The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program

Latest Episodes:

The Black Birth Part 2: A Murder Most Mysterious Sep 28, 2018

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The denizens of Big Momma’s boarding house were shaken from their sleep by a shrill scream and ghastly news! A police officer came a-calling with questions about their housemate, Hannah Pickering, who had been found dead. But it wasn't Hannah's scream they heard - that was their kindly landlord being savagely attacked by fellow tenant, Father Grandfather. The elderly bible salesman was taken into custody for his assault; yet shockingly this lunatic appears to not have been the murderer.

Now, as the sun rises over Arkham, light is cast on the sinister leavings of the cruel night. These five unlikely companions find themselves faced with a mystery and a benefactor that can make it worth their while to solve it.

Content Warning: Gore

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Written & Performed by:

Luke Stram – The Keeper

Doug Banks | Cat Blackard | Brandon Gerson | Kay | Ruel Knudson

Sound Design: Colin Peterson

Editing: Colin Peterson & Cat Blackard

Story Editing: Cat Blackard

Cast:

Doug Banks as Hank O’Brien Jr.

Cat Blackard as Cyril Bridgewater

Brandon Gerson as Father Grandfather

Kay as Deloras Delaney

Ruel Knudson as Sam Spade

Cat Blackard as The Narrator/The Announcer

Additional Voices by Jessica Uelman

Musical Spotlight: "Welcome to my Nightmare" by Thomas Negovan

Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn

Series I Album Art by Tony Baldini

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The Black Birth Part 1: Terror Comes A-Knocking Sep 26, 2018

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What dark deeds unfold on the streets of Arkham? And which unwitting souls - innocent or impure - will succumb to the maddening call... OF CTHULHU?

As The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program emerges... screaming and swaddled in a blanket of horror - Steel your hearts for a macabre and delightfully sordid affair called… "The Black Birth".

Meet Sam; a cagey ex-Federal Agent, Deloras; the obsessive book dealer, Hank Jr.; a noble farmboy, Cyril; the smooth-talking jazz man, and Father Grandfather; a mad bible salesman. These five housemates of dubious moral fiber must band together to solve a murder most foul and risk their very sanity as their trail leads them into a realm of nightmares.

Content Warning: Violent misogyny, gore

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Written & Performed by: Luke Stram – The Keeper

Doug Banks | Cat Blackard | Brandon Gerson | Kay | Ruel Knudson

Sound Design: Colin Peterson

Editing: Colin Peterson & Cat Blackard

Story Editing: Cat Blackard

Cast (In Order of Appearance):

Cat Blackard as The Narrator/ The Announcer

Cat Blackard as Cyril Bridgewater

Ruel Knudson as Sam Spade

Brandon Gerson as Father Grandfather

Doug Banks as Hank O’Brien Jr.

Kay as Deloras Delaney

Musical Spotlight: "Abernathy" by Chamber Band

Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn

Series I Album Art by Tony Baldini

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The Black Birth: Meet the Cast Sep 24, 2018

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Before you dive into the insanity of improvised audio drama horror, meet the players and learn a little bit about how we use tabletop roleplaying to help us weave these sinister stories.

This debut series of The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program features cast members from beloved actual play podcasts: Cat Blackard and Ruel Knudson from Dungeons & Doritos, Ghostbusters: Resurrection's Doug Banks, along with Nerdy Show's Kay, and Brandon Gerson, and introducing Game Master, Luke Stram. Our ongoing journey into unknowable adventure started life here, as a fan-requested special. Join us for our humble beginnings as our cast embarks on a terrifying and hilarious RPG series like no other.

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Lot X Q&A Part 2: Favorite Scenes, Horror and Love, & the Future May 18, 2016

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Go behind the nightmare of The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program's second series with the cast and crew! We're lifting the veil and answering questions asked by YOU!

Hear the cast's experiences surviving our improvised production, learn how we meld tabletop roleplaying with audio drama, discover character backstories, and more! Featuring showrunner Cat Blackard aka Estelle Thorpe, Keeper Luke Stram, John La Valle who played Oswald Sinclair, Melody Perera who played Anjana Ramakrishnan, boR who played Kenneth Roger, and our sound designer Colin Peterson serves as your host with the most.

In Part 2, the cast and crew discuss their favorite moments of the show, unpack "Lot X"'s uncanny intersection of love and horror, reveal secrets of the Arkham Paranormal Research Society, preview of our next series: "Night in Howling House", and delve into further Mystery Program machinations.

Spoiler Warning: This Q&A should be listened to AFTER you’ve listened to The Black Birth and Lot X.

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Lot X Q&A Part 1: Secrets of the Mystery Program Process, Alternate Timelines, & More May 18, 2016

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Go behind the nightmare of The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program's second series with the cast and crew! We're lifting the veil and answering questions asked by YOU!

In Part 1, we answer our most-asked question: how the heck do we make this show?!

Hear how our sinister sausage is made and thrill as we share some of what could have been via alternate paths and timelines. Plus, Cat shares how the creation and performance of Estelle changed her life forever, AND we announce what horrors are to come for the future of Mystery Program!

Spoiler Warning: This Q&A should be listened to AFTER you’ve listened to The Black Birth and Lot X.

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Lot X Part 10: Loose Ends Nov 25, 2015

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Estelle Thorpe’s motley band of curiosity seekers uncovered more than they bargained for. Their fanciful investigation of occult curios led to a madwoman’s plot to summon an unholy entity. Miraculously, the team staved off the apocalypse and survived... but not unscathed…

Now that the immediate danger has passed, they've got more than a few questions about the sinister and disturbing whys and wherefores that set them on this dire quest in the first place. Are there answers to be found? And if so, are our investigators prepared to face them?

Content Warning: Psychological trauma, gambling, assault, gore, body horror

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Written & Performed by:

Luke Stram – The Keeper

Cat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La Valle

Sound Design: Colin Peterson

Editing: Colin Peterson & Cat Blackard

Story Editing: Cat Blackard

Cast (In Order of Appearance):

Joshua LaForge as Moses Ruben Cubbenfield

John Sebastian LaValle as Oswald Sinclair

Melody Perera as Anjana Ramakrishnan

boR as Kenneth Roger

Nicky Holland as Cherry Featherbottom

Cat Blackard as Estelle Thorpe

Luke Stram as The Keeper

Doug Banks as Baron Percy "T-Bone" Barker

Luke Stram as McLeonard

Cat Blackard as The Narrator/The Announcer

Musical Spotlight: "A Little More Life" by Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys

Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn

Series 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard

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Lot X Part 9: Curtain Call Nov 18, 2015

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Though the conspirators are gone - the madness unleashed lives on! The veil between our world and… another place are thin and the vile, theatrical ritual to summon The King in Yellow persists. Do our inexperienced investigators stand a chance in hell of repelling the walking, waking nightmare to come, or will they give in to the delirium and gibbering inflicted upon those who have truly seen the unseen?

One way or another, this episode is really gonna bring the house down.

Content Warning: Psychological trauma, gambling, assault, gore, body horror

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Written & Performed by:

Luke Stram – The Keeper

Cat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La Valle

Sound Design: Colin Peterson

Editing: Colin Peterson & Cat Blackard

Story Editing: Cat Blackard

Cast (In Order of Appearance):

Melody Perera as Anjana Ramakrishnan

Nicky Holland as Cherry Featherbottom

boR as Kenneth Roger

Cat Blackard as Estelle Thorpe

James Barbarossa as Pelham Grenville

Joshua LaForge as Moses Ruben Cubbenfield

John Sebastian LaValle as Oswald Sinclair

Cat Blackard as The Narrator/The Announcer

Musical Spotlight: "Archimedes Plutonium" by Ramona Falls

Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn

Series 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard

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Lot X Part 8: Dénouement Nov 12, 2015

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The theatre is a magical place. A place where fact becomes fiction, fantasy becomes flesh… the human experience is laid bare! Fitting then that Boston’s Monarch Theater should be the site of a horrendous ritual that also happens to be a stage play... a diabolical work called The King in Yellow.

If performed, it wouldn't just be the dénouement for our heroes, but perhaps the world as we know it.

Content Warning: Psychological trauma, gambling, assault, gore, body horror

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Written & Performed by:

Luke Stram – The Keeper

Cat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La Valle

Sound Design: Colin Peterson

Editing: Colin Peterson & Cat Blackard

Story Editing: Cat Blackard

Cast (In Order of Appearance):

Melody Perera as Anjana Ramakrishnan

Cat Blackard as Estelle Thorpe

Jonathan Fleming as The Bostonian

John Sebastian LaValle as Oswald Sinclair

Joshua LaForge as Moses Ruben Cubbenfield

Nicky Holland as Cherry Featherbottom

boR as Kenneth Roger

Cynthia Beckert as Mildred Elias

Luke Stram as Woodrow Elias

James Barbarossa as Pelham Grenville

Cat Blackard as The Narrator/The Announcer

Musical Spotlight: "Jolene" Michael Kelly

Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn

Series 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard

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Lot X Part 7: Dust to Dust Nov 05, 2015

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Demons from the sky, grotesque nightmares, and arcane sciences that can make flesh dust and flesh again - these are but the most recent horrors faced by our ill-fated investigators. However, this intrepid team is hot on the trail of the possible source of their woes: a remote cabin in the Bolton woods.

Content Warning: Psychological trauma, gambling, alcohol use, guns, assault, gore, body horror

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Written & Performed by:

Luke Stram – The Keeper

Cat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La Valle

Sound Design: Colin Peterson

Editing: Colin Peterson & Cat Blackard

Story Editing: Cat Blackard

Cast (In Order of Appearance):

Cat Blackard & Brandon Gerson as The Sailors

Nina Bernardakis as Nurse Marvel

James Barbarossa as Pelham Grenville

John Sebastian LaValle as Oswald Sinclair

Cat Blackard as Estelle Thorpe

Nicky Holland as Cherry Featherbottom

boR as Kenneth Roger

Joshua LaForge as Moses Ruben Cubbenfield

Melody Perera as Anjana Ramakrishnan

Luke Stram as Woodrow Elias

Cat Blackard as The Narrator/The Announcer

Musical Spotlight: "Furfur" by Heaven Pegasus

Poem by Ryan Sosa

Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn

Series 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard

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Lot X Part 6: Nightmares & Interludes Oct 29, 2015

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Having stolen occult materials, our investigators flee the scene - but there’s no escaping the terrifying trappings of this case: a flying monster descended from the sky, landed on the moving automobile, and abducted Estelle Thorpe. Now, at a complete loss for words and some loss of sanity, her friends head back to Thorpe Manor to regroup.

Content Warning: Psychological trauma, gambling, alcohol use, guns, assault, gore, body horror

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Written & Performed by:

Luke Stram – The Keeper

Cat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La Valle

Sound Design: Colin Peterson

Editing: Colin Peterson & Cat Blackard

Story Editing: Cat Blackard

Cast (In Order of Appearance):

Melody Perera as Anjana Ramakrishnan

Cat Blackard as Estelle Thorpe