Lights Out | Old Time Radio

Lights Out presents “Profits Unlimited,” originally broadcast on July 20, 1943. This CBS revival episode was written and directed by Arch Oboler.

Dale Corday crosses misty waters to a remote island tied to her family’s inheritance, guided toward deserted docks, shadowed woods, and unsettling factories. Oboler’s eerie industrial fable explores inheritance, labor, and the human cost of an obsession with profit.

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
00:39 Original Broadcast
23:04 Closing

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Lights Out presents “Until Dead,” originally broadcast February 2, 1943. This episode is number 18 of the 1942–43 season.

In Arch Oboler’s tense supernatural-tinged drama, condemned prisoner Mac Rogan faces the prospect of execution while clinging to a desperate hope of escape and vengeance. The story moves from the penitentiary death house toward a shadowed graveyard, with Frank Lovejoy, Paul Stewart, and Mercedes McCambridge featured in the 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
00:44 Original Broadcast
28:57 Closing

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Lights Out presents “Poltergeist,” originally broadcast December 16, 1936. Episode 28 was written, directed, and produced by Arch Oboler for NBC.

During a winter outing, Kay, Florence, and Edna stray into a snow-covered rural cemetery, where a disturbed grave and an old superstition turn an innocent afternoon into something far more unsettling.

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
00:38 Original Broadcast
26:39 Closing

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Lights Out presents “Cat Wife,” originally broadcast on NBC on June 17, 1936. This early Arch Oboler horror play is episode 2 of the series.

At the Taylor home, a late-night quarrel between John Taylor and his wife, Linda, turns increasingly unsettling when bitter accusations seem to carry frightening consequences. A compact tale of domestic tension and supernatural dread, “Cat Wife” is also known by the alternate title “Young Ideas.”

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
00:42 Original Broadcast
31:14 Closing

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Lights Out presents “Little Old Lady,” originally broadcast on NBC on November 17, 1937. This archival episode is identified as episode 66 and was written especially for radio by Arch Oboler.

University roommates Alice Preston and Lona Stevens make an unannounced visit to Alice’s reclusive Aunt Harriet at her isolated country home. After a difficult journey through dark, misty surroundings, the women find their hoped-for vacation giving way to an increasingly unsettling night.

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
00:41 Original Broadcast
30:09 Closing

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Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio