One Step Beyond (TV-1959) DEAD RINGER S2E11

Mind-bending series hosted by John Newland, your guide to the unknown! Based on true, supernatural events that defy scientific explanation, this show appeals to fans of The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits.
DEAD RINGER: A turn-of-the-century newlywed claims that her evil twin sister is responsible for a series of fires set in orphanages. When her husband has the claim investigated, he learns that his wife's sister died years ago - in a fire at the orphanage where the sisters lived.

[@rachelegreer3692]

Esther was soooo convincing;the bi-location twist made this one of my favorite episodes

[@greerchase2459]

John Newlands voice is so soothing💕

[@miladydewinter7770]

I LOVE JOHN NEWLAND. Not seen this one before - it was great

[@thestuffoflife88]

Me, too. I loved that show when I was young .still do

[@miladydewinter7770]

@@thestuffoflife88 I was just born too late. I'm sure he'd have married me if he'd met me ;)

[@TheFiown]

My mothers boss had twin girls, one was cheeky and outgoing the other was quiet and reserved. One day their parents on Driving home turned a corner to meet a lorry on fire carrying a load of metal beams, a beam tore through the car decapitating the first twin before her eyes. The second twin escaped with Nothing but during the weeks that followed she took on all the personality traits of her dead sister.

[@Lolabelle59]

That's awful and so incredible, but I believe it.

[@Lolabelle59]

There's another One Step Beyond episode along these lines, "The Trap".

[@TheMoonflwr671]

Stephanie Murray nice story.

[@hectoresquivel7805]

They should have made an episode one step beyond about this

[@TheFiown]

@@hectoresquivel7805 Funny thing is that I had a friend with two huge great dane dogs, one was gentle and reserved the other was mad and fun. When the first one died the mad one became gentle and reserved. Maybe it's more common than we imagine.

[@dementedweasel1]

I can believe it. People are always wanting me to be at two places at once.

[@vidhushekhar17]

You're so lucky. They want me at least at a dozen places.

[@rimamaz1]

hahahahahahaah

[@toddcott9510]

This is a lot more common than people think, I have been beside my self on many occasions.

[@kormsby12]

Love the period clothes and the sets in this one. Beautiful.

[@Earthdogbonzo3]

Bi-location: being in 2 places at the same time. Love this show!

[@lawrencebittke8478]

Along with “Person Unknown,” “Dead Ringer” was the scariest episode of One Step Beyond I watched as a boy.

[@jamesbugbee6812]

Norma Crane has been on my love radar since Fiddler on the Roof; she could put so much of herself into a role, and was a babe besides 💜 .

[@teastrainer3604]

This episode was broadcast in December 1959. The previous February, she and Grant Williams had appeared in an episode of Gunsmoke called The Bear.

[@andrewpetik2034]

I thought I was the only one who had a crush on Norma.... an extraordinarily beautiful woman. She is gone way too soon. 🙏

[@patrickryan1515]

Bi-Location/Etheric Double -- Always something to be learned from "One Step Beyond". 7/2019

[@SandyCheeks63564]

I never heard of that either

[@jonquil8572]

At 17 minutes in does he say "oh shit" ? Lol

[@mlp4apc]

I learned a lot since I have watched this series.

[@upthedownescalator630]

@@jonquil8572 My God, I heard that after I read your comment! There's a lot of slurred or drowned-out swearing on this show. In "Moment of Hate" a woman calls her secretary a "sl..t" in "the Return" a soldier says "..uck that guy!" and in "the Burning Girl" a woman calls her niece a "b..tch"

[@suebennett9804]

Thought I had seen at least one show of everything on tv but never had seen this one,,,love it

[@watermain48]

Excellent episode...

[@Lyrielonwind]

Besides being fiction, I understand that being an empath with a psycho sibling will always look like the empath is the crazy one; in popular terminology the empath is "the black sheep" of any toxic, dysfunctional and narcissist family. It's so common that most people find it normal.

[@henriettasampson3854]

Oh yeah!!what an amazing storyline bi-location being in 2 places at 1 time. This episode was 1 of the scariest I saw as a youth. Frankly I'm still a bit scared now as I'm viewing it.

[@bearinacity]

The women that throw these hysterical fits are too funny. No shortage of that in these old shows!

[@sara_._paula]

With the way women were treated even 50 years ago it is understandable, but not funny, that they were pushed and reduced to hysterics out of sheer frustration. I know...I was one.

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

​@@sara_._paulaYou make a very good point and quite accurately also.Thank You.

[@nguyendailam6703]

This episode was shown in various regions in the UK on Tuesday 9th July 1968. According to the tv page in the online Times newspaper archive.

[@vingotaq777]

Norma Crane as Esther also starred in another episode of O S B ‘ Legacy of Love ‘ ( 1960 )

[@trilbywilby7826]

Thank you for all the clear uploads on your channel.

[@randyhebbebusche3644]

Always enjoyed this series.

[@foobarmaximus3506]

Is your refrigerator running? Eh? Then you had better go catch it! lol

[@mierbeuker8148]

She must be so much fun at BBQ's.

[@nanaberry4120]

Ed Prentis, who played Dr.Parks in this episode was also in an episode of Perry Mason called, “The Case of the Dead Ringer”.

[@ralph-im-a-star-wars-wiggum]

Anyone: I don’t know that sounds a little fishy to me The accused: I AM NOT INSANE!!!!!!!!

[@Carly8Corday]

She reminds me of Emily Blunt, who's in virtually everything. She should have played in more creepy roles (this is her second in One Step Beyond that I've seen). She's a natural for creepy, without much mainstream heroine appeal.

[@SuperIliad]

“Dead Ringer,” Season 2, Episode 11, aired 1 December 1959. Season 2 | Episode 11. John Newland as Himself (Host), Norma Crane as Esther Quentin/Emily Harkness, Grant Williams as Bill Quentin, Ed Prentiss as Doctor Parks, Olive Blakeney as Mrs. Harney, Dort Clark as Chief Wilson, Kathleen Mulqueen as Sister Agatha.

[@andrewpetik2034]

I knew that I recognized the lady! Norma Crane played Golda in the movie Fiddler On The Roof

[@glennhoddle10]

OSB episodes tend to have many hysterical women/girls who are begging to be slapped TWICE !

[@rjrnj1]

I could have sworn that Esther was played by Lois Nettleton! Norma Crane and she share a striking resemblance.

[@Rayoscope]

Agreed.

[@granny13ad33]

Interesting. Thank you.

[@SandyCheeks63564]

I just messaged a friend: This one had some twists I didn't expect... This show might have achieved greatness if it were an hour long, but then sometimes it seems they had trouble filling in a half hour LOL, endlessly repeating the premise, and lots of "I don't believe it" "It can't be" "You've gone mad" "Please believe me" etc etc etc. But with a higher budget, and some scenes of the childhood...could have been like The Other.

[@lawrencebittke8478]

I remember The Twilight Zone series went to one hour episodes for awhile. Some of the shows really seemed dragged out. More isn’t necessarily better.

[@ianpeden2906]

Yes, it's amazing that they don't believe what is clearly true! 🤣

[@Stafford-d8u]

This was great!

[@BacknMetro]

I like this series but on some episodes there is way too much screaming hysterics and carrying on. Jeesh.

[@davidcooper1201]

That is life!!

[@kenbritton6782]

Didn't the Doc prescribe something for that for you? That kind of complaint never occurred to me. Maybe it's just me. Or YOU without the meds. Good to you anyway. I have sciatica.

[@Carly8Corday]

This woman's scream is jagged. Don't have it on as you doze off for the night, with your eyes closed, hence no image, only the SOUND reaching you. Everything she says is terrifying without the picture. Between hysterics, she hisses, or seems to. I'm starting to wonder if the show had a scream enhancer of some kind. The screams are always more disturbing than mere screams can be.

[@transylvanianite3391]

@@kenbritton6782 …..perhap milk and a cookie

[@CaptZdq1]

Maybe that's how she was for real.

[@fromthesidelines]

22:57- That staircase was later seen in the February 1960 "TWILIGHT ZONE" episode "Elegy". Both series were filmed at MGM.

[@mariaferreras4369]

John Newland , Morgan Freeman, Orson Welles, James Earl Jones , all have those one in a million voices.

[@HarrySmith-hr2iv]

It's not called the etheric double. Its called a doppelganger. The etheric double is a matrix of energies which animates our physical body.

[@Carly8Corday]

Doppelganger wasn't in such wide in the '60s or whenever this was made, if it was in use at all.

[@steinychickens9026]

Twilight Zone dealt with it in the 60s but this came before that, I think.

[@bonniebester606]

This was disturbing! My heart hurts now...stomach too! Dogs are howling as l wrote this...

[@lordbyron3603]

Wow! A very good story indeed!

[@SandyCheeks63564]

I could see how some of these episodes inspired later works. This one could've inspired The Other, or Audrey Rose.

[@RSEFX]

Maybe even FIRESTARTER. I can imagine a number of writers, like Steven King, grew up watching this show.

[@SandyCheeks63564]

@@RSEFX EXACTLY

[@transylvanianite3391]

Esther acted in Night Gallery episodes

[@FlowerLady-tv3ys]

That was pretty good. I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing.

[@Caocao8888]

Growing up viewing a steady diet of hysterical, neurotic, and weak women on TV and in film, I now understand why I eventually joined the other team.

[@yukon065]

Norma Crane was an excellent actress. She died way too soon at only 44.

[@jamesdavidson4769]

Norma Crane was a very good actress in her time.

[@Dalemaineman5115]

Second time watching the Series AWESOME 💯😎

[@foobarmaximus3506]

Do you have prince albert in a can? Eh? Then you had better let him out! lol

[@Jeni10]

Grant Williams was in The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

[@CaptZdq1]

I think he was also the Green Hornet.

[@cindydarkheart225]

Jeni10 I have seen that movie three times. Even as a child, I could feel his desperation and felt so sorry for him.

[@marccolten9801]

He was also the baffling love interest two women were willing to kill for in the Leech Woman.

[@alexmuenster2102]

@@marccolten9801 "Baffling" because a complete milquetoast. The MST3k send-up of "Leech Woman" was spot-on!

[@coxmosia1]

Multiple personality syndrome from trauma of the original fire can also be an explanation..

[@davidcooper1201]

So, how is it that a living woman burns herself to death? Did she light the mattress or was it spontaneous comubstion?

[@anonymousjohnson976]

But wasn't Esther at home when Emily was burned to death?

[@SandyCheeks63564]

But on steroids

[@SandyCheeks63564]

Maybe her dead sister's ghost was tormenting her, or possessed her

[@CaptZdq1]

Ya, exactly, split personality on steroids. Dissociative reaction neurosis to the extent of being in 2 places at once.

LOVE THESES STORIES

[@granny13ad33]

But being at home in the bed and also miles away burning a place is yet another Thing.

[@gonefishing8886]

Good one.

[@jjkhawaiian]

We call that a doppelgänger.

[@upthedownescalator630]

Doppelgangers are not known to the person they look like. Otherwise, yes!

[@fjccommish]

Have you ever heard a dog barking, but there were only cats in sight? Have you ever watched through the end of a movie, but the credits never rolled? Have you ever cut the lawn, but there was no bag on the lawnmower? Yes? Then you've had a brief encounter with the world of the unknown.

[@Essence_Divine]

😂😂😂

[@vidhushekhar17]

Have you and your entire family of six people survived TWO Covid-19 infections in eight months and are still living to talk about it ...like me and my family? Then you have just AVOIDED that one step beyond.

[@toddaulner5393]

I never bag my grass.

[@alexmuenster2102]

Did you ever lose one of your socks in the dryer? Have you ever gotten a "like" on Facebook - from someone who was totally unknown to you? Have you ever gotten a reply from a stranger on the KZbin message board - years after your initial posting? Then you, too, have taken a small step into the world of the unknown.

[@fjccommish]

@@alexmuenster2102 I didn't even know it happened!

[@maunster3414]

Bilocation, a very interesting subject.

[@Jeni10]

Maunster! It is, but this story doesn't know what it really is. It only happens by the Will of God. This will explain it for you: catholicmystics.blogspot.com/p/bilocation-bilocation-is-phenomenon-in.html

[@christosvoskresye]

@@Jeni10 Please read Occult Phenomena in the Light of Theology, by Alois Wiesinger (1957). Wiesinger was a Catholic abbot. You can buy the book on Amazon or read the text at www20.us.archive.org/stream/occultphenomenai00wies/occultphenomenai00wies_djvu.txt. He does not mention bilocation specifically, but he mentions many other equally remarkable phenomena that he attributes to preternatural gifts given to Adam that we (1) can no longer fully control and (2) can no longer licitly use.

[@psychedelicpython]

There was a priest in Italy by the name of Padre Pio Whois said to be able to do bilocation. There were many witnesses to his being able to do this. I’ve never heard of bilocation until about 5 years ago when I learned about Padre Pio. It’s an amazing thing. Jeni10 who’s comment is above said it very well...”it only happens by the Will of God”.

[@psychedelicpython]

Jeni10 I commented on Padre Pio having bilocation after reading your comment but I didn’t check out your link to the other Saints. Nice link! Thank you putting it in the comments.

[@4knewt505]

Well i was rooting for Esther, hoping she wasn't the evil one. Sigh. Well on to the next OSB by pizzaflix

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally telecast on December 1, 1959.

[@maggiemcgill2471]

Funny how women were always fainting in these old films. Such fragile little flowers they must have been! lol

[@bonniebester606]

Look how skinny all the women were in these episodes? No wonder they Fainted...from Starvation!

[@mozartbabe]

Well much better than seeing tattooed behemoths in some of these modern films.

[@caracre]

Plus the emotions are wild.... insane.

[@adrianjohnson7920]

They wore corsets which were too tight. If you get overheated or must be suddenly active, you can get faint and pass out. Women don't wear corsets today. I know this because I had some back problems and had to wear a surgical corset. Everyone complimented me on my "military posture" but when I suddenly had to run for a bus I did indeed faint on the pavement. Embarrassing.

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

​@@adrianjohnson7920Good you weren't hurt when you fell.I hope you are doing better,now and no more discomfort.

[@ronmoreno8222]

I was twins once. My mother took a picture of me when I was two.

[@multicaruana]

Sure was riveting, a nail biter to say the least. Classic.

[@guineapig4701]

They sure fainted enough back then, geez.

[@marccolten9801]

What did she start that last fire with, a flame thrower?

[@barbaramacmillan2576]

I don’t know why it took me so long to get dressed!!! (That hair-do alone had to have taken at the very least 3 or4 hours!)😛 even if most of it was a wig!

[@louiszepeda9254]

ever tried, to comb a wig. neither have i

[@rogerscottcathey]

Emoting was a thing for early tv, or so it seemed. Actors were accustomed to reaching the balcony in stage acting and it carried over. It took some years for the close up and subtlety of tv camera work to sink in. Nowadays the obvious nod is hamming it up, the barely perceptible nod is deemed proper. Yet, that is over done too. Take SG-1 for example and the abundance of "sir"s by captain Carter. . . .

[@rogerscottcathey]

@49jubilee : The cloud? Whaddya mean?

[@CaptZdq1]

Isn't there supposed to be such a thing as playing a part appropriately? If the woman was hysterical, which she probably was, since she could bilocate n started fires, etc., then why not play her hysterical? Same thing applies nowadays. And, ya, what does he mean by 'cloud'?

[@jeffreyberkin9842]

Watching this at 10AM.

[@Rayoscope]

Originally aired at 10 p.m. - cue creepy music....

[@tomdooley3522]

Case of unholy bilocation.

[@marywilliams9858]

I like her outfits.

[@MN-re9oh]

Mary Williams Me too! That second dress was amazing.

[@sharmishthabasu3955]

good story.

[@fjccommish]

Meet Esther whose fevers last a while, but Emily loves to start a fire. Emily's a murderous bitch, while Esther C a fit will pitch, what a wild duet. Cause they're sisters, identical sisters, shared a bed. One set of spooky siblings - however one is dead.

[@alexmuenster2102]

Brilliant! It pains me that I needed only about three-quarters of a second to recognize your parody!

[@truthmatters-jt5up]

how can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all.......

[@mckster56]

Says she will call at 10 then wifey upstairs at 10....

[@clairwaucaush7225]

Norma Crane was very good in this episode. She was in one other that I know of. Too bad, thought, she died at 40.

[@daringmore6892]

Odd they took that ONE STEP BEYOND CRAZY EXPLANATION she is the evil sister. SINCE ANOTHER TWIN STORY the two brothers were both dying by one was fallen down a mineshaft dying of no air thirst and hunger, the other couldnt breathe and was dying if thirst and didnt know he even had a twin, but wrote down will and testament stuff to his wife while list in mineshaft and her name and stuff so the doctor treating the man in the city looked for the wife of the lost man and they found him in the mineshaft and both brothers lived, but before found, both brothers were dying and had been separated at birth. The ONE STEP BEYOND explained then that science medicine thought the two identicals are supposed to be one cell but something happens to split the cell. That they are meant to be together, But if separated in life they can be tested and shown to answer same to a test, use same words, and finish the test at the same time they said proving identical twins minds are connected.

[@jodyjojo1381]

Are they serious? How else would she know before hand about the fires...

[@vidhushekhar17]

Have you and your entire family of six people ever survived TWO Covid-19 infections in eight months and are still living to talk about it ...like me and my family? Then you have just AVOIDED that one step beyond.

[@christopherbako]

I wonder the hours this was originally aired.

[@Rayoscope]

10 p.m. Tuesdays

[@christopherbako]

@@Rayoscope TY! I find that sort of thing interesting 🤔

[@stephaniehand503]

great

[@donaldscholand4617]

Mrs. CLINTON? BILL? Whoa, I just had a cold chill down my back! Nah, it's just a coincidence ... right?

[@bradstevens8685]

This is fact.

[@motnosniv]

At 16:55 or so, did he say, "Oh, shit"?

[@caroltracy4507]

I heard it too!

[@ZYX54321]

0:12 Yes .

[@patstokes7040]

Almost everyone of this programs has a women in them that the men never believe and she also acts nutty. the men treated them as weak minded and crazy. It's hard to watch how the men are acting towards the wife in this program. This program was produced in 1959 - 1961 and that is why women finally demanded respect and equality. The only problem now is the woman dress like sex object and are treated like sex objects.

[@timothyspearman9347]

I've done that before. It's kind of fun.

[@binyon7]

I always like a girl with a mustache

[@magdatorruellas9122]

So jealous ... wish I can grow one ... would so do a triple curl handle bar.

[@binyon7]

@@magdatorruellas9122 You're the Best.

[@magdatorruellas9122]

@@binyon7 sometimes I wear a real hair mustache for fun. I know, weird huh.

[@binyon7]

Magda... Who am I that I can judge others? I mean let's face it I've had all manner of mustaches and beards over my wonderful life. Of course I'm a dude... To each his own. live let live.

[@magdatorruellas9122]

@@binyon7 so kool and Thank you... I can honestly say I love you... giggling

[@angiebirdsall5132]

Ha..this fooled me. Esther's a loony tunes...the hubs figured it out.

[@whalesnamedshark]

Waterville Maine?

[@1950Chimaera]

1:35- How come everyone thinks Frank is so perfect?

[@candacesalim9659]

Did she play in another episode where she goes to a beach sees a man she falls for who is married come to find out his father her mother had a almost love affair and were vicariously living it out without reason. Is that her?

[@thomassmith8934]

The First one No But the Second one Yes Came back with a live person

[@JustAboutAnything66]

Yes, this is Sister Agatha speaking. Cedar Falls? Police Chief? Fur pajamas? Who the devil is this?

[@litealite]

At 16:59 you can hear the man at the table say, 'oh sh_t'

[@feralbluee]

i have seen a couple of Boris Karloff 'equivalents' (which just rewrite these stories). as much as i like Karloff, he's sleepwalking his way through his series and has none of gravitas or charm of John Newland, who also directed his series. i do know that his stories are partly made up, but you know he really believes in the paranormal, which makes the series work. (it's like when they try to replace Rod Serling's voice for Twilight zone-type shows - it's awful and sounds dead, even though the actor is good.)

[@SandyCheeks63564]

The premise of Thriller was never that it was base in fact, unlike One Step Beyond. But I could see how some of these episodes inspired later works. This one could've inspired The Other, or Audrey Rose.

[@RSEFX]

Which episodes on THRILLER do you have in mind? I'd love to check those out and watch them one after the other. I think it'd make for an interesting comparison. Thanks.

[@robertron1539]

No comment

[@Kseraseera]

Why do most female actors act so hysterical and so loud , and they keep fainting.

[@rosemariemcgowan6388]

Pretty obvious its Esther all along x

[@cm9439]

Stop screaming! Geez.

[@mznaeture]

Etheric double shakinether eh

[@jeffolsen4983]

Cedar Falls. How many are there? Next door to Waterville (or Waterloo)?

[@jeffolsen4983]

Does anyone know the supposed "true" origin of this story, as One Step Beyond episodes claim ?

[@lifeismagical3123]

Wow

[@elenacaddell3639]

Astral projection

[@ArtLoopED]

Is spitting still unlawful in US? Just wondering.

[@mohinderkaur6671]

21:34 spitting unlawful!

[@cricketsmith368]

12.31.20 ~~~ May *Merciful* *God* continue to reign down *His* blessings upon the USA in the New Year 2021! *God* *Bless* *America!* *TRUMP/PENCE* *2020/2021* *&* *beyond!*

[@AndrewVelonis]

Go away.