Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Devil & Mr. O "Ancestor" (10-29-71)

Ancestor (Aired October 29, 1971)


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. Arch Oboler's shows are well represented -- this series of Lights Out was syndicated in The Devil and Mr. O offerings of 1970 - 73. A transcribed syndication of original broadcasts from 1942 - 43 with Arch Oboler as the host.

THIS EPISODE:

October 29, 1971. CBS network. "Ancestor". Sponsored by: Ironized Yeast, Energene. A woman held prisoner by three gangsters is rescued by a strange hero. The program includes a war bond appeal by Claudette Colbert. The story is also known as, "The Archer." Arch Oboler (writer, host), Claudette Colbert, Frank Martin (commercial spokesman). 29:34.

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