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The Horror! (Old Time Radio)

Poltergeist by Lights Out

The Horror! (Old Time Radio)

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Old, Vintage, Horror, Thriller, Radio, Arts, Entertainment, Time, Otr, Performing Arts

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The Horror features Poltergeist, a story from Lights Out this week. This episode aired October 20, 1942. Listen to more from Lights Out https://traffic.libsyn.com/forcedn/e55e1c7a-e213-4a20-8701-21862bdf1f8a/TheHorror1250.mp3 Download TheHorror1250 | Subscribe | Spotify | Support The Horror If you enjoy The Horror and would like to help support it, visit donate.relicradio.com for more information. Thank You!

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the horror, old-fashioned fear since 2007, every Saturday at relicradio.com.

0:09.4

Our story comes from Lights Out This Week, series that aired primarily from January of 1934 to August of 1939, produced 274 episodes.

0:20.5

It returned in a series of rebroadcasts through the 1940s.

0:24.4

Today's story was first heard December 16th of 1936.

0:28.8

This version is probably from the rebroadcast on October 20th of 1942.

0:34.3

Here's Poltergeist.

0:39.4

Ironized yeast

0:40.9

presents. Lights out

0:43.4

everybody.

0:49.7

It

0:52.5

is later than you think.

1:07.5

This is

1:08.6

another in our series of stories of the unusual.

1:13.2

And once again we caution you.

1:15.1

These lights out stories are definitely not for the timid soul.

1:18.9

So we tell you calmly and very sincerely,

1:21.9

if you frighten easily, turn off your radio now.

1:25.8

But if you're fascinated by the mysterious, the fantastic, the unearthly,

1:31.9

then anticipate chills in our story of poltergeist.

1:40.1

Jingle Bell, Jingle all the way. Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one north open sleigh hey

1:50.9

that was swell now let's go to town st louis woman with her diamond ring kicking that man around no stop that case what's the matter my scare in the

2:05.1

horace what seems like a sacrilege singing a song like that out here this beautiful clean snow

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