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One Step Beyond(1959)
Produced at the same time as the more well-know Twilight Zone, this series fed the nation's growing
interest in paranormal suspense in a different way. Rather than creating fictional stories with
supernatural twists and turns, this program sought out 'real' stories of the supernatural, including
ghosts, disappearances, monsters, etc., and re-creating them for each episode.
Created by Merwin Gerard and hosted by John Newland the original series ran for three seasons on ABC from
1959 to 1961 and remains syndicated to this day. Among its varied tales, One Step Beyond dealt with
premonition of death ("The Lincoln Assassination") and disaster ("Tidal Wave",
"Night of April 14th"); ("The Long Call"); the existence of ghosts ("The
Last Time"); and wildly improbable coincidence ("The Glider", "Death on the
Mountain", etc.). In one episode dealing with the discovery of mind-altering drugs, circa 1960,
Newland traveled to Mexico, where he met with a local shaman who was an initiate in ritual use of magic
mushrooms. The then-unknown mushrooms were purportedly able to increase the user's psychic powers. On
camera, the TV host ingested several mushrooms and allowed his reactions to be filmed for broadcast
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