As the Hephaestus begins a hazardous passage through an ion wind cluster, Eiffel is surprised to discover a message from the mission higher-ups waiting for him in the Communications Room. When the decoded message turns out to be a cryptic and unintelligible warning about something only identified as the “Empty Man”, th...
Captain Lovelace goes forwards and backwards in time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a set of short stories, we get to see what the Hephaestus crew does when they are by themselves. Doctor Hilbert tells a joke and ponders a question. Hera plays a game. Eiffel takes a test. Minkowski sends a message. Plus, floating on a tin can, magic lamps, disappearing terrarriums, programming loopholes, and t...
Mayday. (noun) An international radio distress signal, used to signify a state of emergency on board a craft. Plus, complete operational breakdown, better ways to fly, mathematical realities, an idle mind, and the big blue wrecking ball. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
**WARNING: This episode contains depictions of animal cruelty. Listener discretion advised. (No animals were harmed in the making of this episode.) Still shaken since Sharma, Sally seeks a shrink. Meanwhile, mild-mannered Maggie manipulates mice. Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by Daniel Manning & M...
Come on down to Vermillion Falls.Weather: “A Ragged Sayonara“ by The BipedsThe voice of Vermillion Falls is TD MischkeOriginal episode art by Jessica HayworthRead episode transcriptsNEW Night Vale live show. Dates/Cities/TixOur newest podcast, UNLICENSED, available now! Patreon is how we exist! If you can...
Relax and unwind with a liminal spaces compilation.Weather: “Through the Clouds“ by Checkpoints!Original episode art by Jessica HayworthRead episode transcriptsOur new podcast, UNLICENSED, available now! 2023 US TOUR DATES for “The Haunting of Night Vale”Patreon is how we exist! If you can, please help us k...
You're listening to WMCG 1080am in Ann Arbor, Michigan.“My Love” by Scarlet Sails https://scarletsails.bandcamp.com/The voice of Kareem is Adal Rifai.The voice of Doug is John Patrick Coan.The voice of Gina is Erin Keif.(Listen to Adal, JPC, & Erin’s podcast Hey Riddle Riddle https://www.heyriddleriddle.com/)...
The prisoner tries to reform. (Part 2 of 2)The voice of Silas is Jonathan Atkinson.Weather: “Go Along / Get Along” by Erin McKeown https://www.erinmckeown.com/Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcriptsPatreon is how we exist! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreo...
The prisoner reveals his secrets. (Part 1 of 2)The voice of Silas is Jonathan Atkinson.Weather: “Drink from the Well” by Stöj Snak http://stojsnak.bandcamp.comTranscript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcriptsPatreon is how we exist! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreo...
It is October, and, once again, something is different.The voice of The Faceless Old Woman is Mara Wilson.The voice of Michelle Nguyen is Kate Jones.The voice of Steve Carlsberg is Hal Lublin.Weather: It varies, depending on where you are and when.Livestream of GHOST STORIES on October 29: https://noonchorus....
Lee Marvin turns 30 one last time, and a great change comes to Night Vale.The voice of Deb was Meg Bashwiner. The voice of Dana was Jasika Nicole. The voice of Steve was Hal Lublin. The voice of Lee Marvin was TL Thompson. The voice of Maureen was Maureen Johnson. The voice of the Faceless Old Woman was Mara Wilson. ...
Hold on, haven't we been here before?The voice of Lee Marvin was TL Thompson.Weather: “Sicilian Crest” by the Mountain Goatshttp://www.mountain-goats.comhttp://ionlylistentothemountaingoats.comDon’t miss our Faceless Old Woman live show at the Largo in Los Angeles on April 27, part of a Night Vale Presents trip...
Night Vale's most local and legendary local legend celebrates his 30th birthday.The voice of Lee Marvin was TL Thompson.Weather: “Impasse” by Juliana Finchhttps://music.julianafinch.comDane Terry is joining our world tour of A Spy In The Desert as “the Weather” in the U.S., and will be opening the show with a sp...
This is a story about Huntokar.The voice of Huntokar is Tina Parker.Weather: "Full Metal Black" by The Royal They theroyalthey.bandcamp.comMusic: Disparition, disparition.info.Logo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com.Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwi...
A visitor arrives from a different reality.Weather: "Robert Frost" by Mal Blum malblum.comMusic: Disparition, disparition.info.Logo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com.Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. More Info: welcometonightvale.com, and follow @N...
Here's what happened at the Smithwick house.Weather: "You Cannot" by Erin McKeown erinmckeown.comMusic: Disparition, disparition.info.Logo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com.Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. More Info: welcometonightvale.com, and fo...
The 12:37 train has arrived. Plus, a crowd gathers on Somerset and the return of Laser Tag.This episode was co-written with James Moran.Weather: "Windows" by Angel Olsen (angelolsen.com)Music: Disparition, disparition.info.Logo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com.Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph ...
It is April, and, once again, something is different.The voice of The Faceless Old Woman is Mara Wilson.The voice of Michelle Nguyen is Kate Jones.The voice of Steve Carlsberg is Hal Lublin.Weather: It varies, depending on where you are and when.Music: Disparition, disparition.info.Logo: Rob Wilson, robwils...
It's time for Night Vale's annual marathon. Plus, economic turmoil in Desert Bluffs, horoscopes, and another edition of "Hey There, Cecil."Weather: "Black Eyes" by David Wirsig (davidwirsig.bandcamp.com)Night Vale Tour Dates, Books & More: welcometonightvale.com.Music: Disparition, disparition.info.Logo: Rob Wi...
There seems to be something wrong with the broadcast signal. Do you hear that?Weather: "The Heroine" by Unwoman (unwoman.com)Night Vale Tour Dates, Books & More: welcometonightvale.com.Music: Disparition, disparition.info.Logo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com.Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph F...
A look back at some of the best Cecil broadcasts we have never heard before.Weather: "When Can I Say That I Love You" by Kyle Fleming (soundcloud.com/kyle-fleming-7)Music: Disparition, disparition.infoLogo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com.Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. N...
The worms have returned to Night Vale. Plus a new Book Club in town, spring Little League baseball tryouts, and an update on the search for two fugitives.The voice of the Faceless Old Woman was Mara Wilson.Weather: "Little Black Star" by Hurray for the Riff Raff (hurrayfortheriffraff.com)Music: Disparition, dispa...
A vague yet menacing government agency needs a special message delivered. Plus, Cooking Stuff with Earl Harlan, a mysterious thank-you card, and strange goings on near the haunted baseball diamond.The voice of Earl Harlan was Wil Wheaton.Weather: "The Bends" by Doomtree (doomtree.net)Music: Disparition, dispariti...
It is September, and something is different.The voice of The Faceless Old Woman is Mara Wilson.The voice of Michelle Nguyen is Kate Jones.The voice of Steve Carlsberg is Hal Lublin.Weather: It varies, depending on where you are and when.Music: Disparition, disparition.infoLogo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com...
The title of this episode seems familiar to you.Weather: "Pretty Little Head" by Eliza Rickman, elizarickman.com.Music: Disparition, disparition.info.Logo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com.Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. More Info: welcometonight...
Cecil finds an old cassette tape of himself at age 15, and he is surprised at what it contains. Plus, a new exhibit at the Museum of Forbidden Technologies, Children's Fun Fact Science Corner, and an important message from new station management.Weather: "Big Houses" by Squalloscope, squalloscope.com.Music: Dispari...
A dangerous sandstorm threatens Desert Bluffs. Plus, baseball opening day, a look at financial news, and Kevin finds himself in a strange new place.Weather: "Eliezer's Waltz" composed by Larry Cardozo and Ron Fink, and performed by The Ventura Klezmer Band venturaklezmerband.comMusic: Joseph FinkLogo: Sarah Melvi...
A dangerous sandstorm threatens Night Vale. Plus, baseball opening day, a look at financial news, and Cecil finds himself in a strange new place.Weather: "Eliezer's Waltz" composed by Larry Cardozo and Ron Fink, and performed by Disparition.Music: Disparition, disparition.infoLogo: Rob Wilson, silastom.comProdu...
You listen to a podcast. You check the episode description to see what is in store this time. It is a different kind of description than you are used to. You suspect the episode will be a different kind of episode than you are used to. You listen.Weather: "You Don't Know" by Mount Moon. mountmoon.bandcamp.comMusic:...
Unsure of who or what to trust after the events at Christmas, Eiffel and Minkowski make contact with Mr. Cutter, their liaison to Goddard Futuristics and the mission's direct supervisor. But given Hilbert's actions, how wise is it to inform Command about their discovery of the mysterious deep space signal? And how much...
The crew is shocked by the sudden reappearance of Captain Lovelace. At first relieved to have another ally on board the Hephaestus, Eiffel, Minkowski, and Hera soon grow suspicious of the station's former commanding officer. Is the newcomer really who she claims, or is another devious scheme afoot? And when Minkowski r...
Sécurité. (noun) An international radio signal, used to convey messages concerning safety of navigation or important warning. Plus, sensitive information, sun tanning opportunities, surreal nightmares, bunny slippers, and the end of the known universe.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Learn ...
When the Urania's radio picks up and loses the first deep space signal in months, Colonel Kepler puts everyone on high alert. Split into two teams and forced to stay up on an all-night stakeout, the crew must find ways to keep busy and face unique challenges. On the Urania, Eiffel, Jacobi, and Kepler contemplate their ...
Jacobi reflects on his relationship with Colonel Kepler.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As they struggle with a demanding schedule, an expanding workload, and Colonel Kepler's growing secrecy, tensions amongst the crew members - both old and new - are on the verge of a breaking point. But when a technical glitch gives Minkowski, Lovelace, Hera, Jacobi, and Maxwell a chance to peak behind the curtain, they...
An accident leaves Dr. Maxwell in imminent danger and the entire station in a state of emergency. The crew scrambles to mount a rescue, but when Kepler and Minkowski disagree over which is the best way to conduct the operation and which way will get them all killed, long simmering tensions between the current and the f...
Air Force Lieutenant Renée Minkowski considers an unusual opportunity.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Air Force Captain Isabel Lovelace faces an unexpected test.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Daniel Jacobi celebrates an anniversary.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Doctor Alana Maxwell tries to solve an irritating problem.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Captain Warren Kepler undergoes an evaluation.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After a technical mishap causes Jacobi's latest experimental gizmo to discharge within the Urania, a number of the SI-5's personal items are vented into space. A furious Colonel Kepler assembles everyone who was involved, hell bent on determining which of his underlings is at fault. But when Minkowski, Jacobi, and Eiff...
With Hera out of commission, Doctor Maxwell attempts a difficult reconstructive procedure on the unresponsive autopilot program. Before she can even begin, however, she will have to navigate through the shifting landscape of Hera’s memory banks, a task infinitely more complex than it might appear at first glance. Plus,...
In order to better study the properties of an incoming solar storm, Eiffel, Lovelace, Jacobi, and Maxwell are assigned to collect data on board a small experimental module. Separated from the Hephaestus and the rest of the crew for four days, they must find ways to occupy their minds and stave off boredom. But as time ...
This episode of Wolf 359 contains gun violence. Listener discretion is advised.Part two of two. The crew desperately tries to salvage their mutiny and escape the wrath of the SI-5. But as both sides try to out-maneuver each other, the danger of drastic actions causing irreparable damage becomes more and more pronounce...
Part one of two. Still reeling from recent revelations, the crew plans to neutralize Colonel Kepler and the SI-5. But it's not long before different factions insist on conflicting ways to overcome their enemies - and about the level of force the situation calls for. Plus, clinical descriptions, war crime fuel, differen...
Jack Murphy, or "Murph the Surf," is best known for pulling off the biggest jewel heist in New York City history. But Amory's here to tell you about his more sinister past, and to question why we allow powerful figures to control their own narratives. This week on Endless Thread, we bring you an episode from the bran...
What is Geedis? Endless Thread revisits an episode from 2019 in which the team joined the internet's two-year-long quest to answer this question. The strange, furry character and his buddies in The Land of Ta had been a mystery of 80’s fantastical proportions. Follow us down the rabbit hole for an exciting discovery...
We're talking about the Bigfoot of Pokemon cards, Ryan's new Alice in Wonderland house, and Spencer's new drum kit. Buy yourself or a loved one a gift in our shop.Join us on Patreon and get an extra episode every week, plus a back catalog of nearly 100 episodes, or check out last week's episode for free!
Kryptos is a sculpture by Jim Sanborn that was installed on the CIA's campus in 1990. The sculpture contains a four-part, encrypted riddle. So far, three of the four parts have been deciphered, but the last section remains unsolved. We sure aren't gonna solve it, but it's fun to talk about! Buy yourself or a loved one...
In 2012, the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers noticed they were missing about 540,000 gallons, or roughly $13 million, of maple syrup. Several people were convicted of stealing and reselling the syrup, but the majority of it was never recovered. It turned out to be the biggest heist in Canadian history. YOU K...
Look. We had a great episode planned, and we'll get to it next week, but today we needed a good laugh more than anything else.So, we spent most of the episode talking about Hulk Hogan's pasta restaurant at the Mall of America and Macho Man Randy Savage's brief rap career. You're welcome?Pastamania menu and opening da...
We're talking about some all-time worsts. We've got opera singers, restaurants in Boston, video games, and baseball teams. Please vote! Make sure you're registered, find your polling place, or request an absentee ballot at vote.org. Buy yourself or a loved one a gift in our shop.Join us on Patreon and get an extra e...
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Eric Mayson's back to talk about the Mayday Mystery! Every May 1st, since at least 1981, someone has been publishing cryptic messages in the University of Arizona's daily newspaper. No one has figured out why or who's behind it all. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Use promo code whatif for 10% off your first...
In the early 1950's a man in the woods with nothing but knives and lint in his pockets was discovered along the borders of Poland and Czechoslovakia who would become an international mystery for decades to come. Knowledgable in many languages, with a variety of origin stories, no true knowledge of where he came from, a...
In 1998 an Australian Outback pilot flew over a remote portion of South Australia, and looking down, uncovered a shocking sight. What he saw was what came to be known as The Marree Man. An engraving in the arid earth, some 17 massive miles in perimeter. Who made it? How? And when and why? The Sweary Boys are on the cas...
In Fresno, California, in 2007, a man simply known as "José" filmed a strange being essentially... float... across his yard. The seemingly two-legged, flighty, ethereal phenomenon made it to the local news and soon became known as The Fresno Nightcrawler. Four years later, a follow up video filmed in Yosemite displayed...
In 2003 one of the largest and most intricate heists in the history of the world occurred. In Antwerp, Belgium, on a cold Saturday night in February, five men proceeded to defeat layers upon layers of state of the art security to enter into a vault containing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of diamonds and valuab...
In 2017, an internet mystery was born when comedian Nate Fernald tweeted a photo and the caption “WHAT THE FUCK IS GEEDIS? I found this old pin. Google has no answers. Please help. I'm losing my mind.” In 2019, reporters from WBUR Boston found out who created Geedis, but also raised a bunch of other questions that have...
In August of 1955, in a rural town in Kentucky, the Sutton family and their friends had a most unworldly experience. A group of adults and children spent a hot summer evening at battle with what they described as "little grey men." Spindly legs, long arms, impervious to bullets (because of course, they tried to shoot t...
In 2011, Swedish treasure hunters found a very strange object on the floor of the Baltic Sea. Is it an alien spacecraft? A meteor? A rock formation dragged by glacial forces? Who knows?! Definitely not us! Join us on Patreon and get an extra episode every week, plus a back catalog of nearly 100 episodes.
We have a very, very special episode this week. We were lucky enough to sit down with the one and only Chuck Tingle and discuss time travel, our favorite X-Files episodes, which varieties of jets are the sexiest, and a whole bunch more. Two time Hugo Award finalist Dr. Chuck Tingle is an erotic author and Tae Kwon D...
In the early 1900's a Latvian immigrant built what's since been referred to as the eighth wonder of the world. A limestone castle in south Florida made of 1,100 tons of stone pillars, some as large as 30 tons apiece, that he quarried, carried, and set himself. Over the past roughly 100 years, many questions have been a...
Ok, we're talking about David Paulides one last time... We watched David Paulides' new documentary Missing 411: The Hunted, and BOY OH BOY, we have some thoughts. Join us as we discuss stories of missing people, flying sentient light bulbs, and the predator. Join us on Patreon and get an extra episode every week, plus...
We all know of there's been warring over the years between Germany and Russia. But did you know that there's another war between these two countries over one specific artifact born in the 1700's? Imagine a room constructed almost entirely of amber, from floor to ceiling, with gold foil, mirrors, murals on the ceiling, ...
Call it an urban legend if you want. Call it creepy pasta if you have to. Call it cloaked aliens hiding in your room if you must. But Shadow People have been around for what's said to be hundreds of years. Ominous presences that dart out of sight as soon as seen, sometimes have red eyes, and would ya look at that, some...
In 1998, Brian Bethel put forth unto the internet a story of the utmost strange. A visit to his vehicle in a parking lot late one night that included strange, awkward children that possessed all black eyes, demanding entrance to his car. This set off an internet firestorm of stories from all over the world, regarding e...
Look, we'd stop doin' episodes about this if y'all stopped goin' missin'. But here we are. On part six, and people of this ding-dang universe keep bein' hard to find. This week we dive deep into the disappearance phenomenon, as it relates specifically to the folks who go bye-bye in National Parks of the United States. ...
In August of 1971 in Spain, the Pereira family started noticing a strange phenomenon on the floor of their kitchen. What started as stains in concrete evolved into what appeared to be illustrated faces of people. What follows is the mystery of today's episode. Where did the faces come from? Are they real paranormal gho...
In 1959, nine ski hikers and friends entered the Ural mountains, and never came home. What followed was a months long investigation with little conclusion, as to what happened to the group of hikers. Skiers. Skikers? Hiers? Through some "unknown compelling force" (as the official explanation would finally say), the ni...
In 1985 in Tucson, Arizona, two people walked into an art museum, cut a painting worth more than $100 million out of it's frame, and walked out. The Willem de Kooning piece was missing for over 30 years before it was recovered in an estate sale of a couple who lived just 200 miles from where the painting was taken. To...
There are simply far too many out of place artifacts in human history for us to do only one episode on the subject. This week we're back for part two of the strange and fascinating topic of things that seem as though they shouldn't be where - and when - they are. Spencer dives into the Nazca Lines, and we discuss the m...
Our human understanding of history dictates general timelines for what certain civilizations knew, and when they likely knew it. But that history is based on written and illustrated records, along with the things we've uncovered in archaeological discoveries. What if our timeline is off? What if those civilizations kn...
In 1966 on a hill in Rio De Janeiro, two men wearing lead masks were found dead under a whole big bucket of mysterious circumstances. Ingestible capsules, UFO sightings over the hill they were discovered on, strange written instructions, wet towels, and a whole lot more. On this episode of The What If? Podcast, we tell...
Lydia Liza's here to talk about creepy internet mysteries. First we cover the bizarre voicemail that @strayedaway received, warning of a dangerous, non-human presence. Then, we get into the Dear David saga, in which cartoonist Adam Ellis was (maybe) haunted by ghost boy. Join us on Patreon and get an extra episode eve...
This week, we recount the legend of a video game, allegedly created by the government, that controlled minds, caused seizures, and maybe even killed people. We know - it’s gonna get weird. But when do we not, eh? Hold onto your butts, gang. We’re talking 80’s Atari games, barfing from Berzerk, the Mile High Mystery Con...
Do people live, die, and then live again? We’re talking reincarnation on this episode of The What If? Podcast. We tell stories of children who claim to have past lives, American women who believe they were previously Irish citizens, and professors who spent their careers interviewing people who thought they were a pers...
Weird stuff is happening in Australia dudes. We're talking about the disappearance of Frederick Valentich, an Australian pilot who was probably abducted by a UFO, and the Kaz II, a yacht whose whole crew disappeared without a trace. Ghost Yachts!
In August of 2016, a family of five left their home in a rush, leaving behind their credit cards, identification, and cell phones. They claimed they were being stalked by someone who wanted to rob and kill them. Over the next six days, the family experienced a series of misadventures, including car theft and multiple h...
Today, we're sharing four stories of humans who defy medical explanation. Tarrare ate live cats, snakes, lizards and puppies, and swallowed an eel whole without chewing. Wim Hof climbed Mount Everest wearing only goggles and a pair of shorts. Oliver Sacks spent years studying and treating people suffering from Encephal...