Lights Out is an American horror radio program, which ran on various networks from January 1934 to the summer of 1947. Due to a number of recordings being lost, along with syndication having re-edited intros and the titles of broadcasts changing frequently, it may be impossible to ever compile a full list.
Please note that this does not include episodes for the television adaption, and only includes the radio show.
1936 TitleAir DateAlternate TitleListenSummary 1. Burial Service 36/06/10A paralyzed girl believed to be dead is buried alive. 2. Cat Wife 36/06/17After a man calls his amoral wife a cat, an incredible transformation follows. 3. The Dictator 36/06/24A scientist attempts to murder a dictator in a diving bell down in the deep dark sea. 4. Midnight Flame 36/07/01 5. 36/07/08 6. The Flame 36/07/15A man obsessed with fire uses an incantation to summon a she-demon. 7. 36/07/22 8. The Sea 36/07/29A jealous Irish miscreant plots his brother's death. 9. Money, Money, Money 36/08/05A sailor wins $3,000. 10. Across the Gap 36/08/12A car crash sends a couple and their driver into the prehistoric past. 11. Invitation to a Fly 36/08/19The story of a human spider set in a lonely Scottish inn. 12. Danse Macabre 36/08/26At his son's grave a famous composer meets a violinist who tries to persuade him to kill himself. 13. The Last War 36/09/02A world war of the future brings devastating destruction with gas bombs. Those who have died return to take revenge upon the man responsible. 14. The Author and the Thing 36/09/09A writer believes that the horrors he writes about are being brought to life. 15. The Sea 36/09/16 16. Blue Beard and the Harp 36/09/23 17. Black Pirate 36/09/30A modern day luxury yacht cruise is interrupted when pirates suddenly board the ship. Although the year is in the 1930s, the pirates act as if they came from another century. 18. Eagle's Return 36/10/07An aviator attempts to fly around the world with his sponsor. 19. The Fast One 36/10/14A murderer develops a serum that, in the end, produces horrific results. 20. The Thing That Crept 36/10/21A synthetic monster created by gem thieves climbs up a 45 story building with its vacuum-cup feet into a penthouse. 21. Halloween Horror 36/10/28A gang of small boys go out on Halloween night to create mischief and encounter something they didn't expect. 22. Death Prayer 36/11/04Bushmen in Australia carry out a "prayer ceremony" with results that follow a cruel scientist back to England. 23. Crime Clique of Croesus 36/11/11A group of men join together to commit perfect crimes for the thrill of it. 24. Alter Ego 36/11/18A woman with a split personality battles her inner negative self as she waits on death row. 25. Tong 36/11/25A big city racketeer decides to organize the laundries of his bailiwick into a "protective association". He also decides to include Chinese hand laundries in his organization. 26. War Horse 36/12/02An old war horse who saw service in the World War seeks revenge. 27. Nobody Died 36/12/09An old dying woman is given a rejuvenation potion, but the dictatorial government wants it. 28. Poltergeist 36/12/16(The Gravestone)A hike through a snow-covered graveyard leads to the rise of a poltergeist...and murder. 29. Afternoon of a Faun 36/12/23A story inspired by Debussy's music of the same name. 30. Murder Below 36/12/30
1937 Title Air Date Alternate Title Listen Summary 31. Sir Rat 37/01/06A mad nobleman entombs women of his court in the middle ages. 32. Devil in White 37/01/13A doctor discovers a method for grafting human limbs from one body to another. 33. Beast of the Shamo 37/01/20 34. Big Sock 37/01/27 35. The Honeymoon 37/02/03 36. Acrophobia 37/02/10 37. Cat Wife (Repeat) 37/02/17After a man calls his amoral wife a cat; an incredible transformation follows. 38. Buried in 1826 37/02/24The story of a young girl whose body, buried in 1826 through a chemical freak, has become a sideshow exhibit at a traveling carnival. 39. Sakhalin 37/03/03The prison camp commandant on a remote Russian island has murderous plans for an inspector. 40. Chicken Heart 37/03/10A chicken heart begins to grow, and there's no end in sight. 41. State Executioner 37/03/17In Georgian England, a man is an executioner for the state, for which he feels no remorse. 42. The Thirteenth Corpse 37/03/24 43. Homus Primus 37/03/31 (Across the Gap)A car crash sends a couple and their driver into the prehistoric past. 44. Ivan, the Terrible 37/04/07 45. The Little People 37/04/14A disgruntled scientist enacts a horrific revenge against his ex-wife and her lover. 46. Ghost Party 37/04/21A party where the hosts hold a seance in jest has a guest they never expected. 47. The Ninth Life 37/04/28 48. I, Madman 37/05/05A man who'd give anything to know the future actually travels one year into the future...and learns more than he bargained for. 49. Organ 37/05/12A family rents a creepy old house. 50. Mad World 37/05/19In a totalitarian future, the dying Leader plans to use an elixir to make the entire world insane. 51. Until Dead 37/05/26A man framed for a murder will stop at nothing for revenge - not even his enemy's already being dead. 52. Snake Woman 37/06/02 53. Forty Seventh Street Precinct 37/06/09 54. Meteor Man 37/06/16A couple find a meteorite — and encounter the horror inside it. 55. Happy Ending 37/06/23A young wife learns that she's pregnant...how's she going to tell her husband and how will he take it? 56. The Cave 37/06/30Two girls visiting Carlsbad Caverns try playing a joke that doesn't prove very funny. 57. Brain Wave 37/07/07 58. Lord Marley's Guest 37/07/14Lord Marley and his female "guest" have evil plans for the lord's wife. 59. Glacier Woman 37/09/29 60. Escape 37/10/06 61. Black Zombie 37/10/13 62. The Deep 37/10/20 63. Pyramid 37/10/27 64. Four Husbands 37/11/03 65. Compound Interest 37/11/10 66. Little Old Lady 37/11/17A girl and her friend travel to visit her aunt, whom she's not seen for many years. 67. Tin Soldier 37/11/24 68. Death Pit 37/12/01A man steps through a door and suddenly finds himself in a prehistoric world. 69. The Flame 37/12/08A man obsessed with fire uses an incantation to summon a she-demon. 70. Studio Apartment 37/12/15 71. Uninhabited (Christmas Story - 1918) 37/12/22Three soldiers during the Great War experience the same dream while on a train. 72. The Dark 37/12/29A doctor and a police investigator are called to an abandoned house—with horrific results. (Note: Considered lost, it is primarily remembered for being the basis of a sketch in The Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror V.)
1938 Title Air Date Alternate Title Listen Summary 73. Genghis Khan 38/01/05 74. 38/01/12 75. Seven Women 38/01/19 76. Oxychloride X 38/01/26A rebuffed college student decides to create something entirely new—and unstoppable. 77. Death Letter 38/02/02 78. Screen Test 38/02/09The story of one movie actor and seven mysterious old women in an out-of-the-way hotel. 79. Murder Castle 38/02/16Women who enter this house never come out. One victim's sister learns the horrifying secret. 80. Chicken Heart 38/02/23A chicken heart begins to grow, and there's no end in sight. 81. Mother-In-Law 38/03/02 (Knock at the Door)A shrewish wife wants to be rid of her hateful mother-in-law, but will she ever really be? 82. The Ball 38/03/09Two male students crash a masked ball in Paris. 83. Superfeature 38/03/16A traveling shower of motion pictures who's also a crook shows a particular film once too often. 84. The Dream 38/03/23 (Darrell Hall's Thoughts) (Kill)A professor keeps having a nightmare that urges him to kill. 85. Valse Triste 38/03/30Two women canoeing in the woods come across a dark house with a sinister occupant. 86. Cat Wife 38/04/06After a man calls his amoral wife a cat; an incredible transformation follows. 87. Three Matches 38/04/13 88. Night on the Mountain 38/04/20 89. They Died 38/04/27 90. Devil's Island 38/05/04 91. It Happened 38/05/11 (Her Name Was Jean) (Call Her Jean)A young woman in Paris is kidnapped and taken into the sewers, where she escapes only to meet a worse fate. 92. Good, Bad, Indifferent 38/05/18 93. Mrs Crazy 38/05/25 94. Scoop 38/06/01A new newspaper owner purges his staff, only to find out how bad an idea it was. 95. Spider 38/06/08Two men in the jungle search for a giant spider. 96. The Thirteenth Corpse (Repeat) 38/06/15 97. Bon Voyage 38/06/22Two sisters with an ugly secret take a cruise on an empty ship. 98. The Chest 38/06/29A meek husband buys a supposedly empty chest at an auction. 99. Gevancenpoort 38/07/06A husband and wife are trapped in an infamous Dutch prison and tortured by ghosts. 100. The Peacock Shrieks 38/07/13 101. The Hounds of War 38/07/20 102. 38/07/27 103. Homecoming (pre-empted) 38/10/12 104. Ghost Operator 38/10/26 105. The Living Death 38/11/02A man is forced to listen, through his coffin, to his own funeral service. 106. Legion of the Dead 38/11/09 107. The Ring 38/11/16A dead man haunts a former lover. 108. The Hand Of Eternity 38/11/23 109. The Bride of Madness 38/11/30 110. Battle Of The Magicians 38/12/07An occult detective is hired to investigate a possibly supernatural plane crash. 111. Queen Cobra 38/12/14A scientist may learn more than he expected on a trip to India. 112. Hindu Revenge 38/12/21Do you believe in reincarnation? In wartime, anything is possible. 113. The Theater 38/12/28
1939 Title Air Date Alternate Title Listen Summary 114. Cat Pit 39/01/04 115. Reunion 39/01/11 116. The Stage Is Set for Murder 39/01/18Life on the stage can be murder...especially for a magician. 117. Two Voices Has The Devil 39/01/25 118. Bark of a Dead Dog 39/02/01 119. The Living Dead 39/02/08 120. Jericho 39/02/15 121. The Survivor 39/02/22A fire at sea leaves only one survivor...this is his story. 122. Satan's Orchid 39/03/01 123. One Day It Rained Blood 39/03/08The last man on Earth tells his chilling tale. 124. Profits Unlimited 39/03/15A young woman inherits an island with an unusual business located on it. 125. Dilu 39/03/22Another tale of how it doesn't pay to mess with the spirit world. 126. Wandering Egyptian 39/03/29 127. The Blood of the Gorilla 39/04/05 128. Fear 39/04/12 129. The Phantom Meteor 39/04/19 130. The Devil's Due 39/04/26Two killers on the run meet a mysterious man in a warehouse who knows all about them. 131. The Retribution of Edward Scurr 39/05/03 132. The Curse of the Kiba 39/05/10 133. 39/05/17 134. Beetles 39/05/24Another tale of science gone wrong, this time with human-sized beetles. 135. 39/05/31 136. Vendetta 39/06/07 137. Alley Cat 39/06/14 138. 39/06/21 139. Macbeth 39/06/28 140. Through a Murderer's Eyes 39/07/05 141. The China Doll 39/07/12 142. Murder Mind 39/07/19A college boy's prank doesn't go quite the way he planned. 143. The Giggler 39/07/26An insane man uses surgery to change his victims' characteristics. 144. 39/08/02 145. Serenade of Death 39/08/09 146. The Day of the Four 39/08/16
1941 Title Air Date Alternate Title Listen Summary 147. Special to Hollywood 41/02/17A party of film celebrities on board a plane are literally left hanging in mid-air because of their own callousness.
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