Episode 216: The Author and the Thing

Episode 216 May 30, 2021 00:58:12
Episode 216: The Author and the Thing
The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society
Episode 216: The Author and the Thing

May 30 2021 | 00:58:12

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Show Notes

This week's visit to the Listener Library was requested by two Mysterious Old Radio fans from overseas! Thanks to both Katherine and Stuart for recommending we listen to "The Author and the Thing!" This recording of Arch Obloler's script served as the final episode of Lights Out in 1943. Of course, the series could never quite stay dead and it was revived again later. But when Oboler said goodbye this time, he did so with all the metafictional gruesome humor he could muster. The story features Oboler himself struggling so hard to come up with one last tale of terror, he may have invoked a real nightmare! Can a person's preoccupation with stories of darkness manifest a genuine monster? How many family members and friends need to die to finish a script? What series could possibly ever fill the space left behind by Lights Out? Listen for yourself and find out!

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