Lights Out (1936 - 1942)
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2024
- This is a collection of old time radio episodes of Lights Out from 1936 to 1942. The quality varies for obvious reasons but I tried to filter the rougher episode and avoided including repeated stories.
I hope this collection of eerie tales can provide some moments of levity in these dark times. Stay safe and stay inside if you can everyone.
00:00:00 Author and the Thing
Originally aired on September 9, 1936
00:23:11 The Sea
Originally aired on September 16, 1936
00:45:23 The Fast One
Originally aired on October 14, 1936
01:07:41 Nobody Died
Originally aired on December 9, 1936
01:35:24 Chicken Heart
Originally aired on March 10, 1937
01:43:02 State Executioner
Originally aired on March 17, 1937
02:05:05 The Little People
Originally aired on April 14, 1937
02:35:36 Organ
Originally aired on May 12, 1937
03:06:02 The Meteor Man
Originally aired on June 16, 1937
03:29:26 Happy Ending
Originally aired on June 23, 1937
03:54:18 Little Old Lady
Originally aired on November 11, 1937
04:23:47 The Dark
Originally aired on December 29, 1937
04:31:09 Murder Castle
Originally aired on February 16, 1938
04:57:18 Super Feature
Originally aired on March 16, 1938
05:24:01 The Dream (Starring Boris Karloff!)
Originally aired on March 23, 1938
05:53:56 Valse Triste
Originally aired on March 30, 1938
06:22:59 Cat Wife (Starring Boris Karloff!)
Originally aired on April 6, 1938
06:49:47 It Happened
Originally aired on May 11, 1938
07:19:06 Devil's Due
Originally aired on April 26, 1939
07:48:13 Revolt of the Worms
Originally aired on October 13, 1942
08:10:13 Poltergeist
Originally aired on October 20, 1942
08:36:15 Across the Gap
Originally aired on November 3, 1942
09:01:00 Bon Voyage
Originally aired on November 10, 1942
09:27:32 Come to the Bank
Originally aired on November 17, 1942
09:49:51 The Story of Mr. Maggs
Originally aired on December 1, 1942
10:15:51 Scoop
Originally aired on December 8, 1942
10:42:35 Knock at the Door
Originally aired on December 8, 1942 - Розваги
Been enjoying these for 20 years when I started finding them all over the internet. I will always cherish these!
I enjoyed eleven hours of bone chilling, frightening stories. Thank you.
I love this. Old time radio is one of my favorite things to listen to
You and me both! Hands down better than anything passing for entertainment now !!
Same
I never watch tv read and radio that enough the rest is overkill garage. I am grateful for this!. 🤓
I think it was Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) who said, "I love it when someone turns on the radio (in our times it would be the television), because it reminds me to go read a book". These are well written and the acting is on point. Better than that really?ality crap on tv.
its better than tele lol
The first story aired 84 yrs ago that deserves a wow!! It sounds great as do the rest of these classics!!
Its actually based on a concept / term i only learnt just this weekend: EGREGORES
The best thing about listening to these is you're getting a great chilling story while you can mosey about and get things done instead of sitting in front of the idiot box without the mundanity and uniformity of an e-book. Best of both worlds.
Been a fan of radio drama since I first discovered it almost 15 years ago and its wonderful seeing so many people, especially the younger ones who never grew up with radio shows, discover these treasures.
I am also pleased that younger people are into it. I grew up listening to them on the radio in the 70s. When these younger people encounter them, they have no trouble recognizing the quality. The storytelling is so good. I think those younger people are going to have an easier time discriminating between good and bad movies and TV also. There is lots of TV and movies that are far inferior to great radio drama.
Old radio shows are a great escape to another time. Thank you for sharing these!
I've enjoyed listening to OTR for a long time. Great exercise for the imagination, history of radio shows in an era of entertainment like no other.
"Arch Oboler was born on December 7, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Five (1951), Bwana Devil (1952) and The Twonky (1953)" So cool to find this collection. Thank you!!
Your channel is awesome! Thank you for bringing back the good treasures from the past which most people of mine or this generation don't appreciate or even know about!
Hello Holly, I love these as well, plus I'm lonely
Love this channel and the creepy stories. They are all wonderfully acted.
April, 2020. My smart ass tv died. All I have is my smart ass phone. I'm grateful for this...
Sorry to hear about your TV. I have a big analog JVC that I got for $65. & yeah it's an older TV, but it has a big screen & beautiful picture and great sound, the only thing I don't like about it is that it weighs ALOT, but it works great.
Maybe you can get one of them till you can save for the one you one you want.
What a smart ass comment...
No one likes a smart ass , smart ass
Man, these help the late night, long drives go by a lot faster! Thank you!
Thanks for the gigantic collection of great old time radio. Al
I like these stories especially! They are a notch more intense and scary than many radio plays of that era. The warning to listeners is still today….worth heeding 😲🥺😱😉
I agree, they are intense. Arch Obler had a knack for creating grisly stories. Other shows in this genre typically depended on ghosts, but Obler focused on the cruelty of one person against another.
Amazing collection and content. Thanks for sharing. Started the marathon last night and purposely holding back a little each hour to spread out the Greatness.
Arch Obler was a genius. I wish he were more well known. Thanks for keeping the best of OTR alive.
I’m too young to have listened to radio shows but I loved reruns of twilight zone in the eighties then my dad turned me onto radio shows on serious xm and arch obler and Ernest chapel were magic together. Nothing else compares to lights out and quiet please
I am no writer but I do want to say that I very much like your channel. Thank you for all the good stuff you post
You're welcome. Thanks for listening.
I'm totally hooked on radio dramas, thank you! And yay! only 30 or so people to 5,000 subs, glad I got you 1 sub closer.
Many Thanks for taking the time and effort to share this Nostalgia !
I remember listening to Lights Out when I was a boy. Our local radio station would play Lights Out in the mid 50s. Loved it. AFVN in 1968 played Lights Out when I was in Vietnam while in the Marines.
Sounds like you had a good childhood!
Thank you for your service, sir. Glad that OTR was there to boost your morale.
That's so cool. Nice to know you guys had something to remind you of home. I sent so many letters to my friends brother..filled with fun stuff and wrapped it all in the Sunday funnies. He told me all his buddies would ask " has Arlene sent a package?" It gave me great pleasure to make you guys happy.
If it is or not it’s still a solid scare 80 years later.
I listened to every one of these when I was a child. Scared me good enough. They're still spooky 35 years later.
Thank you for the upload. This is one I've not listened to before. Yay! Love old radio shows!
Your mind is your canvas, beyond any 'special effects' could Dream to create.
Thank you for your efforts and providing this wonderful upload!
Anyone remember this. Things that go bump in the night, should not really give one a fright, it’s a hole in the ear, that lets in the fear, that and the absence of light. Spike Milligan ( I think)
Or this: There are holes in the sky where the rain gets is, but the holes are small, that's why rain is thin. lol Spike Milligan.
Yay Thanks Caleb !!!!!!, Can't wait to see the other 11 hour Compilations !!!!
Thank you so much for this labor of love. Poltergeist is just about the most terrifying thing I’ve heard in radio.,
8:10:13
Love no creaking doors. Sound quality is fantastic. Beautiful thank you.
The ending sequence of the 4th episode "Nobody Died" was visceral ~
Epic collection of a show that used to blow my young mind not unlike The TZ and The O. Limits on TV in the early 70's, Lights Out, Quiet Please and similar such radio shows in syndication continued to light my fire indeed. Thank you!
This 1st one is an extra interesting one as they use the host/writer of the series as the main character starring as himself in his own horror story.
I believe that was the last episode too🥺
Ones imaginations are more frightening than any movie
This kind of stuff inspired me to create my own material. Great stuff!
This show debuted the year my dad was born. I’m enjoying them this evening
Been listening to these for years love em
I feel like there are several here that weren't on OTR. Totally stoked to find these 😁 thank you!
AND they're chronological?! Be still, my heart
Thank you for this!! I have always loved OTR, and Lights Out is one of my favorites!!
I used to listen to these at night when I was a kid on and old directional finder. I heard some great stories as a kid
The Little People and Happy Endings are my favorite.
I am loving this compilation. Thank you for a wonderful channel.
Oh man, this is great. I actually remember some of these. Nice to hear them again. Loved this series but forgot how annoying the slow "It's later than you think" was.
Lol
thank you so much for this 🦋
I remember a shoe like this on TV in the early 1950's. A Karloff like character sitting at a single candle flame would blow the candle out at the end of the show.
The hilarious house of frightenstine
It was Vincent Price
The Veil or Thriller
It was the television adaptation of the radio program. The creepy-looking guy blows out the candle at the end of the episode.
Came for the OTR. Stayed for the artistic rendering of Jigsaw.
Too young to have enjoyed it in real time.. but so awesome hearing it regardless
I was born in mid 1946 and radio at the time still had these radio plays...
What's your point?
@@calebjones4129 no point... If my response bugs you don't bothet reading
@@williambooth8631 Whatever you say. Just trying to figure out what you're after by posting this. You seem like you were either confused or complaining.
If you're looking for the rest of Lights Out then there will eventually be two more collections uploaded to this channel.
I would put them all into one video but UA-cam doesn't allow videos longer than 12 hours.
William Booth would be nice if they still had them. Things were so much more simple the further back in time you go. Not easier, simpler. Maybe easier to be happier.
@Eilliw Nodrog I totally agree with you. Hollywood is definitely like zombies. Used to get some fresh creativity from Canada and Britain, but not anymore. If you search UA-cam you can find some very creative minds.
Thank you for this!!
thank you for posting
Bill Cosby used to do a bit about listening to lights Out,as a child. The story revolved the "Chicken Heart". Funny stuff
SNAKES !!!
Delete any comments involving that rapist.
Don't mention that name. He's a monster.
Yeah right. Do you always lie?
It’s in this collection. I always thought it was fake, till I found it on YT…
Thanks for this. Awesome
When you can't sleep and they're worries about Covid, $$ and other things, nothing beats OT Radio esp. Lights Out.
Marty
Agreed!
Don't worry so much about covid, it's started to loose its potency so nature is taking its course and this soon will be a distant memory 💜
@@Dobetter15 Thanks, Donald!
Martin Keely your welcome Sheeple!
@@Dobetter15 - No … not soon at all. We're actually in a lull right now, but Covid is preparing for a roaring come-back in its new, more terrible manifestation. But we COULD have had it beaten if everyone had cooperated and had gotten one of the vaccines.
Enjoy your Fantasy Paradise while you can.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/20/first-thing-rising-covid-infections-spark-fears-of-pandemic-resurgence-in-us
I remember Lights Out, on the radio, it was a scary show, I was young then & didn't know much about it.
Although Suspense and Inner Sanctum are more recognized, IMO Light's Out was the Gold Standard for horror on the radio. As grim and grisly as these are, I've read that the earliest Cooper episode were REALLY extreme. Supposedly only one episode from the Wyllis Cooper period exists...does anyone know where to find it or has heard it?
Thanks for sharing! Love the thumbnail!
Yes OTR is great.
Very good theropy if you need a diversion
Great thanks so much!
I’ve listened to many of these old time radio shows - most were not so great - but these lights out episodes are all really good.
Wow! Thank you
TYVM!
I luv these shows they are better than literally anything on television or movies today
Some of you may remember Bill Cosby, back before the Huckstables, doing a stand-up routine of his memory of listening to the Chicken Heart episode while he was supposed to be sleeping.
OMG I had that record I used to listen to it all the time when I was a kid haha. I never knew it was actually based on a real episode. I just figured he made it up lol.
I remember it very well.
"Smoke and fire and Jello all over!"
Love this!!!!!
Arch Obler, the Rod Serling of his generation.
This is quite a collection
Great stuff! 👍
I wonder if my Dad or Mom listen to this when they were kids.
Thanks
Fantastic storys!!! New sub here.
I'm going to tell my friend Oddie about your channel.
I have a little old fashion raideo and have my phone on top of it and it's like the raideo is on & playing the gems here once again.👻🤘
That's exactly what I've done. Did you know you now can get replicas of 1930s style radios that have bluetooth capacity. If your phone has bluetooth, that means your beloved (new- made in 21st Century) old 1930s style radio can have authentic radio shows from that era found on your phone- with bluetooth the radio speakers actually are issuing forth the OTR shows!
You go Archie!
I appreciate your efforts and amazing content Ty so very much! Glad im subscribed! Cheers
Thanks. I'm glad you're enjoying these old shows. :)
That murmuring in the first one is cracking me up!
3:21:28-he's just a dang choosing space begger, lol!
The youngest of three, I am so fortunate my father was born in the 30’s and raised us old school. I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s and listened to more old time radio than I watched television. I feel it’s 100 percent the reason I have a great imagination. Love all those shows and even though my family has passed, it keeps me close to them.
Gracias
This is great
BK...such an erie voice. I think ive seen all his movies.
I'd like to imagine that the "most played" graph is the way it is because people couldn't take the tension, especially considering some of the ghastly stories before, and had to skip ahead to hear how "happy ending" turned out.
Literally nothing left on youtube. So here I am, nothing’s changed in a 100 years
Love the name Caleb .❤️
The spider gets my hackles up. But the real recording of a Halloween night in a castle for Armed Forces radio is fascinating. It's a testament to the power of the mind and imagination. The true power of the theater of the imagination.
The Chicken Heart and the Dark are not original Lights Out episodes...They are from a 1962 LP of Obler's horror stories called Drop Dead. The original Chicken Heart has been lost for many years, however the original script is available online.
I remember "chicken heart" from a Cosby LP my parents had.
Super Happy Fun Time Hurt Me Films I remember the Cosby album; when I was a kid I just thought he made up the chicken heart bit, but then found the radio story.
@@NathanTarantlawriter I had that album also!!! When I saw that written here I thought Oh no Chicken Heart!!! Very funny album Why is there air??
Fun stuff. Oboler is a trip.
True classic and ageless entertainment
Listening to these old radio programs are better than watching television. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Can you recommend any particular episodes that were especially good?
Knock at the door is a good episode. Cat wife is another good one. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Does any one of you know any suspense stories like these or super hero type
"I tell you" and "Do you hear me" are definitely crutches for that author
Arch Obler is the best......I love him. 🐱👍🏼👍🏼
Does anyone remember a story about an astronaut marooned in space watching the Earth fight WWIII? I thought it was 'Lights Out' Thanks in advance for your help
I think it was X minus 1
The program series was X Minus 1
@Michael Euefueno Michael, thank you. This is awesome! I appreciate your letting me know.
@@Albatross90125 I can't find it in the chapter listings here, but it is located here....
ua-cam.com/video/uKzgTcU7WLI/v-deo.html
@@garysaum3597Yeah.
They aren't the only program that told that type of story.
Thanks for some lite entertainment during the long drone of covington scientists terrifying my kids with (your all going to die)! These stories are well done and a joy to think of my grandparents sitting listening to them. And think while eagerly listening/ all the they had worrying them were Nazionale and WWII. Again thanks pal.
great
The almost last story reminds me of the live TV Analog play and also the longer movie called 'Patterns'. Great play/movies. It's a story about an executive employee who worked for decades for the same company almost from the beginning of it who then is treated so badly emotionally he ends up dying of a heart attack at work. His name is Mr Briggs and the evil boss is named Mr Ramsey instead.
It's a white collar story of how businesses/employers will treat loyal long term older employees like dirt just so they will quit as they bring on younger ones to replace them.
Excellent movie!
I love the first one. Arch Oboler was a true master.
O.T.R. Rules
Caleb Jones what's your point?
Old man rant alert, before DVR’s Satellite radio, streaming and UA-cam you’d have to know the time something would be on and I would set my alarm to watch the TV version of Lights Out 4:30 am mon - fri and since where I lived OTR was on only 30 min everyday it could be months before you’d hear another episode of this. Oh bread was a nickel just kidding. Rant over.
I wonder if this is one of if not the first writers words coming to life.
I'm sure I heard a few of these after I was born in 1943...did they do a reprise? Or did my mother listen while I was in the womb?
how was this recorded? preserved?
Too bad no one was nice enough to reply to you. I assume it was recorded onto an audiotape when it was made.
This first episode is one of my least favorite episodes of Arch Oboler. However, I love this program and everything that Mr. Oboler did.