

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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30mWhen a small time bookie who is down on his luck decides to show a little mercy to a young man who placed a losing bet with him, his life ultimately hangs in the balance with his boss. It is at this time that he learns that his son was wounded while serving in Vietnam. Ultimately realizing he has little time left, he makes a deal with God to let his son live.
30mIn 1974, boxing has been outlawed and is performed by mechanical robots. With his next and possibly last fight approaching and his robot in need of repair, he resorts to one last desperate gamble.
30mWhile traveling on a plane, a man who recently was treated for a nervous breakdown is convinced that a monster is outside, intent on destroying the plane. However, his wife and the flight attendants are hesitant to believe him.
30mA man is given a stopwatch that halts time.
30mA washed-up jockey gets his wish while waiting for the results of his race fixing hearing.
30mWhen a man's stepdaughter gets a new, talking doll, he gets rattled when it lets its negative feelings toward him known to only him.
30mIn a post-apocalyptic settlement in 1974, the inhabitants' survival is dependent on the advice of an unseen man living in a nearby cave. This dependence is tested when a band of soldiers descends on their town.
30mThe long-suffering niece of a grumpy inventor finds no peace after his passing.
30mWhen Astronaut Colonel Cook crash lands on another planet, he promptly contacts his commanding officer, looking for a way back home. However, he is promptly told that nuclear war has destroyed earth, and as a result is stranded where he's at. It doesn't take long for him to discover that he's not the only one in the same predicament.
30mThree National Guardsmen (Ron Foster, Randy Boone, and Warren Oates) exploring the site of Custer's Last Stand wind up getting involved in the actual battle.
30mAn aging married man convinces his brother to inject him with a youth serum.
30mAn old man (Ed Wynn) believes he will die the moment his grandfather clock stops ticking.
30mWhen movie star Bunny Blake receives an opal ring from her hometown fan club, she sees it as an omen to go there for the town's annual picnic instead of flying to Rome to shoot a movie. Upon arriving in town, Bunny's older sister is both annoyed and curious as to why Bunny is so adamant about the picnic being called off. However, she soon learns the reason why is due to a plane crash that she has a connection to.
30mWhile driving home from work one afternoon, an office manager named Oliver Pope accidentally hits a young child on a bike with his car. The following morning, as his wife reads the morning paper, it is reported that the child isn't expected to survive and a business rival of Oliver was arrested for the crime. Oliver then thinks he got away with the hit and run, but his car won't let him have the other man take the blame.
30mAn astronaut returns from a 40 year mission to confront whether the time has changed his relationship with his girlfriend.
30mSalvadore Ross has a unique talent where he can trade physical characteristics with other people and will do anything to get the love of Leah Maitland.
30mAn unattractive young woman attempts to resist the pressure to transform into a beautiful woman and conform to new societal standards, where in a future society where everyone looks the same and lives for an extended length of time.
30mA trio of aliens, dressed as "hoodlums" in black leather jackets, arrive in a small town, look to eradicate all life on Earth so their kind can expand on a new planet. However, one of the aliens falls in love with a local girl and is hesitant to go along with his friends' plans and ultimately tries to talk her into leaving town with him.
30mWhen an elderly, disabled woman starts to receive phone calls in the middle of the night, she is shocked at discovering they are from the ghost of a deceased beau.
30mComputer programmer James Elwood is called in to fix the world's most powerful computer – codenamed Agnes – and soon turns to Agnes for help in wooing a coworker named Millie. However, Agnes soon becomes jealous of James's feeling toward Millie and promptly begins sabotaging their relationship.

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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.