Dead Woman's Shoes

"Dead Woman's Shoes" is the first segment of the ninth episode from the first season (1985-1986) of the television series The New Twilight Zone. Maddie Duncan is a shy, timid woman working at a thrift shop who tries on a pair of shoes and her personality completely changes. She becomes confident and assertive. She storms out of the store and catches a cab to a mansion where she is strangely comfortable. When the maid asks who she is, she claims t... more

"Dead Woman's Shoes" is the first segment of the ninth episode from the first season (1985-1986) of the television series The New Twilight Zone. Maddie Duncan is a shy, timid woman working at a thrift shop who tries on a pair of shoes and her personality completely changes. She becomes confident and assertive. She storms out of the store and catches a cab to a mansion where she is strangely comfortable. When the maid asks who she is, she claims that she is Susan Montgomery, the wife of Kyle Montgomery, the owner of the house. She then shares tales of the maid's life which a stranger could not know. She tells the maid she is having a bath and runs up to change. Then when Maddie takes off the shoes she turns back to the timid girl she was at the start. The maid proceeds to run her off, but once the shoes return to her feet Maddie regains the confidence and knowledge she had when she first entered the house. Maddie had acquired the shoes shortly after the death of Susan Montgomery, when... less