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The Twilight Zone (1959): 15 Weird Facts You Didn’t Know

Remember when Rod Serling invited us into another dimension. From 1959 to 1964 The Twilight Zone merged science fiction with mystery. It was full of shadowy doorways, eerie monologues, broken glasses, gremlins on airplane wings, and a theme song that still gives you chills more than 60 years later.

These are 15 weird facts about The Twilight Zone, the kind you only notice once the black-and-white glow feels just a little darker.

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
01:11 - #15: Censors Created the Fifth Dimension — Rod Serling
03:36 - #14: The Script CBS Tried to Bury — Desi Arnaz
05:49 - #13: The Narrator Nobody Wanted — Orson Welles
07:56 - #12: The Theme Song That Was an Accident — Bernard Herrmann
09:52 - #11: Before They Were Legends — William Shatner
12:26 - #10: Filmed at Breakneck Speed — Rod Serling
14:51 - #9: The Episode That Echoed Real Life — William Reynolds
16:33 - #8: Backlot Worlds and Budget Illusions — George T. Clemens
19:16 - #7: The Most Expensive Shot in the Series — Buck Houghton
21:29 - #6: The Real Meaning Behind the Title — Rod Serling
23:53 - #5: The Oscar-Winning Episode He Didn’t Write — Robert Enrico
26:19 - #4: The One-Man Writing Machine — Richard Matheson
28:17 - #3: Disney Brought Him Back — Mark Silverman
30:06 - #2: The Fortune Rod Serling Let Slip Away — Carol Serling
32:01 - #1: The Spiral That Never Let You Leave — Rod Serling