Lights Out - Volume 4

Lights Out was an early television series based on the eerie dramatizations of the popular 1930s radio show. The broadcasts made writer and director Arch Oboler a household name synonymous with the macabre. It was brought to network television between 1949 and 1952. A precursor to shows like "Twilight Zone," "Night Gallery" and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Lights Out" is a chilling remnant of old-fashioned ghost story-telling.

Beware This Woman: A poltergeist plagues a helpless woman who happens to share a cursed name with a seventeenth century witch.

Gray Reminder: A widower receives regular mail from his domineering - and long dead - former wife, much to the dismay of his new bride.

The Devil in Glencairn: A bagpiper strikes an unholy bargain with the devil to settle a long-standing debt with his miserly landlord.

The Upstairs Floor: After his beloved wife dies, a tormented man tries to rebuild his life - down to the last detail - with devastating results.

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