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284 - Harrison Kip's Twilight Gospel Hour

March 15, 2026·28 min·2 clips

Harrison Kipp admits he screamed 'I'll see you dead' at Marcus Vanston before the angel was murdered.

The episode begins with a brief out-of-character announcement from Jeffrey Cranor about the Night Vale live show tour in Europe and the return of Alice Isn't Dead. The main segment is presented as Harrison Kipp's Twilight Gospel Hour, a community radio program hosted by Harrison Kipp, who introduces himself as the adjunct professor of archaeology at Night Vale Community College, known for archaeological finds including a talisman that raised a sand golem that attacked the mayor. He now serves as the volunteer head of his religion's worship space. He addresses common questions: services are Mondays at 8pm during the trance of mangling, and joining may not be optional. Harrison reads a lengthy satirical station ID listing absurd sponsors including Denny's, a button that kills an unknown person for a million dollars, and money taken from Marcus Vanston's house after his death. He then addresses the murder of Marcus Vanston, who had formerly been an angel named Erica before reverting to his old name and visiting Harrison's worship hall about a large donation. Harrison's alibi involves screaming 'I'll see you dead' as a metaphor, loitering outside the mansion with a large knife en route to a different murder appointment, and noting the worship hall technically cannot accept donations directly. A prayer segment follows, directed at 'the God that lives beyond the false sky,' asking for wealth, health, perfect luck, good teeth, and Cowboys Super Bowl appearances. Deb, a sentient patch of haze, reads the Hotels.com sponsorship: a riff on the obsolescence of domain names in the age of search engines, concluding with barely-disguised threats to listeners about their knees. Harrison reads his God's latest rules, delivered via text with emojis, including bans on forks and mason jar water glasses, a request for a gallon of collective eye fluid, and a cosmic vision of what lies beyond the artificial sky—screaming galaxies, fire planets, a spaceship still flying with all passengers and destination dead, following instructions it cannot override. The final rule threatens those who promised money and didn't pay. Harrison closes by comparing a God to a horse, recalls his grandfather's thin cruel voice speaking from the bedroom vent despite having died before Harrison was born, and signs off past civil twilight.

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A travel ad gets warped into a small, deadpan set piece.

This Welcome to Night Vale installment opens with Jeffrey Cranor laying out tour news for Murder Night in Blood Forest, a newsletter reminder, merch plugs, and the return of Alice Isn't Dead.

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A travel-booking panic wrapped in the politest public-radio voice imaginable.

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