Welcome to Night Vale 140 - A Blood Stone Carol
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Dec 15, 2018 A creepy retelling of a holiday tale with three unsettling spirits that teach nothing. Haunting scenes of a cruel miser, visits from the dead, and eerie reflections on bodily decline. Strange music and a town’s bleak morning set a mood of unsettling holiday dread.
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Tour Dates And New Live Show Announcement
- Jeffrey Cranor shares live show and podcast updates including European tour dates and the return of Alice Isn't Dead on April 13.
- He plugs the new live show Murder Night in Blood Forest with ticket link welcometonightmail.com/live.
Bloodstone Day As Countercultural Holiday
- Jeffrey Cranor positions Bloodstone Day as a countercultural holiday and critiques majority norms that erase other cultural experiences.
- He frames the episode as a remediation of last year’s pirate broadcast by offering a Night Vale–specific holiday story.
Marley’s Revolting Visit That Teaches Nothing
- Jeffrey Cranor retells a grotesque Bloodstone Day Past scene where Scrooge is confronted by Mr. Marley wrapped in heavy chains and a face inches from his own.
- The encounter emphasizes physical revulsion: peeling skin, missing tongue, and a nose that dissolves like papier-mâché, leaving Scrooge shaken but taught nothing.