The BEST episodes of One Step Beyond season 1

Every episode of One Step Beyond season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of One Step Beyond season 1!

During the era of The Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond is a show that told real stories about supernatural encounters. Host John Newland narrated stories of ghosts, monsters, mysterious disappearances, and supernatural circumstances in which no logical answer to explain the events was found. Along with dramatic and eerie re-enactments, viewers couldn't help but wonder if the paranormal truly exists.

Last Updated: 9/13/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Premonition
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7.88
16 votes

#1 - Premonition

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/1959

A young girl has a terrible vision of herself being killed by a chandelier falling on her from the ceiling of her home's ballroom. Growing up, she never sets foot in the room, but when her engagement is to be announced, both her father and fiancé insist that she set aside her foolishness for the party.

Directors: John Newland
Writer: Paul David
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Epilogue
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7.75
24 votes

#2 - Epilogue

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/24/1959

A recovering alcoholic returns to his family from an extended stay in rehabilitation. His sobriety is put to the test, as are his beliefs in the supernatural, when his son is trapped in a cave-in.

Directors: John Newland
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The Vision
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7.73
11 votes

#3 - The Vision

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/24/1959

On a battlefield during the first World War, a group of French soldiers experience something which causes them to drop their weapons and walk away from the fight. During their subsequent court-martial, each gives his differing account of what he saw, which all seem impossible to believe.

Directors: John Newland
Writer: Larry Marcus
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Emergency Only
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7.70
20 votes

#4 - Emergency Only

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/3/1959

A skeptical man has his fortune told at a cocktail party. As events begin to unfold exactly as the psychic has predicted, his disbelief turns to fear that the psychic's final prediction, that he will be pursued by a knife-wielding woman, will also come to pass.

Directors: John Newland
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The Return of Mitchell Campion
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7.67
6 votes

#5 - The Return of Mitchell Campion

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/7/1959

A man visiting a small Mediterranean island is stunned when all of the island's residents recognize him and insist that he is an island resident who has returned after many years, even though he knows he has never been there before.

Directors: John Newland
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The Dead Part of the House
star
7.56
9 votes

#6 - The Dead Part of the House

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/17/1959

A young girl moves into a new house with her father and aunt, and before long, she makes friends with the ghosts of three girls who reside in an upstairs nursery -- though the adults assume that her new "friends" are her three new dolls.

Directors: John Newland
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Night of April 14th
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7.27
33 votes

#7 - Night of April 14th

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/27/1959

A young Englishwoman is suddenly wracked by dreams of drowning in the ocean. She is stunned when her fiancée tells her that he has prepared a surprise honeymoon trip for them--they're sailing to New York on the passenger liner Titanic.

Directors: John Newland
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The Dark Room
star
7.19
21 votes

#8 - The Dark Room

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/1959

A female photojournalist on assignment in France takes an apartment and begins to work with a somewhat mysterious male model. Thngs come to a head when she has a brush with the supernatural that could well mean her death.

Directors: John Newland
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The Secret
star
7.17
6 votes

#9 - The Secret

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/21/1959

A young woman is left alone and unloved by her domineering and arrogant husband. She soon invents an imaginary lover who loves and comforts her--then she begins to suspect that her invisible "lover" may not be all that imaginary.

Directors: John Newland
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The Bride Possessed
star
7.14
35 votes

#10 - The Bride Possessed

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/20/1959

Matt Conroy is startled when on their honeymoon his wide-eyed, Louisiana-drawling wife Sally suddenly becomes a determined and demanding woman with no accent who denies even knowing him.

Directors: John Newland
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The Navigator
star
7.00
5 votes

#11 - The Navigator

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/14/1959

The crew of a nineteenth century sailing ship find that somebody has altered its course before catching a stowaway, a mute, soaking wet Oriental whom they clap in irons. The alteration in course leads them to rescue survivors of a ship sunk by an ice berg, though that ship's navigator is dead and is the spitting image of the Oriental, who has mysteriously disappeared.

Directors: John Newland
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The Riddle
star
7.00
3 votes

#12 - The Riddle

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/16/1959

On a trip through India, a married couple encounters a beggar who seems to be different from all the others they've seen--the husband is convinced that this particular beggar is trying to kill them.

Directors: John Newland
Writer: Larry Marcus
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Front Runner
star
7.00
5 votes

#13 - Front Runner

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/9/1959

Two rival jockeys compete for the top spot at a racetrack, but one of them has an unexpected brush with the supernatural that may give him the edge.

Directors: John Newland
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Echo
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7.00
5 votes

#14 - Echo

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/2/1959

Paul Martin is acquitted by a jury of the murder of his wife, although most people believe he did in fact kill her. To escape questioning reporters, he takes a house in the country. Soon, however, he begins to have premonitions of his own murder, and is shocked one day when his dead wife's brother shows up at his front door

Directors: John Newland
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Twelve Hours to Live
star
7.00
20 votes

#15 - Twelve Hours to Live

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/1959

After her husband storms out of the house following an argument, his wife begins having visions of him in terrible danger. She seeks help from his disbelieving business partner and the police before resolving to rescue him herself.

Directors: John Newland
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The Aerialist
star
6.95
39 votes

#16 - The Aerialist

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/28/1959

An argument between two trapeze artists results in an accident in which one is paralyzed. The other is torn by guilt and depression, until supernatural forces began to change his world.

Directors: John Newland
Writer: Larry Marcus
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The Dream
star
6.92
24 votes

#17 - The Dream

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/3/1959

In 1940, a fearful Britain awaits invasion by Nazi forces. A husband and his wife, separated by their wartime assignments, suddenly dream that each is in danger, and both try frantically to see if their dream has come true.

Directors: John Newland
Writer: John Dunkel
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The Devil's Laughter
star
6.71
7 votes

#18 - The Devil's Laughter

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/31/1959

John Marriott boasted to his jailers, the executioner and anyone else who would listen that before the first attempted execution he was frightened out of his wits. But when the hood was put over his head, he saw how he would die, and it would not be on the gallows.

Directors: John Newland
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The Captain's Guests
star
6.67
9 votes

#19 - The Captain's Guests

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/26/1959

A sadistic sea captain from the 19th century haunts a New England home and poisons the lives of a married couple after taking possession of the husband's mind.

Directors: John Newland
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The Image of Death
star
6.56
9 votes

#20 - The Image of Death

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/19/1959

An inspector is suspicious about the death of the wife of a Marquis, who, in fact, did kill her with his lover Charlotte as his accomplice. The Marquis becomes increasingly haunted by a stain on the wall which seems to be the image of his dead wife's face. He is ultimately tried and executed, but for the murder of Charlotte who has been literally scared to death by the stain.

Directors: John Newland
Writer: Larry Marcus
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The Haunted U-Boat
star
6.50
6 votes

#21 - The Haunted U-Boat

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/12/1959

While on patrol during WWII, a German U-boat attempts to evade detection from the sonar of the American and British ships. But their location is repeatedly betrayed by the noise of a rhythmic banging sound caused by someone . . . or something . . . on board the submarine.

Directors: John Newland
Writer: Larry Marcus
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The Burning Girl
star
6.00
5 votes

#22 - The Burning Girl

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/5/1959

Cult actress Luana Anders plays a teenager trying to fit into a new community, make new friends and coexist with her abusive aunt and insensitive father, who insists she's a pyromaniac despite her pleas of innocence. Things are certain to get hot sooner than later.

Directors: John Newland
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