Gremlin Time

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Airs at: Mon, 05/19/2025 at 11:00pm - 12:00am
Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2026 at 11:00pm - 12:00am
Hosted by: 
Matthew Clark
Produced by: 
KBOO
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The bedtime radio show for grown-ups.

 

 

Readings and Dramatic Presentations of Action & Mystery to Challenge the Intellectual. Humorous Narratives for the Serious Minded. Journeys of Discovery for those who are Lost. Sad Stories that make Deep People Happy. And Tales of Terror & Romance for the Too Comfortable.

 A full hour on the 3rd Monday of every month as part of KBOO's 11PM Monday Radio Theatre Block.

Genre(s): 
Experimental, Radio Theatre, Arts and Culture
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Current

Gremlin Time presents a story of feline cunning.

Airs at: Mon, 01/17/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
We present 'How a Cat Played Robinson Crusoe', by  Charles G.D. Roberts. Accidentally stranded on an off shore, barrier island, a cat must use all her hunting skills and feline cunning to survive the coming winter. But her situation worses as first a large storm brin... Read more

The Bungalow House by Thomas Ligotti - A Gremlin Time Halloween Special

Airs at: Tue, 11/23/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
For Halloween, we present a short story about a young man who is captivated by the errie descriptions of abandoned houses and factories which he hears on the strange recordings of an unknown performance artist.  Fortunato is joined by Van Dyke Brown and Ruby Red in prese... Read more

The Treasure Ship by Rapheal Sabbatini

Airs at: Mon, 03/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Irishman Peter Blood and his crew of escaped slaves and political prisoners have taken their captured Spainish Galleon to the free port of Tortuga to elude both the Spainish and British Navies. But their ship is undermaned, and they soon realise that she is prised by oth... Read more

Sherlock Holmes and The Man With the Twisted Lip by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Airs at: Fri, 01/01/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
NEW YEARS DAY SPECIAL. - The Man With the Twisted Lip by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle One night in June, 1889, Doctor Watson is called away from his home on a strange errand of mercy, which takes him to a sinister opium den located near the docks in London's East End. Where, t... Read more

Gremlin Time on 12/31/09

Airs at: Thu, 12/31/2009 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
"Dancing Dan's Christmas", a short story by Damon Runyon set in New York City during the prohibition era, is read by Naples Yellow. The show opens with Umatilla Rose giving us directions on how to make hot Tom & Jerrys. Perfect for New Year's Eve! Hosted by Fortunato. Read more

THE CAT MAN by Byron Liggett

Airs at: Fri, 10/30/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Our final Halloween offering is a reairing of one of Gremlin Time's original programs from back in the early 1980s, which we would reair even then around this time of year. 'The Cat Man' by Byron Liggett and presented by RED RYDER. An author named Foster comes to the Sou... Read more

PIGEONS FROM HELL by Robert E. Howard

Airs at: Mon, 10/19/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
For Halloween, we submit for your approval, Pigeons From Hell; a scary Southern Gothic short story by Texas-born Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan the Barbarian. Two lost travelers come across a long abandoned plantation house, where they decide to spend the night. ... Read more

'Wild Water' by Robert E. Howard

Airs at: Wed, 05/20/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Jim Reynolds sets out to take down the corrupt politcal machine of Bisley, Texas.  But his idea of justice brings more than he bargained for.  Set during the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, this 2oth Century Western short story is a departure for fantasy/adventure wr... Read more

Special Tribute to the Memory of Singer Utah Phillips -' Hobos That Pass In The Night ' by Jack London - read by Walt Curtis

Airs at: Mon, 04/20/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Walt Curtis from KBOO's The Talking Earth, reads this excerpt from Jack London's book The Road. In which, London talks about hobo lore, living outside of society, and his own experiences as a hobo at the end of the 19th Century.  Back in April of 2009, we had also decide... Read more

IT by Theodore Sturgeon

Airs at: Mon, 10/20/2008 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Our Second Halloween offering is a classic monster story by science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon, entitled 'IT'. An allegorical fantasy about a man-like plant creature who grew out of a swamp and begins roaming the countryside destroying anything or anyone it comes ... Read more