The Purple Testament

"The Purple Testament"
The Twilight Zone episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 19
Directed byRichard L. Bare
Written byRod Serling
Featured musicLucien Moraweck, conducted by Lud Gluskin
Production code173-3619
Original air dateFebruary 12, 1960 (1960-02-12)
Guest appearances

"The Purple Testament" is the nineteenth episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It is "the story of a man who can forecast death". It originally aired on February 12, 1960, on CBS. In 2003, a similar-themed story was told in the second revival, in the episode "Into the Light."