One Step Beyond (TV-1959) THE BRIDE POSSESSED S1E1

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.
THE BRIDE POSSESSED: A newlywed is possessed by the spirit of a recently murdered woman. The bride is played Virginia Leith, who also starred as the doomed disembodied head in the PizzaFLIX cult classic The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962).

[@Pro-Deo]

Wow the acting in the scene where her mom comes to see her is epic. You don't see that too often.

[@michaelkottler]

Loved watching this along with The Twilight Zone, and The Outer Limits and others as both a young child and later as a teenager and again as an adult. Epoch-making storytelling which expanded the boundaries of TV/film/radio and other media and showcased the work of great writers whose works were later made into films, video games, et al. In my mind, OSB is not quite as cutting-edge as The TZ and TOL but a great show indeed, and one which forever reminds me of all the great old radio (Quiet Please, Lights Out, Black Mass, et al) and TV shows including Star Trek, The Invaders, The Night Stalker (the original X-Files lol) which wowed me as a child and then again as an adult and which had a lasting impression and have held up exceptionally well w/the passage of time. The reboots and shows clearly based on these originals couldn't capture the same magic and even contemporaries like Dark Mirror while fine can't quite compare, with exceptions like Lovecraft Country and all the movies, books and games that never would have come to be were it not, for example, for Rod Serling and the many talented writers he worked with like Charles Matheson, Campbell and many others whose works led too a myriad of classic films from the original The Thing to, well, you name it, and much much more. The people behind shows like One Set beyond, The TZ, The OL (and the radio shows which preceded them such as those mentioned above but also including Inner Sanctum and later, CBT Mystery Radio, stood on the shoulders of giants, sure, from Poe to Verne to Lovecraft to Wells to (long list), but they added so much to the genres of horror, sci-fi, psychic phenomenon, the "supernatural", social commentary and so on, their work was deeply. significant to say the least. Thanks for posting!

[@rogerrendzak8055]

I've always loved watching "ONE STEP BEYOND"!! When I was a kid, my Dad and I, would watch these late nights, either weekdays or weekends. And they just stuck with me ☺️!! I've always managed to catch a episode, here and there, until I bought my collection. One thing, I never seen this episode before!! The actress here Virginia Leith, played in a creepy, sci-fi/horror pic, titled "THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE"!! (1962), I believe. Worthwhile interesting movie, with an original story. And with the uncut version, a little gory (in 1962 sense)!! One thing though, this 'channels'' description of this episode, reads 'S1, E1'. I have a "ONE STEP BEYOND" DVD collection, and it lists the episode "THE NIGHT OF APRIL 12", as 'S1,E1'. I think this is correct, cause in the series intro, the sponsor 'Alcoa' promo, is shown. The whole first season had Alcoa promo's, in the beginning.

[@tntanto]

The lead, Virginia Leath, found her most famous role as just a head (I’m not kidding) in the 1962 sci-fi/horror film “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.” I believe that the other beauty in this episode is a Desoto, possibly a ‘58 Firesweep. Leath died in 2019 per Wikipedia, Desoto sadly expired long before that.

[@robertbihn3005]

Those old Mopars 1957 & '58 had the "392" Hemi V8 w'4 bbl, or dual 4 bbl carbs in Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Desoto & Imperial. They were optional and cost more. They set many track records at dragstrips nationwide, 1951~'56 had smaller hemis.

[@analogchris9084]

I was very impressed with her acting. I don't think l ever saw her before... she should have become much more widely known.

[@winstonbeech3418]

I think it's a Desoto Adventurer convertible. It's the only one I've found with the round medalion on the side trim.

[@francesfarmer736]

Virginia Leath - “The brain that wouldn’t die” she will always be known for that horror movie…..RIP

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

That was when TV had class, a story line

[@juliaheger8127]

Agreed. Sad to say, those days are gone forever. I really loved this show -- it was my all-time favorite.

[@msk70kr]

What a great show. I like One Step Beyond more than The Twilight Zone. I think this show is better than modern shows. Thanks for posting this episode and others.

[@caesarvalentin6332]

One of the most underrated TV series

[@SuperIliad]

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” (Hamlet, Act 1: scene 5.)

[@mauricedavis2160]

So true!!! ♊🙌

[@analogchris9084]

👏 Good one!!! And THIS story had as many "twists & turns" as Hamlet did , too!!! I had to "stay on my toes" to keep up with the convoluted details of this storyline! ....... and acting was fabulous!!! 🎦 📯

[@RWS1255]

Great episode! Thank you 👍😊

[@mybraineatseverything7404]

Damn, that actress is amazing! I felt every bit of her fear and desperation. I hope that young lady went far in the industry - she was great!

[@24934637]

Great story, and a lovely ending. Great example of typical 1950's acting. Really enjoyed that, thanks for uploading :D

[@msbrowngault]

👏🏼 I must say, that was some superb acting

[@gregakinson2800]

Very good blast from the past! Thank you so much for posting. Will be watching many more.

[@douglasbarton6597]

What a great time for tv viewers ..one step beyond .. twilight zone .. I don't believe I missed one episode .. great cars I didn't watch these shows when first broadcast .. no cable where I lived .. the roof antenna did not pick them up .. watched the reruns

[@rivrdottir]

Douglas Barton well, I did watch them when they first came on tv, and there was no cable TV at that time.

[@discobear5752]

Suzanne B, "Cable television began in the United States as a commercial business in 1950" - Wikipedia entry for cable television. I thought you were correct in saying there was no cable TV in the fifties when OSB was first broadcast, but I decided to check. "At the outset, cable systems only served smaller communities without television stations of their own, and which could not easily receive signals from stations in cities because of distance or hilly terrain."

[@douglasbarton6597]

Didn't know that / I lived in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate N.Y./ terrible tv reception / it wasn't until about 1970 before cable become available in our area

[@kingg213]

Also, The Outer Limits and Alfred Hitchcock were great shows too.

[@smokindauberdoo4208]

@@discobear5752 don't believe wikipedia's

[@michaelkottler]

Interesting, this is one of the very few, OSB episodes I'd never seen prior to this evening. Great stuff, The Bride Possessed. Thanks for posting! :)

[@lapassurs5383]

The music makes it so creepy just sitting the car driving. Old shows didn’t need all the crazy images to hook you into another world.

[@deegeraghty9426]

Brilliant. Love all these episodes of One Step Beyond. 😊

[@SuperIliad]

“The Bride Possessed,” Seaon 1, Episode1, 20 January 1959: Virginia Leith as Sally Conroy / Karen Wharton, Skip Homeier as Matt Conroy, Harry Townes as Dr. Alexander Slawson, Ann Morrison as Mrs. Wharton, Janet Hughes as Nurse, John Shay as Policeman, Frank Richards as George, Duncan McLeod, Reception Guest, John Newland as Himself (Host), Clem Fuller as Tommy, and Charles Perry, Reception Guest.

[@garyhubbartt8351]

As always I will have to tell you that this as many of the program is so good and interesting, one step beyond, one of the best!!! -GARY 🇨🇭

[@RNFORLAW]

I vaguely remember this show as a child. What an excellent show ! TZ is my favorite but these are very well done. These older shows have such great dialogue IMHO ~ Look forward to more

[@KarenSprowl-mf4vn]

Noticing the actresses' "vintage hourglass" figures. One saw a lot of that, in the '50s films. Back then, food was more wholesome; no GMOs,or other contamination.

[@notajp]

Corsets and foundations were common female undergarments back then too……

[@billrea66]

Nice '57 Desoto convertible . Worth a fortune today.

[@livyloolooloo6833]

The part with the mom made me teary eyed. That is the first person I would want to see if I came back from the dead.lol

[@mauricedavis8261]

The constant hysterics, the yelling, the yelling, why all the yelling...I'm not deaf...now I am!!!😱

[@daringmore6892]

I know I was raising my own voice telling the husband to stop yelling while the wife was crying out to be heard. Then I said to myself "" theyre doing all that yelling and now Im doing it too, but they need to stop all that." Funny, sometimes the one actor reacts to the level of the other actor intensity and its a lot of intensity and I was reacting to its stressfulness trying to tell him to stop but laughed at myself catching that I was adding to it.

[@krinkle909]

What a fascinating actress

[@mlp4apc]

Thanks for that episode. It proves the dead do return from time to time. Not to frighten us, but for the sake of Justice.

[@jerryshunk7152]

Incorrect, brother ; The dead do NOT return - Demons impersonate them to mislead people !

[@daringmore6892]

I love the truth in that. Its very very true and there is a helluva lotta injustice in US for true spirit energy to try to correct and some get stuck and no matter the hard and fearful feeling ways, still offer the light for them to find in a ream of bright or yellow light they can be released into universal energy heaven zen whatever any departed can find their way out of living energy towards peace after great injustices to so many. Fighting human evil is not easier with the spirits but at least there is willingness to fight humanevil that most humans do little to end. Mother Mary herself has put upon human knowledge that even the heavens have been shaken by the World Evil man has left unattended endlessly now.

[@jonnyqwst]

Great episode. Very emotive.

[@danielscuiry2847]

This episode was supposedly based on a case in Italy during the 1930's or 1940's of a male victim who returned to torment his murderer. OSB typically took a story or part of a story and fictionalized it for television. Some episodes were allegedly a retelling of an entire incident. It was the original "True Paranormal" show made for TV.

[@YaamiNagvanshi_JayGopal]

I'm glad she got justice and killer was punished in this story. I' glad she was able to tell. She seemed a nice, faithful, good spirit as character. I don't believe in divorce for natural marriage either, but I wouldn't want to live with harmful person especially when they want me gone. No man would ever fool a girl like me for the sake of money, I'm protected and I've got a sense for that and more. Possessed people in real life aren't so calm always and generally screaming or restless as the ghost that's the spirit within is in great pain from being a ghost. The worse aura they have, probably the more pain experienced. It's also painful for possessed as its not generally right for another soul to inhabit their body. It's like trespassing into another's house or home. The body is a house for the soul, and their home for this life give. Ghosts have as much soul as living humans and are still attached or are in mind and some form/have remnants of previous life. They're as good or bad as their aura of soul in living human form or ghost form...It's just a specie as any else. Mortals are made of 5 Elements, ghosts are made of 3, their body don't have Earth and Water Element. I've heard and seen their presence myself and seen them subdued by Divine Power. Not believing is like saying I don't believe in air as I can't really see it...but when you have proper materials to view its material works and such presence, one can...so one must simply have the sense and heart to accept knowledge and see it. One becomes a ghost if one is attached strongly to something material or some strong wish. It's not fun and one should never make fun of, insult, or disbelieve ghosts...They don't like it. And it's not creepy, its sad pitiful because being ghost is painful, only scary if they are bad spirit wishing to harm out of vengeance, simple badness or have been sent by force at times by a person practicing knowledge of Magic in the wrong way and through medium of bad energy or ill wish and harm...corrupted form of the art reduced into dirty tricks by human for selfish reason.... Magic is divine and true power, but it's harnessed and used wrongly by some and playing with souls and Nature is harmful, ghosts controlled and unleashed...such is as much fault of the source of Magic which is Divine Mother and a Power of God...as much fault of Solar Power as if someone harnessed solar energy of Sun and used it to burn a poor, innocent creature/being or even accidently set fire...which is none at all, its persons fault...so Magic isn't at fault its the usage of person and how they use it. Anyhow, I'm sure we wouldn't like it if someone said we didn't exist. Existence of ghosts is most logical in reality. One may ensure one doesn't become a ghost by practicing detachment with kindness and natural compassion from now on when alive and realizing that one is an immortal soul and will leave this body one day as a person discards worn clothes. All else is temporary, material pleasure or bonds and won't last and it's a cycle of birth, death, rebirth and all different species till human to become better, an opportunity to fight vices, and do good, righteous, be moral, improve aura and spirit and realize true knowledge of spirituality and get out of this cycle to be liberated; yet we don't even know ourselves how tired we are of it, of false attachment, but we are very tired indeed. The human form is to realize spirituality and God as root life force within soul and true soulmate/friend and purest love is for God. And for me, my mother is searching for prospective grooms for me...but I look at a picture and see his eyes first...if they reflect something wrong or don't feel right, then I say no and I generally know if they're selfish or how much goodness they have or material attachment especially to wealth by talking to them...I haven't found the right one yet, as I believe in doing duty but only to the right one from the start and I have faith in true, sacred vows. Hari Hare

[@lovingmayberry307]

Loved this one!!!

[@cedricdburns1868]

This one of the better episodes

[@sallycostello8379]

What a great episode!

[@julianmarsh1378]

what a...this is greatness....

[@wcharliewilson7004]

"I'm Gonna crack my knuckles and jump for joy, I gotta clean bill of health from Dr McCoy" on "The way to Eden"

[@jerryshunk7152]

OK Adam !

[@davidheatherly171]

1 year 1 day. Love this show.

[@PizzaFLIX]

Thanks for watching! May the Sauce be with you.

[@davidheatherly171]

@@PizzaFLIX made me think of Pizza the hut. Space balls

[@scotnick59]

Skip was practically Keith Andes' twin.

[@willmfrank]

They co-starred in the "Outer Limits" episode "Expanding Human."

[@renee9544]

Louisiana, very open to the supernatural ❤

[@garyb3397]

Harry Townes - the biggest scenery chewer in the business. This dude couldn't say "Pass the Salt" without going through some sort of Jeckyl and Hyde facial expressions.

[@melissastruxness512]

Thank you for these. Can binge these over and over without all the woke crap nowadays

[@joesr3647]

Love this one also.

[@taepark5330]

Bride is better than GPS.

[@jeanineruby]

Hey that’s a good story!

[@Simon-hf3lw]

Unfortunately humanity is not educated or spiritually develop enough to comprehend what's going on

[@redbeacon4871]

Excellent episode

[@lt7378]

I think everyone has a OSB that sticks with them. This one and the elevator one are the two unforgettable ones for me. I still have more to watch tho. 😉

[@philbertuglia2203]

second only to Twilight Zone. Great show ,though

[@mrsbluesky8415]

Marriage sure does change people.

[@DCJNewsMedia]

Thank you

[@pattihawks8514]

Wow, what a shocker! Wonderful results!

[@world-yw5ro]

Karen wanted justice..😞

[@andradavis7201]

awesome show thank you and it was believable on to the next one

[@mississippimud7046]

Sally, you are crazy girl !!!😮

[@SaintTrinianz]

Yup, off the charts on the crazy/hot matrix

[@Qusin111]

As they drive away Karren says "well, I got rid of the crazy doc."

[@Mutlap]

I have lived with someone who has multiple personalities. She would tell me something, and I would repeat what she said and her reply would be, No I don't. Dining the basis of her statement. I mean within about 30 seconds. Making me believe another person said it, bizarre.

[@marcnadeau2367]

8:20 "You know what I aut to do to do you silly dame, I should belt you one!" How times have changed!

[@msbrowngault]

Time doesn't change, people do

[@shizukamori6755]

Times change, human nature doesn't.

[@Truth1561]

The presenter’s voice reminds me of the late great Vincent Price.

[@wms72]

Where's the supernatural help to expose the Zodiac Killer? He just gets supernatural help to stay hidden.

[@loribower7235]

Got chills

[@user-zz5hm1xn6l]

Yeah. They took that ONE STEP BEYOND.💀

[@kingforaday8725]

Just watched "The Captains Guest". An episode where the husband is possessed by a spirit.

[@caesarvalentin6332]

I live the episode of a clown revenge his female friend plated by Ivette Minieux

[@bonniebester606]

17:40...Gee if l ever have another breakdown l hope l end up in a Hospital where the Nurse helps Dress me like lm Royalty! Lol...that would seriously help a lot!

[@stevengrotte2987]

Note to self, watched 11/27/17.

[@daringmore6892]

The time in front of you spent to task after whats the present crazy information provided to gain control over the crazy happening also in the information being provided that most do not grasp or want to hear but still very valid information to deal with and very overwhelmed people who try to manage in the midst of unbelievable outcomes from unbelievable foretold conclusions that are realized. God prevails or the Universe, World Peace, something of reigning benefit to humanity and not the confused lies trying to be disclosed and destroyed by the truth.

[@barbaracabello587]

So true and so well put! Therefore, we all (or at least those of us who wish to retain some measure of integrity and who despise corruptness in any form) should commit ourselves daily in any minor or major way to using our God-given brains to discern the honest, naked, unadulterated truth and dedicate ourselves to declare, herald, and disseminate this truth in the most direct, frequent, and vociferous manner necessary. Only then may we begin to counter the de-evolution and moral decay of our society and the cancerous, corrosive effect that all this subtle, insidious, sometimes subconscious but more often than not outright blatant brainwashing has had on the psyche of this potentially great civilization. Only the truth endures. The ball is in our court. THE CLOCK IS TICKING .....😞😞😞

[@markjaycox8811]

The WILL of the dead goes where it desires to. Alzheimer's patients continue their stasis after death, causing some hauntings, witnessing my own father in his world after death, totally oblivious my dream self could see his every move. This similar incident happened to me and my friend Elmer while we were driving, just before we turned off the headlights to let the full Moon at the end of the road light up the perfect straight road. The dips is what makes it fun, the slower you drive the longer you are in the darkness, out of the moonlight with the headlights off! So just before I am about to turn the headlight switch I hear a stern "NO" inside my head, so I turn to tell Elmer in the passenger seat, and he is already looking at me and says" I heard it too" before I could open my mouth. So I pulled the 63 Comet to the side of the road to discuss this phantom voice, and we decided it had to be a kid prankster with a bull horn at the high bushes about 100 feet off both sides of the road. Elmer said " I will check this side" and took off in a jog toward the tree line , so I did the same thing on my side of the road . At the high bushes I saw a drop off so I veered right- and then I thought I heard Elmer walking up behind me, so I call out to him saying Watch out for the drop off at the tree line, and then there was silence, and then after 3 of the longest seconds of that night, when I didn't hear anything at all, I ran back to the car like a gazelle. As I approached the robin egg blue straight six coupe my friend Elmer is approaching saying he thought he heard me behind him and when he didn't hear me or see me he ran back, so we got in the Comet and rocketed out of there to the only place open at 1:45 AM, Dunkin Donuts, and we sat there and stared at each other drinking coffee, speechless. That was 1972, imagine that I got a 9 year old car with 66,000 miles on it for $65. Anyways. what I was going to say is the next time I see Elmer is at the VA hospital over 30 years later, drooling from a wheelchair he recognizes me right off and says Mark, the aliens, they ate my brain. He heard one word from nowhere and it tore his reality to shreds. There is a very good reason you have the illusion of space-2019 running your operating functions.

[@RedcoatsReturn]

A very pretty actress. I wonder who she was and what happened to her.

[@jimblue39]

Virginia Leith is her name (www.imdb.com/name/nm0500702/bio) She is 85 YO and she is still with us. She is very pretty. Thank you for uploading these PizzaFlix, I enjoy all of these shows again.

[@lovingmayberry307]

@@jimblue39 This address is no longer active, but thanks.

[@allenmurray7893]

She died this past year.

[@james5460]

This episode had a peculiar amount of background music for the series. Usually, "One Step Beyond" episodes didn't have anything other than the "Oh, it's creepy time" theme and the opening and closing themes. The music at the end is ripped off from a famous tune, but I can't place it.

[@msbrowngault]

IMDB is your friend 😉

[@robertfogarty3253]

I still get bumps

[@tomdooley3522]

You like ghost story's , Demons are really good at it , possession , but for Demonic purposes. This girl wanted justice.

[@jerryshunk7152]

Don't hang your head Tom; You've got a brain !

[@laserus3333]

That was a creepy one. But true. I've seen it.

[@GothGuy885]

5:20 shes Two [click] two! [click] two chicks in one! would have been funny if the mental clinics name was "Shelby goin round the bend psychiatric clinic"

[@craigenputtock]

What a car!

[@Homested_Retirement]

Virginia Leith, what a beautiful woman.

[@thomasnorman9536]

The dead lady has rolling in the dirt but there is no dirt on her dress

[@ARTUROSIERRALOPEZ]

What a nice script

[@CaptZdq1]

The '78 remake was a little different, with the police involvement being shown.

[@juliaheger8127]

Great show. Loved every episode. But on this, the Southern accent is bad.

[@msatxgault560]

Is that Ms Brando playing the mom?

[@TheFiown]

So much for fingerprints ! And there was no DNA testing back then.

[@karenzilverberg4699]

👍

[@roberthicks1507]

My second wife was like this woman. Never knew who I was going to wake up with. After 6 weeks of wedded bliss, I divorced her.

[@vintagehippie3647]

You're fortunate to have gotten away and not been the feature on episodes of Snapped and Female Killers.

[@mikeburch2998]

A rightous boot

[@barbarat5729]

Hmmmm. Interesting.

[@jtoland2333]

How long did you know her before you married her?

[@roberthicks1507]

@@jtoland2333 knew her for several years.

[@jorgecalderon8542]

11:56 pretty nurse .

[@NoosaHeads]

Was that a Chrysler 300C convertible?

[@rigut229]

20:30. SEDATIVES LEFT AND RIGHT. LOL

[@rigut229]

21:00 HEY NO RUNNING IN THE HALLS

[@msatxgault560]

If she knows she's dead, then how can she explain being alive AGAIN? & what about the "there's not enough time"? Time for what??? Even her spirit doesn't make sense

[@danielscuiry2847]

This was allegedly a case of human spirit possession - the body of a living person taken over by a spirit. How is a good question. Explaining how any paranormal or psychic phenomenon happens is the $64,000 question.

[@cedricdburns1868]

Full Possession

[@gilanggilang9859]

Well that's an happy ending

[@lukehanley5392]

Black and white replays of One Step Beyond is bullying my feminist virgin mother of colour.

[@marccolten9801]

i didn't recognise her but the bride is "Jan in the Pan".

[@paulefstathiou1819]

Murder Will Out !

[@barbaracabello587]

... and Possession Will "In"!

[@gilanggilang9859]

we might just watch death people acting in this TV series

[@gilanggilang9859]

or so old in age today

[@upthedownescalator630]

What was that he hit her with though?

[@ropenstein]

22:00 Something heavy

[@soundsintheattic4069]

@@ropenstein No kidding 😂

[@sidewinder814u]

Her body died!

[@stuartlee6622]

Was Mrs. Clinton in this??

[@oop4841]

That woman was poor in the wrong generation for her style of acting.

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

actors had a knack of over acting in those days loll.

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

this more about reincarnation.

[@vote4anna]

Oh, the hysterical women of that era!