OTR Journal
Horror’s first podcast canon — only it was 1937 and it ran live, every week, on the original airwaves. Episode notes, listening guides, and broadcast histories for Lights Out, Inner Sanctum, The Whistler, and the late-night transmissions that built the form podcasting is still catching up to.
- Lights Out: Organ (1937) | Haunted Music Horror RadioNBC Radio, 1937. Lights Out was the show that proved radio could terrify. This is “Organ” — classic horror from the golden age of broadcast.
- Lights Out: Mad World (1937) | Social Collapse Horror RadioNBC Radio, 1937. Lights Out was the show that proved radio could terrify. This is “Mad World” — classic horror from the golden age of broadcast.
- Lights Out: The Meteor Man (1937) | Alien Visitor Horror RadioNBC Radio, 1937. Lights Out was the show that proved radio could terrify. This is “The Meteor Man” — classic horror from the golden age of broadcast.
- Lights Out: Lord Marley’s Ghost (1937) | Victorian Ghost Horror RadioNBC Radio, 1937. Lights Out was the show that proved radio could terrify. This is “Lord Marley’s Ghost” — classic horror from the golden age of broadcast.
- Lights Out: Happy Ending (1937) | Dark Twist Horror RadioNBC Radio, 1937. Lights Out was the show that proved radio could terrify. This is “Happy Ending” — classic horror from the golden age of broadcast.
- Lights Out: Little Old Lady (1937) | Deceptive Monster Horror RadioNBC Radio, 1937. Lights Out was the show that proved radio could terrify. This is “Little Old Lady” — classic horror from the golden age of broadcast.
- Lights Out: Christmas Story (1937) | Holiday Horror RadioNBC Radio, 1937. Lights Out was the show that proved radio could terrify. This is “Christmas Story” — classic horror from the golden age of broadcast.
- Lights Out: The Dark (1937) | Darkness Horror RadioNBC Radio, 1937. Lights Out was the show that proved radio could terrify. This is “The Dark” — classic horror from the golden age of broadcast.
- Lights Out: Oxychloride X (1938) | Chemical Body Horror RadioNBC Radio, 1938. Lights Out was the show that proved radio could terrify. This is “Oxychloride X” — classic horror from the golden age of broadcast.
- Lights Out: Cat Wife (1938) | Second Telling Horror RadioNBC Radio, 1938. Lights Out was the show that proved radio could terrify. This is “Cat Wife” — classic horror from the golden age of broadcast.
- Lights Out: Spider (1938) | Arachnid Horror RadioNBC Radio, 1938. Lights Out was the show that proved radio could terrify. This is “Spider” — classic horror from the golden age of broadcast.
- Lights Out: Nobody Died (1939) | Crime Irony Horror RadioNBC Radio, 1939. Lights Out was the show that proved radio could terrify. This is “Nobody Died” — classic horror from the golden age of broadcast.