THE DARK

[RADIO-SCRIPT]

One of the most famous of Arch Oboler’sLightsOutscripts…

[NOTE: There’s an eight-minute abridgement of the script on Oboler’s 196? Capitol LP

Drop

Dead.]

PERSONNEL:

Arch Oboler (scriptwriter—1937,Lights Out; scriptwriter, director, host—1943,

Lights Out).

[CHRONOLOGY]

LIGHTS OUT (WMAQ, CHICAGO—NBC-RED)

[Wednesday—11:30 PM-12:00 MIDNIGHT]

December29, 1937“The Dark”

[“…Weird customs of creatures of the beyond is the theme…”]

LIGHTS OUT (KNX, HOLLYWOOD—CBS)

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??? ??, 1943“The Dark”