

A groundbreaking series by Rod Serling, this half-hour anthology featured tales of the strange, the macabre, and the unusual. Some were science fiction, some were supernatural, and some defied easy categorization.This five-season series is best known for its twist endings. Many of the stories were written by Serling himself, others were crafted by Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, Earl Hammer Jr. and Ray Bradbury.
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30mThe pilot of a World War 2 Bomber called King Nine crashes in an African desert, wondering when and where he is. The Captain soon regains consciousness, he starts searching his surroundings and soon finds the graves of his crew and eventually wakes up in a hospital bed, 17 years after the crash. As the psychiatrist assures the nurse that the Captain is only reliving what happened in his mind, she begins to wonder, especially after finding sand in his shoes.
30mA poor pawnbroker inadvertently releases a genie from an old bottle, and is granted three wishes. However, the pawnbroker soon discovers that all wishes have a price.
30mA nervous little hustler, Jackie Rhoades, is ordered to make a hit on someone for a mobster. However, when he tries to leave his hotel room, he discovers that he first must conquer his ultimate enemy: the face in the mirror.
30mA writer (Richard Haydn) believes machines are conspiring against him.
30mDavid Ellington comes upon an old monastery occupied by a 'Truth' order that is holding a benign old man prisoner.
30mIn a not too distant future, a young woman hopes that plastic surgery will help her look "normal," after living her life as an unattractive freak.
30mA couple on their way to New York City for the husband's new job are unexpectedly waylaid... by a fortune-telling machine in a diner.
30mWhen the daughter of an inventor tires of the family's household staff being made up of only robots, she soon discovers a shocking secret that her father and mother have kept from her for years.
30mA Broadway actor (Brian Aherne) yearning for the days when his wife (Pippa Scott) was alive gets his wish.
30mA thieving couple (Fred Clark, Jean Carson) discover that a camera that they have stolen takes pictures of the future.
30mA drunk department store Santa wishes that he could give presents to everyone... and gets his wish.
30mIn the Old West, the desperate father (Vladimir Sokoloff) of a condemned man (John A. Alonzo) buys "magic dust" from a peddler (Thomas Gomez) to save his son.
30mAt a meeting in a Washington, D.C. club, several professors hold a discussion on whether it's possible to travel back in time to alter history. One of the men, feeling somewhat faint on his way home, soon finds himself travelled back to the night of Lincoln's assassination. Thinking back to his discussion, he soon decides to try and warn the President, only to be arrested for disturbing the peace. He then realizes that some past events can be changed; others can't.
30mA used-car dealer (Jack Carson) is forced to tell the truth after buying a car from an old man (George Chandler) who says it is haunted.
30mAfter investigating a loud noise outside of her farmhouse, an elderly woman soon gets terrorized by what appears to be aliens that arrived in a small UFO. However, it turns out that the invaders happen to be astronauts that have been stranded on a planet with giant humanoid people.
30mWhen a coin lands on its edge, a bank clerk gains the ability to hear other people's thoughts--and soon learns that he can't always believe what he hears.
30mAfter being admitted into the hospital for nervous fatigue and being overworked, a dancer by the name of Liz Powell has a hard time resting because of a recurring dream of being led to the hospital morgue. It is only after she gets released and arrives at the airport, about to fly to Miami for a job, does she realize what her dream really meant.
30mOn a transatlantic flight to New York City, a pilot and his crew discover that they broke the sound barrier and as a result, travel back in time. Running low on fuel, they try their best to repeat their feat in order to return to the correct year and land.
30mA hapless vacuum cleaner salesman is given super-strength by a Martian as a means of testing humanity.
30mA radio allows an old man (Dean Jagger) to listen to programs from his past.

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A groundbreaking series by Rod Serling, this half-hour anthology featured tales of the strange, the macabre, and the unusual. Some were science fiction, some were supernatural, and some defied easy categorization.This five-season series is best known for its twist endings. Many of the stories were written by Serling himself, others were crafted by Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, Earl Hammer Jr. and Ray Bradbury.
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The catalogue lists an episode length of 33 minutes; individual episodes may vary.
The listed premiere date is 2 October 1959.