Lights Out

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Lights Out

This series was created by Wyllis Cooper in Chicago, 1934. The series became a national favorite when it was finally carried by the networks. Wyllis Cooper (later of Quiet Please fame) and Arch Oboler injected their own writing skills into the fabric of the broadcasts. Well known, and soon to be well known, actors from both Hollywood, Chicago and New York appeared often throughout the series’ radio history. The art of the sound effects technicians became the best in the business of broadcasting and raising the hair on the back of the listeners necks.

Broadcast History:
Networks:
01/01/34 to 04/10/35 Chicago area only WENR (15 min. then 30 min. as of 04/25/34)
04/17/35 to 07/14/37 NBC Red Network - Chicago
09/29/37 to 08/16/39 NBC Red Network - Chicago
10/06/42 to 09/28/43 CBS Network - New York/Hollywood
07/14/45 to 09/01/45 NBC - New York (Fantasies From Lights Out)
07/06/45 to 08/24/46 NBC - New York
07/16/47 to 08/06/47 ABC - Hollywood
Directors:
Wyllis Cooper (01/01/34 to ca. 05/00/36)
Arch Oboler (ca. 05/00/36 to 09/01/45)
Albert Crews (07/06/46 to 08/24/46)
Bill Lawrence (07/16/47 to 08/06/47)
Announcer:
Frank Martin (for Ironized Yeast)
Sound Effects:
Bob Graham, Ed Joyce, Ed Bailey (04/17/35 to 08/16/39)
Bill Brown, Jerry McCarty (10/06/42 to 09/28/43)
Writers:
Wyllis Cooper (01/01/34 to ca. 05/00/36, 07/16/47 to 08/06/47)
Arch Oboler (ca. 05/00/36 to 09/01/45)
Paul Pierce (07/16/47 to 08/06/47)
and others throughout the run
Sponsors:
Sterling Drugs (for Ironized Yeast) (10/06/42 to 09/28/43)
Eversharp (07/16/47 to 08/06/47)
Cast:
No permanent cast for this series
Also heard:
Heard regularly Boris Karloff, Mercedes McCambridge, Willard Waterman, Betty Caine,
Raymond Edward Johnson, Harold Peary, Irene Tedrow, Lou Merrill, Gloria Blondell,
Lon Clark, Edgar Stehli, Earle Ross, Theodore von Eltz, Mason Adams, Will Geer,
Alexander Scourby, Vinton Hayworth and many others.

Each of the following broadcasts are 30 minutes in length unless otherwise noted.


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WENR – Chicago area only
Monday – 15 minutes, approx. Midnight

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Wednesday – 30 minutes each

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04/10/35 # 67 (Title Not Known)

NBC-Red Network – Chicago

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02/19/36 #112 (Title Not Known)
02/26/36 #113 (Title Not Known)
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03/25/36 #117 (Title Not Known)
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05/13/36 #124 (Title Not Known)
05/20/36 #125 (Title Not Known)
05/27/36 #126 (Title Not Known)
06/03/36 #127 (Title Not Known)
06/10/36 #128 Burial Service
06/17/36 #129 Cat Wife
06/24/36 #130 The Dictator
07/01/36 #131 Midnight Flight
07/08/36 #132 (Title Not Known)
07/15/36 #133 The Flame
07/22/36 #134 (Title Not Known)
07/29/36 #135 (Title Not Known)
08/05/36 #136 Money, Money, Money
08/12/36 #137 Across The Gap
08/19/36 #138 Invitation To A Fly
08/26/36 #139 Danse Macabre
09/02/36 #140 The Last War
09/09/36 #141 The Author And The Thing
09/16/36 #142 The Sea
09/23/36 #143 Bluebeard And The Harp
09/30/36 #144 Black Pirate
10/07/36 #145 Eagle's Return
10/14/36 #146 The Fast One
10/21/36 #147 The Thing That Crept
10/28/36 #148 Halloween Horror
11/04/36 #149 Death Prayer
11/11/36 #150 Crime Clique Of Croesus
11/18/36 #151 Alter Ego
11/25/36 #152 Tong
12/02/36 #153 War Horse
12/09/36 #154 Nobody Died
12/16/36 #155 Poltergeist
12/23/36 #156 Afternoon Of A Faun
12/30/36 #157 Murder Below
01/06/37 #158 Sir Rat
01/13/37 #159 Devil In White
01/20/37 #160 Beast Of The Shamo
01/27/37 #161 Big Sock
02/03/37 #162 The Honeymoon
02/10/37 #163 Acrophobia
02/17/37 #164 Cat Wife (Repeat)
02/24/37 #165 Buried 1826
03/03/37 #166 Sakhalin
03/10/37 #167 Chicken Heart
03/17/37 #168 State Executioner
03/24/37 #169 The Thirteenth Corpse
03/31/37 #170 Homus Primus
04/07/37 #171 Ivan, The Terrible
04/14/37 #172 The Little People
04/21/37 #173 Ghost Party
04/28/37 #174 The Ninth Life
05/05/37 #175 I, Madman
05/12/37 #176 Organ
05/19/37 #177 Mad World
05/26/37 #178 Until Dead
06/02/37 #179 Snake Woman
06/09/37 #180 47th Street Precinct
06/16/37 #181 Meteor Man
06/23/37 #182 Happy Ending
06/30/37 #183 The Cave
07/07/37 #184 Brain Wave
07/14/37 #185 Lord Marley's Guest

New Season - NBC Red Network - Wednesday 11:30 p.m. CST - Chicago

09/29/37 #186 Glacier Woman
10/06/37 #187 The Escape
10/13/37 #188 Black Zombie
10/20/37 #189 The Deep
10/27/37 #190 Pyramid
11/03/37 #191 Four Husbands
11/10/37 #192 Compound Interest
11/17/37 #193 The Little Old Lady
11/24/37 #194 Tin Soldier
12/01/37 #195 Death Pit
12/08/37 #196 The Flame
12/15/37 #197 Studio Apartment
12/22/37 #198 Uninhabited - Christmas Story (1918)
12/29/37 #199 The Dark
01/05/38 Pre-empted
01/12/38 #200 Genghis Khan
01/19/38 #201 Seven Women
01/26/38 #202 Oxychloride X
02/02/38 #203 Death Letter
02/09/38 #204 Screen Test
02/16/38 #205 Murder Castle
02/23/38 #206 Chicken Heart (repeat)
03/02/38 #207 Mother-In-Law
03/09/38 #208 The Ball
03/16/38 #209 Superfeature
03/23/38 #210 The Dream w/Boris Karloff
03/30/38 #211 Valse Triste w/Boris Karloff
04/06/38 #212 Cat Wife w/Boris Karloff
04/13/38 #213 Three Matches w/Boris Karloff
04/20/38 #214 Night On The Mountain w/Boris Karloff
04/27/38 #215 They Died
05/04/38 #216 Devil's Island
05/11/38 #217 It Happened (Call Her Jean???)
05/18/38 #218 Good, Bad, Indifferent
05/25/38 #219 Mrs. Crazy
06/01/38 #220 Scoop
06/08/38 #221 Spider
06/15/38 #222 The Thirteenth Corpse (repeat)
06/22/38 #223 Bon Voyage
06/29/38 #224 The Chest
07/06/38 #225 Gevancenpoort
07/13/38 #226 The Peacock Shrieks (Last script by Arch Oboler)
07/20/38 #227 The Hound Of War (by Geoffrey Whalen)

New Season - NBC Red Network - Wednesday 11:30 p.m. CST - Chicago

10/12/38 #228 (Title Not Known)
10/19/38 Pre-empted
10/26/38 #229 (Title Not Known)
11/02/38 #230 The Living Death by Walter Hank Richards
11/09/38 #231 Legion Of The Dead by Ken Robinson
11/16/38 #232 The Ring by Stuart Hayden
11/23/38 #233 The Hand Of Eternity by Hobart Donovan
11/30/38 #234 Bride Of Madness by J. Huckins & H. Ruml
12/07/38 #235 (Title Not Known)
12/14/38 #236 Queen Cobra (by ?)
12/21/38 #237 (Title Not Known)
12/28/38 #238 Two Voices Has The Devil by C. Gussman
01/04/39 #239 Cat Pit by A. Parker
01/11/39 #240 Reunion by K.B. Pearsons
01/18/39 #241 The Stage Is Set For Murder by H. Tate & A. Kay
01/25/39 #242 (Title Not Known)
02/01/39 #243 Bark Of A Dead Dog by C. Gussman
02/08/39 #244 (Title Not Known)
02/15/39 #245 Jericho by K.B. Persons
02/22/39 #246 The Survivor by M. Barker
03/01/39 #247 Satan's Orchid (by ?)
03/08/39 #248 One Day It Rained Blood by G.T. Hughes
03/15/39 #249 (Title Not Known)
03/22/39 #250 The Wandering Egyptian (by )
03/29/39 #251 Dilu by W.L. Fifield
04/05/39 #252 The Blood Of The Gorilla by W.L. Fifield
04/12/39 #253 Fear by H.M. Barnes
04/19/39 #254 The Phantom Meteor by T. Maxwell
04/26/39 #255 Devil's Due by Hobart Donovan 5th Anniversary Show
05/03/39 #256 The Retribution Of Edward Scurr by W.L. Fifield
05/10/39 #257 The Curse Of The Kalba by Johnson & Lyon
05/17/39 #258 (Title Not Known)
05/24/39 #259 (Title Not Known)
05/31/39 #260 (Title Not Known)
06/07/39 #261 Vendetta by R.G. Powers
06/14/39 #262 (Title Not Known)
06/21/39 #263 (Title Not Known)
06/28/39 #264 Lady MacBeth by W.L. Fifield
07/05/39 #265 Through A Murderer's Eyes by R.T. Mabie
07/12/39 #266 The China Doll by R. McCaig
07/19/39 #267 Murder Mind by Hobart Donovan
07/26/39 #268 The Giggler by W.L. Fifield
08/02/39 #269 (Title Not Known)
08/09/39 #270 Serenade Of Death (by ?)
08/16/39 #271 The Day Of Four by W.L. Fifield

New Season - CBS Network - Tuesday 8:00 p.m. EWT
New York/Hollywood

10/06/42 #272 What The Devil
10/13/42 #273 Revolt Of The Worms
10/20/42 #274 Poltergeist
10/27/42 #275 Mungahra
11/03/42 #276 Across The Gap (also "And Adam Gegot")
11/10/42 #277 Bon Voyage
11/17/42 #278 Come To The Bank
11/24/42 #279 Chicken Heart
12/01/42 #280 Mr. Maggs
12/08/42 #281 Scoop
12/15/42 #282 Knock At The Door
12/22/42 #283 Meteor Man
12/29/42 #284 Valse Triste
01/05/43 #285 The Fast One
01/12/43 #286 The Mirror
01/19/43 #287 Cat Wife
01/26/43 #288 The Projective Mr. Drogen
02/02/43 #289 Until Dead
02/09/43 #290 He Dug It Up
02/16/43 #291 Oxychloride X
02/23/43 #292 They Met At Dorset
03/02/43 #293 The Sea
03/09/43 #294 The Ball
03/16/43 #295 The Dream
03/23/43 #296 The Flame
03/30/43 #297 Money, Money, Money
04/06/43 #298 Superfeature
04/13/43 #299 Archer
04/20/43 #300 Kill
04/27/43 #301 Execution
05/04/43 #302 Heavenly Jeep
05/11/43 #303 Murder In The Script Department
05/18/43 #304 Spider
05/25/43 #305 Little Old Lady
06/01/43 #306 The Ugliest Man In The World
06/08/43 #307 Organ
06/15/43 #308 Prelude To Murder
06/22/43 #309 Nature Study
06/29/43 #310 Bathysphere
07/06/43 #311 The Cliff
07/13/43 #312 The Visitor From Hades
07/20/43 #313 Profits Unlimited
07/27/43 #314 Little People
08/03/43 #315 Murder Castle
08/10/43 #316 Sakhalin
08/17/43 #317 State Executioner
08/24/43 #318 Sub-Basement
08/31/43 #319 Immortal Gentleman
09/07/43 #320 Lord Marley's Guest
09/14/43 #321 The Word
09/21/43 #322 Mirage
09/28/43 #323 The Author And The Thing

New Season - NBC - Saturday 8:30 p.m. EWT - New York

07/14/45 #324 Story About Two Safecrackers
07/21/45 #325 Reunion After Death
07/28/45 #326 The Rocket Ship
08/04/45 #327 Lady From The Lake
08/11/45 #328 Did The Murder Happen?
08/18/45 Pre-empted
08/25/45 #329 Man In The Middle
09/01/45 #330 Light Out

New Season - NBC - Saturday 10:00 p.m. EST - New York

07/06/46 #331 The Seven Plovers by Charles Dickens
07/13/46 #332 Coffin In Studio B by Wyllis Cooper
07/20/46 #333 Haunted Cell by W. Arpee
07/27/46 #334 Battle Of The Magicians (by ?)
08/03/46 #335 The Revenge Of India by Wyllis Cooper
08/10/46 #336 Ghost On The Newsreel Negative by Wyllis Cooper
08/17/46 #337 The Dillinger Complex by Wyllis Cooper
08/24/46 #338 The Signal Man by Charles Dickens

New Season - ABC - Wednesday 9:30 p.m. - Hollywood
All starring Boris Karloff

07/16/47 #339 Death robbery by Wyllis Cooper
07/23/47 #340 The Undead
07/30/47 #341 The Ring
08/06/47 #342 (Title Not Known)


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