Episode 65: The Twilight Zone
This episode was recorded on September 4, 2025 and posted on October 4, 2025.
Content Warning: Light vulgarity.
Introduction
- Welcome to No Bodies Episode 65
- Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
- A spooktacular October solocast!
- Today's Topic: The Twilight Zone
The Legacy of The Twilight Zone
- Our experience with the show
- Rod Sterling & creating the iconic series
- Distinguishing between the series - 60 years of scares
- The Banned Episode
- The Cursed Film
Media Discussion
- Our Favorite Episodes
- The Chaser (1960) - Lonely
- Walking Distance (1959) - Suzie
- It's a Good Life (1961) - Lonely
- Little Girl Lost (1962) - Suzie
- Five Characters in Search of an Exit (1961) - Lonely
- The Changing of the Guard (1962) - Suzie
- The Banned Episode
- The Encounter (1964)
- The Cursed Film
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
- Honorable Mentions
Closing Thoughts
- If you were to write and director your own Twilight Zone installment, what would the premise be?
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Sources
Reinstein, M. (2019, April 17). A brief history of "The Twilight Zone" through the years. TV Insider. https://www.tvinsider.com/766018/the-twilight-zone-history-rod-serling-reboots-revivals/
Wikipedia contributors. (2025a, September 8). Twilight Zone: The Movie. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Zone:_The_Movie
Wikipedia contributors. (2025b, September 11). The twilight zone. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone
Zamlout, N., & McCormick, C. (2025, February 5). Why one controversial The Twilight Zone episode was banned for 52 years. ScreenRant. https://screenrant.com/the-twilight-zone-the-encounter-episode-banned-reason/
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