176 - The Autumn Specter

[@nashbyrd4020]

I love the spins on the classic creepy stories. GOTH LIFE literally made me laugh out loud

[@flora8127]

Cecil really said "wait, lemme put on the weather" The Autumb Specter awkwardly waiting like 👁️👄👁️

[@klltsun_2576]

No, stuff was happening while the weather was on, and then afterwards Cecil reports what happened

[@flora8127]

@@klltsun_2576 I know, we listened to the same video. I was talking about the beginning when we sounded as if he was being chased and he paused to say "but first, the weather". The pause was the joke of my comment. Hope that clears it up!

[@klltsun_2576]

@@flora8127 He was being chased...? I kinda just imagined him sitting...which makes things worse since why is his supposed killer taking so long to reach him? (I have a theory which I will not go into here). Lol thanks for the clarification!

[@flora8127]

@@klltsun_2576 Oh please go on! I love theories and I'd love to hear yours!

[@Vashthestampdee]

Pay your malevolent Spirits, they get overworked this time of year.

[@Companion92]

They need an union

[@nah6024]

get yourself a husband who will respect your boundaries for several decades and who will, once you're comfortable showing him, compliment your embarrassing tattoo that you got as a teenager

[@justeundonut-moi.7979]

Goal

[@vanillaplanifoliae]

time is so messed up in night vale that they made a radio station at least fifty years before radio was a thing

[@june8791]

If I remember correctly, Cecil even reported on the invention of radio live on radio, all the way back in episode 67

[@TheForlornBat]

"Goth life." Oml, I felt that part in my soul.

[@TheForlornBat]

Ah yes the best part of spook season; fearing the soul-reaping malevolent spirit.

[@agnieszkasalach4395]

But remember to pay them well! They're overworked

[@jamesehlenfeldt7132]

I'm glad that Cecil is safe. It's all I could have ever wanted... Now where did I put that traffic report...

[@felixcosm]

Thank you for your brave sacrifice, Intern James 🙏

[@jamesehlenfeldt7132]

@@felixcosm honestly I had to relisten to this episode to understand why I wrote this comment. Didn't take me long...

[@Jane_8319]

Goodnight James, Goodnight

[@ceruleanhearts7604]

as someone who grew up on the girl with the ribbon on her neck story this was hilarious

[@technicallyatart2636]

i cant explain how much i love these

[@subtlefire7256]

The way he says "hungryyy" at 4:58 reminds me of the Wire from the Doctor Who episode The Idiot's Lantern.

[@snailsdraw2735]

Thank you Nightvale, for blessing us with spooky eldritch content that makes me fear less the dark spaces in my house when I go to the toilet at 1 am in the morning. Really puts the familiar in the unfamiliar. Unless it's to make me complacent of what lurks there and I'm falling into that trap. Oh well.

[@ari638]

Aw man, it's been so long since I've heard those creepypastas, I still remember what their endings are supposed to be

[@justeundonut-moi.7979]

What are the originals ? (Sorry, I'm not english)

[@ari638]

@@justeundonut-moi.7979 no worries. Umm from memory, the one with the girl with the green ribbon on her neck is called "The Green Ribbon". The one with the babysitter is called "The Babysitter and the man upstairs". They're kind of very short internet horror stories, if you Google their title or add "creepypasta" to your search they should come up, and then you can read them :)

[@millenniumf1138]

@@ari638 The best part about those stories is that they're not just creepypastas, but have a long history as traditional folk tales from hundreds of years in the past, and the internet taking them and making them new tales helps keep them going and making them new and fresh. And Night Vale has become part of this long history by adding to them and putting their own spin on it.

[@ari638]

@@millenniumf1138 that's really beautiful, thank you :)

[@birdmanbytheclaw]

Missed you nightvale

[@bananaboatcharlie]

Cecil, I swear to God you're on my last nerve *_prioritze_*

[@NikiPaprika]

all the twists in the story are really funny, the last one especially had me in stitches oh my god :'D

[@gamingvampireking1704]

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY GLOW CLOUD

[@Pipchapman384]

ALL HAIL

[@themixtape440]

ALL HAIL

[@ramei123]

ALL HAIL

[@Jane_8319]

ALL HAIL

[@ari638]

ALL HAIL

[@just_peace]

"we have hundreds of candidates, even although most of them are not yet aware that they are candidates" Now I can't stop thinking about Janice one day becoming an intern... That'd be so fun, I'd love it if she stuck for a while.... On a second thought though, maybe that's not a good idea. There were like three interns on the radio including Cecil that made it out alive and they're all scarred for life.

[@stephdafoe3447]

This was an awesome addition. Loved the weather. Too

[@dsagent]

I wouldn't mind a wife who had a *Goth Life* tattoo.

[@Symilicous]

Just what I needed for spooky season!

[@timothysimmons3908]

Not sure why, but the screen flashes green at 14:09

[@everyones-a-cryptic]

F for my boy James

[@iliketoeatbatteries8122]

Omg I’m not caught up with night vale yet, and I really want to listen to this aaaaa

[@iliketoeatbatteries8122]

Hey me from three months ago

[@caleightilson8030]

I remember reading the green ribbon as a kid. It sticks in my mind so vividly

[@captainxit5573]

YES!!!!😆 I'M ALL CAUGHT UP!! Have A Great Show All Of You!!!

[@malsMostImportantMoments]

I really really want to watch this but I’m not caught up yet because I go through weird binge periods and then won’t touch a tv show, podcast, or series in like 8 months so I’m kinda cursing myself rn

[@stephdafoe3447]

It's not in sequence with anything. You can totally listen to it now. No spoilers

[@ari638]

Yeah friend there's nothing spoilers in this one!

[@Endigo_Vandane]

@@stephdafoe3447 Why would you spoil the fact that there are no spoilers in this episode?

[@EayuProuxm]

Lips are the toes of the face. Some people REALLY resonated with that

[@0therun1t21]

Happy Deathday. James!

[@JactheKnave]

Two Nuns in a small town traveled together to their convent riding their bicycles every day. One evening one woman said to the other, “I have found a new path! Let’s go down this direction!” Bumped and winding through a back road, her companion exclaimed, “Oh! I have never come this way before!” The other nun nodded, pleased, “Yes, it’s the cobblestone.”

[@melodyword7715]

I love a Halloween ep, and this one was so fun. Also, I'm finally caught up!!!!

[@bubbleshock14]

The first line of this episode was not only the scariest part, but may be the worst thing I've ever heard in my life.

[@unlikelyspore1406]

Awesome as allways, oh and first!!!

[@unlikelyspore1406]

@GUNGA 2 i saw this 10 hours later.

[@umbrawolf6085]

For some weird reason whenever he mentions old town I think of Yharham

[@EayuProuxm]

Ok, but why does Bloody Mary sound like Lumpy Space Princess and why does that job sound like something LSP would do after running away from home?

[@awesomefriends134]

I am still waiting for the weather

[@thenameless2379]

The Autumn Specter reminds me of the trickster from Gravity Falls. So Night Vale also celebrates Summerween? 🎃

[@daffy1997]

I thought the lady with the green ribbon’s head would have coke off once it was removed.

[@sleepyselkiesiren]

GOTH LIFE

[@Sekaclixerus]

wew, Disparition has really stepped up their game.

[@remanjecarter2787]

Me

[@hamifairy410]

Were is cecil

[@themixtape440]

JESUS

[@Arm0ry]

No, lips... really aren't the toes of the face. That's just complete nonsense. I like my Night Vale weird, but that was so randomly nonsensical, it just felt cheap. Low-effort.

[@maeveheart7464]

But that's what makes it good! The complete and utter randomness of it all, the oddity of the podcast itself. I wouldn't be listening if it didn't have parts like that.

[@Arm0ry]

@@maeveheart7464 I completely agree! It's just that little bit of truth in the randomness that gives it the real zest, and that was just missing this time. Compare for example "Technically, the first human being and the first human being in space were the same person" (episode 150 I think). It's funny because it's true :P

[@mariaquiet6211]

You sound insufferable. Just saying.

[@Arm0ry]

@@mariaquiet6211 Thanks! So do you. Just saying :)

[@mariaquiet6211]

@@Arm0ry Any honest person could've told you the same thing.

[@depp0000000000]

Lame episode