Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Devil & Mr. O "Official Killer" (01-07-72)

Official Killer (Aired January 7, 1972)


THE DEVIL AND MR. O was a syndicated collection of some of Arch Obler's more memorable shows from his famous LIGHTS OUT series. The shows were the originals broadcast in the era of radio's golden age. Only the openings and closing were changed. Mr. Obler serves as narrator for all shows. With its premiere on the nationwide NBC hookup in 1935, Lights Out was billed "the ultimate in horror." Never had such sounds been heard on the air. Heads rolled, bones were crushed, people fell from great heights and splattered wetly on pavement. There were garrotings, choking, heads split by cleavers, and, to a critic at Radio Guide, "the most monstrous of all sounds, human flesh being eaten." Few shows had ever combined the talents of actors and imaginative writers so well with the graphic art of the sound technician.

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