"Cat Wife" is an episode of the radio show Lights Out, written by Arch Oboler and first aired on June 17, 1936. The episode stars Boris Karloff, a legendary horror actor. The story follows an angry husband who, in a fit of rage, calls his wife a heartless cat. However, his words take on a terrifying reality when she begins to undergo a strange transformation, exhibiting feline traits in a disturbing case of lycanthropy