Lights Out - Old Time Radio Horror
Organ - Lights Out | 06/08/1943 (36)
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- Duration:
- 28m
- Broadcast on:
- 15 Sep 2024
- Audio Format:
- mp3
- Iron eyes yeast presents, life out everybody. [MUSIC PLAYING] - It is later than you. You. [MUSIC PLAYING] - Lights out bring you stories of the supernatural and the supernormal, dramatizing the fantasies and the mysteries of the unknown. We tell you this frankly. So if you wish to avoid the excitement and tension of these imaginative plays, we heard you calmly, but sincerely, to turn off your radio now. [MUSIC PLAYING] - This is Archover, a man, a woman, and a small boy arrive in a new home, happy day, and sometimes not so happy. First, a worton, Frank Martin. Frankly now, friends, are you asking yourself, why should I be losing weight and feel on edge and worn out? Are the people feel good and have fun? Well, if more vitamin B-1 and iron is all you need, cheer up. Iron eyes yeast supplies both in pleasant-to-take tablet form at a cost of but a few pennies a day. With iron eyes yeast and its famous two-way health, great numbers of people who were short on these substances will soon regain glorious strength and energy the day these people can really enjoy life. Remember that name, iron eyes yeast tablets. And now, life out of everybody. [MUSIC PLAYING] - 40, 50, 60, and 20 is 80, and 20 is 100. Perfectly correct. $100 rental for two months. Now, there's a matter of a receipt, of course. - If you don't mind. - No, no, not at all, not at all, not at all, not at all. Two business and a business like way is my motto. We're not a very large firm, but service supreme is our motto. - Yes, yes. - Now, what should I do with my receipt book? - Yes. - Don't care, let's have me in this pocket. - Oh, and the old piece of paper will do, will you? - No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Here we are. Here we are. - I had it in this pocket all the time. I just sit down over there and write it up for you. - 50 bucks a month for a furnished grand central palace like this one. Beautiful. There's something wrong in the wood fireplace. - You're thinking of a creature, a little Nick's husband. But the fact remains that $100 is the price retained. - Yep. Service supreme over there's making up a receipt of his little left hand, so I suppose it's true. What say where's the draft exemption? - Sleeping, down on the sofa. - Hate himself, right at home pretty quickly, didn't he? - Hate doctor's papa. - Oh, now that's liable. - I never curled up in a strange sofa. - Oh, yeah, service supreme. - Here we are folks. Here we are. My name is seated, Brian Crawford. - Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. - I hope you'll be quite satisfied here. - That's quite... - Oh, I'm sure we will be. As you can see, our boy has made himself at home already. - Mm-hmm. Boy, oh, oh, yeah, I can't... - Good little fellow. - Two hope you'll be quite all right. Quite all right. - Mm-hmm. - Yeah. Well, I must be getting along, business, you know. - Uh, moving in at once, aren't you? - Well, you... - Yes, yes, yes, yes. You told me you were. - Yes. - Yes. Well, good luck in the... - Goodbye, sir. - Goodbye, sir. - Well... - Wasn't he in a hurry to get out? - Service supreme until the moment the rent paid, and then it's exit extraordinary. Well, I'd better go get the things in out of the car. Say, I never thought we'd spend a summer in a mid-Victorian mansion at you, dear. Here, I'm talking to you. Oh, I'm sorry. - Well, how'd the pensive look? What are you thinking about? - What's that man say? - What man? Oh, you mean service supreme? - Yeah. - Well, what pearl of wisdom did he spot? - Remember when he looked at Billy's TV man? - Sure. - He said, "I do hope he'll be all right." - Yeah, so he did, so what? - The way he said it. - Oh. Say, you'll have to get some help into clean up this place. Looks like my fraternity house used after we threw a dance... - Chuck! - What? What do you stare at? - What are you doing here? - Who? Follow you, startled us. - What are you doing here? - Oh, Chuck. He must be the caretaker. The real estate man told us about... - Oh, yes. - You and Sir Me? - He suffered Samantha with that name. - What? Look here, old man. You don't have to throw any catfits. We rented this place from the service supreme. I mean, what's the name of Sir Hawkins? Is that real estate man up and down? - Rancet? - Sure. Here's a receipt. $100 for the next two months. - Two months? - Yeah. Well, I know it isn't much, but that's all the fellow wanted, and so that's all he got. So, what else do you respect your caretaker? Well, you are the caretaker, aren't you? - Yes, I... - Oh, go ahead, then. I can speak freely. Well, as I was saying, the rental doesn't seem like much, but after all, big as it is, this is a pretty crummy old place. - Chuck! - Well, it is. And that real estate fellow said there hadn't been anyone living here regularly for 20 years, and those people, what's the name, all died. So, I figured it the right way. - Hey, nerds. - Huh? What'd you say? - What'd you say? - I don't know. He's right there. - Hey, nerds. Mr. and Mrs. and Parnell. - Oh, Reynolds. Yeah, they're the people that lived here, aren't they? Mr. Who's's's real estate said something about it. - Get out of here. - What? - Get out of here. - Chuck. - You'll hear me. - No, wait a minute. - Get out. - Wait a minute. - Oh, you do not wait here. - Wait a minute. - We read this. - Get out of here. No, no one belongs here. - Why? - No one. It is mine. - Oh, dear. - Mine 20 years. - Stop waving your arms. - Get out. - Get out. You've got to go. I love you. - You wake up at 10. - He's making my noises. - No, I tell you. - Look here, old man. - Wait. - My house. Mine. We've nobody. We've got that. - He's sick. - Catch him. - Old man. Old man. - Chuck is not. - No. Just passed out of, yes. Wonder where some water is. - He's coming too. - Thought he'd pop the valve or something. The way he was blowing off. Give me a hand. We'll put him on that other sofa. - Take your hands off of me. - Huh? - Take your hands off of me. - Oh, now look here, old man. We just want to help you. - Your hands off of me. - What, Chuck? Help him get up. - No. I am all right. I will live longer than anybody. You. You will have to get out. You will have to get out. - Hey, now, wait a minute, old man. - Can you imagine that old duck? - Running off like that. - We did get a bargain. A house and entertainment by a crack nut. All for $50 a month. - But why was he so furious? - Don't ask me. I'm no psychiatrist. Oh, well, that's not the old crackpot spoil thing. - No. - I'll slip in a few bucks in the morning. He'll be all right. - Mm-hmm. - Now, let's wake up that snoozing son of ours and... - Chuck, look. - Huh? He is awake. - Why, you little rascal, you. How long have you been sitting there watching, young man? - A long time. Where are we, Dad? - I'll tell you, Billy. We're in a great, big, beautiful house. You and I and Father are going to have a good time for the next two months. Isn't that good news? - Well, why don't you answer your mother, Billy? Aren't you glad we're going to be staying here in the country? - Dad? - Yes, son. - Please, let's get out of here. I'm awful scared. - I wonder if he's sleeping with you. - I'll go see. - Be very quiet, Chuck. - I will. - Like the proverbial cherish. - Chuck, keep your voice down. - All that air of ours is sleeping so deeply that it takes Susan's band to wake him up. - Maybe we should have let him sleep with us. It's one night. - And have him grow up into a lily that falls over the side of his own shadow? - Oh, no, Mrs. Cook. He sleeps in that room and likes it. Anyway, he's deep in sleep, so that's that. - And here I go. Boy, stretching out feels good. You know, it's going to take at least two bands to wake me up tonight. - Clock all the doors? - Mm-hmm. - And the window? - Yeah. - Are you sure? - Oh, now listen, honey. - Oh, please tell me. - I am telling you. This house is locked up tighter than a who's got. Shudders, doors, everything. And tell you that crazy old coop decides to come back to the continuous oration, and have to use a hacksaw to get in. - I wish it was morning. - Mm-hmm. - You can sort of straighten things out with him. For all he is is a caretaker. - Oh, forget it. We run a place from the accredited agents, and the old boy doesn't like it. That's too bad. Let's go to sleep. - But Chuck. - Oh, I am. - But I want to know... - What? - Why should he have gotten so excited? It's been worrying me. - Mm-hmm. I don't know. Maybe because he thinks it'll mean more work. - Twenty years alone. - Huh? What'd you say? - I was just wondering why this place hadn't been rented to sold all these years. - I don't know. - Could it be... - What? - Nothing. - Say, are you thinking of... - Oh, that's nonsense. - Is it? - Sure. - Just because the house is big and old and hasn't been lived in for a long time doesn't mean that... - Oh, I've told you that storybook stuff. - Chuck. - What? - Why did Billy say that he was frightened? - Oh, he's just a little kid. - Well, isn't it possible that young children are closer... - To what? - To things that aren't of this world. - And, oh, I was just thinking... - Well, stop thinking things like that. Oh, screwy ideas to get in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere. Oh, come on. Go to sleep, or you give me the jitters, too. Save the ghost talk for tomorrow morning, and the sun shines. It's a little dark and visible and weird right now to be talking about ghosts. - Chuck, listen! - Music. - What, Chuck? - It's... it's not a radio. - Chuck, I'm frightened. I knew something was wrong here. - I knew it. - The old man was right. - We shouldn't have come here. - No, no, no. - We should have come here. - I knew it the minute I saw him. - I want to go check. - He's not done. - I'll be right back. - Wait, come here. - Stop. - It's... it's... it's not a radio. - Chuck, I'm frightened. I knew something was wrong here. - I knew it. - The old man was right. - We shouldn't have come here. - No, no, no, no. - I knew it the minute I saw him. - I want to go check. - I felt the floor vibrating like it does when the organ plays in church. - It's Billy. - Yeah. - Billy. - He's all right. - Billy. - Hello, Mom, Dad. - There's no one with him. - Billy. Billy, why are you laughing like that? Why Billy? - 'Cause I've been having fun. Guys, what's a fun? - Oh, a dream, son. You mean you've been having a funny dream? - Oh, my gosh, no. Not a dream. Isn't my dad funny, old lady? - Old lady? Who... who did you say that to, Billy? - He wants me to go downstairs with her. So listen to the music. - Music. - But I told her I couldn't go. Not unless you said I could go. - Can I, Mom? Can I go? - Go. - Go where, Billy? Over where? - Downstairs like I told you. - Billy, listen to me. Who are you talking about, son? Answer your mother. Who are you talking about? Here's some, why are you staring at the foot of the bed? What are you looking at? - You're already dead. Don't you see you're sitting there? - Old lady. - Son. - Gosh. Can't you see her? Funny, old lady. You can kind of see right through her. Who are you talking about? Ladies and gentlemen, we leave our light out story of Oregon for just a moment now to look in on a cheerier scene. It's a sparkling clean American kitchen. And the lady of the house is saying... There. This is all them. The house all cleaned up. Now I can do my victory garden before time to fix the children's lunch. Where do you get your pips? I'm so worn out these days. It takes me all day just to do my housework. I'm losing weight and can't eat properly. Even washing the dishes tires me out and there's no help to be had. No, we have to help ourselves these days. And that's what I did when I felt the way you do. I found out I needed more vitamin B1 and iron. So I took ironized yeast tablets. They supply both vitamin B1 and iron, you know. But how could just those two things make so much difference? That's easily explained. When you don't get enough vitamin B1 from your food, you may lose your appetite. Not eat enough to keep up your weight and strength. And when you don't get enough iron from what you eat, you may be weak and pale and all in. And ironized yeast applies both vitamin B1 and iron? Right. So if you're short on these vital substances, don't wait. Go to your drugist this very night and say... A bottle of ironized yeast tablets, please. And now back to tonight's Lights Out. Cold, dear. Oh, little. Let me get this around you. Kind of a wind blowing in from someplace. We could have stayed upstairs. No, no. I couldn't stay up in those horrible bedrooms. I couldn't. All right. All right. Now don't get upset again. Here we three are, and here we stay until daylight. Won't it ever get light again? Oh, no, honey. Just a few more hours. Guys, kids are wonderful. What? Billy, look at them there. Sleep as if nothing has happened. He doesn't know that anything did. Lucky kid. Oh, you just wait until that old son starts doing this stuff. I'm going to turn this house upside down until I find out what... Chuck! Wait. Something? I don't know. I thought I heard something sighing as if... I have horrible music again. It's here. An organ right in this room. Where is it coming from? I don't know. I can't stand it. I can't. I don't make them stop it. Are you serious? No one can stop it. You'll wake up the boy, honey. Hey, sis. Hello, Mom. Billy, he's up. Mom, come to me, Mom. Oh. Yes, Billy. Is Billy boy yet? What is it? That funny music. Where is it coming from, Mom? I don't know. It's all right, son. Stay here by me. That's the boy. I'm gonna never stop. I won't daylight to ever come. I wish we wasn't here. Chuck, it's getting darker. It's... it's... it's all right. Just... just the dark before the dawn, you know. Dad, it's getting light. And the music is dying away. Light. But what a strange light. Sam, is there something wrong with my eyes? No. I see it, too. Do you? The wall over there. The light growing on it. Oh, Chuck. I'm afraid. You've got to get out of here, quickly. Yes. Oh, wait. That wall, the light's gone through it. Beyond it. There's a room there now. A room. Yes. And I see it, too. Oh, Chuck, what is this? I love it. What are you afraid of? And... There's someone sitting in that room. Yes. It's... it's a girl. I see it so clearly. And yet, somehow, it isn't real, is it? Look at the way she's dressed. So strangely. So clear. And yet, it's more like a... like a picture on the wall. No depth. The flatness of the picture. Chuck, look. There's a man coming into that terrible light. By George's teeth. What? Don't you recognize him, the old caretaker? Yes. But now he isn't so old. Look at me out of here. Don't wait. We don't dare go. Not yet. Pictures on the wall. And yet, not pictures. He's drawing closer to her. I see it. There's no father. He's... he's talking. Oh. I think that he has a substance flesh. I know he hasn't. Oh, it's you, Mr. Elton. Yeah? Pictures talking is a... am I insane? No, Mr. Elton. Mother doesn't like to have me talk with you. Because I am a gardener. Good, Chuck, Billy. Don't talk. Whatever's the reason, Mr. Elton. He's been coming here for another degree. Bless your mother. Mr. Elton. I say "blaster." I've got nothing. So I am not good enough. Please go. Your father, before he died, he promised me money. Plenty of money for all ideas for him. I'm sorry he didn't mean it. Your mother. It wasn't in the will. How could she give it? Your father, Mr. Reynolds, he promised me. Reynolds, they're the people at on this place. Mr. Walker said they'd all been dead for 20 years. You could drive me out, too, eh? No, please. If I had the money, your father promised me, you wouldn't tell me to go. Maybe you would love me. Don't, please. But you could not be any way for the real. I make you not me. Make you not me. Dad, oh, what is it? Moving pictures? You brought me. You lied. I'm hating you. I'm there. They're going with it. Oh, what have we seen, Chuck? What? Wait. The light. It's coming back. Don't look, Billy boy. Here. Put your head against mother. And... Look. He killed her. Oh, Chuck. Standing over her. That horrible look on her face. Chuck. Another woman's coming in. The mother. He's turning toward her. Chuck. He's going to kill her too. I... I can't move. I want a scream. I can't. [Screaming] There was something, Chuck. He's killing the mother. Killing her. What can I do? I can't move. [Screaming] Gone. The light goes. And they go with it. But... But we saw him kill them both. Mother and daughter. Billy didn't see him. No. He buried his head against me so tightly that... Why, Chuck. What's the matter? He's asleep. A sleep? Yes. So quietly against me. It is if someone out there didn't want him to see that horror. Only you and I. Oh, Chuck. What was it that we saw? What? Whatever it was we're getting out of here. Quick. Give me the boy. Who did? The old man. The one we just saw killed. The one you just saw what? You killed him. How? Why? I don't quite understand. But we saw you kill them. Mother and daughter. Oh. Was it real? Yes. I killed them both. [Gasping] Yes. I killed them. And why not? The young one gave me no love. The old one, no money. He promised me. He promised me. But when he died, they gave me nothing. Killed them. Yes. Yes. Killed them with my own hands. I killed them. Chuck the police. Yes. I'm gone. No police. There were no police then. There will be no police now. But murder. Two women. They know. I know. And now you know. No one else will ever. What do you mean? You hear? You hear? They understand? That horrible organ music. They are music. Night after night since I killed them. Now you know why I didn't want your hair. Now you know why I must kill you. Kill? That gun! Yes. With the gun. Them 20 years ago with my hands. You. This gun. You crazy man. No Chuck you kill. Look out! Kill you. Kill you. Kill me on tell her. Kill me on tell her. Chuck? I'm. I'm all right. Hey. Hey. Dead. I. I had my hand on the gun. And then it seemed to turn in my hand and torn him. As if. As if someone. As if someone. By far. Billy. Is he. Still sleeping. Sleeping. Through all that. Less than sleep. The wall. It's falling out. The wall. It. There's the organ. The organ that was playing. And. And. Women. Two women sitting at the keyboard. No Chuck. Don't go closer. Oh no. Chuck what is it? No. I was wrong and. Wrong. Not women. Not anymore. Two skeletons and dresses. Oh. I. I think I know now. He killed him 20 years ago. And walled up their bodies in there with the organ. But what we saw. The music. How could it. And look. They're crumbling. Bones into dust. He's dead. Now. They come out peace. Well. Mr. Robler. Well. Mr. Martin. If you want a rational explanation of the return of the dead. Don't expect it from me. I can see the stories. I write them. But if you want facts. Don't expect them for me tonight. I am. I suggest the encyclopedia Britannica or play as a visit to that old lady around the corner who say she talks with. Ghost. As to whether the dead can return. Once again. I say we don't know and perhaps it's better that we don't. And. Have you ever heard of alter ego Frank. I don't know what ego is all I'm but what's the older. 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