Dead Man's Shoes (The Twilight Zone) Dead Man's Shoes (The Twilight Zone) "Dead Man's Shoes" is episode 83 of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone". It originally aired on January 19, 1962 on CBS. A homeless man, Nate Bledsoe, snatches a pair of shoes from Dane, the target of a mob hit dumped in an alley. Two of his homeless associates try to con him out of the plainly expensive shoes, to no avail. Wearing the shoes infuses him with the personality and memories of the victim; and he continues his life as Dane. Nate stops by the home of the victim’s girlfriend, who
The Twilight Zone Stories" (1980). In 1995, DAW Books published the anthology books "Journeys to the Twilight Zone" (16 stories edited by Carol Serling including Rod Serling's "Suggestion"), "Return to the Twilight Zone" (18 stories edited by Carol Serling including Rod Serling's "The Sole Survivor"), and "Adventures in the Twilight Zone" (24 stories edited by Carol Serling including Rod Serling's "Lindemann's Catch"). In September 2009, Tor Books published "", to mark the 50th anniversary of the series. It contains stories by 20 authors such as R. L. Stine and Timothy Zahn, and an introduction by Carol Serling. Western Publishing published a "Twilight Zone"