One Step Beyond | Season 1 | Episode 16 | Burning Girl | John Newland | Robert Douglas | Olan Soule

Alice Deering is a shy teenage girl who is trying to fit into a new community, make new friends and coexist with her abusive aunt and insensitive father, who insists she’s a pyromaniac despite her pleas of innocence. Things are certain to get hot sooner than later.

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?”

Directed by Merwin Gerard
Starring 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