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Amazing Stories: Season 1

24 episodes Premiered Sep 29, 1985 Updated Jul 30, 2026

The first season of Amazing Stories is an anthology series that features a collection of tales with a mix of light humor and heavy drama, often incorporating elements of magic. The series is classified under the genres of science fiction, fantasy, comedy, and family.

Season overview

The first season of Amazing Stories is an anthology series that features a collection of tales with a mix of light humor and heavy drama, often incorporating elements of magic. The series is classified under the genres of science fiction, fantasy, comedy, and family.

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Episodes

S1·E1

Ghost Train

Sep 29, 1985 · 25 min

Ohpa Globe is happy to see his son's new house, but when he sees that the home is built on ghost train tracks, he changes his focus. To his family's chagrin, he is convinced it is

S1·E2

The Main Attraction

Oct 6, 1985 · 25 min

Big Man on Campus Brad Bender has no problem attracting people to his charms. But when a meteorite crashes in his neighborhood, his magnetism gets even stronger, sometimes attracti

S1·E3

Alamo Jobe

Oct 20, 1985 · 25 min

During the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, 15-year-old messenger Jobe H. Farnum is about to be killed. He is transported forward in time to San Antonio in 1985. The 1980s pro

S1·E4

Mummy Daddy

Oct 27, 1985 · 25 min

An actor who's playing a mummy in a horror film learns that his wife has gone into labor and rushes to be with her – without removing his costume.

S1·E5

The Mission

Nov 3, 1985 · 47 min

During World War II, men in an air force bomber are caught in a no win scenario when their belly gunner (an amateur artist) is trapped in his seat and the plane has no wheels for l

S1·E6

The Amazing Falsworth

Nov 5, 1985 · 25 min

A psychic showman realizes that during a performance that someone in the audience wants to commit murder. Frightened, he calls the police, and the detective shows up to investigate

S1·E7

Fine Tuning

Nov 10, 1985 · 25 min

Three high-school kids build an antenna that can catch signals from outer space. They learn that the aliens are big fans of 1950s American television and are coming to Hollywood to

S1·E8

Mr. Magic

Nov 17, 1985 · 25 min

A fading illusionist has a last shot at greatness thanks to a deck of magic playing cards.

S1·E9

Guilt Trip

Dec 1, 1985 · 25 min

The emotion Guilt feels overworked. He takes a vacation cruise and falls for the emotion Love.

S1·E10

Remote Control Man

Dec 8, 1985 · 25 min

A henpecked man finds comfort in a unique television set that bring lifelike images to him.

S1·E11

Santa '85

Dec 15, 1985 · 25 min

A little boy helps Santa when the legendary man is thrown in jail while delivering presents.

S1·E12

Vanessa in the Garden

Dec 29, 1985 · 25 min

When an artist is devastated by the death of his wife, he finds a way for her to live on in his painting.

S1·E13

The Sitter

Jan 5, 1986 · 25 min

Two young boys get the best of every sitter in town, until they meet one who uses voodoo to settle them down.

S1·E14

No Day at the Beach

Jan 12, 1986 · 25 min

A GI tries to be a hero during an amphibious assault in Italy during World War II.

S1·E15

One For the Road

Jan 19, 1986 · 25 min

During the Depression, several bar patrons hope to get insurance money by tricking a man into signing a policy with the hope that he will drink himself to death.

S1·E16

Gather Ye Acorns

Feb 2, 1986 · 25 min

On the advice from a mysterious little man, an 18-year-old boy begins to collect rare comics and toys. When he sells them as an old man, he gains wealth and happiness.

S1·E17

Boo!

Feb 16, 1986 · 25 min

Ghosts in an attic try to get rid of a couple who move into their house.

S1·E18

Dorothy and Ben

Mar 2, 1986 · 25 min

After 40 years in a coma, Ben Dumpfy awakens and discovers that he can communicate with a seven-year-old girl who is in a coma after a bike accident.

S1·E19

Mirror, Mirror

Mar 9, 1986 · 25 min

A popular horror novelist is terrorized by a strange figure in his bathroom mirror.

S1·E20

Secret Cinema

Apr 6, 1986 · 25 min

Young everyday woman Jane becomes convinced that someone is recording and influencing her everyday life and that she's become the unwilling star of a secret cinema.

S1·E21

Hell Toupee

Apr 13, 1986 · 25 min

Defense attorney Harry Ballentine is understandably nervous when his client is mild-mannered accountant Murray Bernstein - who after investing in a strange toupee had felt compelle

S1·E22

The Doll

May 4, 1986 · 25 min

The lonely, loveless life of a shy bachelor takes an astounding turn when he buys a special doll, exquisitely hand-crafted by a mysterious German toymaker. He tries to track down t

S1·E23

One For the Books

May 11, 1986 · 25 min

An elderly college janitor amazes himself, his wife and the scientific community when his brain turns into a sponge that soaks up more and more incredible knowledge of every subjec

S1·E24

Grandpa's Ghost

May 25, 1986 · 25 min

Edwin's grandpa died in his sleep last night. So why is the old man still hanging around the apartment, playing the piano and swapping stories with Edwin's grandma?