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https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.comDare to enter the macabre world of Arch Oboler’s Lights Out — one of radio’s most terrifying series.From ghostly hauntings to psychological horror, each tale pushes imagination and fear beyond the limits of sound.🎧 Fully restored and…
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Lights Out - "Oxychloride X" (Old Time Radio, 1943) (opens the original)
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Lights Out presents “Oxychloride X,” originally broadcast on CBS on February 16, 1943. This revival-era episode, written and hosted by Arch Oboler, is commonly listed as episode 20 and was later syndicated under the alternate title “The Hole.” On a college campus, science student Ray Stuart turns to chemistry after being rejected by a fraternity. His apparent miracle—a universal solvent—soon gives frightening shape to the dangers of ambition without restraint. Frank Martin is the announcer. Old
Lights Out - "Murder Castle" (Old Time Radio, 1943) (opens the original)
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Lights Out presents “Murder Castle,” episode 44, originally broadcast on CBS on August 3, 1943. Written and directed by Arch Oboler, this crime-horror drama stars Joseph Kearns, Mercedes McCambridge, and Gladys Holland. A young woman answers a help-wanted advertisement for a secretarial position at a large, self-designed house, while her sister follows the uncertain trail she leaves behind. Inspired by the real-life H. H. Holmes “Murder Castle” case, Oboler’s tense tale turns an unfamiliar addre
Lights Out - "The Little People" (Old Time Radio, 1937) (opens the original)
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Lights Out presents “The Little People,” originally broadcast on April 14, 1937. Listed as episode 45, this early Arch Oboler-era NBC sustaining drama was written by Oboler and features Bret Morrison. Explorer Peter Stranski returns from the Amazon to find his marriage in crisis. When he invites his wife Ellen and her companion John to his home to settle the matter, memories of jungle expeditions, head-hunters, and a seemingly ordinary pen lend an ominous edge to a tense domestic confrontation.
Lights Out - "It Happened" (Old Time Radio, 1938) (opens the original)
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Lights Out presents “It Happened,” originally broadcast on NBC on May 11, 1938. Commonly cataloged as episode 90, this Arch Oboler-written, directed, and produced thriller features Mercedes McCambridge. While touring Paris, a wealthy young American woman becomes separated from her guide and is drawn into danger beneath the city streets. The sewers and catacombs provide an eerie, sound-effects-rich setting for this tense 1938 descent into subterranean horror. Old Time Retro Radio presents the ori
Lights Out - "The Meteor Man" (Old Time Radio, 1937) (opens the original)
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Lights Out presents “The Meteor Man,” originally broadcast June 16, 1937. Episode 54 was an Arch Oboler original for NBC’s Red Network. During a country vacation, astronomy professor Russell J. Adams and his wife, Diane, witness a spectacular meteor shower from their isolated home. When a massive object falls in a nearby field, scientific curiosity leads them toward a chilling discovery. Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short c
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