Show Notes

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/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ward_Byrkit