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- 1 2 3 Grams, Martin Jr. "Arch Oboler: Plays or Lights Out (Part Two)". Return with Us Now ... Volume 28, Number 11. November 2003. pp. 1, 3–6.
- ↑ "The Everyman's Theater Radio Program". The Digital Deli Too. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ↑ Dunning, John. (1976). Tune in Yesterday: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, 1925–1976. Prentice-Hall, Inc. ISBN 0-13-932616-2. p. 188.
- ↑ Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill (1972). The Big Broadcast: 1920–1950. The Viking Press. ISBN 978-0-670-16240-6. pp. 79–80.