| Welcome to Night Vale | |
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| Presentation | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Joseph Fink Jeffrey Cranor |
| Narrated by | Cecil Baldwin |
| Language | English |
| Length | Typically 20 to 30 minutes |
| Production | |
| Theme music composed by | Disparition |
| Opening theme | "The Ballad of Fiedler and Mundt" (Years 1–3, 6–present)[1] "The Ballad of Haydon and Prideaux" (Years 4 and 5)[2] |
| Ending theme | "The Ballad of Magnus and Axel" by Disparition[2] |
| 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 a satirical paranormal 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 strange, supernatural events that occur within it. The series has been produced by Night Vale Presents since 2012.[3]
Nearly every episode is written by Fink and Cranor, though other writers have done work on the series, most frequently Brie Williams. 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, Jackson Publick, and more. The cast has also performed live shows in various venues, which have been released online as audio recordings.
The podcast has garnered a cult following and critical acclaim for its surreal humor and horror, LGBT representation, and Baldwin's performance. Fink and Cranor have written three novels set in the podcast's universe, those being Welcome to Night Vale (2015), It Devours! (2017), and The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home (2020), which have received similar acclaim.
- ^ "WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE". Disparition. Archived from the original on October 1, 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
- ^ a b "Night Vale". Disparition. Archived from the original on July 21, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ "Welcome to Night Vale : 64 - WE MUST GIVE PRAISE". nightvale.libsyn.com. March 15, 2015. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2016.