Bill Oberst Jr.'s Gothic Goodnight podcast

Bill Oberst Jr.'s Gothic Goodnight

Bill Oberst Jr.

"Chicken soup for the dark night of the soul. Heir apparent to the throne of Vincent Price and Boris Karloff, Bill Oberst Jr. does far more than just read spooky stories. He invites you on a thoughtful, dark journey with warmth and sophistication. Do yourself a favor and subscribe." (Apple Podcasts Review)

16 Episodes

Under The Bed
9/19/2025
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 [email protected], or leave one at https://www.speakpipe.com/billoberstjr. Bill may use it in a future episode. Thank you, and sweet dreams!
Vindicta
4/1/2022
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!
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But Fear Itself
1/22/2022
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 response to this episode at https://www.speakpipe.com/billoberstjr Your message may be played next time.
Elegy
10/30/2020
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
8/3/2020
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.speakpipe.com/billoberstjr
All The Wounded Monsters
7/10/2020
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: https://www.speakpipe.com/billoberstjr
She Waits
6/20/2020
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 thoughts on any Gothic Goodnight episode: https://www.speakpipe.com/billoberstjr
Strange Arrivals
5/29/2020
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 with your response to any Gothic Goodnight at https://www.speakpipe.com/billoberstjr
Torture By Hope
5/15/2020
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://www.speakpipe.com/billoberstjr.
Janus Rising
5/1/2020
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.

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