Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
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1935–1947 · NBC
Lights Out
Written for the dark, and only for the dark
Wyllis Cooper's idea was simple and slightly mad: a drama scheduled at midnight, written on the assumption that the listener was alone and had turned the lights off. When Arch Oboler inherited it in 1936 he pushed it further than any sponsor would have permitted, into cannibalism, disintegration and a chicken heart that grows until it consumes the earth. The programme is also a technical landmark — much of what sound effects departments learned about suggesting the unspeakable, they learned making this.
71 broadcasts · 12 seasons held · Chicago, then Hollywood
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19362
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
19374
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
19383
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
19391
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
19411
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
194212
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
194336
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
19453
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
19466
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
19471
Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
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Lights Out, NBC. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.