One Step Beyond (TV-1961) DEAD MAN'S TALE S3E17

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 MAN'S TALE: Former newsman Phillip Werris and his wife Jan face poverty, when their attempt at farming fails. Werris, in desperation, sits down to write some free-lance articles for his old paper, and does so - in his sleep.

[@PuffKitty]

I appreciate you including episode descriptions as I can quickly tell if I've seen it before or not. Thanks for a great channel!

[@msbrowngault]

Same!🌹 I like reading IMDB user's reviews, goofs & trivia, while watching 😉

[@Carly8Corday]

I get caught up in watching it again even if I've seen it, if it's been long enough that I've forgotten the details and outcome. It's another great thing about this series and others like it, and so much from the old days that hasn't grown stale or flat with age the way newer stuff certainly will.

[@michaelwertzy9808]

@@Carly8Corday, I couldn't agree with you more! That fits my "M.O." precisely. Many times I hope that for the life of me, I can't recall the ending! My "short time" memory loss can weirdly be an asset! 10-Q Carly!

[@fernfokes7749]

I love this series everything about this show from the olden day ads to the incredible tales. Thank you for sharing.

[@stinger51505]

My God. You’ve given me something I’ve never seen before. Thank you.

[@Airborne-80]

My sister and I loved these as children. When I was older, my father (Google Mort Weiss, Jazz musician) and I would spend hours talking about these and the Twilight Zone, Adam 12, etc. Now I’m 61 and I’ve stopped watching television completely, over a year ago. I watch these old shows and though I love them, I’m always left feeling a bit depressed….sad. Sad to see how we as people have digressed as fast as we have progressed. The way we speak, the battle over how many genders, etc. I consider myself very fortunate to have grown up in the 60s and 70s.

[@betweenthepoles]

The most incredible thing about this episode is that the hotel rooms cost $2! You can’t even get a candy bar for that these days!

[@missjeanferalcatsrmylife5335]

@Mary Schultz. So true. Even though this is the second time I have watched this (first time was months ago) I didn't catch that 1.25 room fee. Man! What was the cost of their spaghetti meals? This was another great episode.

[@adrienebailey9010]

It's 2023 and I'm watching these shows. I love mysteries and true stories. These shows will always be great to watch.

[@JesseH]

Back when life was really worth living and enjoying. What a great series.

[@veronicagallo2035]

I hear you . Im very old school ,in my *later"50s , but have to say,life is😃 ALWAYS WORTH LIVING I think lotsa people forget all the great things we still DO have ,We still have great oceans ; not many feeling in the world like being in it on it or at it , Guy,at night under the moon + stars.. XG v. Ev7vjen better If you love tv and the COZINESS of it,( I do )you can even watch it on a blanket on the beach ( I do it at night ,it's GREAT😃; + igo in the ocean at night ,a feeling like no other ) Almost every state still has a a drive-ins movie or 2 ,or more. There's LOTSA great things still around I only mentioned these 2 things because they bring such food feelings to so many Nature can ReaLLY make u realize how great life still is! Then again ,so can the drive ins🌜✨😁✨🌛! I know u prob didn't mean it literally 👍; just in case you did..It's still* Our Time* ,Keep on keeping on😃👍📺🎥📽️🎬📽️🌛 🌜🌖✨🌗✨📺🎥🌛

[@highstrangeness1824]

So true..how can I miss a time I never knew? Strange but true.

[@ecuadorexpat8558]

Wasnt so glorious ..was all the same ..people just did their evil behind closed Doors and not out in the open like today !

[@cassandraunheeded]

It was easier because we were younger.

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.

[@jimmyohara2601]

yes indeed, without any memory we are nobody, we have NO knowledge 😐

[@naguerea]

Now that gives me something to think about,

[@jackyflowers3493]

Yes.

[@dk60ish]

No fancy scmancy effects, just strong writing & acting, a shame they've forgotten the basics in Hollywood nowadays!

[@williamdwyer5439]

An excellent show...they don't make them like they used to! I often times enjoy watching old shows like this one.

[@CharlesMartel676]

No sex, no vulgarity. The music was amazing. LOVE IT!

[@craigcook1571]

@Mr Dwyer......... Hollywood’s not even a shadow today, of what it was when these shows were being produced

[@craigcook1571]

@Mr Dwyer......... Hollywood’s not even a shadow today, of what it was when these shows were being produced

[@tomsmith5216]

We got rid of cable 3 years ago and don't even watch the local channels. Noyhing on in the last 5-6 years I even cared to watch. I have not missed it a bit. I have found many better things to occupy my time. If there were shows of the quality of One Step Beyond, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Thriller, and Alcoa Presents, I'd be glued to the set every night.

[@susanhowe163]

I DO, TOO WILLIAM. I WASN'T EVEN A TWINKLE IN MY DADDY'S EYE, YET. IT'S MOVIES LIKE THESE THAT REMIND ME OF HOW VERY MUCH I LOVE ❤ 😍 💖 ❣ TO WRITE STORIES. MYSTERIES, WILDLIFE, ADVENTURE AND EVERY STORY WAS CLEAN. MY CHILDREN ENJOY THE HECK OUT OF THEM AND I DON'T ALLOW THEM TO READ ANYTHING WITH SEX,VIOLENCE OR SWEARING. THE SAME WITH THESE MOVIES. THEY LOVE ❤ 😍 💖 ❣ THEM.

[@angeloreyes357]

Present times gives me anxieties...well this kind of classic shows....a blessing! Thanks!!

[@charliemorris2338]

The 50s early 60s were the heyday of television and as a child ,I learned everything I needed to carry me through life via the moral tales hidden in these wonderful stories.

[@ianmangham4570]

When the food and water was still good 😄now everything's tainted

[@Kidraver555]

I read dickens as a youngster, much better.

[@ianmangham4570]

@@Kidraver555 Donkeysmell

[@ianmangham4570]

@Mike Willams Twighlight Zone and The outer limits were magnificent.

[@michaeljohnson6605]

Yep like Hopalong Cassidy!

[@marycurtis5148]

I lived in Yukon territory and went to Skagway Alaska many times. The town is preserved as it was in the gold rush days. Worth the trip if you ever have the chance

[@ponte34]

Back then They had the true tv shows Brilliant

[@originalkingalpha5116]

And Real True Women.

[@Farawaysoclose]

Wish we have a time machine- the 50s-60s are the golden age of tv-today 2021 may- tv are no-more good stories-God bless all who made stories like one step beyond,greetings from England

[@jamessmith7691]

Thank you for posting this show. As a man born in the mid 50s i grew very fond of shows like this. Again thank you.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

"One Step Beyond" television series rates upthere with "The Outer Limits" , "Thriller" and "The Twilight Zone" 👍

[@collincovid6950]

The morals and ethics within the family and the series like this built one up to become a better person. Now all we have is a feeding into homes of Me, Me, Me, look at Me, with no morals, no ethics, no respect for anything.

[@originalkingalpha5116]

EXACTLY! Back when men were men and women were women! 🍻😂

[@cathydoyle8804]

I love these old shows, so much more interesting than the new shows,I love black and white, it adds detail to the stories. Thank you so much!

[@johnallen2771]

I'm a writer and I have had many scenarios and stories play out in my head before writing them down. Some of them seem so real to me that I've often wondered if they were really true from another dimension or whatever. Loved this episode.

[@bonniebester606]

That's what Scares me about Stephen King. His Stories are from other Demension Alright!

[@misskitty8510]

Maybe some strong medication?!!

[@johnallen2771]

@@misskitty8510 Strong medication for what?

[@jacksonraulerson6538]

My name is Capt.Jack Zauhn !! Commander of the Martian PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT !!

[@klausehrhardt4481]

They probably are real. There is also an experience the other way around: you come to a place you had never been before and it strikes you as place already known. Neighbour of mine told me that he recognized a house from the inside in minute detail without having been there ever before. My motto: just because you know it not, tell it not or it fits not in one´s mindset, it means not that it is not. Good luck with your stories.

[@lastrada52]

The difference between Twilight Zone & Outer Limits and this show that aired before both of those -- is that all the tales on One Step Beyond are based in part on true stories -- not fiction. Things that couldn't be explained but witnessed by many. John Newland later became one of the directors of some Twilight Zone episodes. Newland was always excellent as the host. One of the best episodes is the true story of the Titanic ("Night of April 14th") -- and how a book was written about it years before it happened. And it was chillingly accurate. Futility was the novel written in 1898. A full 14-years before Titanic's maiden voyage & the ship in the novel was called the Titan. Many other accurate coincidences are throughout the book.

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

@JohnLaStrade This is true. JP Morgan had read a story about a ship going down because i Of an iceberg. Morgan had a ship that was damaged badly by boiler fires and would cost alot of money to fix PLUS he wanted his form of banking installed but other powerful & wealthy men he knew could stop him & then he remembered the book he'd read where the ship went down after hitting the ice berg. In short Morgan made sure that EVEN LESS life boats were about the ship he called the 'Titanic'...the great UNSINKABLE SHIP advertised all over SO who would notice less lifeboats, the ship was after all 'unsinkable' right? JP Morgan took out ALOT of money in insurance on the so called 'Tatanic'. Morgan had whatever he wanted to keep taken off the ship BEFORE the 'maiden sailing'. Then Morgan invited those rich men ect. who could stop Morgan's banking system from being used ... to sail FOR FREE and at the last min. Morgan stated he was sick & wouldn't be sailing with them. The ship everyone thinks is the Titanic starts her journey and we know the ship hits an iceberg, there aren't near enough life boats normally & Morgan made sure there were even less and REMEMBER there were life boats that were found EMPTY or with very few passengers. The paper tells of the ship going down and you know that story. BUT they DON'T tell the fact that it was the SISTER SHIP THAT HAD BEEN SUNK. The name plate changed. During one of the dives they saw the Titanic nameplate had moved & under it was the nameplate OLYMPIC. The real Titanic was scrapped for metal ect 12 years latter. Some company has built another Titanic and I think it's been doing Crouses by now. Where the video went too I don't know ...might still be found or maybe it was distoryed but I think it might still be found. I haven't seen it in a long time. Funny huh. An exact or as close as possible 'Titanic' is out sailing today as proud and as beautiful as ever. But today J.P. Moran is gone and his once beautiful home needs ALOT of repair & may be torn down and the once big private bit of land is being reclaimed for the public. Well that is the truth, believe it or not I won't be typing about it again for a long time, if ever again. God rest all those that were lost and those that were heart broken over the lost of loved ones. One thing ...did you hear about the mother whose husband had stolen from her their two very young sons? Seems he made sure the kids were put on a life boat and I guess he went down with the ship and by chance that mother & those 2 sons were brought back together again. So there's some good that happened. But so many other dreams were distoryed esp. the 'lower class' who were trying to come to America to have maybe a better life. When the ship went down so fast & deep in those cold waters any who hadn't yet drowned, human and the poor animals on board would have imploded because of the water presser. At least it would have quick. I wonder where J.P. Morgan and the ones he paid off are now...sprite wise.🤔

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

Anyway I hope I didn't bore you to death. But now you can know the truth. Now you are one of a handful that know about that book and what it brought about because of a very greedy, heartless, man named J.P. MORGAN.

[@lastrada52]

@@ghostcityshelton9378 - No boredom. Interesting points.

[@carroyo911]

@@ghostcityshelton9378 J.P. Morgan was an evil soul. He is also the man who double crossed Nikola Tesla after they had made a deal. J.P. Morgan pulled the financing out from under Tesla after he found out that Tesla was working on wireless transmission of electrical energy. Morgan is reported to have said "where are the wires for charging customers"...

[@aaronjohnson3463]

The Veil (1958) preceded even this and was based on so called true stories

[@carolmaurice3656]

I loved this channel when I was a child. I was so happy to find thiese stories again.

[@barbarapalmer8224]

I could watch John forever,waiting for his beautiful smiles.❤

[@liwanagbautista8780]

Just as the lady started knocking on the door....I realized, I watched this show maybe 50 years ago! Amazing!

[@LBG-cf8gu]

Love these old B & W film, programs. thaks for upload

[@joegawne1601]

This is fantastic. As a kid here in England we used to watch it as just another programme, but now as l get older l realise it was great t.v, here our t.v is dominated by reality bullshit and celebrity nonsense oh yes, and how to bake a cake!. l love the way youth thinks they improve things, but no they do not, was l the same (rhetorical question)…...……………….great shit, need to watch more.

[@cathydoyle8804]

Agree with you.

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

Great acting from real natural actors . As a young blighter in the sixties , this type of fair , was part of our bed time television , if we behaved , and remained invisible .

[@hotlips3923]

It's not scientific. It's a spiritual gift.

[@milasmommy5022]

I had not even heard of One Step Beyond until 2 days ago, I am such a fan of the Twilight Zone and the Outer Limits, now I can add this to the list of favorite B&W classic syfy movies. 👌👍😊

[@paulhagen5645]

Same with me, I'd heard of it but, 2 days ago I srarted watching. These shows have got something.

[@milasmommy5022]

@@paulhagen5645 😁

[@4knewt505]

I actually thought I wrote that comment. That's how I feel! TZ and AH, now this!

[@harrylime8077]

Hard to believe people have not heard of “One Step Beyond”. Following the ‘Twilight’ lead, like Rod Serling, John Newland came on to the set in the opening sequence and delivered a commentary. They were both notable in similar dress and posture its just that Newland framed with the haunting string accompaniment theme seemed a bit more menacing, at least as a kid, I thought so!

[@kayekaye251]

Good shows, all of them.

[@freemarketjoe9869]

I enjoy this show just as much as the twilight zone. My personal favorite was the outer limits. Best special effects and great episodes.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Those were great shows so was "Thriller" 👍

[@ahmadfadzil4104]

What a good years then. No pollution, the air was very clean, the rivers were clean clear and the wind was moisture and cool.

[@originalkingalpha5116]

....and the women were women!

[@melanies.6030]

​@@originalkingalpha5116Sadly, men are still idiots.

[@aprilmorgan3456]

👍👍🥃 Black and white movies are so good it's hard to turn away from it

[@brandimeeks4010]

Hamburgers and spaghetti would be pretty good every night, damn 2 dollar rooms, the good ole days.

[@williamm4812]

Yes, and a beautiful wife who knows her way around the kitchen

[@michaelwertzy9808]

@V J, YAY! Math man, I checked into the actual "hotel" seven yrs. ago. Decent place for eighty smackers a night?! BYOB

[@ellenrichardson8701]

@socal rocks Well dang!!! 😯😌😄

[@ellenrichardson8701]

@Robert Gardea cool, wish I had met an ambitious and go-getter guy like you in my early days. Congratulations on your retirement!

[@staceykersting705]

@V J Can't get a room for that that I know of...and lentils are the new burger. Who can afford meat?

[@prudencesidecafe2572]

One Step Beyond scared me when I was little. I wouldn't watch it. I'm not little anymore...

[@kystars]

The story ends, when I felt it was just beginning. I wanted to see more!

[@stevenhamilton5342]

Supposedly based on true stories, it's amazing how fresh it remained throughout its run considering the limits this placed on the writers.

[@l.5832]

Neither of these supposed towns exist in British Columbia (west coast of Canada).

[@thomasnorman9536]

A two-bedroom home in Folsom California rented for $75 a month in 1969

[@retiredmusiceducator3612]

that lake that the horse riding scene looks like the same lake for Andy Griffeth Show... where Andy and Opie would go fishing - esepcially in the opening credits! If that is true, then I have watched too much TV over the years to remember tidbits like that. haha

[@sharonzimmerman5558]

I used to watch this show when it originally aired. I was a kid and used to scare me. Especially when they played thar creepy music right when something "supernatural " was about to happen. My personal favorite episode was "If you see Sally". Anyone remember that? I STILL remember the last line John Newland said.."if you see Sally, bring her All the way home." Still gives me the shivers!

[@t54760]

@sharonzimmerman5558 I had to look up "If You See Sally" and found it straight away. Thanks for the recommendation it was very good . . . . kzbin.info/www/bejne/b33JlGOsoNyUfZY&ab_channel=One-Step-Beyond As someone else said in the comments I just recently found One Step Beyond. I was also a fan of the Twilight Zone and the Outer Limits when I saw them for the first time in the early, mid sixties as a child.

[@patriciahayes2664]

I watched that episode a few years ago. I find it more sad than scary, knowing that Sally will never make it home no matter how hard she tries.

[@sharonzimmerman5558]

@@t54760 I am from 1960 generation, too. As a child, watching with my parents, our faves were Twilight Zone (of course), One Step Beyond, Boris Karloff 's THRILLER, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents which became Alfred Hitchcock Hour when a different network picked up the series (After 9 seasons of 30 minute episodes) and that's when they expanded it and renamed it ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR.

[@martentrudeau6948]

Truth is stranger than fiction, great movie, the spirit world is invisible, and can't be touched.

[@kathykathleenk5710]

Reminds me of a Twilight Zone. Men who robbed, a bank I think. 1 man was the leader. They put themselves in a cave. Cryosleep. Set for 100 years I think. They killled each other. Greed. 1 left to survive. Walked through a desert. Close 2 dead. Finally finds a road. A car with 2 people find him dead. They stop 2 Help They see his bag with gold in it. Too bad it's worthless now. I love the Twilight Zones. How now brown cow

[@guineapig4701]

Thank you again PizzaFlix for all your work. I could stare at John Newland all day. He has a beautiful face and enchanting smile.

[@shellyweiers121]

John was a class act perfect narrator for this classic show

[@johncole8501]

Still love 💖 old school films , ground hog day again lockdown still here in england, thanks for putting these on, 🍻 and splif time again haha

[@lauravonutassy1919]

Enjoy your splifs !!👍👍👍👍👍

[@catherinecollon9545]

Great story. Such interesting filming depicting the way of life of down and out Americans. The hotel decor itself make this episode worth watching.

[@CuriousGoodsJessica]

Wow, I KNEW I recognized the main actor Lonny Chapman, I looked up his biography & he's another actor deserving great respect! Thank you for this treasure I'd never see otherwise! 👍💞

[@msbrowngault]

🐦s

[@rogerscottcathey]

Group theatre changed its name to Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre. One of the longest running theater groups in Hollywood.

[@rogertemple7193]

"He's originally from Oklahoma which is my home state."-🤔☕🖥..

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

The old guy in the shop was in the Star Trek episode, Spectre of the Gun.

[@rogertemple7193]

"thats Charles Seel and he was one of many of those actors you recognize the faces of but not the names,Charles appeared in supporting roles in several films and many tv shows of the 50's,60's,& 70's until his death, of all the great actors and actresses who appeared in many Films and TV shows that never got the recognition they should these lesser known actors are the real performers to watch."-🤔☕☕🖥..

[@shauncharters8624]

Gunfight at the OK.....!

[@Laura-tp8wz]

Oh for the days of yesteryear. Thank you!

[@sonbahar5296]

what a heck ! no one talk about stories in every episodes people only write about actors ! this show interesting not because of the actors but the stories !!! and thank you @PizzaFlix for posting!!

[@fattwat1]

Always loved the theme music from this show

[@holysh33pshit]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZXMd2N9adimY5I

[@Ihatewater9000]

@@holysh33pshit well, that was very strange.

[@davidjohanson7966]

The phenomenon is known as automatic writing.

[@fjccommish]

Wooo oooooooooooooooo wooo woooo - the music makes it seem we're entering a realm where the impossible and the incredible are common place.

[@charliemorris2338]

I believe you are describing a Theremin ,maybe not.Fear of nuclear oblivion created much of the great sci-fi of the 50s and early 60s I believe.

[@fjccommish]

@@charliemorris2338 That's correct.

[@charliemorris2338]

There is a documentary on the great Russian inventor,Theremin,somewhere.I have it on VHS tape and it sent many a chill up my spine when I was a child and of course with the song,"Good Vibrations"by the Beach Boys who were in lockstep competition with the Beatles to produce number 1 hits and it was a glorious time to grow up in!Long live the 60's!Sex,drugs,and rock n roll!

[@ontherims3284]

@@charliemorris2338 There's a guy on KZbin who uses mushrooms as the resistors in a theramin-ish way. Not related, it was just kind of cool as I imagine they work in a similar fashion.

[@Biggles2498]

What annoys me is that whilst I was studying Physics at Advanced Level we were never told as a small class that there are exceptions to the rule ! The Human Spirit(which DOES survive death) and Mind can conquer the laws in this universe by thinking outside "the taught envelope" !

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

99% of all science is proved to be wrong,, By new science.

[@ontherims3284]

Eat mushrooms?.

[@judyives1832]

@@DANTHETUBEMAN It’s usually not proven wrong, it’s just added to and clarified. Science works. That’s why we have airplanes, phones and computers and movies to watch! We don’t know everything and likely never will but using the scientific method and proper investigation is miles ahead of just guessing and believing any foolish idea that appeals to us. There’s no good evidence for anything supernatural so why believe in it until there is?

[@jimmyohara2601]

@@judyives1832 you are 101% correct. Facts & reality (all science) is what this universe is built on. No one/body has ever seen (nor ever will) supernatural occurances. It's called delusions/al & hallucinations. hmmm 🤔👀🙄😐

[@imnoangeloreilly1475]

@@jimmyohara2601 close minded atent wr? Boring as hell I bet too!

[@ursulapainter5787]

Thanks for this remarkable episode. Including music and photography, it's a complete work of art in film.

[@SuperIliad]

“Dead Man's Tale.” Episode 17, Season 3, aired 17 January 1961. Lonny Chapman as Phillip Werris, Jean Engstrom as Jan Werris, Lucy Prentis as Mrs. Lawrence Barton, Charles Tannen, Hotel Manager, Walter Reed as Robert Barton, Charles Seel Store Proprietor, and John Newland as Himself (Host).

[@johngore7744]

That’s crazy I was born in Montreal General Hospital on February 14 1961. I know Dominion Square. It’s now called ‘ Place du Canada’

[@lynnettespolitics9656]

If I can get maudlin here, in our 46 years of marriage my husband and I have been broke many times. We've also been pretty flush a few times, but as long as we stuck together we came through alright. Take that to the bank my friends.

[@justingilbone6386]

For a 61' bootleg, this sound quality is a pleasant surprise

[@dricka49221]

I certainly do LOVE the stories in this series. I have always enjoyed Hitchcockd and The Twilight Zone. These fictional stories are such a fancy of the imagination. Really gets on to thinking. Just my thoughts!

[@Jane-nc2fr]

These are really great shows.

[@maedouglas9765]

My favorite shows 😍😀born 1955 still love the movies

[@robertpoe1510]

Kool Im a 1955 guy also, Howdy neighbor!!!!

[@tinahensley5375]

Hey wait for me!! I'm a 1955 model also. I still remember watching OSB with my grandmother. These shows are remarkable.

[@DSpeir-pi6tm]

I'm enjoying this series . It's got some cool episodes . I particularly liked "The Vanishing Point" 👍 🙂

[@barbararadle1680]

Vanishing Point is incredible! To let go of it all and just vanish.

[@oscar8and8]

I remember this show as a boy of 8. We watched it every time it came on back in 1959. Weird things would happen in that house. I remember waking up to commotion downstairs one night. A priest was sprinkling holy water in all the rooms at 2:00 A.M. Everyone was visibly shaken. They had seen an apparition. Another night I saw two glowing eyes staring up at me from the bottom of the landing. I was more amazed than frightened, then they just vanished. One other night one of my aunt's sons saw three men sitting on the sofa in the dark. I never connected the two before, the One Step Beyond show, and the supernatural things that plagued the house. I came to find out, both are connected among other things that draw the wicked spirits. So be careful what you watch and what you have in your home. It could be a night you'll never forget. Sleep well.

[@Marsbonfire007]

Since millions watched this show and there were no mass occuences such as you describe, I think we can chalk your experience up to coincidence.

[@davidearea242]

Lorenzo Llamas-A quantum leap of logic there Lorenzo, old boy.

[@Godsmightywarrior1964]

I don't receive that in Jesus name

[@Marsbonfire007]

I think there were other factors at work there Lorenzo.

[@albertstanley1818]

I love one step beyond I remember watching it in 1959

[@libertyone5853]

These shows are Better than the SH*T shows today.

[@johnnypastrana6727]

Total agreement...all the good writers have died off it seems.

[@videolabguy]

I thought for sure the guy was going to return Barton's book when he found him. But, that would have the Canadian ending, "I brought your book back."

[@DCJNewsMedia]

Thank you so much for your sharing the upload...I love this show...

[@oldgamerchick]

Thank you for sharing these awesome episodes. And, all the other videos. I have really enjoyed your channel. Ms Michal 🙃☕💖💖💖

[@mrs.g.9816]

Some of the incidental music in One Step Beyond reminds me of the scary end credits music, played in a slow 3/4 time, for The Outer Limits. I watched the Outer Limits when I was 10 or so. I was too little to appreciate One Step Beyond when it originally aired. Now I'm catching up on watching this series.

[@jamestatum7759]

I like the one where power went out in the neighborhood and it's with Ernest borgnine. All the neighbors were starting to suspect each other and arguing

[@rosarioorlando3457]

I really enjoy these old TV shows ** I was too busy being an A+ student ** no TV !

[@MickeyT54]

The theme song and Mr Newland's voice always scared the hell out of me when I was 10..but I watched anyway...go figure.

[@sharonzimmerman5558]

Mickey T54,,Yep, mectoo. Go figure is right!

[@christinewatts2531]

Spooky music.

[@luchoporto]

Same here, I wasn’t born yet but watched reruns in the late 70s...that music scare the crap out of me as a kid

[@robertsmith9076]

Creepy jesus .

[@Theywaswrong]

I love this old program. As a kid it scared the beejeezus out of me so many times. Twilight Zone was just ok. But this low production cost show was far, far better. I mean the theme music got it started right, then during and at the end. Best music ever.

[@ranjanivaradpande381]

In EVERY episode of these series ..the actors are so wonderful so natural in acting ..superb direction ,editing and better than full length movies in colors!!

[@sk8joey1]

Great episode well written.Lonny Chapman is a well known star.I like his style.

[@nickedmett1]

These are such great films - simply, but believably told; well acted & directed. Leaving one entertained, but beyond that, wondering and soul-searching - wonderful.... the question is, why can't todays film-makers (with billions of dollars at their disposal) make quality programmes like this?

[@lastrada52]

This show should return with re-filmed episodes -- they are all excellent tales and unlike The Twilight Zone, based on true stories. What's so good about "One Step Beyond," is that Newland tries hard not to make it cheesy or over-dramatic like Dragnet. I always enjoy these -- one of the best is about the foretelling of the Titanic. A book ("Futility") had been written & published about such a ship more than 14 years earlier. All its details accurate including the name which was very close -- The Titan, and sunk in the North Atlantic. Absolutely chilling.

[@lastrada52]

@Cliff Yablonski - But don't dismiss the fact that some urban legends are based on some fact. Someone may have embellished the tale, but it had origins in fact. Even the Native Americans had their Windego legend. These episodes were based on newspaper reports: The first aid medic who performed surgery on the ship's captain during WWII guided by radio from a surgeon from another ship. Only to discover that ship and its surgeon sunk hours before and could've never have broadcast or guided the medic's hand. But that had witnesses and the captain survived the surgery. So, whose medical expert voice was on that speaker? The story of the hitch-hiking girl in a white dress on a rainy night being brought home only to discover the girl had been killed on that road years before and on the anniversary always tries to get home. Many people signed affidavits to attest that they witnessed this on their rides and none of the people knew each other. The attempt to get home ended with the death of her parents about ten years later. Every description, by a stranger who didn't know the little girl was absolutely correct. How? The story of the Titan and Titanic. That book was published 14 years before the Titanic sunk. That's a fact. You can buy that book online. That mystery started back in 1912 when someone made the connection. I understand what you're saying Cliff -- but the bottom line is that these stories -- like all those Weird NJ books that are now published throughout the US -- have tales that can't be explained. Writers for the show scripted it so it would be entertaining. But unlike the Twilight Zone, these were not made up stories -- they were stories based on folklore, reports, countless unexplained happenings and isn't that a basis of a chilling mystery? One Step Beyond was all mystery, unexplained, based on reports, not authors. It wasn't the Outer Limits -- now that's fiction. Though some were pretty weird. I would agree with you that some may be far-fetched in nature -- but not all. Back then, One Step Beyond was respected for its accuracy and research.

[@lastrada52]

@Cliff Yablonski - Some of the episodes had been reported in the news, not all. Some. Yes. The Titan - Titanic coincidence from the book "Futility," was written up. They still write about it today. You say "that doesn't mean they are true." Well then, with that I can add that most of what is written in newspapers isn't true. What's true Cliff? It seems anything said today can be twisted into fable and misconstrued information. We could bite each other's ears off all afternoon on whether there was a conspiracy with the Kennedy assassination. Whether 9-11 was conceived by the CIA. That Roosevelt knew the Japanese would bomb Pearl Harbor. That Chuck Barris of The Gong Show was a CIA operative. Amelia Earhart is still alive on some remote island. That Elvis Presley is still alive (the ambulance attendants state the man they took out of Graceland on a gurney was 260 lbs but the man in the coffin at the funeral parlor was about 175 lbs). That Paul McCartney died back in 1968 and replaced in The Beatles. That George Reeves (Superman) was murdered and had not killed himself. That Jim Morrison of The Doors is still alive -- hey, no one saw the body after he was declared "dead." Then, buried in France? Not the U.S.? And the impending lawsuits in the US for indecent exposure? What's to believe? There's a conspiracy, fiction, and embellishment in everything. KZbin has videos stating a guy in the 1950s has a cell phone up to his ear -- he's a time traveler. I guess they never heard of transistor radios. They said the same thing about an old woman walking down a street at the turn of the century. She held something up to her ear and they say she had a cell phone. Really? Maybe it was one of those horns elderly people stuck in their ears so they could hear better (known as ear trumpets). No research...just accusations. Many of the One Step Beyond stories were indeed based on fact -- "based" means it may have happened and was reported as such. But no one could explain it. Despite witnesses, all logic is dismissed. That's what the show's about Cliff. If you want to define unexplained as fiction -- good luck. Things have happened to me I can't explain. I am still here. What do I do believe the unexplained or just dismiss it as fiction? Did I imagine it? But I didn't. Maybe it has a little to do with faith or even fate. One Step Beyond tried to be a little closer to the possibility that their "tales" are more than just a straight made up story by a scriptwriter. And anyway, they wanted to present a story that would make you think -- could it have happened? Is it feasible? You don't have to believe it. They don't compel you to believe anything. It's just that no one's been able to provide a rationale to it. The only way you will ever believe what I am saying to you, suggesting to you -- is when that day comes that something happens to you that you can't explain. And you know it happened. If you live long enough, it will happen. I have had two such events happen to me. I don't even try to explain what happened. But both could have been One Step Beyond episodes. Maybe it's just imagination -- but in my circumstance there were witnesses. And it was not a complicated moment -- just an unexplained one.

[@sharonzimmerman5558]

Yes! I remember the one about "Titan" and it terried me! Thanks for reminding me of that episode!

[@arthurtrauer5684]

Short but good story. I really liked it. Thank you.

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

Lonny Chapman appeared twice on The Rifleman. Great actor.

[@rogertemple7193]

"Lonny was from Oklahoma which is my home state and still is."-🤔☕☕🖥..

[@Theywaswrong]

I remember him mostly from an episode of Bonanaza. He was also the Diner guy in the movie "The Birds".

[@bonniebester606]

15:55...oh my gosh! I want a Woody Wagon like that! How fun would that be?

[@johnrettig1880]

Several years ago . A friend of mine saw a lady getting out of a classic woody like the one in this story . As we walked by we complimented her about the condition of the wagon . She said that her and her husband spent a lot of time rebuilding it . In our conversation I happened to mention an old obscure California DMV regulation passed back in the 60's called the " Beach Boy " regulation that read " No Classic Woody Wagon Shall Be Seen in Public Without an Accompanying Surfboard Either on the Roof rack or Sticking Out of the Tailgate " . The following week my friend and I saw the same Woody and lady and almost parked in the same spot . This time with a surfboard sticking out from the tailgate . Back in the 80's on " Saturday Night Live " Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi were dressed as Highway Patrol officers and mentioned the same regulation . One note : The Beach Boys were that night's guest appearance .

[@SkipSpotter]

..the ending really sucked, so lets change it and finish it with him finding a ton of gold down that mini mine, which allowed him and his pregnant wife a wonderful life on a huge farm they were able to buy, and they lived happily ever after. The moral of the story....never give up no matter how bad thing seem.

[@LittleKitty22]

Rose Treiger What's wrong with a 46 year old lady getting pregnant? Just because YOU feel old, doesn't mean one is actually old at 46!

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Rose Treiger Well look at the foist lady of the evening and, in the sense of my heart belongs to, her daddy.

[@johnnypastrana6727]

And was there gold found in that mine? Why would he not share it with his Brother? I recall the quote from the B. Traven book 'Treasure of the Sierra Madre'..."I have seen what gold does to mans souls".

[@giovanna722]

@@johnnypastrana6727 The movie is fantastic, too. Humphrey Bogart, Walter Houston. Really packs a wallop.

[@catherinecollon9545]

I also learned a lot from TV shows in the 1960´s in France.

[@loveanarchy8488]

Should've named him Oliver Wendel Douglas and his wife, Lisa. And made him a lawyer

[@axiomist1076]

In 1968 I could rent a room in a nice motel in Staten Island, N Y, for $5 . Nice place, too. I was 21 at the time.

[@tomsmith5216]

I had a nice apartment in Brooklyn in 1969, for $100 a month. The good old days!!!

[@hammadoolass]

I LOVE JOHN NEWLAND !!!

[@scarlettchappendenden9059]

Brilliant! Thank you so much! Love ftom London Lockdown!!!! x

[@jimburig7064]

For whatever reason, I didn't know of this series when it was current. It's good to discover something from that era that I haven't already seen. Even better is that this material is a little more cerebral than most of what was being offered back then.

[@sharonzimmerman5558]

Jim, this was one of my favorite shows at the time it was aired. I was a kid watched with my parents, back in the day when it was one TV per household. There were many great anthology series back then that I was too young to know at the time but I am discovering now. Have you ever seen Studio One? Might want to check it out. Big names on that one. Some were big names when they appeared on it, likexFrank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, etc. While others were just starting out, like Dennis Hopper and James Dean. Worth watching, for sure.

[@jimburig7064]

Thank you, @@sharonzimmerman5558! Do you remember watching bowling tournaments before there were automated pin setting machines? Of course there was only one TV. Who had that kind of money?

[@sharonzimmerman5558]

@@jimburig7064 Ha! I do! I must say, I do appreciate many aspects of today's technology, but I would go back to that time period any day. We had. TRUEfamilies and traditions then. Hate to date myself but my 2 biggest thrills of my childhood were to be allowed to stay up late on Friday nights to watch Twilight Zone with my parents and the other is goings to my aunts house where I could watch Flinstones in color because she was first in family to get a color TV

[@jimburig7064]

It is good communicating with you, @@sharonzimmerman5558. My childhood was all about family too. Aunts, uncles, cousins, and our grandparents! We all lived close by yet seeing one another was always a special occasion not taken for granted. Because of that, I consider myself extra fortunate.

[@sharonzimmerman5558]

@@jimburig7064 Thank you, Jjm. Same here. Sounds like we are from, or close to, the same generation. I remember days before mals when we had the local butcher, bakery, etc. In my neighborhood, we had a bread store. All it sold was fresh baked bread. My grandmother sent me there ever morning. I can still remember the aroma of the bread and carrying it home stikk warm un brown paper bag. Always made me hungry! I even remember the milk man!

[@bonniebester606]

I wish they still made Big Woody Wagons! Lol

[@MrBlaser51]

No way it was $2.00 a night. It was probably $75 cents unless they were staying at the Ritz !!!

[@patriciallamas2050]

Cheers for the upload!! 🤩

[@artmish11]

I just saw the remake of this story on Next Step Beyond from 18 years later...The ending was changed...Just like some of the other Next Step Beyond remakes of these One Step Beyond original stories which were better produced.

[@ianmangham4570]

When TV was GOOD 😄

[@naguerea]

watching this articular 'One Step Beyond, I suddenly realised all the other programmes offered to the right

[@VerisimilitudeFilms1]

NOW I KNOW WHERE I RECOGNIZE THE ACTOR!!! He was the owner of The Tides restaurant in Alfred Hitchcock's "THE BIRDS."

[@CharlesMartel676]

One Step Beyond : never anything like it since!!!!!

[@saeedmadani7949]

Thank you.

[@misskitty8510]

Rooms a $1.25!!!!! Now $125.00!! Shocking!! 😲

[@hammadoolass]

I LOVE JOHN NEWLAND

[@richardhincemon9423]

They just don't make them like that anymore!!!♥️

[@originalkingalpha5116]

Yesirrr! Those type of women are loooong gone! 🍻😂

[@conniecrawford5231]

Can you imagine a hotel room for. $2 a night? Are you listening , Disney? LOL !

[@giannidcenzo]

These are great

[@wcharliewilson7004]

Freaking outrageous! You telling me rooms-for-rink were $2...who but Rockefeller could afford that??

[@renaefinkbeiner4071]

Love the films

[@billybob9961]

Great video thank you