Lights Out
Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. Versions of Lights Out aired on different networks, at various times, from January 1934 to the summer of 1947 and the series eventually made the transition to television. In 1946, NBC Television brought Lights Out to TV in a series of four specials, broadcast live and produced by Fred Coe, who also contributed three of the scripts. NBC asked Cooper to write the script for the premiere, "First Person Singular", which is told entirely from the point of view of an unseen murderer who kills his obnoxious wife and winds up being executed. Variety gave this first episode a rave review ("undoubtedly one of the best dramatic shows yet seen on a television screen"), but Lights Out did not become a regular NBC-TV series until 1949.
Cast
Jack La Rue
Narrator (voice)
Seasons & Episodes
1. Edna Warren
1949-07-19
2. Promise
1949-07-26
3. Long Distance
1949-08-02
4. Crater
1949-08-09
5. SOUVENIERS OF HIS DEAD WIFE
1949-08-16
6. The Housekeeper
1949-08-23
7. Dressing Gown
1949-08-30
8. The Whisper
1949-09-23
9. Conqueror's Isle
1949-11-07
10. Pengallen's Bell
1949-11-14
11. The Fall of the House of Usher
1949-11-21
12. I Dreamt I Died
1949-11-28
13. SOMETHING IN THE WIND
1949-12-05
14. Justice Lies Waiting
1949-12-12
15. The Elevator
1949-12-19
16. The Man Who Couldn't Lose
1949-12-26
17. The Riverman
1950-01-02
18. JUDGEMENT REVERSED
1950-01-09
19. The Green Dress
1950-01-16
20. The Devil to Pay
1950-01-23
21. Reservations for Four
1950-01-30
22. Dead Pigeon
1950-02-06
23. The Invisible Staircase
1950-02-13
24. Graven Image
1950-02-20
25. Portrait of a Dead Man
1950-02-27
26. The Strange Case of John Kingman
1950-03-06
27. The Emerald Lavalier
1950-03-13
28. The Scarab
1950-03-20
29. Mary, Mary Quite Contrary
1950-03-29
30. The Queen is Dead
1950-04-03
31. The Faithful Heart
1950-04-10
32. A Toast to Sergeant Farnsworth
1950-04-17
33. The Man Who Couldn't Remember
1950-04-24
34. GLOVES OF GINO
1950-05-01
35. The Silent Voice
1950-05-08
36. The House That Time Forgot
1950-05-15
37. Rendezvous
1950-09-22
38. HOW LOVE CAME TO PROFESSOR GULDIA
1950-05-29
39. The Heart of Jonathan O'Rourke
1950-06-05
40. DETERMINED LADY
1950-06-12
41. A Child is Crying
1950-06-19
42. An Encore
1950-06-26
43. THE WHISPER (RESTAGING)
1950-07-03
44. I DREAMT I DIED (RESTAGING)
1950-07-10
45. THE DEVIL TO PAY (RESTAGING)
1950-07-17
46. THE STRANGE CASE OF JOHN KINGMAN (RESTAGING)
1950-07-31
47. THE QUEEN IS DEAD (RESTAGING)
1950-08-14
48. THE HEART OF JONATHAN O'ROURKE (RESTAGING)
1950-08-21
