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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 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Lights Out presents “The Coffin in Studio B,” originally broadcast on July 13, 1946. This was episode 2 of NBC’s 1946 summer revival, written by Wyllis Cooper and directed by Albert Crews. During a late-night rehearsal just minutes before airtime, the Lights Out cast and crew struggle to prepare their next broadcast. Then an elderly visitor arrives with a coffin catalog—and an unsettling insistence that actor Ed Henley make a selection. Bob Murphy stars as Henley in this self-referential radio-studio tale of mounting dread. 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 00:52 Original Broadcast 28:43 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Lights Out presents “Money Money Money,” originally broadcast March 30, 1943. Also known as “Three Thousand Dollars,” this Arch Oboler-written and directed CBS drama is listed as episode 297 overall and episode 26 of the 1942–43 season. On a coastal waterfront, a sailor’s $3,000 sweepstakes win catches the attention of Tony, a deep-sea diver whose appetite for money threatens friendship and trust. Featuring Lou Merrill, Walter Soderling, and Gloria Blondell, the story follows greed and mounting danger from the docks to a deep-sea salvage expedition. 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 00:53 Original Broadcast 30:38 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Lights Out presents “Nature Study,” originally broadcast on June 22, 1943. Episode 38 of the CBS series was written and directed by Arch Oboler and features Cathy Lewis and Mary Jane Croft. Four tourists on a scenic canyon outing find themselves trapped after a rockslide seals off their route with massive boulders. As the canyon closes in around them, the ordeal tests their relationships and consciences. Ironized Yeast sponsored this 1943 broadcast. 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 00:40 Original Broadcast 24:30 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Lights Out presents “Rocket Ship,” originally broadcast July 28, 1945. This archival NBC summer-revival episode is a Wyllis Cooper science-fiction fantasy. Set against the possibilities of interplanetary travel, “Rocket Ship” ventures beyond Earth in the imaginative style of the 1945 Lights Out revival. The program was sustaining and drew on an earlier Cooper Lights Out script. 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 29:02 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Lights Out presents “Murder Castle,” originally broadcast February 16, 1938. Written especially for radio by Arch Oboler, this NBC Red Network drama was inspired by Chicago’s real-life H. H. Holmes “Murder Castle” case. A young woman answers a confidential employment advertisement and enters the imposing home of Mr. Stewart. As unsettling questions surround the house and the women who have sought work there, her sister begins searching for answers amid locked rooms, shadowed corridors, and a residence with deeply guarded secrets. 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 00:45 Original Broadcast 26:54 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Lights Out presents “Protective Mr.Drogen,” a circulating title variant for “The Projective Mr. Drogan,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 26, 1943. This Arch Oboler fantasy-horror drama is identified as episode 17 and features Edgar Barrier as Mr. Drogan. Mr. Drogan discovers he can bring extraordinary—and dangerous—things about through thought or spoken wishes. As the possibilities of his new power expand, the story becomes an unsettling examination of ambition, impulse, and responsibility. The broadcast was later reissued as “Big Mr. Little.” 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 00:53 Original Broadcast 29:34 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Lights Out presents “Sakhalin,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 10, 1943. Episode 45 of the 1942–43 revival was written, directed, and produced by Arch Oboler, who is also featured in the cast. At a remote penal colony on Russia’s Sakhalin Island during the czarist era, a visiting inspector confronts Commandant Renikoff, whose ruthless control of the isolated outpost is threatened by official scrutiny. The setting’s harsh confinement and mounting tension drive this ominous drama. 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 00:47 Original Broadcast 31:05 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Lights Out presents “Flame,” episode 25 of Arch Oboler’s 1942–43 revival, originally broadcast on March 23, 1943. Written and produced by Oboler for CBS and sponsored by Ironized Yeast, this surviving archival recording runs approximately 23 minutes. Arnie Douglas has long been fascinated by fire, but his interest deepens into a dangerous obsession when old fire-worship lore suggests that flame may possess a will—and a presence—of its own. A chilling supernatural drama of ritual, fixation, and destructive allure. 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 00:47 Original Broadcast 24:07 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Lights Out presents “Immortal Gentleman,” originally broadcast on August 31, 1943. This Arch Oboler drama, starring Franchot Tone, is episode 48 of the 1942–43 season. A young man obsessed with death is unexpectedly thrust into a distant future where medical science has made eternal life commonplace. In a society transformed by immortality, he is forced to question what life—and death—truly mean. 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 24:20 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Lights Out presents “Bathysphere,” originally broadcast June 29, 1943. In this Arch Oboler political suspense drama, a scientist known as the Doctor and an unnamed dictator, “His Excellency,” descend in a small bathysphere toward the ocean floor. As pressure builds in the confined diving bell, the two men face a tense confrontation over power, freedom, and dictatorship. Hans Conried stars as the Doctor and Lou Merrill as His Excellency in this CBS revival of Oboler’s earlier 1939 play. 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 00:51 Original Broadcast 30:15 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Lights Out presents “The Dream,” episode 83, originally broadcast on March 23, 1938. Written by Arch Oboler and starring Boris Karloff, this NBC drama marked the series’ fourth-anniversary broadcast and began Karloff’s run of five consecutive appearances. University biology professor Darrell Hall, who insists he has never dreamed, waits for a jury’s decision in a murder case. As he recounts the events that brought him to court, a nightmare and an unsettling recurring presence begin to blur the line between sleep and waking life. 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 00:50 Original Broadcast 30:45 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio