Who was originally hired as the voice of "The Twilight Zone"?

Serling's voice became so tied to the show that it's hard to picture anyone else delivering those eerie monologues about time, space, and the human condition, but a guy with the nickname "Voice of Doom" almost fit the bill. Westbrook Van Voorhis had spent years narrating newsreels, radio shows, and commercials, and CBS initially hired him to bring that gravitas to their new anthology series. He went as far as recording the pilot's narration, but he was either too pompous or too busy (depends on who you ask) and needed to be replaced.