Episodi

  • Lights Out - "Super Feature" (Old Time Radio, 1938)

    Lights Out - "Super Feature" (Old Time Radio, 1938)
    Oct 18 2026
    Lights Out presents “Super Feature,” episode 82, originally broadcast on NBC Red on March 16, 1938. Written by Arch Oboler, this installment of the pioneering experimental drama series survives as a local archival recording.

    In an oil-workers’ town, ruthless traveling picture-showman Mr. Gibson pressures his anxious assistant, Slow, into a dangerous scheme while an audience watches the film. What begins as an ordinary moving-picture exhibition takes on an increasingly unsettling edge.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:48 Original Broadcast
    27:30 Closing

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    28 min
  • Lights Out - "Ball Paris Macabre" (Old Time Radio, 1943)

    Lights Out - "Ball Paris Macabre" (Old Time Radio, 1943)
    Oct 17 2026
    Lights Out presents “Ball Paris Macabre,” originally broadcast March 9, 1943. Also catalogued as “The Ball (Paris Macabre),” this 1942–43 season episode was written, directed, and produced by Arch Oboler.

    In prewar Paris, American college students Paul and Jerry pay their way into an artists’ masquerade ball, expecting an unusual night of entertainment. Instead, masked dancers, strange rituals, and uneasy warnings make the gathering feel increasingly ominous. Bea Benaderet and Jane Morgan are among the featured cast.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:45 Original Broadcast
    27:51 Closing

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    28 min
  • Lights Out - "State Executioner" (Old Time Radio, 1937)

    Lights Out - "State Executioner" (Old Time Radio, 1937)
    Oct 16 2026
    Lights Out presents “State Executioner,” originally broadcast on March 17, 1937. Episode 41 of the NBC series, this Arch Oboler psychological drama survives as a local archival recording.

    In England during the reign of King George III, state executioner Samuel Jones reflects on the work that has defined his life. As troubling doubts begin to intrude, the drama explores conscience, duty, and the human cost of the gallows.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:45 Original Broadcast
    22:49 Closing

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    23 min
  • Lights Out - "The Meteor Man" (Old Time Radio, 1942)

    Lights Out - "The Meteor Man" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
    Oct 15 2026
    Lights Out presents “The Meteor Man,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 22, 1942. This is episode 12 of the 1942–43 season, written by Arch Oboler and featuring Bret Morrison.

    During a nighttime meteor shower at an isolated vacation home, Professor Russell J. Adams and his wife Diane watch a fiery object fall into a nearby field. Russell’s curiosity leads them to bring the small meteorite indoors for examination, but the seemingly ordinary space rock soon unsettles everyone in the house. Also known in later listings as “The Hungry Ones,” this story revisits an earlier Oboler Lights Out dramatization.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:47 Original Broadcast
    24:10 Closing

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    24 min
  • Lights Out - "The Little People" (Old Time Radio, 1937)

    Lights Out - "The Little People" (Old Time Radio, 1937)
    Oct 14 2026
    Lights Out presents “The Little People,” originally broadcast April 14, 1937. Script inventories identify it as episode 45 of the 1937 NBC run, written by Arch Oboler.

    Explorer Peter Stranski returns from the Amazon to lecture on South American head-hunters, but an increasingly tense meeting at home with his wife Ellen and John gives ominous significance to an ordinary fountain pen—and a small scratch. A classic early Lights Out tale of domestic dread and mounting unease.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:44 Original Broadcast
    31:15 Closing

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    31 min
  • Lights Out - "Heavenly Jeep" (Old Time Radio, 1943)

    Lights Out - "Heavenly Jeep" (Old Time Radio, 1943)
    Oct 13 2026
    Lights Out presents “Heavenly Jeep,” originally broadcast on CBS on May 4, 1943. Common episode listings identify it as episode 31 of Arch Oboler’s 1942–43 revival, though surviving guides differ on the numbering. Raymond Lawrence stars in this Ironized Yeast-sponsored production, written and directed by Oboler.

    On a wartime night drive, an Army captain and his sergeant-driver face sudden danger after their jeep strikes a land mine. Their shared interest in the stars takes an ominous turn in this tense blend of battlefield suspense and science-fiction horror.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:51 Original Broadcast
    29:51 Closing

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    30 min
  • Lights Out - "The Dark" (Old Time Radio, 1937)

    Lights Out - "The Dark" (Old Time Radio, 1937)
    Oct 12 2026
    Lights Out presents “The Dark,” originally broadcast on NBC on December 29, 1937. This Arch Oboler radio play is identified as episode 199 of the original run.

    A doctor and his ambulance assistant answer an emergency call at an isolated Pine Street house, where a frightened woman and an unsettling medical mystery await. As the pair venture deeper into the darkened rooms, professional curiosity clashes with mounting dread in a compact, sound-driven nightmare.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:44 Original Broadcast
    08:07 Closing

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    8 min
  • Lights Out - "Until Dead" (Old Time Radio, 1937)

    Lights Out - "Until Dead" (Old Time Radio, 1937)
    Oct 11 2026
    Lights Out presents “Until Dead,” originally broadcast on NBC on May 26, 1937. This early revenge thriller was written by Arch Oboler.

    Condemned prisoner Mac Rogan escapes custody, determined to confront Mark Street, the man he believes destroyed his life. What begins as a tense crime-and-revenge pursuit takes on an increasingly ominous atmosphere.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:39 Original Broadcast
    28:52 Closing

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support.

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    29 min