History Series / OneStepBeyond1959

* {{Revival}}: ''The Next Step Beyond'', a low budget FirstRunSyndication 1978 series that reunited John Newland and Merwin Gerard. About half of the stories were {{remake}}s of original ''One Step Beyond'' episodes.

* OutDamnedSpot: In "The Hand" Tom Grant, a piano player at a run-down dive, murders a beautiful young woman in a jealous rage with a broken-off beer bottle. After the police arrest a drunken derelict for the crime, Tom figures he's in the clear. Although he at first seems to have covered his tracks well enough, he soon discovers that, no matter how hard he tries, he cannot get the woman's blood off his hands. He forces a doctor to bandage the hand only to cause the blood to seep through. Eventually he breaks down when he is called into witness for the murder and has to lay the hand on Literature/TheBible and swear to tell the truth.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Series/BeyondBeliefFactOrFiction'', which was also a GenreAnthology based on allegedly true stories of the paranormal.

''One Step Beyond'', also known as ''Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond'', was a TV anthology show created by Merwin Gerard that aired on Creator/{{ABC}}. It predated its better-known competitor ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' by nine months (it premiered on January 20, 1959; ''Twilight Zone'' debuted in October). It was hosted by John Newland, who referred to himself on camera as "your guide to the supernatural" (he was also the series' director). Like ''The Twilight Zone'', the series presented stories that were supernatural and eerie in nature. Unlike ''The Twilight Zone'', the show claimed to be a {{Docudrama}}; every spooky episode was (supposedly) [[BasedOnATrueStory inspired by true events]] and was presented as a reenactment. Topics included death premonitions, astral projection, ghosts, PsychicPowers, unexplained phenomena and strange coincidences.

Many soon-to-be famous actors guest starred on the show, including Creator/WarrenBeatty, Creator/CharlesBronson, Creator/ClorisLeachman, Creator/ChristopherLee, Creator/JackLord, Creator/PatrickMacnee, Yvette Mimieux, Creator/ElizabethMontgomery, Creator/EdwardPlatt, Creator/DonaldPleasence, Pernell Roberts, Creator/WilliamShatner, Creator/DavidWhite, and Creator/PeterWyngarde.

''One Step Beyond'', also known as ''Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond'', was a TV anthology show created by Merwin Gerard that aired on Creator/{{ABC}}. It predated its better-known competitor ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' by nine months (it premiered on January 20, 1959; ''Twilight Zone'' debuted in October). It was hosted by John Newland, who referred to himself on camera as "your guide to the supernatural" (he was also the series' director). Like ''The Twilight Zone'', the series presented stories that were supernatural and eerie in nature. Unlike ''The Twilight Zone'', the show claimed to be a {{Docudrama}}; every spooky episode was (supposedly) [[BasedOnATrueStory inspired by true events]] which were presented as reenactments. Topics included death premonitions, astral projection, ghosts, PsychicPowers, unexplained phenomena and strange coincidences.

Many soon-to-be famous actors guest starred on the show, including Creator/WarrenBeatty, Creator/CharlesBronson, Creator/ClorisLeachman, Creator/ChristopherLee, Creator/PatrickMacnee, Yvette Mimieux, Creator/ElizabethMontgomery, Creator/EdwardPlatt, Creator/DonaldPleasence, Pernell Roberts, Creator/WilliamShatner, Creator/DavidWhite, and Creator/PeterWyngarde.