Lights Out | Old Time Radio

About Lights Out | Old Time Radio

Lights Out | Old Time Radio brings you chilling horror, supernatural mystery, and psychological suspense from the golden age of radio. Enter strange worlds filled with ghosts, monsters, nightmares, dark experiments, unexplained forces, and stories designed to unsettle the imagination. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Created by Wyllis Cooper and later famously associated with Arch Oboler, Lights Out became one of radio’s most influential horror series, known for daring stories, eerie sound design, and unforgettable atmosphere. Rediscover classic old time radio horror, supernatural stories, suspense, psychological thrillers, dark fantasy, and vintage radio. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss).

Publisher

Old Time Retro Radio

Category

arts · fiction · fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Nov 2025

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

130 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Lights Out - "The Meteor Man" (Old Time Radio, 1942)

   Lights Out presents “The Meteor Man,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 22, 1942. This is episode 12 of the 1942–43 season, written by Arch Oboler and featuring Bret Morrison. During a nighttime meteor shower at an isolated vacation home, Professor Russell J. Adams and his wife Diane watch a fiery object fall into a nearby field. Russell’s curiosity leads them to bring the small meteorite indoors for examination, but the seemingly ordinary space rock soon unsettles everyone in the house. Also known in later listings as “The Hungry Ones,” this story revisits an earlier Oboler Lights Out dramatization. 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 24:10 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio (https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio)

2. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Lights Out - "Heavenly Jeep" (Old Time Radio, 1943)

   Lights Out presents “Heavenly Jeep,” originally broadcast on CBS on May 4, 1943. Common episode listings identify it as episode 31 of Arch Oboler’s 1942–43 revival, though surviving guides differ on the numbering. Raymond Lawrence stars in this Ironized Yeast-sponsored production, written and directed by Oboler. On a wartime night drive, an Army captain and his sergeant-driver face sudden danger after their jeep strikes a land mine. Their shared interest in the stars takes an ominous turn in this tense blend of battlefield suspense and science-fiction horror. 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 29:51 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio (https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio)

3. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Lights Out - "The Dark" (Old Time Radio, 1937)

   Lights Out presents “The Dark,” originally broadcast on NBC on December 29, 1937. This Arch Oboler radio play is identified as episode 199 of the original run. A doctor and his ambulance assistant answer an emergency call at an isolated Pine Street house, where a frightened woman and an unsettling medical mystery await. As the pair venture deeper into the darkened rooms, professional curiosity clashes with mounting dread in a compact, sound-driven nightmare. 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 00:44 Original Broadcast 08:07 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lights-out-old-time-radio--7222656/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio (https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio)

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

3.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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