Friday, October 11, 1963: 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet'

Mr. Wilson believes he sees a gremlin on the wing of the commercial aircraft he is taking back home ... from the sanitarium, where he has been committed for six months after a mental breakdown during a similar flight.

     -- TV.com

The "Twilight Zone" episode was based on a 1961 short story by Richard Matheson.

* Watch the episode (from imdb.com): @ 

* Interviews with actor William Shatner, writer Richard Matheson, director Richard Donner (from Archive of American Television): @ 

* Excerpt from "Up Till Now: The Autobiography" (Shatner, 2009): @ 

* "Ride the Nightmare: Richard Matheson's 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet' " (from tor.com): @ 

* "Nightmare at 20,000 feet: Horror Stories by Richard Matheson": @ 

* "Spaceships and Politics: The Political Theory of Rod Serling" (Leslie Dale Felman, 2010): @ 

* Earlier post on "To Serve Man" (March 2, 1962; includes "Twilight Zone" links): @ 

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