Vindicta

Vindicta

Author: Bill Oberst Jr. April 1, 2022 Duration: 28:35

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!


Within the quiet hours, when the world outside grows still, there’s a voice that feels like a companion for the shadows. Bill Oberst Jr.'s Gothic Goodnight is that voice-a carefully crafted audio experience where the macabre meets a strange, unexpected solace. Hosted by the acclaimed actor Bill Oberst Jr., whose lineage in the genre echoes the nuanced terror of legends like Vincent Price, this podcast is an intimate exploration of dark fiction and the deeper themes that pulse beneath it. Each episode is more than a simple narration; it’s a performance, a guided meditation into beautifully unsettling tales drawn from classic and contemporary Gothic literature. The journey here is one of thoughtful reflection, where stories of drama, spiritual unease, and artistic horror are delivered not with a shout, but with a resonant and sophisticated warmth. It’s for anyone who finds a peculiar comfort in the beautifully strange, a moment of poetic darkness that feels less like a scare and more like an understanding. This isn't about cheap thrills; it's about the rich texture of a well-told tale that lingers in the mind long after the final word. Tune in and let the atmosphere of this distinctive podcast wrap around you, a perfect end to the day for those who appreciate the artistry in the eerie.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 16

Bill Oberst Jr.'s Gothic Goodnight
Podcast Episodes
Under The Bed [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:08
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.speakp…
But Fear Itself [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:26
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 respon…
Elegy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:07
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.
Presto Chango [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:38
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.sp…
All The Wounded Monsters [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:41
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…
She Waits [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:31
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…
Strange Arrivals [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:25
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…
Torture By Hope [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:50
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://w…
Janus Rising [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:31
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.
Through A Glass, Darkly [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:18
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 ne…