Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series that dramatized purportedly real-life supernatural and paranormal experiences. The series was hosted by…
NR • Mystery, Drama • Series • 1959 • 3 seasons
Starring: John Newland
S1 E1 - The Bride Possessed
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.
Jan 20, 1959
S1 E2 - Night of April 14th
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.
Jan 27, 1959
S1 E3 - Emergency Only
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.
Feb 3, 1959
S1 E4 - The Dark Room
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.
Feb 10, 1959 • 30m
S1 E5 - Twelve Hours to Live
Following an argument, a wife begins having visions of her husband in terrible danger.
Feb 17, 1959
S1 E6 - Epilogue
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.
Feb 24, 1959
S1 E7 - The Dream
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.
Mar 3, 1959
S1 E8 - Premonition
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.
Mar 10, 1959
S1 E9 - The Dead Part of the House
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.
Mar 17, 1959
S1 E10 - The Vision
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.
Mar 24, 1959 • 30m
S1 E11 - The Devil's Laughter
The condemned man's not for hanging.
Mar 31, 1959
S1 E12 - The Return of Mitchell Campion
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...
Apr 7, 1959
S1 E13 - The Navigator
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.
Apr 14, 1959 • 30m
S1 E14 - The Secret
Is she, or is she not, unfaithful?
Apr 21, 1959 • 30m
S1 E15 - The Aerialist
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.
Apr 28, 1959 • 30m
S1 E16 - The Burning Girl
Everywhere she goes, you need a fire hose.
May 5, 1959 • 30m
S1 E17 - The Haunted U-Boat
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.
May 12, 1959
S1 E18 - The Image of Death
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.
May 19, 1959
S1 E19 - The Captain's Guests
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.
May 26, 1959 • 30m
S1 E20 - Echo
A man is found innocent of his wife's murder. Her brother arrives from New Zealand and precipitates the real culprit's capture.
Jun 2, 1959
S1 E21 - Front Runner
A jockey plays foul, and finally is brought up short.
Jun 9, 1959 • 30m
S1 E22 - The Riddle
An irrational hatred in an American tourist on the Bombay-Calcutta Mail is considered in terms of metempsychosis.
Jun 16, 1959
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About This Show
One Step Beyond
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.
NR • Mystery, Drama • TV Series • 1959
Details
- Genre
- Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- First aired
- Jan 20, 1959
- Last aired
- Jul 4, 1961
- Rating
- NR
- Status
- Canceled
- Episodes
- 97
- Network
- ABC
- Studio
- Joseph L. Schenck Enterprises
- Language
- English
- Score
- 5.7 out of 10 from 15 votes