• Air date: 30 Aug '60 37 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 (37)
    • 1. Tidal Wave

      30 Aug '60
      As a tidal wave approaches the Hawaiian Islands, the wheelchair-bound wife of a Naval engineer desperately tries to find someone to help her evacuate the doomed area. Nothing can save the poor young women – accept perhaps the strange and illusive phenomenon known as . . . telepathy.
    • 2. Anniversary of a Murder

      27 Sep '60
      In the midst of an adulterous relationship, a successful business man and his mistress are driving home one night when they accidentally cause the death of young bicyclists on a lonely road. They desperately try to cover up the tragedy . . . but the dead man has other ideas . . .
    • 3. The Death Waltz

      04 Oct '60
      The Merry Widow?
    • 4. The Return

      11 Oct '60
      These were the swift to harry...
    • 5. If You See Sally

      18 Oct '60
      Her brother dies, and she is blamed, so she departs.
    • 6. Moment of Hate

      25 Oct '60
      A woman believes she has the power to cause death by wishing it, and is placed under a psychiatrist's care.
    • 7. To Know the End

      01 Nov '60
      ...is to cure the suspense; a woman envisions her husband transformed.
    • 8. The Trap

      15 Nov '60
      Just before he falls asleep, a man is suddenly aware that there is another life that seems to be in direct conflict with his own. He is astounded to discover that he has stumbled upon what seems to be a parallel universe--one in which he also exists. but in not quite the same way he does in this one.
    • 9. The Voice

      22 Nov '60
      Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter. Keats
    • 10. The Promise

      29 Nov '60
      But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep. Frost
    • 11. Tonight at 12:17

      06 Dec '60
      An expectant mother envisions a plane crash with startling clarity.
    • 12. Where Are They?

      13 Dec '60
      Stones fall on Chico, California; a man goes to Washington, D.C with effervescent tablets that turn water into fuel for automobiles.
    • 13. Legacy of Love

      20 Dec '60
      A romance of past and present.
    • 14. Rendezvous

      27 Dec '60
      A wife is notified that her husband, a Marine, has been lost at sea. However, she refuses to believe that he is dead and knows that he will return to her. Soon afterwards she is walking alone through a park when a would-be mugger approaches her, but he is scared off by the sudden appearance of what looks to be some sort of spirit.
    • 15. The Executioner

      03 Jan '61
      A Confederate soldier lost behind Union lines is framed for spying. His dog saves him even after death.
    • 16. The Last Round

      10 Jan '61
      A former heavyweight champion appears to save a boxing match during the blitz.
    • 17. Dead Man's Tale

      17 Jan '61
      A reporter makes a find in the Yukon.
    • 18. The Sacred Mushroom

      24 Jan '61
      Andrija Puharich's expedition in search of the sacred mushroom, with the help of a brujo, and ESP tests before and after.
    • 19. The Gift

      31 Jan '61
      Neither shadow of turning.
    • 20. Person Unknown

      07 Feb '61
      In Mexico, an escaped convict hides out in a monastery. Unfortunately, it is on the night when the ghost of an Aztec warrior is said to roam the halls. When a murder is discovered later that night, he must prove that he not only didn't commit the murder, but that it was in fact committed by the ghostly warrior.
    • 21. Night of Decision

      21 Feb '61
      General Washington doubts, but is saved.
    • 22. The Stranger

      28 Feb '61
      In a disaster, he comforts the survivors, and afterward is found to have died in prison some time before.
    • 23. Justice

      07 Mar '61
      Its long arm finally resolves an eyewitness and an alibi.
    • 24. The Face

      14 Mar '61
      Persistence of evil vision.
    • 25. The Room Upstairs

      21 Mar '61
      A Londoner hears a child crying for help.