The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1971–1972
- Surviving broadcasts
- 26
- Genre
- horror
A transcribed syndication of original broadcasts from Lights Out . With its premiere on the nationwide NBC hookup in 1935, Lights Out was billed "the ultimate in horror." Never had such sounds been heard on the air. Heads rolled, bones were crushed, people fell from great heights and splattered wetly on pavement.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
7 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1971, in original transmission order.
- 1. Alley Cat · 17 Sep 1971
- 2. Neanderthal · 24 Sep 1971
- 3. Revolt Of The Worms · 1 Oct 1971
Shrinking People
10 Mar 1972 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 10 March 1972. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Speed
3 Mar 1972 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 3 March 1972. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Cemetary
25 Feb 1972 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 25 February 1972. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Hollywood Visitor
18 Feb 1972 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 18 February 1972. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Rocket From Manhattan
11 Feb 1972 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 11 February 1972. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Paris Macabre
4 Feb 1972 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 4 February 1972. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Chest
28 Jan 1972 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 28 January 1972. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Three Thousand Dollars
21 Jan 1972 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 21 January 1972. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1971–1972
Other series the network carried while The Devil and Mr. O was on the air.
What it became
The anthology of dread
A voice, a creaking door, and a self-contained story designed to frighten you in half an hour. Suspense and Lights Out built the grammar every horror anthology still uses.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of The Devil and Mr. O
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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