One Step Beyond - Season 2 - Episode 14 - Make Me Not a Witch

[@evetko]

I just discovered this (64-years later) after they initially aired the first episode in 1959. What a gem of a find! ❤️

[@tonymccarthy6713]

That was amazing. I was 17 when that series was aired. I remember it well, I think that what they had on TV then was far superior than the stuff today.

[@mickzed6746]

Almost everything back then was far more superior compared to today.

[@joesinkovits6591]

Amen to that! The stuff on today is pure crap.

[@OutragedPufferfish]

Just like Soviet cinema was extremely superior to Russian "movies" today. This is what capitalism does to art.

[@shannonbridgetmurphy6794]

I was not on the world scene when this episode, even the series, aired. It looks like it might have been in competition with the Twilight Zone.

[@cajsheen2594]

How right you are! ❤ XXX

[@Don_Matteo]

I was born in 1980 and never heard of this show before. Fascinating to watch. Actually kind of cool. Short episodes, great writing, good old days yet fantastic stories.

[@braniganblue3460]

I was born in 1962 and I have watched old shows like this for years, but I have never heard of this one either.

[@annmarieknapp2480]

Born in 69' and this show is new to me. Never sanity aired in reruns at all. Loved Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and Night Gallery.

[@drewpall2598]

Several things about this television series "One Step Beyond" that I love is that it leaves the viewers to believe in what they will, some believe in clairvoyance, some believe in the supernatural, some believe in coincidences, some believe in karma and etc. and it tell the story within 25 minutes for those who may lose interest in an hour long program.

[@hatednyc]

I was born in 1980 as well and I’ve known about it a good 30 years? That’s also because of the ska classic named after it as well. 😊

[@lisawentworth6831]

I was born a lot before then and never knew of this...a lot like Alfred Hitchcock

[@Islandgirl-p7h]

I love watching old black and white movies it's so soothing!! Takes me out of reality of how the world is today. I love this!!! I was born in 1965 and I never heard of this series. Thank you for sharing!!!😊

[@roseerdlen7955]

Me neither

[@Kingofrestrrooms666]

So what is Have a nice day! Have a blessed day! I appreciate you! Have a nice day Sir ! Have a nice day Mam! Enjoy your day Sir! Enjoy your day Mam! Well thanks anyway, .. appreciate you! And you have a great day! Appreciate you! Enjoy your day Mam Enjoy your day Sir! My goodness gracious me! Amy is not 12 years old? 😂 that is laughable. She has the body of a grown young woman and definitely menstruates as she has firm taught breasts and a full figure of a child barring woman which means she can Bare children @ 7:40 they edited out part of the scene where the priest gently took Amy, seduced her in the name of Jesus, the holy Heavenly Father who blessed Amy with her gift and had to pay God respect and show love and appreciation for the gift of mind reading to his holy father Jesus, the holy Heavenly Father son of God in ceremony with lit holy prayer candles and incense the Priest stripped Amy naked and deflowered her right there on the pulpit! The scene although tastefully done and was not sexually explicit though did show Amy’s naked curvaceous body and the priests naked torso and legs from the waist down moving back and forth, was decided appropriate for a [G] rating on American and a Canadian television, in 1970. and removed in 1970/71 . No Amy is not 12 she’s more like 17 /18 .

[@melanier7309]

It's not a movie.

[@MrTwelvecaesars]

One odd but cool series. Came before twilight zone

[@ginamhume]

Same

[@hatednyc]

Such lovely parents. It’s a wonder their daughter is that sweet with how horrible they are to her.

[@AG-hx6qn]

I know right. Was very hard to watch. Reminds me if the various types of poor behavior being passed down due to lack of good examples. :(

[@rainluna9765]

Yes but they were okay at the end, and the parents admitted they were scared.

[@kerryhorwitz4093]

It is WOKE ideologues who think soft parenting produces good children. It doesn't. It has been a long tradition that spoiling and indulging children makes them turn bad - not good. If you want some data on this read _Generation Me_ by Jean Twenge. Millennials received soft parenting. They (until Gen Z) were the most psychologically damaged generation in human recorded history. They are also entitled, disorderly, selfish, and narcissistic. It is not just the home where many parents live in fear of violent children. Teachers are being physically assaulted, and although many profess a natural embarrassment at admitting it, many are frightened of the children they must try to teach. The human brain doesn't finish developing until 25. A child must be firmly treated. If they are not, they develop all manner of mental problems like severe anxiety. Some children are expected to "just know" how to be good. Soft parents treat their children like talismans who have greater wisdom than adults. How is a small child to navigate a world they are too small to understand, never mind control?

[@Kingofrestrrooms666]

You must be one of those sarcastic Americans that make no sense. You say that are lovely parents then say they are horrible parents. What are you saying? So what is it? Have a nice day! Have a blessed day! I appreciate you! Have a nice day Sir ! Have a nice day Mam! Enjoy your day Sir! Enjoy your day Mam! Well thanks anyway, .. appreciate you! And you have a great day! Appreciate you! Enjoy your day Mam Enjoy your day Sir! My goodness gracious me! Amy is not 12 years old? 😂 that is laughable. She has the body of a grown young woman and definitely menstruates as she has firm taught breasts and a full figure of a child barring woman which means she can Bare children @ 7:40 they edited out part of the scene where the priest gently took Amy, seduced her in the name of Jesus, the holy Heavenly Father who blessed Amy with her gift and had to pay God respect and show love and appreciation for the gift of mind reading to his holy father Jesus, the holy Heavenly Father son of God in ceremony with lit holy prayer candles and incense the Priest stripped Amy naked and deflowered her right there on the pulpit! The scene although tastefully done and was not sexually explicit though did show Amy’s naked curvaceous body and the priests naked torso and legs from the waist down moving back and forth, was decided appropriate for a [G] rating on American and a Canadian television, in 1970. and removed in 1970/71 . No Amy is not 12 she’s more like 17 /18 .

[@brianarbenz1329]

Sadly, that is how many people demonized anyone with unusual talents or proclivities, particularly women.

[@r.j.powers381]

The young actress is Patty McCormack who was in The Bad Seed. Quite a remarkable talent. Incidentally a young actress named Anna had her name changed to Patty by her agents in order to compare favourably with Ms McCormack. Anna became Patty Duke. Her autobiography is titled Call Me Anna.

[@jammingalways]

I clicked because I remembered her face from The Bad Seed! Such a good flick!

[@taxusbaccata9200]

Yeah, that is one of the creepiest movies I've ever seen. I'm talking the old original version. I'd love to see it again. Is it available online?

[@r.j.powers381]

@@taxusbaccata9200 definitely still available - I would imagine online

[@charlenemoriarty1506]

Thank you for all of this info! I thought she looked familiar the bad seed was awesome movie.

[@r.j.powers381]

@@charlenemoriarty1506 McCormack was definitely the personification of evil in that film. I was surprised by how natural and unaffected her performance was in this episode. But read Duke's autobiography - it's harrowing and unflinching

[@stephanieolds7608]

The young actress was in the bad seed! Great classic 👌

[@fredsalter1915]

I can't believe I've never heard of this show! Fantastic Twilight Zone vibe!!! Thanks for posting!

[@BOLLOCKS1968]

You give me them shoes LeRoy ... RIGHT HERE TO ME! I still love her in The Bad Seed. Great to see her in a different role ✌

[@howieduin915]

And how long do lovebirds live?

[@davemattia]

Eileen Ryan (mom) is the mother of Sean Penn. She is of Italian and Irish ancestry. Patty McCormack (Little girl witch) is also of Italian and Irish ancestry. Patty, now in her 70s and working more than ever, is a devoted mother and grandmother who still makes time to do a lot of work -- most of which goes unnoticed by The Bad Seed fans. In The Sopranos, she played Adriana LaCerva's mom Liz, and more recently she has starred in a lot of Lifetime movies, the sitcom Heart of Dixie, and in the internationally awarded short film Have You Met Miss Jones as the character Connie which got her the win for best actress in the Amsterdam Film Festival. She's one of the very last actresses who is directly connected to OLD Hollywood via the directors she has worked with. In Hollywood, among the elites, she is seen as an icon - no matter how big a star gets, they want to be friends with Patty McCormack. Look for her in the soon to be released Amazon Stream series, VERRAZZANO NARROWS.

[@tammycampbell112]

Sean Penn really resembles his mother.

[@Kingofrestrrooms666]

what is it? Have a nice day! Have a blessed day! I appreciate you! Have a nice day Sir ! Have a nice day Mam! Enjoy your day Sir! Enjoy your day Mam! Well thanks anyway, .. appreciate you! And you have a great day! Appreciate you! Enjoy your day Mam Enjoy your day Sir! My goodness gracious me! Amy is not 12 years old? 😂 that is laughable. She has the body of a grown young woman and definitely menstruates as she has firm taught breasts and a full figure of a child barring woman which means she can Bare children @ 7:40 they edited out part of the scene where the priest gently took Amy, seduced her in the name of Jesus, the holy Heavenly Father who blessed Amy with her gift and had to pay God respect and show love and appreciation for the gift of mind reading to his holy father Jesus, the holy Heavenly Father son of God in ceremony with lit holy prayer candles and incense the Priest stripped Amy naked and deflowered her right there on the pulpit! The scene although tastefully done and was not sexually explicit though did show Amy’s naked curvaceous body and the priests naked torso and legs from the waist down moving back and forth, was decided appropriate for a [G] rating on American and a Canadian television, in 1970. and removed in 1970/71 . No Amy is not 12 she’s more like 17 /18 .

[@Kingofrestrrooms666]

@@tammycampbell112Sean is a man not a woman. I have only seen Sean Mr Penn in a dress twice and Ms Tam Tam it ain’t a prurdy look! lol 😂 horrible parents. What are you saying? So? What are you saying? So what is it? Have a nice day! Have a blessed day! I appreciate you! Have a nice day Sir ! Have a nice day Mam! Enjoy your day Sir! Enjoy your day Mam! Well thanks anyway, .. appreciate you! And you have a great day! Appreciate you! Enjoy your day Mam Enjoy your day Sir! My goodness gracious me! Amy is not 12 years old? 😂 that is laughable. She has the body of a grown young woman and definitely menstruates as she has firm taught breasts and a full figure of a child barring woman which means she can Bare children @ 7:40 they edited out part of the scene where the priest gently took Amy, seduced her in the name of Jesus, the holy Heavenly Father who blessed Amy with her gift and had to pay God respect and show love and appreciation for the gift of mind reading to his holy father Jesus, the holy Heavenly Father son of God in ceremony with lit holy prayer candles and incense the Priest stripped Amy naked and deflowered her right there on the pulpit! The scene although tastefully done and was not sexually explicit though did show Amy’s naked curvaceous body and the priests naked torso and legs from the waist down moving back and forth, was decided appropriate for a [G] rating on American and a Canadian television, in 1970. and removed in 1970/71 . No Amy is not 12 she’s more like 17 /18 .

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

Patty is the original "Bad Seed" and in the remake!

[@brianarbenz1329]

Patty McCormack is a tremendous actress, judging by her performance in this. She really had the rural, rustic style down well, without being cliched. ... I also found it odd that the man's name was Jed, and he had a blonde daughter about 14. Hmmm, I thought, was this supposed to be the Clampetts 10 years before they got rich? Maybe Emmy's psychic powers showed them where the oil was. And maybe Emmy was short for "Elly Mae?"

[@WayneBrejcha]

A sympathetic, intelligent, humble, honest, decent, and good-hearted priest.... what hollywood screenplay these days would dare to suggest there is any such thing

[@user-bs5ih1pl9u]

I was thinking that as well

[@angelbaby8472]

I agree

[@kerryhorwitz4093]

I was thinking the same thing. I'm glad you realise too. Sometimes, being a Catholic and knowing the truth about the Church is a lonely business. We are just human and err like human beings will, but we are not the monsters we're made out to be. I am a religious sister, and it is my vocation to defend the Church, mainly online. I have done this for about 15 years. I have had to study hard, not simply Church history and theology, but the culture over the last few decades. If people only realised how manipulated they have been and are. The first target of the culture war is God. What we embody, they must destroy. The things said are firstly out of the alignment of balance. If someone is bad, then it is plastered everywhere exaggerated and factually incorrect. The great good done is rarely, if ever, mentioned. The second point involving the matter I do not wish or need to say is deliberately falcified. I have studied the literature of the 1960-70s on the subject. The trajectory that turned it from episodic to epidemic begins in the 1960s s*xual revolution. The hate that comes our way from the three greatest portals of the public mind: education, media, and entertainment are all dominated by one ideology. They hate the Catholic Church, and they want to deflect attention from the real culprits. Those who are really responsible for the horrors. Themselves. God bless you🙏

[@stagehand9002]

There was a couple pedo priests in our grade school and that dude gives me the creeps. And they can't absolve sins anymore than shemp howard...

[@kerryhorwitz4093]

@@stagehand9002 If this is the case, I hope they were reported. Since the Magna Carta was first drafted in 1215 AD, the procedure began leading to the principle that people are not judged and condemned by gossip or mob, but were entitled to due legal process. To be innocent until proven guilty. To be judged by their peers in a court of law. In the American school system, the number of teachers on pupil SA was the worst and most comprehensive than any other institution by a wide margin. The media and entertainment industry share the same ideology as the education system, so there has been a deafening silence about this after the facts were revealed. This ideology took over the public mind during the 1960s. Society has unravelled since this liberal or proto-WOKE thinking overtook the tradition born from Christian sovereignty. They try to deny this, but it is clear regardless. One example of this process is the rise in crime. Crime has doubled in each of the last five decades. Then, someone muddied the water by altering the way data was collected. The Catholic Church is not the enemy. She has given the world knowledge of Christ and insodoing created and built Western civilisation. The most successful civilisation the world has ever known. To this day, she does more work to help those suffering than any other community. Catholics do not claim to be perfect. We are just human beings. We grow up in a society and are vulnerable to infection by its moral malady. We carry a golden chalice, but that doesn't mean we are golden chalices ourselves. With regard to the Sacrament of Confession, it is important to understand that we do not confess *_to_* a man. We confess to God *_through_* a man. Jesus of Nazareth gave his Church-to-be this authority to absolve sins. "What you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. What you unbind on earth will be unbound in heaven" ~ Matthew 16:20 If the priest has to be completely without fault before he can do this, or say Holy Mass, there would be no one able to do it. I don't think the angelic realm can spare the staff needed to cater to the spiritual needs of over a billion people. Jesus knew St Peter wasn't perfect. Peter was a human man. He made mistakes, like being so understandably terrified of crucifixion he denied Our Lord. He then collapsed in tears of remorse. He went on to lead the Church he helped to build. After the resurrection he bravely witnessed to Christ in the public square. He was imprisoned, flogged, tortured, and ultimately crucified. The fact that St Peter was a human man with a normal human constitution makes him greater in my eyes. Catholic clerics and religious are held to a far higher standard than most people. I think that it is right that we are. People in need of our spiritual succour deserve us to be the very best we can be with the aid of God's grace. But we are human, not angels. Those of us who have been called are more than aware of our unworthiness. We are no better than anyone else, but the call must make us struggle against our lower nature more valiantly. I don't know if you understand the rubrics of Catholic Christianity, but the Devil doesn't go for the souls he already controls. The souls committed to serving God in poverty, chastity, and obedience could find themselves attacked in ways it is impossible to explain. Some do not withstand the attack and do wrong. Some only were a facsimile of a devoted person placed in the Holy Church in order to initiate a twofold attack against the warriors of God. These people cause harm to individuals and put the Catholic Church into disrepute. So, some succumbed and became evil. Some were already evil and entered the Church like serpents hell-bent on destruction. Whether we fight this in an earthly manner or a spiritual one, it must be fought. We can't negotiate with evil, we can't compromise with evil. We must see it for what it is and not allow ourselves to become an instrument of it. To condemn men publicly,who represent a very noble institution, without them having the right to defend themselves is wrong by standards we in the West view as sacred.

[@bingcherry1122]

A special power is not automatically evil. How it is used is what counts.

[@cocosaccount3880]

Depends on where it comes from. Don't be fooled

[@bingcherry1122]

@@cocosaccount3880 Agreed. If the power is like the power of "The Monkey's Claw" then forget about it. That is a power we don't want because it does everything backwards and gives you what you don't want in the end.

[@melanier7309]

So true. My dreams and predictions have come true since I was a child. I wouldn't label it as having a specific power. I think I am very intuitive. Sometimes, I wish I wasn't.

[@RaymondYocum-uw5hd]

Fools easily fooled!

[@bryandraughn9830]

Ignorance and fear condemns whatever it doesn't understand.

[@sharendonnelly7770]

I remember One Step Beyond from my childhood, I was almost 5 when this episode aired on Dec. 22, 1959. This series was one of my favorites, besides Twilight Zone, which first aired in October of 1959. I know, I was probably "too young" to understand the mature themes, but somehow I did. Priceless gems from the past. Thank you!

[@stephenroney2366]

I was minus 8 years old. 14th December 1967.

[@perplexedmoth]

@@stephenroney2366 I was minus 27 years old. 13th of December.

[@livinmylife5182]

You are so right, I remember all of these great shows back in the day, I bought the series of Bosis Karloff Thriller, it really brought back a lot of fond memories.

[@lindagerard4723]

And when real composers scored music for the shows. No electronic noise!

[@mr.blackhawk142]

Have U seen the Spanish version...Juan Step Beyond??? :P

[@wordsofcheresie936]

The young actress, Patty McCormack, was quite successful and was in many movies and TV shows, but she is most famous for her movie, "The Bad Seed". She was married for six years and had two children. She is still successfully acting in 2023 at age 78.

[@BitsySkittlesPryss]

Thanks, I was wondering who that young actress was.

[@paulascott5701]

@@BitsySkittlesPryss Watch the old The Bad Seed. It's one of my favorite movies.

[@BitsySkittlesPryss]

@@paulascott5701 I watched it this morning while having my coffee. Omg, what a great movie! I thought I'd seen it before, but I don't think I had because I didn't remember a single scene. I love movies from this era. I was born in '55, so a lot of this was familiar to me. Not only was the storyline spot-on, it was also gratifying to hear how articulate the actors were. You certainly don't get that in many movies today. And I was surprised to hear Eileen Heckart's character use the term "lit" to describe being drunk. I thought that was a recent term. Wonderfully done movie! And creepy as hell. :)

[@shable1436]

Her mom played here is actually Sean Penns mother in real life lol actually wild huh?

[@scotthruska4906]

I love these old movies to see backgrounds and stuff behind the action scenes. I have some 30s and 40s era kitchen cabinets and kitchen appliances.

[@Winterstick549]

One reason I enjoyed Mad Men

[@rattlecat5968]

Too funny! Me, too lol I think all those years as a kid watching black and white movies and tv shows sort of primed me toward that style. My kitchen was redone in the 30's style and I had a butler's pantry built with built in wall cabinets and oak doors from the early 1900s. Those days had character.

[@lindaosika7648]

I do the same. It brings back memories.

[@RobertJarecki]

@scotthruska4906 I have my mother's circa 1946 double oven, double broiler, griddle in the middle Wedgwood 4 burner gas stove. Mom sold it to my goddaughter for $50 in the early 1970s. In the 1980s, my goddaughter sold it to me for $500 and I paid $339 to have it shipped to me. Yesterday, Christmas, it handled a goose, a ham, biscuits, and all the veggies for 15 people. Pies were done Christmas Eve. I'm 72 now, so I let everyone else do the work and just answered any questions.

[@sandrabarnwell8017]

Wow! Never heard of this show until now. October 2024. Great show!

[@JohnPiperBoots]

Me either! Twiligt Zone yes ... but not this!

[@Frederick-t8t]

It gave me the creeps as a kid.

[@banginghats2]

I knew about The Outer Limits and Twilight Zone, but have never heard of this series. Thanks for posting, I enjoyed it.

[@reapergoreman7949]

I never heard of this show either till right now my first time watching it 😊📢👍

[@festeradams3972]

Patty McCormick was so good in the episodes she was in. I'm glad she is still with us, she's still beautiful.

[@Chrissy-j6v]

Festeradams, Thanks for telling us younger folk who the fine acting, blonde young actress was! She was quite good here!

[@jennifer60515]

@@Chrissy-j6vHave you seen The Bad Seed with her? Excellent, and she was even younger.

[@Chrissy-j6v]

@@jennifer60515 Yes, Indeed Jennifer. I saw Patty McCormack in "The Bad Seed" with my mom years ago. I like the very ending when the stars all come out and take their bows. This kind of takes the sting out of the movie I feel. All the best.

[@RedcoatsReturn]

The youngest actress on the the Walk Of Fame….just 15….a lovely, talented girl…became a beautiful actress…and is still living today 😊

[@Chrissy-j6v]

@@RedcoatsReturn That's nice to hear. Thanks for info!😊

[@kimberlyjohnson1371]

I especially like the "Father" when he realized that Emmy could help find the children.

[@Countess88]

Every young girl during the 50’s had their bangs cut like that!. My Mom did that to me, too. Haha!

[@agent-rj6jv]

First Lady Mamie Eisenhower popularized bangs throughout the 50's and into the 60's.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Not the most face flattering look.

[@redwoods7370]

Me too.

[@brendaechols5929]

80s a little too

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@brendaechols5929 Correct those bangs became popular again in the mid eighties. They were a little longer than the fifties bangs though.

[@communicationbreakdown256]

Never heard of this series, but Night Gallery scared the heck out of me as a kid!!

[@bostonfrank6739]

night gallery was very good

[@fancyme.alter1311]

​@@bostonfrank6739very true

[@cloudrider3236]

Yes! Me too

[@natalieangelo54]

Yes that was another tv show that was scarey

[@lucas.warhero]

I love that Dad tells them to shut the hell up when he comes in. He's such a family role model.

[@jgunther3398]

a better role model than sitcoms, where everybody present would be put in the looney bin in real life

[@karljenkinson8241]

​@jgunther3398 Why don't you have a little lie down, sleep it off...

[@Kat.Evangeline14]

The Patriarchy 😮

[@paulascott5701]

@@Kat.Evangeline14 People bitch when shows are too "perfect" and they bitch when when shows have irritable characters. Nobody can win if you're looking for a chance to virtue signal. By the way, how is women raising children alone working out? SMH

[@kellyyork3898]

OMG, with parents like that, who needs enemies?

[@annearly3200]

We can't always judge people's perceptions from the past with the perceptions we have today.

[@annearly3200]

@@nickybobby8753 yeah it's just a TV show but it did still reflect the thoughts and views of that time

[@annearly3200]

@@nickybobby8753 yes I did

[@bostonfrank6739]

I agree. Her parents are very annoying

[@LikaLaruku]

Parents who think keeping a family secret outweighs saving two lives.

[@Boppinabe]

"Our farm is struggling, the pasture apple tree is dead, the cow's setting to dry up, and now our daughter's got a thing where she can get a job at the circus make $75 a week. Oh, woe is us, Ma!"

[@annalisavajda252]

Yeah but her parents don't want her being a gypsy at the circus because they are afraid of her being abducted by the Government if she is labeled a witch.

[@cmay7429]

Yeah, who would be mean to her if the government took her away?

[@christinesbetterknitting4533]

​@@cmay7429The government.

[@mysticalmargaret6105]

I've been a fan of Patty McCormack's since I saw her performance as evil little Rhoda in the "The Bad Seed" on late night television years ago when I was a kid! I've never seen this episode before, thank you for posting it! It's wonderful to see Patty in some of her less known work!

[@warningsigns4526]

Trump was the bully in Andy Griffith Show as a child

[@didibrant7326]

​@@warningsigns4526There's a 17 year age difference between Trump and Ron Howard (Opie) . So if true which kid did he bully?

[@Nomorewarsforisrael]

This was extremely well written and acted.

[@olecranonrebellion9976]

It was?

[@umunhum3]

@@olecranonrebellion9976 Did you figure out that Emmy was really a boy?

[@shadowsayer1516]

You're just used to the absolute garbage "writing" we get in most things today. Back then they had actual talent and respect for the craft.

[@mitchb2305]

@@olecranonrebellion9976 -- Agreed. It's a good program, but pretty average in my opinion. The parents and child are over-acting, actually.

[@angussstudio6139]

Well that’s settled…being a Witch is a good thing. 💛🧙‍♀️

[@oop4841]

More that it really was a purposeful gift from God

[@reapergoreman7949]

Yes being a witch is a good thing absolutely 😊

[@DTD110865]

@@oop4841 One which unfortunately didn't last. The last line was poignant, though.

[@alanlawrence2954]

Epic performances from every single actor. The gifted child especially... Wish we had this theatrical quality now.

[@paulazemeckis7835]

Yeah like emotionally abusing children?

[@icu3869]

@@paulazemeckis7835 Not sure if you’re referring to the story being told or the actors used to tell it, but yep-those were” the good old days.”

[@philmorris8862]

To bad the writers are not as talented as the actors. 🌵

[@Dirty_Squirrell]

We expect and accept less these days.

[@Dirty_Squirrell]

Patty McCormack was talented for back then, too.

[@donmaikurosawa1500]

I was born in 1956. I remember watching this show on Brazilian TV circa 1967 with voices dubbed in Portuguese. It was called "Um Passo Além" (literally "One Step Beyond"). So lovely to watch it again. Thanks for posting.

[@yolirivera51853]

The music they play is so hauntingly beautiful, you believe it’s all possible. And a miracle

[@USCG.Brennan]

This show was always a "must see" when I was a kid.......guaranteed to scare you each time. Even the theme song brings back those old eerie memories!! ;-)

[@curbozerboomer1773]

I remember being very creeped out, by both the host, and the theme song--and it still bother me to listen to that theme!

[@USCG.Brennan]

@@curbozerboomer1773 For sure......try it with the lights out sometime!! ;-)

[@RobertDotzler-e2h]

For real, till this day, and it JUST happened, chills run down my spine over that theme music. And I've been shot, stabbed, hit by a cement truck that nearly killed me, my only child was killed almost ten years ago. You'd think nothing would shake my boots, but that damn theme still does.

[@USCG.Brennan]

@@RobertDotzler-e2h Very sorry about your child.....and it sounds like you've been through ALOT in your lifetime! I guess things that made an impression on us as kids has an effect on us even after MANY years! Remember the episode about the glider plane that didn't come back again for several years, but then landed in the same spot and the pilot was just the skeleton?? That one I never forgot! Next shows in line would the the Twilight Zone, Science Fiction Theater and then The Outer Limits. ;-)

[@enochroot9438]

never saw this as a child, it's excellent. Guessing it was a competitor of the Twilight zone type shows?

[@cancel1913]

This is so good. I love those old days programs indeed!

[@fatdad64able]

This farmer looks like an italian barber in NY city😂😂😂

[@chetyoubetya8565]

It's amazing how television back then was better than the movies of the time.

[@vivianp5962]

Yep

[@davepowell7168]

Pending what you members. Thin karder

[@Dodgevair]

This is how et communicate. Operate their craft as well....

[@fredmercury1314]

Better than the movies of today, frankly.

[@christopherdiedrich40]

For everything, there is a season 🌺

[@Juliaflo]

Not many of you know this, but Patty McCormack played Helen Keller in an early television adaptation of 'The Miracle Worker' before Miss Patty Duke played it on stage and screen.

[@mteufel472]

Excellent programme , had that haunting , eerie & somber vibe which certain movies from that era had such as " Carnival Of Souls " , " Village Of The Damned " & " The Innocents " , predecessor of " The Twilight Zone " & " Outer Limits " ...

[@danbasta3677]

Yeap. Always liked One Step Beyond. It was a really great tv show!

[@bostonfrank6739]

I love 'Village of the Damned. I watched it 3 times

[@BlackClaws]

Ah yes, classic human tradition. "I don't understand this, must be evil." Respect for the priest not making an immediate jump to demons like our current crop of "Christians" responding to literally anything they dislike or fear.

[@fancimcguffin2227]

Maybe they are simply messed up human beings? As we are all messed up human beings, I’d refrain from labeling people.

[@charlesrs]

@@fancimcguffin2227 this having a mind reading child would creep me out doesn't mean I would not love them but still it would creep me out

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

He was open minded and compassionate. The way a minister is supposed to be.

[@kateruterbories2692]

You mean like you just did?

[@BlackClaws]

@@kateruterbories2692 And what is it you think was not understood? Also, where was the demonization?

[@MyTimeOutt]

Patty McCormack is an extra-ordinary talent. I wish she would have more opportunities to showcase her gifts as an actress.

[@justinsossa2957]

The bad seed

[@nassauguy48]

She later had a regular role in the sitcom "The Ropers" (a spinoff from "Three's Company"), portraying their daughter in law, and then she played former First Lady Pat Nixon in the TV series "Frost and Nixon". Very versatile talent.

[@neverjethot]

@@nassauguy48 She was the Roper's neighbor, married to Jeffrey Tambor. I don't think the Ropers had any kids. Mr. Roper didn't uh, put up enough shelves?

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

AND AS A WITCH TOO. 😂 🤣 😂

[@cpu2295]

Absolutely loved the opening/closing music. I still use it to this day whenever something weird is happening. At least my wife understands what I'm humming!

[@maryburrell3948]

I have never seen or heard of this television show. This is so good.

[@halojump123]

Steven King got some “ good ideas “ from this show.

[@KatherineUribe-1]

The young lady, Patty McCormack, was the same kid actress from The Bad Seed (1956) one of my favorite movies!

[@derlingerardclair6252]

Thought that she looked a lot like Patty McCormack.

[@timgutierrez2211]

I remember watching OSB as a boy scaring myself in the middle of the night. The intro music and John Newland was eerie.

[@nassauguy48]

Nice to see Patty McCormack and Robert Emhardt (the priest) shed their normally villainous roles.

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

Emhardt has a nice subtle bit at 13:08. I probably remember him best from "The Intruder", when he played one of those villainous roles alongside another actor who was playing a baddie, just a few years before he'd play the good guy in the form of Captain James T. Kirk.

[@johnsantos1348]

Loved this show - a favorite along with the Twilight Zone and the Weekends Chiller Theater .

[@edition-deluxe]

Check out that show by Ray Bradbury if you have not seen it. Similar; done, I think, in the 80s.

[@richarddixon7855]

According to the end credits, the father was played by Leo Penn - father of actor Sean Penn. He later became a very busy, well-respected TV director.

[@m.e.d.7997]

I know he directed several Waltons episodes.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@michaell9399 Whoa!...weird, but great info!

[@kaymuldoon3575]

I didn’t know his parents were actors.

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

Star Trek's "The Enemy Within" is one of his efforts.

[@bostonfrank6739]

interesting

[@peterterry398]

I remember setting the table when I was a little boy !

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Nothing wrong with that

[@tinabaker70]

What a little gentleman😊❣

[@coolroy4300]

Sometimes a person can become so disappointed that they didn't get what they wanted that they can't see the real treasure right before their own eyes.

[@m.e.d.7997]

What great food for thought. I needed to hear that today. TY!

[@m.e.d.7997]

Reminds me of something my mother once said, “Be careful what you pray for, you just might get it.

[@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142]

@@m.e.d.7997Everything starts with a thought enotional belief and your wish will come to pass.

[@PinkJoy143]

Love that!

[@134rwa]

I have never seen this series before, so glad I found it!

[@duckfisney3649]

Thanks for sharing the old shows definitely better than anything these days.

[@kurttoy5035]

Saw The Bad Seed on TCM a few weeks ago. Patty was sensational in that film!

[@miked6426]

Great show. Wow the old man was a real piece of work. ..

[@drsr2]

Wow I remember these episodes I use to watch them with my mother.

[@mikehannon4097]

I remember this series as a kid and John Newland scared the crap out of me.

[@pamelajordan5948]

One of my favorites I guess they all are ..

[@INKOSK4114]

Thank you for this post! Was born in ‘61. And this is the first episode I have ever seen. I missed a lot I’m sure!

[@kellysouter4381]

This mother is bad tempered so is the father. Poor kid

[@mystikmur3438]

Came across this on my KZbin feed. Its amazing how the beauty of writing can create clarity for the world we live in.

[@2167PhillipM]

A long forgotten tv show that was the pre cursor to the twilight zone

[@ChantePierce-kp3uf]

My Mother and Grandmother and I all shared this kind of telepathy, also visions of things to come.

[@sonjapeterson7366]

The actress playing the mother was Eileen Ryan, who was also in the Twilight Zone episode "A World Of Difference." She was Sean Penn's mother.

[@kateruterbories2692]

The actor is Sean Penn's father. Hmmm

[@abbynormal4740]

Couldn't resist looking it up after seeing these comments... Eileen Ryan and Leo Penn apparently married in 1957, before this episode aired. The things you learn... 😁

[@imanihekima1659]

That was superb. This kind of quality doesn't age, I'm sure that today's generation would enjoy this. I recognised Robert Emhardt instantly from an episode of The Invaders.

[@noladuffy7892]

This series was one of my absolute favourites. Watched it every week. Unlike Twilight Zone, all these episodes were based on true stories!

[@RMCToo]

Everytime I see this episode.....I think back to when I was a kid in the 60's and she scared the HELL out of me as Rhoda Penmark in "The Bad Seed" Richard

[@deeppurple883]

That mother was possessed. Imagine having a mother like that, the kid was 12. The mother is a crazy. 👹🤣

[@Kat.Evangeline14]

Kid is 14 at least

[@anothonypeterson3402]

I first saw that actress when she was a neighbor from the Ropers-,wow,Sean Penn's dad was SHORT!

[@rascal211]

The father says "You give me no sons, you give me a female with the devil inside". That father was mean to his daughter.

[@kerryhorwitz4093]

The father was frightened for his daughter. In a place and age when superstition was rife, she could have been ostracised or met the fate of the woman who is mentioned, but we do not encounter. This would have been a hard-working man. Having sons would have been of great help to him. It is so easy to judge simple working people from a different age. The key, it seems to me, is the reason behind what our age and class would judge as harsh and whether or not the father was disproportionately harsh according to his place in history and society. I have a male Romanian friend whose mother when he was naughty used to whack him with a big wooden spoon she kept dangling ominously by the stove. He laughs now about his mother's wooden spoon. The reason he is not damaged by this is because every other naughty boy in Romania would be whacked with a spoon or an equivalent. He also knew that it came from a place of love. His mother wanted him to be a good boy who would grow into a fine man. I can confirm that he did.

[@terrykobleck6529]

This series was popular when I was a kid back in the late 50s early 60s. It usually had something to do with ghosts but what made it really creepy was the host John Newland.

[@pgfinna]

Who would've thought the priest would be the chillest character.

[@Kjt853]

As someone who knows several priests on a personal basis (would consider them friends, in fact), I’m not surprised in the least! Don’t let headlines and propaganda fool you. A lot of priests are incredibly kind people.

[@daffidavit]

@@Kjt853 Most are very good Godly people. As in any group of humans, there are always the bad ones.

[@Kjt853]

@@daffidavit True, and unfortunately it’s mostly the bad ones who make the headlines. One of the priests I referred to, a late vocation, once told me that the first time he put on a Roman collar and looked at himself in the mirror, he said to himself, “You realize half the world now sees you as an enemy!”

[@CaptainXJ]

Religion is a mental illness

[@TheKhrrr]

The chillest one was the spanish guy who could not talk.

[@jackedwards6293]

I enjoyed seeing Patty McCormack , it brought back memories of are childhood , we both lived on 43rd street in Sunnyside Queens, we were friends and I remember we went to see the Bad Seed together at the Bliss theatre . Patty started laughing during the film and the usher asked us to leave .. Fond memories

[@AvengerII]

This has some good episodes. It's just as good as The Twilight Zone! It's a shame this series never had a full series release.

[@ltdees2362]

Lol, there were three seasons and 96 episodes "Alcoa Presents, One Step Beyond" 1959 through 1961

[@AvengerII]

@@ltdees2362 I don't think you have ANY IDEA how your response sounds to me! I wasn't asking how many episodes and which years specifically that One Step Beyond (the original series) ran. I was asking why no company has done a full series release on home media!

[@edition-deluxe]

Do you really think this is as good as Twilight Zone?? I've seen all the episodes of this show, and I feel more like it's a cheap knock of, but to each their own.

[@MichaelLevine-n6y]

@@edition-deluxe Nothing is as good as the original TZ.

[@gammaraider]

When you're dyslectic and make $10 over to the Make-A-Witch foundation

[@ralph3333]

*send? Nice 🤣

[@MichaelLevine-n6y]

Did you hear about the agnostic, dyslexic insomniac?

[@theargonauts8490]

A year late but 🏆

[@dubhgall1083]

I'm a boomer. If memory serves me right, this show presented stories that were based on real events.

[@rattlecat5968]

That's right! I remember that as well! I think that was the biggest part of the allure... based on true stories 😯

[@natalieangelo54]

Yes

[@LikaLaruku]

It's like an origin story for a Marvel mutant, right down to the emotionally abusive parents.

[@rodgerrodger1839]

My,my. What incredible acting and writing can do to keep you captivated.

[@sand0077]

Weren't those old shows great and thought provoking? 🤔🤔😊😊

[@PeterDad60]

This is about honesty and faith which in this video saved the lives of two children!

[@droberts1664]

Love the b&w classics

[@WVgrl59]

I always loved this show even though I knew it wasn't real. I loved watching anything that Patty was in.

[@mamuwangu1]

I liked the darkness of this old TV genre. You could feel the heaviness and foreboding throughout the program. it was as mood manipulating as the background music. There was something authentic in it's entire structure that I could never really figure out. The trash they tried in the 70's up to now has never compared. As time goes by, you become more sophisticated and lose that childlike naivety, but this is the only genre where I can go back an feel those original sensations again, plus a little sophistication. I noticed how insanely superstitious these poor people were, nearly abusive to the poor kid. My mom would have just told me to shut up and eat. Now she WAS a witch.

[@santosakowski9846]

That music from the One Step Beyond is really spooky!

[@marisatrammell1470]

I think she played the evil little girl in the “Bad Seed”. She was also in the “Ropers”.

[@realityme]

Yes, she was rhoda in the Bad seed.

[@lorileew2337]

Patty Mccormick yes it's the same girl..

[@tracycraft2971]

I was just about to write about her being in the bad seed which was actually her debut as an actress!

[@sphinxrising1129]

I was just thinking the same thing about the Bad Seed. Bad Seed was actually loosely based upon a real girl in the UK.

[@susanuribe5479]

The Bad Seed 😮 Such a great movie

[@Michelle-s4z]

I'm enjoying this old series. It's just the sort of thing my grandmother used to plant me in front of telly to watch. Scary as hell back then but now it's fun.

[@redbeacon4871]

Thank you for uploading this

[@siggyretburns7523]

Fun fact: The parents portrayed here are the true parents of actor Sean Penn.

[@thinkforyourself2109]

Interesting! Certainly not something to boast of. Penn was a good actor, but like many Hollywood types his politics and ego ruin it.

[@ralphmammah6220]

@@thinkforyourself2109 His parents were extremely proud of him. I wonder if your politics and ego embarrass your parents.

[@allyoopdan991]

Wow!

[@thinkforyourself2109]

@@ralphmammah6220 I don't go around promoting mass murderers and fascist warmongers such as El Chapo and Zelenskyy. Like a lot of Hollywood actors these days he virtue-signals by promoting social justice causes used to advance an authoritarian statist agenda. Actors used to keep their politics to themselves but now it's fashionable to demonstrate their supposed moral superiority. Penn's particular brand of doing his is through a faux macho persona. Leftism has been promoted in the West for so long that it has become an established worldview with its own moral code, so it's difficult for most people embedded in that worldview to see beyond it and to consider the implications of what they're promoting. They typically think they're doing good.

[@siggyretburns7523]

@@ralphmammah6220 sure they were. It was the only one of their children that didnt glue themselves to the nest. And he was making considerably more than the two combined . But Hollywood is a "Who you know" town. If his parents were not actors, no telling where he'd be today. Personally I don't think hes a good actor. But he got his foot in the door and that's all it takes

[@davidanderson8469]

My parent's gave me our old TV if I agreed to buy the new tubes when they went out. In my room I'd watch Twilight Zone,One Step Beyond and Outer Limits. The vertical messed up frequently so I used a pool cue with double faced tape to constantly adjust it.🤣

[@fancyme.alter1311]

So when Outer Limits said there was nothing wrong with your television they had no idea there was lol.

[@nbenefiel]

I watched this show every week.

[@tzeffsmainchannel]

The girl's hairstyle is ageless! It looks *GOOD* ... Even in the 21st century! 🥰

[@markfrost2707]

bangs went out in the early 90s

[@eileenmaryomalley740]

I used to watch the reruns of this very good series one step beyond the host is excellent, this was a great episode i love black and white tv shows and movies when no filth was allowed.

[@Eidann63]

When you’re 74 it’s very clear why people act like these parents. They are good people but they have NO idea what to do with their daughter’s newfound “gift.” They are simply terrified. Fear causes so much pain and bad choices in this world; that’s why “those in charge” of this world use it so often to manipulate the masses.

[@victormagness9970]

Thank you Patty time is just a place and I’m there with you and thank you fantastic

[@tomjones2348]

I recall seeing "The Bad Seed" as a kid. I think I was about 9 or 10.... it scared the crap out of me. Patty had that character down pat.

[@FrankieCarter579]

I like these older movies.

[@randystone4903]

This was a flashback for me remembering for an afternoon my 10 year old self could read minds. Now I think our lives were so boring back then it was easy to predict what my parents would say next.

[@icu3869]

Wow. Interesting comment- pretty insightful.

[@kimsland999]

This is quite well known and understood these days.

[@lynnlombardo7112]

I thought that was her!... amazing little Actress!.. Love the Bad Seed!!...

[@martinphilip8998]

I used to play this with my gifted 3rd grade classes. Of course when challenged, I’d say they were thinking I couldn’t read minds. Then a good smart aleck would challenge me. That’s when I’d say that the power wasn’t a cheap parlor trick to be abused.

[@icu3869]

So were all your students convinced you could read minds? 😄I’m so curious!?

[@martinphilip8998]

@@icu3869 Likely they didn’t, but were energized by the interaction. I wasn’t like my teachers.

[@ScooterFarts]

Yeah m'kay

[@martinphilip8998]

@@ScooterFarts You voted for Trump, didn’t you?

[@martinphilip8998]

@@icu3869 Once with a class of gifted 8 year olds, they asked why I had a fishbowl full of water. On a lark, I told them that I had bought some fish called See Me Nots. Further, only the very brightest people could see them or perhaps find evidence that they were there. All morning they mulled this over and most drew up a list of evidence of their existence. There were some dissenters and the very best explained their reasoning. A boy told me who KNEW freshwater fish and he KNEW me! A bright 2nd grader likened it to The Emperor’s New Clothes. Lol. What Scooterfarts doesn’t understand is that teaching gifted students should be qualitatively different. He would not have benefited from being taught this way. He’d just fall farther behind.

[@jeffnorbert1871]

Excellent story and so was the comment by the host of the show at the end.

[@ralphwiggum3134]

WOW, this is a Twilight Zone clone and I love the Twilight Zone. Now I'm going to have to find a way to watch all the episodes of this series. How have I never heard of One Step Beyond before now? Great episode from simpler times.

[@JTRocks4Ever]

One Step Beyond was before Twilight Zone. This show was based on true stories. Twilight Zone was science fiction. When Rod Serling wanted to narrate his show, he asked John Newland if he could do it.

[@Kjt853]

@@JTRocks4Ever Also, there are two or three episodes of both shows that show startling similarities. I couldn’t tell you the titles, unfortunately, but in each case, the “One Step Beyond” episode predated the “Twilight Zone” episode.

[@gracebressi8622]

Great actress she was also in the bad seed

[@debishaw9355]

I loved this! Thank you .

[@jamesdavidson676]

She was given that gift for a special moment. Fact.