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Lights Out | Old Time Radio

by Old Time Retro Radio

Lights Out | Old Time Radio brings you chilling horror, supernatural mystery, and psychological suspense from the golden age of radio. Enter strange worlds filled with ghosts, monsters, nightmares, dark experiments, unexplained forces, and stories designed to unsettle the imagination. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Created by Wyllis Cooper and later famously associated with Arch Oboler, Lights Out became one of radio’s most influential horror series, known for daring stories, eerie sound design, and unforgettable atmosphere. Rediscover classic old time radio horror, supernatural stories, suspense, psychological thrillers, dark fantasy, and vintage radio. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support.

Latest episodes

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Lights Out - "Organ" (Old Time Radio, 1937)

Lights Out presents “Organ,” originally broadcast on May 12, 1937. Episode 49 was written by Arch Oboler and aired on NBC. A family’s bargain summer rental in an old fur

Oct 2
31 min

Lights Out - "Battle of the Magicians" (Old Time Radio, 1946)

Lights Out presents “Battle of the Magicians,” originally broadcast on NBC on July 27, 1946. This was episode 4 of the series’ eight-episode 1946 summer revival. Occult

Oct 1
30 min

Lights Out - "Prelude to Murder" (Old Time Radio, 1943)

Lights Out presents “Prelude to Murder,” originally broadcast June 15, 1943. Episode 37 of Arch Oboler’s CBS suspense series, this archival recording was a replacement pr

Sep 30
30 min

Lights Out - "Knock at the Door" (Old Time Radio, 1942)

Lights Out presents “Knock at the Door,” originally broadcast December 15, 1942. This was episode 11 of the 1942–43 NBC revival season, written and produced by Arch Obole

Sep 29
27 min

Lights Out - "Bathysphere" (Old Time Radio, 1943)

Lights Out presents “Bathysphere,” originally broadcast June 29, 1943. In this Arch Oboler-written and directed CBS drama, a powerful head of state joins scientist Dr. Th

Sep 28
30 min

Lights Out - "Poltergeist" (Old Time Radio, 1942)

Lights Out presents “Poltergeist,” originally broadcast on October 20, 1942. Also known as “Gravestone,” this was episode 3 of the 1942–43 NBC run, written and directed b

Sep 27
27 min

Lights Out - "Ugliest Man in the World" (Old Time Radio, 1943)

Lights Out presents “Ugliest Man in the World,” originally broadcast on June 1, 1943. This archival CBS drama was written by Arch Oboler and stars Raymond Edward Johnson

Sep 26
24 min

Lights Out - "Nature Study" (Old Time Radio, 1943)

Lights Out presents “Nature Study,” originally broadcast on June 22, 1943. Episode 38 of Arch Oboler’s CBS revival, this tense drama aired under the sponsorship of Ironiz

Sep 25
24 min

Lights Out - "Sakhalin" (Old Time Radio, 1937)

Lights Out presents “Sakhalin,” episode 39, originally broadcast on NBC on March 3, 1937. Written by Arch Oboler, this archival drama is set in Tsarist Russia. On the re

Sep 24
31 min

Lights Out - "Cat Wife" (Old Time Radio, 1936)

Lights Out presents “Cat Wife,” episode 2, originally broadcast on NBC on June 17, 1936. This early Arch Oboler play survives as a local archival recording. Set in the T

Sep 23
31 min

Lights Out - "The Organ" (Old Time Radio, 1943)

Lights Out presents “The Organ,” originally broadcast June 8, 1943. This installment, episode 36 of the 1942–43 run, was written and produced by Arch Oboler and was also

Sep 22
29 min

Lights Out - "Death Robbery" (Old Time Radio, 1947)

Old Time Retro Radio presents Lights Out, “Death Robbery,” originally broadcast July 16, 1947. This surviving episode from the brief 1947 ABC revival is episode 2 and sta

Sep 21
29 min

Lights Out - "The Revenge of India" (Old Time Radio, 1946)

Lights Out presents “The Revenge of India,” episode 5 of the 1946 NBC summer revival, originally broadcast on August 3, 1946. Written by series creator Wyllis Cooper and

Sep 20
29 min

Lights Out - "The Coffin in Studio B" (Old Time Radio, 1946)

Lights Out presents “The Coffin in Studio B,” originally broadcast on NBC on July 13, 1946. This is episode 2 of the series’ eight-episode 1946 summer revival. Written by

Sep 19
28 min

Lights Out - "The Dream" (Old Time Radio, 1938)

Lights Out presents “The Dream,” originally broadcast on March 23, 1938. This NBC sustaining broadcast was written by Arch Oboler and features Boris Karloff as university

Sep 18
30 min

Lights Out - "Story of Mr.Maggs" (Old Time Radio, 1942)

Lights Out presents “Story of Mr. Maggs,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 1, 1942. Written by Arch Oboler, this domestic horror tale features Jane Morgan and Jose

Sep 17
26 min

Lights Out - "Visitor from Hades" (Old Time Radio, 1943)

Lights Out presents “Visitor from Hades,” episode 41, originally broadcast July 13, 1943. This CBS thriller was written and directed by Arch Oboler, adapting his earlier

Sep 16
21 min

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

Lights Out presents “State Executioner,” episode 41, originally broadcast on NBC on March 17, 1937. Written by Arch Oboler, this surviving installment comes from the seri

Sep 15
22 min

Lights Out - "Murder in the Script Department" (Old Time Radio, 1943)

Lights Out presents “Murder in the Script Department,” originally broadcast on May 11, 1943. Episode 32 of Arch Oboler’s CBS suspense series, this original radio play fea

Sep 14
23 min

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

Lights Out presents “Until Dead,” originally broadcast on NBC on May 26, 1937. Episode 51 of the original run, this 30-minute thriller was written by Arch Oboler. Condem

Sep 13
29 min

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