The Story Behind ONE STEP BEYOND’S Most Controversial Episode

In this video, I'll give a brief overview of the series ONE STEP BEYOND and its most controversial episode, The Sacred Mushroom. The episode was originally broadcast on January 24th, 1961, and follows host John Newland and a group of researchers as they travel to a remote Mexican village in hopes that eating an extremely rare mushroom could enhance their extrasensory perception.

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[baabo]

As a child, I watched all these shows, Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, ..etc, .and it's amazing to realize all the great actors and actresses who got their start doing these shows.

[tonyv]

When I was a kid, I worked part time in a tv repair shop. I built my own tv and had it in my bedroom. At night I would watch One Step Beyond, Outer Limits and Sci Fi Theater. Great times in black and white.

[siriusgd]

2:40 I don't think he was receiving "emails". In the old days we called those "letters".

[InWhoseOpinion]

He received emails in 1961? Now that's truly One Step Beyond.

[marcgiardina]

Best show ever created ! Scared me silly as a kid in the 50's, the music so compelling and the stories so profound.

[Gamble]

I was glued to the TV as a little kid while this show was on, along with The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone. I have all three on DVD (70 eps of One Step Beyond) along with the later, and also excellent Night Gallery.

[MGood-ijhi]

After all these years that theme music to `One Step Beyond' still does send shivers up the spine. That music and the theme music to `Peter Gunn' were the best of that era.

[RedcoatsReturn]

Like the original Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond will remain a eternal classic. They did everything right and the scripts, casting and directing were all brilliant and genial. Almost not to be found today’s paranormal/Sci Fi except the short films of …DUST…are a candle of bright hope.

[HootOwl]

Wait. Newland said he was getting threatening emails [2:43] in 1959? That truly was a show ahead of its time.

[raymoles]

There was another show in the 50's that I enjoyed. It was called "Science Fiction Theater".

[VoightKampf]

One Step Beyond; Outer Limits; Twilight Zone; Man In Space; Rocky Jones Space Ranger; The Man And The Challenge; World of Giants; these were the shows that would keep me glued to the 19 inch Philco for hours and hours.

[MrGchiasson]

59'..I was in kindergarten in Brooklyn.
I enjoy marathon watching this show...
Wonderful writing.

[lyric]

This show was a LOT scarier than Twilight Zone!

[roydalezobel]

He got E-Mails in 1960? He really took 'one step beyond'. 😂

[Grey-qp]

I was seven when I first watched the show. I was enthralled. Then I became a big fan of Twilight Zone and later Outer Limits. I also remember a show called Science Fiction Theatre.

[allanpattison]

An episode about mushrooms. No wonder it was popular! Ahh, the good old days!

[KarlBunker]

I didn't know that the host John Newland was also the director of all the episodes. I remember thinking that he talked like the most educated guy in the world, using phraseology like "an hallucination." LOL. I also remember the theme music scaring the bejabbers out of me.

[madcratebuilder]

My Mother loved this show, I remember watching every week with her.

[RonsWorld]

I remember watching this as a kid. The theme song always freaked me out.

[kcfraser]

I'm halfway through season 2 on Tubi. Excellent show.