Lights Out: Superfeature (1938) | Broadcasting Horror Radio
The broadcast is live. What airs is not what was planned. Lights Out delivers a darkly self-referential horror about radio itself — a story set within the machinery of broadcasting that reveals the horrifying content hidden inside the most ordinary programming. Originally broadcast March 16, 1938. A radio horror show about the horror of radio. This recording is in the Public Domain in the United States. Vintage Chills • Classic Serials • AI-Generated Terror
| Series | Lights Out |
| Episode | Superfeature |
| Original Air Date | 1938-03-16 |
| Network | NBC Radio |
| Genre | Horror, supernatural, psychological terror |
| Series Run | 1934–1947 |
About Lights Out
Lights Out was one of radio’s first and most daring horror programs, premiering on NBC Radio in 1934. Created by Wyllis Cooper and later shaped by Arch Oboler, the show ran until 1947 and became infamous for episodes so disturbing NBC received thousands of complaints — and renewed it anyway. The sound design pushed the medium to its absolute limits.
“It is later than you think.”
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