Does the name Arch Oboler ring a bell? No, does the name Quasimodo ring a bell? If you’re into literary humor, the second should “ring a bell.”

If you know your old radio you recognize Arch Oboler as one of the leading talents of the “heyday” of radio.

Arch was a writer, producer and director of many radio scripts but he was best known for his work in the horror series “Lights Out.”

The program was aired late at night with (perhaps) the intent of putting kids to sleep in an atmosphere of nightmares — and no one was under the bed.

The show was on-again, off-again on radio from 1935 to 1947. Thus, Oboler earned his marks in how to scare people.

He became interested in a scenario built on a real-life situation. The plot was based on a well-known historical event. Workers building the Uga

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