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

A farm girl's parents are terrified when their daughter reveals that she can read minds. But a priest knows that her gifts can save two young lives.
Director: John Newland, Axel Gruenberg, Jack Hively
Starring: John Newland, Robert Douglas, Olan Soule, Will J. White, Francis De Sales, Rudolph Anders

[@evek1057]

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

[@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. :(

[@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

[@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?

[@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.

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

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

[@fredsalter1915]

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

[@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.

[@festeradams3972]

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

[@chrissy552]

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

[@jennifer60515]

@@chrissy552Have you seen The Bad Seed with her? Excellent, and she was even younger.

[@chrissy552]

@@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 😊

[@chrissy552]

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

[@bingcherry1122]

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

[@kimberlyjohnson1371]

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

[@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 😊📢👍

[@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.

[@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 ✌

[@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

[@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.

[@stephanieolds7608]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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. 😂 🤣 😂

[@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?

[@noladuffy7892]

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

[@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 🌺

[@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.

[@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!

[@kellysouter4381]

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

[@fatdad64able]

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

[@cancel1913]

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

[@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

[@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 😊

[@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?

[@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 😯

[@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.

[@ceciliogarcia9569]

One Step Beyond was not a copy of The Twilight Zone. One Step Beyond was about miracles and unusual events that people had to deal with, every day of their lives. On the other hand, The Twilight Zone was pure fantasy and science fiction.

[@LikaLaruku]

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

[@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... 😁

[@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.Evangeline]

The Patriarchy 😮

[@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

[@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.

[@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!! ;-)

[@user-do2sg6ns9d]

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]

@@user-do2sg6ns9d 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?

[@timgutierrez2211]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@deeppurple883]

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

[@Kat.Evangeline]

Kid is 14 at least

[@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.

[@gammaraider]

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

[@ralph3333]

*send? Nice 🤣

[@user-ug2hk3go6i]

Did you hear about the agnostic, dyslexic insomniac?

[@TheOnePhillip]

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

[@peterterry398]

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

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Nothing wrong with that

[@tinabaker70]

What a little gentleman😊❣

[@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.

[@134rwa]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@kurttoy5035]

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

[@pamelajordan5948]

One of my favorites I guess they all are ..

[@Tomken8d2]

People freak out when you read them.

[@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

[@drsr2]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@mikehannon4097]

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

[@duckfisney3649]

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

[@tzeffsmainchannel]

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

[@markfrost2707]

bangs went out in the early 90s

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@TheSistaWarrior]

Well at least she didn't kill anyone over a medal

[@gracebressi8622]

Great actress she was also in the bad seed

[@WVgirl1959]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@sharond478]

I would watch this when i was a kid. I cant believe my mother allowed me to stay up that late! This show scared the crap out of my young butt!

[@viazel2796]

Dating myself but I 💕😘❤ this show. I used to sneak and watch it when everyone went to sleep! Back in the day everyone went to bed in our house at 6:30 pm or 7:00 pm! Thank you 👑

[@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.

[@user-ug2hk3go6i]

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

[@blinky705]

The anger, ignorance and hostility of the girl's parents is appalling. "Let those kids die. Ain't nunna our business."

[@progressivedragon6664]

Just like all the Maga cult members

[@bostonfrank6739]

I agree

[@davepowell7168]

The honest skepticism of the 9 11 lslamic terrorist conspiracy theory and then the Chinese batflu plague (pandemic) got the same reaction.

[@Gary2827]

It all comes from fear. Fear for their daughters soul and fear that she will be taken away from them. They loved their daughter and were trying to protect her. That being said, let's not forget that this is a work of fiction.

[@fredmercury1314]

Are they so terrible, trying to protect their daughter? Given the way people react, even today in some countries, when they think someone is a witch? In Uganda there's a woman who throws children into a fire pit when they're accused of witchcraft by the locals, and they can't even read people's minds.

[@fjccommish]

Do we not talk about the guy hanging out in that farm house, watching what the family does, then televising it?

[@michaelhayes4537]

"Fixin." That's one word that's synonymous with the South.

[@mattreynolds4954]

Patty McCormack, from The Bad Seed. Great, Actress!

[@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

[@analizarraga8719]

And the dad is even worst, poor girl, she is not a witch, she is a medium and that is not a sin, many people have different gifts.

[@abacab87]

um, no, this is make-believe.

[@onepunch9203]

Yep. People do have different gifts. 🥴 But being a medium isn't one of them. 🤣

[@jrt818]

It's a sin. Bible > Deuteronomy > Chapter 18 > Verse 10, 11 ◄ Deuteronomy 18:10 ► New International Version Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.

[@justmichael6628]

The Enemy of this world is like unto a Great Tree . It's branches stretching across the Globe , touching every aspect of our lives . Many , mistakenly cut away at the Enemy's branches , not realizing they will continue to regrow . It's not until we discover the hidden ; unseen ; greater defined meaning and understanding , that we are able to identify the Enemy's weakness , being It's Root . It is there " and only there , we are able to remove the whole Tree ; The Enemy . The reason why this Great Tree still stands , is that we are not all collectively in agreement as to the identification of the Root .

[@onepunch9203]

@jrt818 It's a "sin" only according to that one big book of holy fiction. Plenty of other books say otherwise.

[@jeffmcelroy5364]

I remember when I was like 4 or 5 years old and pressed my forehead up against the forehead of my cat Butchie to see if I could read his mind. I couldn't.

[@redbeacon4871]

Thank you for uploading this

[@debishaw9355]

I loved this! Thank you .

[@anothonypeterson3402]

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

[@livannal.t.9068]

all they have to do is have her read the fisherman's mind, then tell the priest in private what he's thinking. nobody still has to know.

[@droberts1664]

Love the b&w classics

[@slappy8941]

There's only one way to figure out if she's a witch - get the duck!

[@noscwoh1]

Build a bridge out of 'er!

[@JohnnyRocker2162]

Cue Monty Python sketch.

[@kaymuldoon3575]

@@noscwoh1my favorite line from that movie.

[@santosakowski9846]

That music from the One Step Beyond is really spooky!

[@MrTwenty20video]

One of my favorites. Thank you.

[@rodgerrodger1839]

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

[@rpk5568]

I watched these programs when they were new and they're still creepy. Unbelievably I have the LP sound track album for "One Step Beyond".

[@analizarraga8719]

This girl had a gift, and is sooo sad the mom being ignorant and neurotic.

[@mystikmur3438]

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

[@august1763]

Wow! That was actually a great story. I even teared up a time or two, in the beginning there.

[@Greenleafroad]

Seen this before and it's always good. Being called a witch isn't fun. Had this happen many times for seeing the future and telling someone things they never told anyone. 😕

[@cmay7429]

I hate when that happens.

[@chrissy552]

Some people think One Step Beyond was a copy of the Twilight Zone. It is not. It actually came on a bit before. This was all way way before my time but I always liked this show and The Twilight zone. Real Good performances here. Especially by the cute blonde teen girl l and the Pastor-who was quite understanding to her. Which was nice to see! I think The father was really rude at 5:55 for saying all that about his own daughter! Plus I never knew her name until some said it now-Patty McCormack. Yes-she was in the movie "The Bad Seed'. Thought she looked familiar. Thank you, commenters, for telling us this! Thanks for the upload❤❤

[@624radicalham]

The father was Sean Penn's father. Have a look at the credits and learn who all these people are ...

[@jckhammer]

She also played an older woman who was after mitch cooper on dallas for a few episodes. She also played the wife of the roper's neighbours on the ropers tv show and threes company

[@joeweider9471]

i watched THE BAD SEED alone when i was a young boy late at night, and ever since then i've had a fear of blondie girls especialy ones with piggly tails... maybe 3 decades later, i was working in a production house in west palm beach, and a lady came in to pay for some video duplications she had us do for her...i took her credit card and it said pattie mccormack...i looked at her silently for a few seconds and she started nodding her head and smiled when i asked if she was 'rhoda'...i told her about my story of when i watched the movie and also of my phobia of blond girls with pigtails, she held my hand and was very nice and friendly...it helped curb that fear (but a modicum of residue of that fear yet remains) :D :D

[@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.