The Gothic Podcast Presents:

A horror-and-humor actual-play audio-drama about a reality ghost-hunting tv show where some members of the crew have to put on a good show, while also making sure the audience doesn’t realize that sometimes…the monsters are real

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Krampusnacht Holiday Horror Special 2025 | Bad Tree | Cats of Cathulhu RPG The Gothic Podcast

Our winter break draws to a close and Season 7 lurks, waiting, in the drifting fog. To tide you over, we present the audio-only version of our Krampusnacht Holiday Horror Special 2025 episode. This was live-streamed on Twitch back in December; if you join our Patreon (link below) you can watch the unedited video version. For this holiday special, we're playing the Cats of Cathulhu RPG by Joel Sparks. That's right, the cast is playing cats! The Gothic Podcast is an actual-play horror-and-humor audio drama recorded from our cobbled together studios in Portland, OR and around the globe. This episode stars Jesse Baldwin as the Cat Herder, C. Patrick Neagle Cleopatra Elton Machine-Gun Snowbell, Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Vanilla Bean the Puzzle Queen, Erik Halbert as Jack, and special guest cat, Daniel Gollery as "Em". We would LOVE to hear from you, and we love your fan art. Plus check out our Patreon and join our Discord. Preeeety puhleeeese. Oh, and check out Jesse's upcoming shows at www.torchsongentertainment.com Interact with the Gothic Podcast at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbUoGEQE2xKIhNX7sHyVXBg Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegothicpodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegothicpodcast Tumblr: https://thegothicpodcast.tumblr.com …and Discord (<–Please please please join us here): https://discord.gg/WKwyhzBey4   Consider joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegothicpodcast. We don't do ads and don't want to, so our Patrons keep us on the air.   TGP and GHTV Theme Music by Zoe Hovland Cover Artwork by Jared George Art GHTV Haunted House is oil-on-canvas by Michael Hadley Thanks for joining us in the dark, Sojourners…
  1. Krampusnacht Holiday Horror Special 2025 | Bad Tree | Cats of Cathulhu RPG
  2. Halloween Holiday Horror Special 2026: Witch House | Kids on Bikes RPG
  3. Season Six Retrospective
  4. S6:E24 GHTV | Return to the Mausoleum Pt 3 S6 Finale | Monster of the Week RPG
  5. S6:E23 GHTV | Return to the Mausoleum Pt 2 | Monster of the Week RPG

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Everywhere is haunted…everywhere

–Danse Sterling, “Clown Motel Pt. 1”

Let’s go dark…it’s spooky time!”

–Vince Purgatory, “Clown Motel Pt. 2”