One Step Beyond | Season 2 | Episode 4 | Doomsday | John Newland | Robert Douglas | Olan Soule
A poor, pretty, village woman living in Scotland in the 17th Century is sentenced to be burned at the stake, for the natural death of her lover, the son of an Earl. She shouts out a curse that the oldest son of every generation to come of the Earl will die before the father.
Produced at the same time as the more well-known The Twilight Zone (1959), this series was an extension of the tradition of radio horror and supernatural dramas such as Light’s Out, The Mysterious Traveler and The Witches Tale. As with the Twilight Zone and the radio programs each tale was book-ended by an introduction and conclusion by a host. However, rather than creating fictional stories with supernatural twists and turns, this program sought out “real” stories of the supernatural, including ghosts, disappearances, monsters and the like, re-creating them for each episode. No solutions to these mysteries were ever found, and viewers could only scratch their heads and wonder, “what if it’s real?”
Creator: Merwin Gerard
Stars: John Newland, Robert Douglas, Olan Soule
Cast
John Newland as Self – Host
Robert Douglas as Gen. George Washingto
Olan Soule as Conductor
Will J. White as Corporal
Francis De Sales as Dr. Norton
Rudolph Anders as Dr. Heinrick Swansen
Jeanne Bates as Edna Gibbs
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