| Air Date |
Title |
Synopsis |
| 1936-06-12 |
Cat Wife |
In "Alley Cat," a wealthy man who discovers his wife has emptied their life savings after putting everything in her account. The ensuing argument ends up to a bloody murder before the police are sought. (Starring: Boris Karloff) |
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| 1936-08-09 |
Money Money Money |
A sailor murders his buddy who strikes it big at the lottery but managed to escape the authorities when initially investigated. He joins a treasure hunting-diving venture but his real identity is discovered and he receives a second visit. |
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| 1936-09-04 |
The Author And The Thing |
CBS net. "The Author and The Thing". Sponsored by: Ironized Yeast, Energene Cleaning Fluid. Arch Oboler hosts the program and stars in it as, "Arch Oboler!" Mr. Oboler has created a monster for his radio show, whereupon it promptly comes to life and kills his brother! The last show of the season. Arch Oboler (writer, host), Mercedes McCambridge. |
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| 1936-09-15 |
The Sea |
A story told by an old dying lady about her two sons, one good and the other a villain. The good son sends his evil brother to dive for brass when a storm blows and the good son was simply presumed dead by his brother... |
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| 1936-10-19 |
The Fast One |
CBS net. "The Fast One". Sponsored by: Ironized Yeast, Molle Shaving Cream. A story about two men with a mighty power, the ability to move very, very rapidly. Excellent radio writing. The story is also known as, "Speed." This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #11279. Arch Oboler (writer, host), Frank Martin (commercial spokesman).
Program #25. CBS net origination, syndicated rebroadcast. "The Fast One". Commercials added locally. Excellent radio writing. A story about two men with a mighty power, the power to move very, very rapidly. Syndicated program name: "The Devil and Mr. O." The story is also known as, "Speed." See cat. #77941 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. Arch Oboler (writer, host). |
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| 1936-12-07 |
Nobody Died |
A dying patient begs the doctor to prolong her life just until her youngest son arrives. As the doctor works, she tries a cancer research drug which eventually works. The word reaches the President who pays the doctor a visit, telling her to give the drug to the state for the benefit of all…. and for himself. |
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| 1936-12-18 |
Poltergeist |
Program #6. CBS net origination, syndicated rebroadcast. "Poltergeist". Commercials added locally. How'd you like to have your head squashed flat by a tombstone? Syndicated program name: "The Devil and Mr. O." The story is also known as, "Gravestone." Arch Oboler (writer, host). |
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| 1937-02-17 |
Cat Wife |
In "Alley Cat," a wealthy man who discovers his wife has emptied their life savings after putting everything in her account. The ensuing argument ends up to a bloody murder before the police are sought. (Starring: Boris Karloff) |
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| 1937-03-03 |
Sakhalin |
A megalomaniac murderer roams Russia. |
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| 1937-03-10 |
Chicken Heart |
A laboratory experiment works and becomes a success. (Segment) |
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| 1937-03-17 |
State Executioner |
A wife leaves her husband after she finds out that he is an executioner. Later, the man goes crazy and locks himself up in a room as he imagines his past. |
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| 1937-04-15 |
The Little People |
Weird and heavily accented guy is eventually left by his gallivanting wife to finally join her boyfriend. Their big mistake is to pay him a visit about the divorce proceedings. |
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| 1937-05-19 |
Organ |
A couple excitedly spends summer with their son in a vacant home which is unoccupied for 20 years. An old man visits the and demands they leave, claiming that the house belongs to him. Eerie things begin to happen and the young boy seea a ghost who wants to entice him. They all eventually start to see other apparitions. |
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| 1937-05-21 |
Until Dead |
CBS net. "Until Dead". Sponsored by: Ironized Yeast, Molle Shaving Cream. A man about to be executed escapes from jail and swears revenge against the man who framed him...and not even death can stop him! It sounds like Frank Lovejoy in the lead and Mercedes McCambridge in a commercial. See cat. #11264 for a syndicated rebroadcast version, re-titled "No Escape." The story is also known as, "The Luck Of Mark Street." Arch Oboler (host), Bob Stevenson (announcer), Frank Lovejoy, Mercedes McCambridge, Paul Stewart.
Program #10. CBS net origination, syndicated rebroadcast. "Until Dead". Commercials added locally. A man wants revenge so badly, he's willing to go beyond the grave to get it. See cat. #47309 for a network, sponsored version of the broadcast. Syndicated program name: "The Devil and Mr. O." The story is also known as, "No Escape" and "The Luck Of Mark Street." Arch Oboler (writer, host), Frank Lovejoy, Paul Stewart. |
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| 1937-06-14 |
The Meteor Man |
A meteorite is found by a stargazing couple. Opening it, they find it is made of flesh and transforms into a head that speaks. It tells them that it was the first among the many to arrive on the planet, and why they are coming. |
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| 1937-06-25 |
Happy Ending |
The story is a diversion from the typical when the doctor informs his wife that she is pregnant. The wife in turn starts to imagine as she walks all the way home, on what her husband and her mother has to say, as well as how her child possibly would look like. |
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| 1937-07-18 |
Lord Marleys Ghost |
A rich man is hooked on his mistress and leaves his wife. Their affair ends tragically in a boating accident. |
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| 1937-11-16 |
Little Old Lady |
CBS net. "Little Old Lady". Sponsored by: Ironized Yeast, Energene Shoe White. Aunt Harriet, living alone in a dark wood, has some very strange feline companions! A good story! The story is also known as, "Mrs. Kingsley's Report." Arch Oboler (host), Frank Martin (announcer), Shirley Mitchell, Cathy Lewis, Noreen Gammill, Jay Novello, Lou Merrill. |
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| 1937-12-22 |
Christmas Story |
Three soldiers of different nationalities party on a train on a Christmas Day after their tour of duty. An event involving three wise men similarly happened 2000 years ago. |
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| 1937-12-29 |
The Dark |
A prankster calls an ambulance which promptly responds by arriving on the scene to find a dark house and echoing laughter from a man turned inside out in a room with strange floor. |
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| 1938-01-25 |
Oxychloride X |
Out of frustration from being rejected membership in a fraternity; a gifted laboratory student formulates a super antimatter corrosive substance that eats anything and eventually creating a hole on Earth. |
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| 1938-02-18 |
Murder Castle |
Girls who answer advertisements for older guys keep disappearing. This prompts another girl to search for her missing sister. |
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| 1938-03-01 |
Chicken Heart |
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| 1938-03-12 |
Super Feature |
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| 1938-03-23 |
The Dream |
A murderer who never had experiences a dream suddenly falls into one during his sentencing trial. (Starring: Boris Karloff) |
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| 1969-12-31 |
Valse Triste |
Two girls on a camping trip, and while rowing docks their boat on an island to pick some flowers when their boat drifts away finding themselves lost. They are drawn to into a strange house where a psychopath lives who demanded that the other marry him and that the other must die. |
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| 1938-04-05 |
Cat Wife |
NBC net, Chicago origination. "Cat Wife". Sustaining. The script was used on the program previously. The story was voted by listeners "the best" "Lights Out" story. A man's cat-like wife goes too far. The show features a fine performance by Karloff and an even better one by the "Cat Wife," who receives no billing. Boris Karloff, Arch Oboler (writer, producer, director). |
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| 1938-05-11 |
It Happened |
On a tour in Paris, a rich young girl is fed up with the tour guide, and decides to explore the city by herself. Ignoring the guide’s threat to inform her father, she takes off anyway and is lured by a kidnapper for ransom. She manages to escape from him, who dwells in the putrid Parisian sewer. |
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| 1938-06-04 |
Spider |
CBS net. "The Spider". Sponsored by: Ironized Yeast, Energene Shoe White. Mr. Oboler mentions that this story is set in the jungles that today are, "filled with monkey-men with .25 calibre automatic rifles." Arch Oboler (writer, host), Frank Martin (commercial spokesman). |
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| 1939-04-26 |
Devils Due |
A man who aware of the operation of the two thieves approaches them for the possibility of joining the gang. |
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| 1942-10-13 |
Revolt Of The Worms |
An experiment backfires as a man and his assistant used human hormones and worms to make roses grow faster. |
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| 1942-10-20 |
Poltergeist |
After playing on a snow covered graveyard and dancing on a gravestone, a girl is hit by a rock whom her companions claim to have been thrown from the grave. |
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| 1942-10-27 |
Mungahra |
A man spends weeks in the jungle and steals a massive diamond from a native named Mungahra whom he stabbed to death but manages to curse him before dying. |
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| 1942-11-03 |
Across The Gapneanderthal Man |
Program #2. CBS net origination, syndicated rebroadcast. "Across The Gap". Commercials added locally. A group of modern tourists find themselves fifty-thousand years in the past. Syndicated program name: "The Devil and Mr. O." The story is also known as, "Neanderthal," "Neanderthal Man," and "And Adam Begot." A "Lights Out" opening has been added. Arch Oboler (writer, host). |
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| 1942-11-16 |
Bon Voyage |
Carrying a trunk with mysterious contents to be dumped overboard, two sisters soon discover that the ship they’ve boarded is mysterious as well. |
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| 1942-11-17 |
Come To The Bank |
A man explains about the full potentials of the human mind to do almost anything. He experiments on slowing down his bodily metabolism in the absence of food for one week, until he decides to try on something else… |
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| 1942-12-01 |
Story Of Mr Maggs |
From an auction, a man buys an evil trunk. |
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| 1942-12-08 |
Scoop |
An investor buys a loosing newspaper and decides to cut on manpower by dismissing staff members above 50 years old--prompting an old columnist to jump out of the window. Later, the owner gets a visit from the columnist’s ghost at the highway when his car breaks down. (Plug: The Axis war effort) |
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| 1942-12-15 |
A Knock At The Door |
A protective mother is murdered by her son’s girlfriend but her ghost keeps haunting whenever her son is at home. |
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| 1942-12-22 |
The Meteor Man |
A meteorite is found by a stargazing couple. Opening it, they find it is made of flesh and transforms into a head that speaks. It tells them that it was the first among the many to arrive on the planet, and why they are coming. |
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| 1942-12-23 |
Valse Triste |
Two girls on a camping trip, and while rowing docks their boat on an island to pick some flowers when their boat drifts away finding themselves lost. They are drawn to into a strange house where a psychopath lives who demanded that the other marry him and that the other must die. |
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| 1943-01-05 |
The Fast One |
A man consumes a formula that speeds-up humans and starts a criminal spree. |
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| 1943-01-19 |
Devi L And Mr Alleycat |
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| 1943-01-26 |
Protective Mr. Drogen |
A report to the police claims that a man just killed someone. Scenes flashes back to a party where they serve unusual drinks. A man tries drinking all the drinks then falls and hits his head. When he awakens, all his wishes magically comes true. His doctor couldn’t do anything about it until the idea of blackmailing the whole world sets in. His doctor however suggests, as per recommendation of his lady, as to why not wish that all Nazi army die during the war. |
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| 1943-02-02 |
Until Dead |
A murdered girlfriend’s voice torments her boyfriend as if asking for justice. Her boyfriend sets to avenge her but was found guilty of attempting murder; he escapes prison to hunt the murderer again. |
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| 1943-02-10 |
Oxychloride X |
Program #12. CBS net origination, syndicated rebroadcast. "Oxychloride X". Commercials added locally. A young crackpot college student invents the universal solvent, with of course nothing to keep in it. Syndicated program name: "The Devil and Mr. O." The story is also known as, "The Hole." Arch Oboler (writer, host). |
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| 1943-02-23 |
They Met At Dorset |
Unsure of his location, the German rescue mission tries to free Rudolf Hess from his English captors but are. Thinking they have found the house, they are surprised to find people laughing inside. When they asked for him, the party denies holding him so they decided to murder all the English occupants. |
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| 1943-03-03 |
The Ball |
Two party-going men find themselves in a strange Parisian party. |
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| 1943-03-14 |
The Dream |
NBC net, Chicago origination. "The Dream". Sustaining. The series' fourth anniversary broadcast. An accused murderer has never dreamt in his entire life, until a beautifully shaped woman, with a face from hell, appears to him and says only one word..."kill"! The show features lots of screaming and mayhem. A script with the same title, but with a different story, was used subsequently on "Lights Out" on March 16, 1943 (see cat. #77937). Boris Karloff, Arch Oboler (writer). |
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| 1943-03-25 |
Flame |
Two conversationalists discusses fire comparing it to a living organism. The first man takes out an encyclopedia and reads to the second an entry about fire worshipers who could conjure spirits out of flames. The second man begins to doubt the sanity of the reader. He becomes more concerned due to the fact that he’s engaged to the other man’s sister. After the second man leaves, the first man proceeds with his incantation--offering his girlfriend’s engagement ring as a sacrifice. |
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| 1943-03-30 |
Money Money Money |
CBS net. "Money, Money, Money". Sponsored by: Ironized Yeast, Energene. Tony the diver doesn't stop at murder nor anything else for money. His last dive is most successful. This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #11273. The story is also known as, "Three-Thousand Dollars." Arch Oboler (writer, host), Frank Martin (commercial spokesman).
Program #19. CBS net origination, syndicated rebroadcast. "Money, Money, Money". Commercials added locally. Tony the diver stops not at murder nor anything else for money. His last dive is most successful. Syndicated program name: "The Devil and Mr. O." The story is also known as, "Three-Thousand Dollars." See cat. #79072 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. Arch Oboler (writer, host). |
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| 1943-04-06 |
Superfeature |
A guy travels with his assistant guy showing movies to interested audiences. When an audience clamors for a monster film, a real monster appears from the movie. |
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| 1943-04-13 |
Archer |
A girl finds a tool which saves her from the gangsters who are hiding her away. |
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| 1943-04-20 |
Kill |
CBS net. "Kill". Sponsored by: Ironized Yeast, Energene Shoe White. A story told through the thoughts of the principal character, an accused murderer. Arch Oboler (writer, host), Frank Martin (commercial spokesman). |
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| 1943-04-27 |
Execution |
During WWII, a German Officer reports being fired upon by a woman in a French village. In retaliation, the Germans will hang 50 women unless the suspect comes forward. During the execution, the soldiers noticed that all the women they’re hanging acts weirdly. When the fourth and fifth women are to be executed, the German Captain realizes they all look the same. (Narration: War and war bonds reminder.) |
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| 1943-05-04 |
Heavenly Jeep |
When the jeep the soldiers are riding is blown up by a landmine, the soldiers realize they are eventually not hurt at all. |
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| 1943-05-11 |
Murder In The Script Department |
Two office clerk-typists become trapped in office after working hours. They notice that equipments and facilities automatically shut down. To their surprise, the typewriters start to write independently, the furniture breaks loose and a shrill scream is heard. |
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| 1943-05-18 |
Spider |
In a treasure hunting expedition in the jungle, the hunters catch spider which has been silently staring at them since they arrived. |
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| 1943-05-25 |
Little Old Lady |
In a treasure hunting expedition in the jungle, the hunters catch spider which has been silently staring at them since they arrived. |
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| 1943-06-05 |
Ugliest Man In The World |
In a treasure hunting expedition in the jungle, the hunters catch spider which has been silently staring at them since they arrived. |
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| 1943-06-08 |
The Organ |
A couple excitedly spends summer with their son in a vacant home which is unoccupied for 20 years. An old man visits the and demands they leave, claiming that the house belongs to him. Eerie things begin to happen and the young boy seea a ghost who wants to entice him. They all eventually start to see other apparitions. |
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| 1943-06-15 |
Prelude To Murder |
Listeners hear the thoughts of a Dracula-inspired man is jealous of his wife's new male friend. |
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| 1943-06-28 |
Nature Study |
A group on study tour gets trapped by a rockslide in a canyon and panics. Some of them will die while others admit of being murderers themselves. |
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| 1943-06-29 |
Bathysphere |
A motive-laden worker descends to record ocean depths with his unsuspecting superior. |
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| 1943-07-13 |
Visitor From Hades |
A couple who is terminally ill suddenly receives a macabre visit from someone whom is invisible to others. Having no known way of getting rid of this visitor, the couple later recognizes him and realizes the real purpose of his visit. |
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| 1943-07-20 |
Profits Unlimited |
An heiress is taken to an island where she inherits a factory from her grandfather. She soon finds out that the workers lived there for many generations and knew nothing else but work. |
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| 1943-07-27 |
The Little People |
CBS net. "The Little People". Sponsored by: Ironized Yeast, Energene Shoe White. The eternal triangle seems a bit lopsided when two of the angles are shrunken to doll size. The lead character uses what sounds like a Bela Lugosi accent. This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #11280. Arch Oboler (writer, host), Frank Martin (commercial spokesman).
Program #26. CBS net origination, syndicated rebroadcast. "The Little People". Commercials added locally. The eternal triangle seems a bit lopsided when two of the angles are shrunken to doll size. Syndicated program name: "The Devil and Mr. O." The story is also known as, "The Shrinking People." See cat. #79074 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. The lead character uses what sounds like a Bela Lugosi accent. Arch Oboler (writer, host). |
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| 1943-08-03 |
Murder Castle |
CBS net. "Murder Castle". Sponsored by: Ironized Yeast, Energene. A kindly gentleman murders young ladies for a living. Grisly. Arch Oboler (host), Frank Martin (announcer). |
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| 1943-08-10 |
Sakhalin |
A megalomaniac murderer roams Russia. |
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| 1943-08-24 |
Sub Basement |
The girlfriend always wondered what her boyfriend does inside his office building. He takes her on a tour of the building starting from the basement. Accidentally locked in, the couple entangles something horrid. |
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| 1969-12-31 |
Immortal Gentleman |
A man is born to live a normal life from among the immortal and genius Adavars, so the gods wished the him to do something they themselves cannot. |
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| 1943-09-07 |
Lord Marleys Guest |
A rich man is hooked on his mistress and leaves his wife. Their affair ends tragically in a boating accident. |
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| 1943-09-14 |
The Word |
Two honeymooners climbs to the 100th floor of a tower to watch the city skyline and simply forget the looming war headlines. Seeing a storm lightning approaching, they go down only to find out that everyone in the city is gone or missing. |
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| 1943-09-21 |
Mirage |
A couple notices that a silent old man on the beach can make people pass out by erasing their names etched on the sand. When he reappeared with the moon, he scribbles some dates instead. |
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| 1943-09-28 |
Author And The Thing |
On the telephone, Obler tells someone he is staying late to write his next story about evil forms that take the thoughts of a man who had been hearing murmurs for seven days. When the man’s brother tries to wake him up from a nightmare, he thinks that his brother is still part of the nightmare’s evil murmer. |
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| 1945-07-21 |
Reunion After Death |
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| 1945-07-28 |
Rocket Ship |
In the year 2000, a crewman returns from the moon and notes moon craters being similar to atom bomb craters in New Mexican test sites. |
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| 1945-08-25 |
Man In The Middle |
A secretary and her boss are having an affair which is discovered by her brother. The brother threatens the boss to stay away from his sister and a big fight follows. |
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| 1945-09-01 |
The Day The Sun Exploded |
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| 1946-07-13 |
The Coffin In Studio B |
While participants are rehearsing for the "Lights Out" show, a coffin salesman enters promoting his product. |
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| 1946-07-20 |
Haunted Cell |
A man is sentenced to death and is visited by a ghost at the death row. The show’s beginning is a bit offshoot. |
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| 1946-07-27 |
Battle Of The Magicians |
An airline owner and a zombie manipulator are warlocks who are mortal enemies trying to destroy the other. The other uses his zombie to pilot and send down the other’s airplane |
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| 1946-08-03 |
Revenge Of India |
An influential Indian gets kidnapped by gangsters and hidden in the trunk of their car.
Unknowingly, the man keeps a handheld radio and maintained contact with his servant for rescue.
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| 1946-08-16 |
Ghost On The Newsreel Negative |
In hope of catching ghosts on film, two men tries their luck in a haunted farm. |
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| 1946-08-24 |
The Signal Man |
A old train signalman is interviewed by a reporter. He says he saw a signaling figure just before the accident occur at the spot where the wrecks occurred. |
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| 1947-07-12 |
Death Robbery |
A man tries to bring back to life his scientist friend’s wife who died in a car accident. They have forgotten something important. (Starring: Boris Karloff.) |
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