Welcome to Night Vale
| Welcome to Night Vale | |
|---|---|
| Presentation | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Joseph Fink Jeffrey Cranor |
| Narrated by | Cecil Baldwin |
| Language | English |
| Length | 20–30 minutes |
| Production | |
| Theme music composed by | Disparition |
| Opening theme | "The Ballad of Fiedler and Mundt" (Years 1–3, 6–present) "The Ballad of Haydon and Prideaux" (Years 4 and 5) |
| Ending theme | "The Ballad of Magnus and Axel" by Disparition |
| Composed by | Disparition |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
| No. of episodes |
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| Publication | |
| Original release | June 15, 2012 |
| Related | |
| Website | welcometonightvale |
Welcome to Night Vale is an absurdist supernatural fiction podcast created by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. It is presented as a community radio show in the fictional American desert town of Night Vale, with the eccentric local radio host reporting on the bizarre and unnatural events that occur within it. The podcast has been produced by Night Vale Presents since 2012.
Nearly every episode is written by Fink and Cranor. However, other writers have done work on the series; Brie Williams is the most frequent contributor. The podcast stars Cecil Baldwin as Cecil Gershwin Palmer, Night Vale's radio host, and occasionally features guest voices as secondary characters, including Dylan Marron, Jasika Nicole, Mara Wilson and Jackson Publick. The cast also performs live shows in various venues, many of which have been released online as audio recordings.
The podcast has garnered a cult following and critical acclaim for its surreal humor and horror, and LGBTQ+ representation. Fink and Cranor have written three novels set in the podcast's universe; Welcome to Night Vale (2015), It Devours! (2017) and the Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home (2020). They have been similarly well-received.