The BEST episodes of One Step Beyond season 2

Every episode of One Step Beyond season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of One Step Beyond season 2!

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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Dead Ringer
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8.89
35 votes

#1 - Dead Ringer

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/1959

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 . . .

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Brainwave
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8.20
5 votes

#2 - Brainwave

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1959

During WWII, a drunken pharmacist's mate must operate on the injured captain of his ship. The chief medical officer on a near-by ship assists the terrified young man perform the operation by providing instructions over the ship's radio. But at a crucial moment in the operation, the young man needs much more than this . . . and he receives it from an unearthly source . . .

Directors: John Newland
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Earthquake
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8.03
33 votes

#3 - Earthquake

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/12/1960

In 1906 San Francisco, many famous people gather at a hotel to hear renowned opera singer Enrico Caruso perform. However, a bellboy at the hotel suddenly has visions of impending mass destruction and death, but he can't get anyone to listen to him.

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The Visitor
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8.00
1 votes

#4 - The Visitor

Season 2 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/10/1960

Alcoholic Ellen Grayson summons her husband Harry to her isolated house to announce their marriage is over, after which he crashes his car. Helen is then visited by a man, the exact double of a much younger Harry, whose account of the love his has for his wife moves her to reconciliation and inadvertently saving her husband's life.

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The Storm
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8.00
1 votes

#5 - The Storm

Season 2 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/21/1960

A dead artist's fame rests on one painting, unfinished when he died but now complete.

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Goodbye Grandpa
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8.00
1 votes

#6 - Goodbye Grandpa

Season 2 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/14/1960

A brother and sister are devastated by the death of their grandfather, to whom they were inordinately close. However, they soon begin to suspect that he may be trying to contact them from beyond the grave.

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House of the Dead
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8.00
31 votes

#7 - House of the Dead

Season 2 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/7/1960

A British army officer stationed in Hong Kong frantically searches for his missing Oriental wife before his scheduled return to the US. In desperation he seeks the help of an old Chinese man . . . who writes a cryptic message on paper and tells him to look for his wife in the ""House of the Dead"" . . .

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The Lonely Room
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8.00
31 votes

#8 - The Lonely Room

Season 2 - Episode 36 - Aired 5/31/1960

Shy Henri looks out his window one day and sees himself strolling down the street with pretty Therese.

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Contact
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8.00
1 votes

#9 - Contact

Season 2 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/24/1960

Bill Dermott finds himself haunted by a determined voice in his mind plotting a heinous murder. Could this unsettling phenomenon possibly be linked to the antique pocket watch he received as a gift from his wife?

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Delia
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8.00
31 votes

#10 - Delia

Season 2 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/3/1960

While vacationing at a tropical resort, a cynical and unhappy young man meets a beautiful young lady who speaks cryptically about the many times they've met before. The two fall instantly in love -- but the next day he cannot find her . . . and the other resort guests claim he spent the evening alone.

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The Peter Hurkos Story (2)
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8.00
31 votes

#11 - The Peter Hurkos Story (2)

Season 2 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/26/1960

Following his experiences Hurkos begins to work with parapsychologist Dr Lindsteom and the police and is credited with assisting in the capture of real-life serial killers. Hurkos himself finally appears on screen.

Directors: John Newland
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The Peter Hurkos Story (1)
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8.00
1 votes

#12 - The Peter Hurkos Story (1)

Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/19/1960

Peter Hurkos, a resistance fighter in Denmark during World War II, awakens from a coma and discovers that he not only has psychic powers, but that he can see the good or evil in someone simply by touching them. Soon he is using his powers to help track down a crazed killer.

Directors: John Newland
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Encounter
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8.00
1 votes

#13 - Encounter

Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/12/1960

A small construction crew is set on edge when a pilot and his plane suddenly disappear, his last radio message frantically reporting a mountain descending from the clouds and coming right at him. While searching for their colleague, UFO skeptics and believers among the crew debate reported sightings and evidence.

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I Saw You Tomorrow
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8.00
31 votes

#14 - I Saw You Tomorrow

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/5/1960

While visiting a country estate for the weekend, a man hears an argument in the room across the hall. He investigates and witnesses a man striking a woman and killing her. A few hours later, he sees the same couple at dinner.

Directors: John Newland
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The Haunting
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8.00
1 votes

#15 - The Haunting

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/8/1960

Suspecting his friend Peter of having an affair with his bride-to-be, Colin Chandler allows him to die following a climbing accident. However ghostly happenings interrupt the wedding ceremony resulting in punishment for Colin and his eventual breakdown.

Directors: John Newland
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Vanishing Point
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8.00
2 votes

#16 - Vanishing Point

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/23/1960

Quarrelsome couple Fred and Mary Graham rent an old house but, following an argument, Mary disappears. Fred is tried for her murder but released for lack of evidence. However, he discovers that several previous occupants of the house have also mysteriously vanished without trace.

Directors: John Newland
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Who Are You?
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8.00
3 votes

#17 - Who Are You?

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/2/1960

In the 1900s, Laurie Warren, recovering from scarlet fever it was feared would kill her, travels to the home of a Mr and Mrs Mason, whose daughter has recently died and imagines that she is that daughter rejecting her parents when they come after her. However things change after Mrs Mason discovers that she is pregnant and Laurie recovers her old self.

Directors: John Newland
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Call from Tomorrow
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8.00
2 votes

#18 - Call from Tomorrow

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/26/1960

A famous actress has a complete breakdown after the death of her young daughter. After she recovers she returns home, only to be convinced that she can hear her daughter calling to her from beyond the grave.

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The Forests of the Night
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8.00
3 votes

#19 - The Forests of the Night

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/19/1960

Three friends on a hunting trip idling away a rainy day stumble upon a mysterious Chinese game that promises to make a man what he is not, such as a mouse a tiger. After playing the game, a mild-mannered member of the trio begins acting strangely.

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The Justice Tree
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8.00
2 votes

#20 - The Justice Tree

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/5/1960

Convicted killer Calvin Gannis is being escorted to this place of execution but escapes after a road accident, finding himself in a ghost town, seemingly inhabited by only the widowed Sally and her young son Joey. However, an oak tree which has been dead for decades suddenly starts to grow again, spelling out justice for Gannis.

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The Hand
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8.00
32 votes

#21 - The Hand

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/29/1959

In a jealous rage, a piano player at a run-down dive murders a beautiful young woman. Although he at first seems to have covered his tracks well enough, he soon discovers that, no matter how hard he tries, he cannot get the woman's blood off his hands.

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The Stone Cutter
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8.00
32 votes

#22 - The Stone Cutter

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/1959

Elderly Simon Lockhart is convinced that he will die in just a few days, because a mysterious stone cutter has already chiseled that date onto his tombstone

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Message from Clara
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8.00
34 votes

#23 - Message from Clara

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1959

An English instructor teaching immigrants finds herself writing at the blackboard in a language she doesn't understand. It turns out to be a warning against one of her students.

Directors: John Newland
Writer: Larry Marcus
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The Open Window
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8.00
35 votes

#24 - The Open Window

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1959

On a hot summer night, a disillusioned artist sits by the open window of his New York apartment and witnesses an attempted suicide by a young woman in the adjacent building. He rushes next door to save her . . . but he finds the apartment empty! Later, when the exact same vision is repeated, he begins to doubt his sanity.

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The Explorer
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8.00
31 votes

#25 - The Explorer

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/15/1960

An archaeological team becomes lost in the desert, but they encounter a young explorer who possesses life-saving knowledge of the region's ancient history. However, months later the leader of the expedition discovers that the young man he met in the dessert could not possibly be who he claimed to be . . . or could he?

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