One Step Beyond | Season 3 | Episode 12 | Where Are They? | John Newland | Robert Douglas

In 1922 the town of Chico, California was pelted by rocks falling from an empty sky. A writer who called himself The Ghost took credit for the phenomena, but was never identified. Similarly, in 1917 a stranger appeared to government officials in Washington, D. C. and demonstrated a new fuel made from water that could power an auto engine. After his successful exhibition, the stranger vanished as quickly as he had appeared. The FBI and Secret Service searched for months and could never find him.

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 Washington
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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