Quiet, Please
Horror & Thriller from Heritage Radio Vault. A man begins to tell you what happened, almost as if you were sitting beside him. Quiet, Please draws the listener into stories that can be strange,…
Horror & Thriller
Lights Out.
An ordinary sound becomes something you would rather not hear again. Lights Out uses the intimacy of radio to bring uncanny events close, with horror that often depends on what a listener imagines beyond the voices.
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About the programme.
The anthology changes characters and situations from story to story. Its reputation rests on dramatic use of sound and unsettling ideas rather than a detective who can make every ending safe. The surviving material includes different production periods and later versions.
Programme at a glance.
- Broadcast history
- Originated 1934; later network runs and revivals
- Network or distribution
- NBC and later productions
Broadcast history.
Wyllis Cooper originated Lights Out in Chicago in 1934. Arch Oboler became a defining writer in the network years. Revivals and re-creations complicate the recording history, so the earliest date associated with a script should not automatically become the date of the file available here.
Where to begin.
Try one complete story when you can give the sound your attention. If you prefer unease carried by a single conversational voice, follow it with Cooper's later Quiet, Please.
Choose your next episode.
Showing 1-20 of 70 episodes. Order follows the captured public catalogue, not a verified original broadcast chronology.
A False Prophecy
28:29Mirage
28:02Revenge of India
28:41Reunion After Death
27:01Haunted Cell
29:26Man in the Middle
29:15The Signalman
27:28The Word
25:53Creature of the Film
23:39Death Robbery
29:03Murder Castle
24:31Nature Study
28:45Sakhalin
27:21Organ
28:50
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Sources and recording notes.
Historical programme reference:
Lights Out - programme log ↗Modern recording information:
Official Heritage Radio Vault programme ↗Historical references describe the programme. Spreaker supplies the selected Heritage Radio Vault titles, artwork, recording lengths and modern publication information. Anonymous public catalogue evidence was checked 4 November 2026. Syndicated transmission dates and surviving versions can differ.
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