• Air date: 15 Sep '59 39 episodes
      Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.
  • List of Episodes (39)
    • 26. The Explorer

      15 Mar '60
      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?
    • 27. The Clown

      22 Mar '60
      A mute carnival clown witnesses the abusive relationship between a beautiful young lady and her cruel husband. After fleeing from her husband, the young lady seeks refuge in the clown's trailer. The husband burst in, commits an act of violence, and then flees – only to find the spectral presence of the clown haunting his every step.
    • 28. I Saw You Tomorrow

      05 Apr '60
      ""There is no new thing under the sun."" Proverbs
    • 29. Encounter

      12 Apr '60
      Without a plane, a pilot appears.
    • 30. The Peter Hurkos Story (1)

      19 Apr '60
      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.
    • 31. The Peter Hurkos Story (2)

      26 Apr '60
      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.
    • 32. Delia

      03 May '60
      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.
    • 33. The Visitor

      10 May '60
      A man returns to his past.
    • 34. Gypsy

      17 May '60
      A prisoner's encounter with the supernatural is recounted.
    • 35. Contact

      24 May '60
      A hands-on approach.
    • 36. The Lonely Room

      31 May '60
      The presence of absence.
    • 37. House of the Dead

      07 Jun '60
      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"" . . .
    • 38. Goodbye Grandpa

      14 Jun '60
      An old railroad man keeps his promise.
    • 39. The Storm

      21 Jun '60
      no sooner out the hermit-dorm I found the calm that follows storm Beckett