On this day in 1963, the Outer Limits premiered.
My parents actually allowed me to watch this. On my own. When the monster arrived in Episode 3, The Architects of Fear (I was watching in the living room), I ran around behind the sofa and hid, only popping my head up infrequently to gain brief glimpses of the creature. (This was episode was apparently so disturbing that the network sent out warnings in advance of its broadcast.)