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Starting life as an extremely popular American radio series that began on WENR Chicago in 1934, *Lights Out* was an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror, suspense and the supernatural.

The series eventually made the transition to television in 1946, with NBC broadcasting the show nationally from 12 July 1949.

Episodes were recorded live and the disembodied head of a narrator (Jack LaRue at first and later, Frank Gallop) opened and closed the show. Productions were entirely studio-bound so much of the eerie atmosphere had to be achieved by imaginative lighting and use of shadows.

The series pioneered a number of special effects techniques. It was the first TV show to utilise the split-screen method showing both sides of a telephone conversation between a frantic wife and her condemned husband, the “first-person” or subjective camera approach was used effectively on the show, and numerous special effects produced men walking through walls, vanishing spirits and – in one memorable case – an amorphous shadow playing a lead role.

A cavalcade of guest stars included Eva Marie Saint, William Bendix, June Lockhart, John Forsythe, Burgess Meredith, Nina Foch, Vincent Price, Raymond Massey, Leslie Nielsen, Grace Kelly, Yvonne DeCarlo, Jane Seymour, Basil Rathbone, Eli Wallach, Eddie Albert, Arlene Francis, J. Pat O’Malley, Robert Stack, Jack Palance, George Reeves, Ed Begley, Alice Ghostley and Boris Karloff.

Lights Out was an American television anthology series that aired from 1949 to 1952, featuring dramas of thrills and suspense. It was notable for being the first TV dramatic program to use a split-screen display.