Lights Out

Lights Out

1949
5.3
4 Seasons
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Crime Drama Reality

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.

Season

Episodes

Ep 1

Edna Warren

Ep 2

Promise

Ep 3

Long Distance

Ep 4

Crater

Ep 5

SOUVENIERS OF HIS DEAD WIFE

Ep 6

The Housekeeper

Ep 7

Dressing Gown

Ep 8

The Whisper

After defeating Morales, Lights hires trainer Ed Romeo (Eamonn Walker), who once trained Death Row Reynolds. Romeo is part boxing guru and part psychologist, and his approach is very different from Pops'. Meanwhile, Theresa worries about Ava's attitude about life.

Ep 9

Conqueror's Isle

The training regimen Ed Romeo (Eamonn Walker) is imposing on Lights splits the Leary family: Theresa and the girls don't like its late-night hours, but they do like Ed. Johnny doesn't, and he's upset that Ed won't let Lights promote the Reynolds fight. For his part, Ed thinks that Lights' brother is "bleeding him dry."

Ep 10

Pengallen's Bell

Ep 11

The Fall of the House of Usher

Ep 12

I Dreamt I Died

Ep 13

SOMETHING IN THE WIND

Ep 14

Justice Lies Waiting

Ep 15

The Elevator

Ep 16

The Man Who Couldn't Lose

Ep 17

The Riverman

Ep 18

JUDGEMENT REVERSED

Ep 19

The Green Dress

Ep 20

The Devil to Pay

Ep 21

Reservations for Four

Ep 22

Dead Pigeon

Ep 23

The Invisible Staircase

Ep 24

Graven Image

Ep 25

Portrait of a Dead Man

Ep 26

The Strange Case of John Kingman

Ep 27

The Emerald Lavalier

Ep 28

The Scarab

Ep 29

Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

Ep 30

The Queen is Dead

Ep 31

The Faithful Heart

Ep 32

A Toast to Sergeant Farnsworth

Ep 33

The Man Who Couldn't Remember

Ep 34

GLOVES OF GINO

Ep 35

The Silent Voice

Ep 36

The House That Time Forgot

Ep 37

Rendezvous

Ep 38

HOW LOVE CAME TO PROFESSOR GULDIA

Ep 39

The Heart of Jonathan O'Rourke

Ep 40

DETERMINED LADY

Ep 41

A Child is Crying

Ep 42

An Encore

Ep 43

THE WHISPER (RESTAGING)

Ep 44

I DREAMT I DIED (RESTAGING)

Ep 45

THE DEVIL TO PAY (RESTAGING)

Ep 46

THE STRANGE CASE OF JOHN KINGMAN (RESTAGING)

Ep 47

THE QUEEN IS DEAD (RESTAGING)

Ep 48

THE HEART OF JONATHAN O'ROURKE (RESTAGING)

Cast

Jack La Rue

Jack La Rue

Narrator (voice)