Bill Oberst Jr.'s Gothic Goodnight

Hawthorne's Hills; Poe's Poem

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Bill roams his moonlit library and pulls down The Hollow of the Three Hills by Nathaniel Hawthorne & The Conquerer Worm by Edgar Allan Poe. Click here to record your audio response to this episode.

Speak Of The Devil

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Bill invites you into his moonlit library and reads from Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson. Click here to record your audio review of this episode.

A Whole World Dying Tonight

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Are you afraid of the dark? What is your relationship with the night? Bill wants to know. Click here to leave us a voice message answer. It may be included on next week's show.

Poe Boy Sandwich

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Bill shares a midnight snack in the moonlit library, with bits of Poe's The Bells, Alone & The Imp Of The Perverse. Click here to leave a free voice message for Bill and fellow Gothic Goodnight listeners. Your message may be played on next week's podcast.

Beneath The Veil

Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Bill welcomes you to the moonlit library for a bedtime reading of Nathaniel Hawthorne's strange "The Minister's Black Veil." Click here to leave a free voice message for Bill and fellow listeners. Share your ruminations. Your message may be played on the next show.

Through A Glass, Darkly

Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Bill invites you into the moonlit library for a bedtime bite - H.P. Lovecraft's 1921 weird tale "The Outsider." Click here to leave a quick, free voice message to the show so Bill can play it for your fellow listeners next week.

Janus Rising

Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Bill invites you into the moonlit library for sleepy musings on dual things, and reads you to rest from Washington Irving's "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow." Leave us a free voice message by clicking here.

Torture By Hope

Fri, 15 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Bill's been up to a high section of the Moonlit Library to retrieve tonight's reading, an 1891 masterpiece by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. Why not leave Bill a voicemail with your response to the show? It's free at https://www.speakpipe.com/billoberstjr.

Strange Arrivals

Fri, 29 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Bill's come up from the basement of the Moonlit Library with a 19th century newspaper clipping for tonight's gothic bedtime snack: a storm, a derelict ship, an onboard horror...Alucard! You can leave a free voice message with your response to any Gothic Goodnight at https://www.speakpipe.com/billoberstjr

She Waits

Sat, 20 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Bill is reminded that he's overlooked some rather important writers in his Moonlit Library bedtime readings, and seeks to remedy the situation posthaste! Leave us a free voice message from anywhere in the world with your thoughts on any Gothic Goodnight episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/billoberstjr

All The Wounded Monsters

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Bill reads us to sleep from a translation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 "The Phantom of the Opera." Wounded monsters are always welcome in the Moonlit Library! Leave us a voice message with your response to this or any episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/billoberstjr

Presto Chango

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Howl at the moon as Bill reads from "The Werewolf In Lore & Legend." We need YOUR voice for the Audible.com collection of Gothic Goodnight episodes - leave a voice message for future generations right now! https://www.speakpipe.com/billoberstjr

Elegy

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0400

An audio time capsule to the future from Gothic Goodnight listeners. The spirits of the soon-to-be-dead speak to the spirits of the soon-to-be-living...just before the long sleep.

But Fear Itself

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0400

The doors creak open. The Moonlit Library is revealed. Bill has just the thing to soothe your monstrous soul tonight - an M.R. James tale. For best results, wait until bedtime and listen in the dark! Leave a voice response to this episode at https://www.speakpipe.com/billoberstjr Your message may be played next time.

Vindicta

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0400

Oh, the hard truths of perennial Poe. Grab your torch. Watch your step. It's time to descend. You can leave a response to this show in your very own voice at https://www.speakpipe.com/billoberstjr. Your weird family is dying to hear from you!

Under The Bed

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

Who's out on the lawn in the moonlight? What's under the bed in the shadows? Bill and Ambrose Bierce have thoughts. Send a voice message to the show at gothicgoodnightpodcast@gmail.com, or leave one at https://www.speakpipe.com/billoberstjr. Bill may use it in a future episode. Thank you, and sweet dreams!