Arch Oboler has 9 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 16 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is Great Radio Science Fiction.
Great Radio Science Fiction
Summary
Close your eyes and see the future. Radio often explored the issues of the day by imagining the days to come - and never did it better than in the stories you'll hear in this collection! From 2000 Plus to Dimension X, this is Great Radio Science Fiction! Hear the stories of Robert Heinlein, Arch Oboler, and Isaac Asimov. Hear the voices of Orson Welles, Aldous Huxley, and more! Hear intense parables about the law of unintended consequences, creative allegorical dramas about our innate call to adventure, and terrific tales about first contact with the unknown, the fanciful, and the altogether unexpected. Episodes include: Dimension X: Courtesy 07-26-51, Vital Factor 08-16-51, First Contact 09-08-51, Nightfall 09-29-51; X Minus One: Cold Equations 08-25-55, Requiem 10-27-55, Marionettes, Inc. 12-21-55, The Sense of Wonder 04-24-56; 2000 Plus: When Worlds Met 05-03-50, The Robot Killer (Killer Robot) 1950; Arch Oboler's Plays: The Truth 01-13-40, Rocket from Manhattan 09-29-45; Suspense: Donovan's Brain - Part One 05-18-44, Donovan's Brain - Part Two 05-25-44; CBS Radio Workshop: Brave New World - Part One 01-27-56, Brave New World - Part Two 02-03-56, A Pride of Carrots 09-14-56, The Space Merchants - Part One 02-17-57, The Space Merchants - Part Two 02-24-57, The Green Hills of Earth 07-21-57
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Lights Out: The Sea
Summary
Lights Out is a radio serial that aired from 1934 to 1947, devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural. In this episode, a dying Irish woman makes her final confession. A tale of brotherly hate and a return from the dead.
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Lights Out: Oxychloride X
Summary
Lights Out is a radio serial that aired from 1934 to 1947, devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural. In this episode, a young crackpot college student invents the universal solvent - with of course nothing to keep it in.
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Lights Out: Murder Castle
Summary
A man, living in a three story home of his own particular design, advertises for young, unattached, female secretaries. Once they arrive, he allows them to choose their own bedroom - but, they are all equally deadly!
©2014 Arch Oboler (P)2014 RSPT, LLC
Lights Out: Organ
Summary
The story of a strange summer house and its even stranger secrets. Arch Oboler (writer, host).
©2014 Arch Oboler (P)2014 RSPT, LLC
Arch Oboler
Summary
Poetic. Patriotic. Petrifying. Arch Oboler, the prominent radio writer, producer and director, was a man possessed of noble ideals and a knack for the nefarious - capable of stoking both the fires of fear and the passion of national pride to a fever pitch. His way with words often led listeners deep inside a character's mind, following their stream-of consciousness straight to the heart of a universal truth. His pioneering work in narrative techniques and sound effects raised radio from mere medium to genuine art form. Oboler was deeply devoted to the war effort, producing plays of men and women answering the call in spite of everything, and inspiring citizens on the home front to do the same. But, in a frightening world, perhaps he made people brave by poking a bit of fun at fear itself with his terrifying tales of the undoing of misguided souls. This 10-hour tribute featuring many recordings available here for the first time, includes 20 digitally restored and remastered episodes, performances by James Cagney, Lloyd Bridges, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre, Irene Dunn, Ronald Colman, Dinah Shore, Mary Astor, Olivia De Haviland, Boris Karloff, and more. Episodes Include: Arch Oboler's Plays: "Bathysphere" 11-18-39 "Nobody Died" 12-16-39 "Johnny Got His Gun" 03-09-40 "Strange Morning" 04-05-45 "Love, Love, Love" 05-03-45 "An Exercise in Horror" (A Peculiar Comedy) 05-24-45 "Lust for Life" 08-16-45 "Rocket from Manhattan" 09-20-45 "Lights Out: Cat Wife" 04-06-38 "What the Devil" 10-06-42 "Knock at the Door" 12-15-42 "Valse Trieste" 12-29-42 "Everything For the Boys: Knuckles" 01-25-44 "The House I Live In" 05-30-44 "Everyman's Theater: I'll Tell My Husband" 11-08-40 "The Ugliest Man in the World" 03-14-41 "Free World Theater: The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith" 05-09-43 "V Day" 06-27-43 "To the President: About My Mother" 11-15-42 "Plays for Americans: Johnny Quinn, USN" 02-01-42
©2009 Arch Oboler (P)2009 RSPT LLC
Arch Oboler's Plays
Summary
An unprepossessing little man in a sweatshirt and sneakers set the world of radio ablaze in the late 1930s with a startling new vision of what radio drama could be. Eight decades later, his work is still fresh, powerful, and brilliantly original. Experience radio drama at its best with Arch Oboler's Plays. These 21 outstanding productions of unforgettable stories (including several rare episodes) feature top stars: James Cagney, Burgess Meredith, Madame Alla Nazimova, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn, Eddie Cantor, and more! Episodes include: The Word 05-27-39; The Ivory Tower 07-08-39; And Adam Begot 09-09-39; This Precious Freedom 12-30-39; Money, Money, Money 01-06-40; Special to Hollywood 02-03-40; Johnny Got His Gun 03-09-40; Strange Morning 04-05-45; The House I Live In 04-26-45; Night 06-07-45; Mr. Pyle 06-14-45; The Naked Mountain 06-21-45; The Truth 06-28-45; My Chicago 07-26-45; Parade 08-02-45; History of a Mug 08-09-45; Mirage 09-06-45; Mr. Miller 10-04-45; The Visitor from Hades 10-10-64; The Day Sinatra Got Fat 10-24-64; Him or Me 12-26-64 PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2020 Arch Oboler. All Rights Reserved. For home use only. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited. Manufactured under exclusive license from the Arch Oboler Estate by Radio Spirits. (P)2020 Arch Oboler. All Rights Reserved. For home use only. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited. Manufactured under exclusive license from the Arch Oboler Estate by Radio Spirits.
Lights Out, Everybody!
Summary
It... is... later... than... you... think! Radio's premier showcase for heart-stopping horror is presented in this collection of 20 great episodes of Lights Out! Produced, written, and directed by broadcasting legend Arch Oboler - and starring Boris Karloff, Mercedes McCambridge, Dinah Shore, Gloria Blondell, and more - these tales are devilishly devised to keep you up all night! Radio, more than any other medium of popular entertainment, is an ideal vehicle for dark tales of dark deeds. Perhaps that's because the greatest fears in the back of our minds are the terrors we can't see... the murky musings made all the more horrific by the fact that we can never stare them in the eye. The 20 digitally remastered and restored episodes include: Organ, 05-12-37; Uninhabited, 12-22-37; Cat Wife, 04-06-38; It Happened, 05-11-38; The Devil's Due 04-26-39; What the Devil 10-06-42; Revolt of the Worms 10-13-42; Poltergeist (Gravestone) 10-20-42; Mungahra (The House Is Haunted) 10-27-42; Bon Voyage 11-10-42; Mister Maggs (The Chest) 12-01-42; Scoop (Cemetery) 12-08-42; Knock at the Door 12-15-42; Valse Triste 12-29-42; The Fast One (Speed) 01-05-43; Protective Mr. Drogan (Big Mr. Little) 01-26-43; Until Dead (The Luck of Mark Street) 02-02-43; He Dug It Up 02-09-43; They Met at Dorset 02-23-43; The Ball (Paris Macabre) 03-09-43.
©2014 Arch Oboler Estate (P)2014 RSPT, LLC.
Lights Out: Later than You Think
Summary
"This is the witching hour! It is an hour when dogs howl, and evil things are let loose on a sleeping world. Want to hear about it? Then turn out your lights!" The villainous vocal skills of Boris Karloff, Mercedes McCambridge, Willard Waterman, Shirley Mitchell, and more bring to life 20 perilous plots. They will tell you strange secrets of the supernatural, of science experiments gone wrong. They will find themselves surrounded by frightening creatures, by ghosts (and ghastly sound effects). They will commit cold-blooded murders that will make your own blood run cold. "If you wish to avoid the excitement and tension of these imaginative plays...we urge you calmly...but sincerely...to turn off your radio...now." Lights out...everybody! Includes 20 digitally restored and remastered episodes. Episodes include: Come to the Bank 11-17-42; Meteor Man 12-22-42; Oxychloride X 02-16-43; The Sea 03-02-43; The Dream 03-16-43; The Flame 03-23-43; Money, Money, Money 03-30-43; Archer 04-13-43; Kill 04-20-43; Execution 04-27-43; Heavenly Jeep 05-04-43; Murder in the Script Department 05-11-43; Spider 05-18-43; Little Old Lady 05-25-43; Prelude to Murder 06-15-43; Nature Study 06-22-43; Visitor from Hades 07-13-43; Profits Unlimited 07-20-43; The Little People 07-27-43; Murder Castle 08-03-43.
©2014 Arch Oboler Estate. All rights reserved. (P)2014 Arch Oboler Estate. All rights reserved.