her three new dolls.
  4. Episode 10: 10. The VisionMarch 24, 1959 · 30 min
    On a WWI battlefield, a group of French soldiers each experience something which causes them to drop their weapons and walk away from the fight.
  5. Episode 11: 11. The Devil's LaughterMarch 31, 1959
    The condemned man's not for hanging.
  6. Episode 12: 12. The Return of Mitchell CampionApril 7, 1959
    A man is known by everyone on a Caribbean island he has never visited before. Soon he too remembers, but he was in the hospital at the time of the supposed visit...
  7. Episode 13: 13. The NavigatorApril 14, 1959 · 30 min
    The crew of a nineteenth century sailing ship find that somebody has altered its course before catching a stowaway, a mute, soaking wet Oriental whom they clap in irons. The alteration in course leads them to rescue survivors of a ship sunk by an ice berg, though that ship's navigator is dead and is the spitting image of the Oriental, who has mysteriously disappeared.
  8. Episode 14: 14. The SecretApril 21, 1959 · 30 min
    Is she, or is she not, unfaithful?
  9. Episode 15: 15. The AerialistApril 28, 1959 · 30 min
    An argument between two trapeze artists results in an accident in which one is paralyzed. The other is torn by guilt and depression, until supernatural forces began to change his world.
  10. Episode 16: 16. The Burning GirlMay 5, 1959 · 30 min
    Everywhere she goes, you need a fire hose.
  11. Episode 17: 17. The Haunted U-BoatMay 12, 1959
    While on patrol during WWII, a German U-boat attempts to evade detection from the sonar of the American and British ships. But their location is repeatedly betrayed by the noise of a rhythmic banging sound caused by someone . . . or something . . . on board the submarine.
  12. Episode 18: 18. The Image of DeathMay 19, 1959
    After killing his wife, an adulterous noble becomes increasingly haunted by a stain on the wall which seems to be the image of his dead wife's face.
  13. Episode 19: 19. The Captain's GuestsMay 26, 1959 · 30 min
    A sadistic sea captain from the 19th century haunts a home and poisons the lives of a married couple after taking possession of the husband's mind.
  14. Episode 20: 20. EchoJune 2, 1959
    A man is found innocent of his wife's murder. Her brother arrives from New Zealand and precipitates the real culprit's capture.
  15. Episode 21: 21. Front RunnerJune 9, 1959 · 30 min
    A jockey plays foul, and finally is brought up short.
  16. Episode 22: 22. The RiddleJune 16, 1959
    An irrational hatred in an American tourist on the Bombay-Calcutta Mail is considered in terms of metempsychosis.

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EPISODE LENGTH
30 minutes
FIRST AIRED
January 20, 1959
LAST AIRED
July 4, 1961
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Joseph L. Schenck Enterprises

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