Brother Wyllis Cooper (1899-1955) created and directed the classic radio program "Lights Out" in 1933. The show was so popular it generated over 600 fan clubs, an astounding number at the time. Brother Cooper was so detail oriented that on one show he was not satisfied with the sound of a man being executed on a gallows, so he made the sound man drop through the trap door and "hang himself" during the live broadcast. The sound man survived as did "Light's Out," which ran on radio through 1947 and later made the transition to television.
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