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The Magnus Archives

“Make your statement, face your fear.” The Magnus Archives is an award winning weekly horror fiction audiodrama podcast examining what lurks in the archives of the Magnus Institute, an organisation dedicated to researching the esoteric and the weird. Join Jonathan Sims as he explores the archive, but be warned, as he looks into its depths something starts to look back… New episodes every Thursday produced by Rusty Quill, featuring guest actors, short stories, serial plots and more. The long awaited continuation The Magnus Protocol launched in January 2024. Season 2 of the Magnus Protocol is ongoing!

This multi-award winning and record breaking epic horror anthology features elements of the supernatural and the eldritch while blending genres of horror, mystery, tragedy and romance in to a truly epic metaplot that has captivated millions and helped make The Magnus Archives the worlds most popular horror podcast.

Spotify Award winner for over 100 Million downloads, British Fantasy Award Winner and Webby Honoree.

For fans of M.R James, Cosmic Horror, deep storytelling, dark academia, great audio fiction and audio drama, analogue horror / unfiction and ARGs.

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Copyright: © Rusty Quill

Latest Episodes:

Rusty Fears 5 - Casting Line Oct 07, 2021

Show notes

The Fear returns.

In the first of 5 winning entries for Rusty Fears 5, Rusty Quill presents; "Casting Line" written by Sarina H, directed by Maddy Searle and performed by Karim Kronfli.

Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon.

Content warnings:

Physical injury & body modification
Manipulation
Food & alcohol
Implied hallucinations/distorted reality
Panic
Mentions of: animal death, parental death & funerals, objectification, drowning
SFX: continuous low droning

Transcripts:

PDF - https://bit.ly/2YkdBdm

DOC - https://bit.ly/2YtGPaa

Thank you to all our Patrons for your continued support.

If you'd like to join them, visit www.patreon.com/rustyquill.

Edited by Maddy Searle & Nico Vettese

Produced by Lowri Ann Davies

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Pre-order FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER, a Magnus novel releasing October 27th: rustyquill.com/novel

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MAG Camp Flying Moose - Part 3 Sep 30, 2021

Show notes

It's the finale of Camp Flying Moose for Girls of all Kinds, and our girls head to the cabin to see if the answers they seek lie there...

Content warnings

Food
Wolves & werewolves
Discussions of: supernatural transformation, fire, physical violence & injury
Mentions of: dogs & bears, food possessiveness
SFX: birdsong, glass, background chatter, crickets, howling & growling

Featuring Sasha Sienna, Annie Fitch, Frank Voss and Lowri Ann Davies.

For more information about Camp Flying Moosefollow this link; https://afurness.itch.io/camp-flying-moose

Edited this week by Nico Vettese, Maddy Searle and Jeffrey Nils Gardner

Produced by Lowri Ann Davies

Sound effects by InspectorJ, TRP, klankbeeld, maaaks, TRP, wibwob, tatianafeudal, Nox_Sound, morosopher, viatorci, Gammelsmurfen778, senorsolo007, wjoojoo, AlyssaB2043, amholma, craftcrest, Garuda1982, FunWithSound, TravieDoodle & previously credited artists via freesound.org

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The Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 International Licence

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MAG Camp Flying Moose - Part 2 Sep 23, 2021

Show notes

In part 2 of Camp Flying Moose for Girls of all Kinds, Violet has a run in with authority, before joining Ivy & Rowan to continue their investigations into the weird happenings at camp.

Content warnings

Social anxiety & tension
Mentions of: food, bears, supernatural themes
SFX: background chatter, birdsong

Featuring Sasha Sienna, Annie Fitch, Frank Voss and Lowri Ann Davies.

For more information about Camp Flying Moose follow this link; https://afurness.itch.io/camp-flying-moose

Edited this week by Nico Vettese, Maddy Searle and Jeffrey Nils Gardner

Produced by Lowri Ann Davies

Sound effects by straget, InspectorJ, mzui, dkiller2204, sagetyrtle, kyles, sidequesting, morosopher, .Chris_Douris., maaaks, Dr. Macak & previously credited artists via freesound.org

Check out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill.

You can subscribe to this podcast using your podcast software of choice, or by visiting www.rustyquill.com/subscribe

Please rate and review on your software of choice, it really helps us to spread the podcast to new listeners, so share the fear.

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The Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 International Licence

For ad-free episodes, bonus content and more, join members.rustyquill.com or our Patreon.

Pre-order FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER, a Magnus novel releasing October 27th: rustyquill.com/novel

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MAG Camp Flying Moose - Part 1 Sep 16, 2021

Show notes

Join us at Camp Flying Moose for Girls of all Kinds, a TTRPG created by Alicia Furness.

In this first instalment of three, we meet Ivy, Rowan, Violet and their fellow campers who are about to be thrown into a world of adventure and mystery.

Content warnings

Food
Social anxiety
Discussions of: stress
Mentions of: religion, physical violence
SFX: crickets & birds, background chatter

Featuring Sasha Sienna, Annie Fitch, Frank Voss and Lowri Ann Davies.

For more information about Camp Flying Moose follow this link; https://afurness.itch.io/camp-flying-moose

Edited this week by Nico Vettese, Maddy Searle and Jeffrey Nils Gardner

Produced by Lowri Ann Davies

Sound effects by klankbeeld, PhonosUPF, 16FPanskaLipovska_Katerina, BenjaminNelan, amholma, Dvideoguy, ViaTorci & previously credited artists via freesound.org

Check out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill.

You can subscribe to this podcast using your podcast software of choice, or by visiting www.rustyquill.com/subscribe

Please rate and review on your software of choice, it really helps us to spread the podcast to new listeners, so share the fear.

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The Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 International Licence

For ad-free episodes, bonus content and more, join members.rustyquill.com or our Patreon.

Pre-order FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER, a Magnus novel releasing October 27th: rustyquill.com/novel

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MAG - That Face at the Window Sep 09, 2021

Show notes

Jurgen Leitner, somewhat reluctantly, helps out around the Archives.

Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon.

Content warnings:

Vampires & vampirism
Supernatural compulsion
Physical violence
Blood
Mentions of: insomnia, food, social anxiety, knives, pain
SFX: low drone, high pitched tones

Transcripts:

PDF - https://bit.ly/3nbvDcf

DOC - https://bit.ly/2YCuHn0

Thank you to all our Patrons for your continued support.

If you'd like to join them, visit www.patreon.com/rustyquill.

Written by Maddy Searle

Performed by Paul Sims

Directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner

Edited by Annie Fitch, Marisa Ewing & Jeffrey Nils Gardner

Produced by Lowri Ann Davies

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The Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 International Licence

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Pre-order FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER, a Magnus novel releasing October 27th: rustyquill.com/novel

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MAG - A Hole in the Ground Sep 02, 2021

Show notes

Found in the archives, Gertrude Robinson reads a brand-new in-universe statement.

Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon.

Content warnings:

Depression
Rot & decay
Claustrophobia
Food (inc. consumption and control of food)
Nightmares & unreality
Themes of abusive relationship
Discussions of: isolation
Mentions of: insects, disease, emetophobia, blood & physical injury, animal death
SFX: repeated low drone

Transcripts:

PDF - https://bit.ly/3yCrmk5

DOC - https://bit.ly/3kI4ACp

Thank you to all our Patrons for your continued support.

If you'd like to join them, visit www.patreon.com/rustyquill.

Written by Imogen Harris

Performed by Sue Sims

Directed by Hannah Preisinger

Edited by Annie Fitch & Jeffrey Nils Gardner

Produced by Lowri Ann Davies

Check out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop & https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill.

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The Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 International Licence

For ad-free episodes, bonus content and more, join members.rustyquill.com or our Patreon.

Pre-order FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER, a Magnus novel releasing October 27th: rustyquill.com/novel

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Announcement: RQ Network Introducing Wave 2 Aug 30, 2021

Show notes

Rusty Quill Founder and CEO Alex here!

RQ Network is a podcast network by podcasters for podcasters that launched on May 10th 2021

I now have the pleasure of announcing our second wave of new podcasts.

Join us in welcoming:

I am In Eskew and The Silt Verses Written and directed by Jon Ware and produced by Muna Hussen

The Milkman of St. Gaff's written and directed by Chris McClure

The Town Whispers written and directed by Cole Weavers

We're Alive written and directed by Kc Wayland and produced by Wayland Productions

You can listen to these shows wherever you get you podcasts or on www.rustyquill.com

For more info on these new shows visit: RQ Network Wave 2: Introducing Five New Shows | Rusty Quill

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For ad-free episodes, bonus content and more, join members.rustyquill.com or our Patreon.

Pre-order FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER, a Magnus novel releasing October 27th: rustyquill.com/novel

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MAG Retrospective - Cast Commentary Part 2 Aug 26, 2021

Show notes

We got some of the Magnus cast together to listen to their favourite moments and reminisce about the making of The Magnus Archives.

Content Warnings

Spoilers for all of The Magnus Archives
Physical violence & threats
Death & murder (inc. discussion of character deaths
Discussions of: co-dependent/unhealthy relationships, body horror
Mentions of: blood, spatial distortion, PTSD & trauma, grief & loss, COVID-19 pandemic, knives, food, spiders
SFX: occasional beeping, static & distorted/overlapping voices, high-pitched tones, growling & roaring, vocalised suffering, building collapse

Featuring Imogen Harris, Ian Hayes, Karim Kronfli, Francesca Reneé Reid, Fay Roberts, Alasdair Stuart and Frank Voss

Thank you to all our Patrons for your continued support

If you'd like to join them, visit www.patreon.com/rustyquill.

Edited this week by Nico Vettese and Jeffrey Nils Gardner

Produced by Lowri Ann Davies

Check out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill.

You can subscribe to this podcast using your podcast software of choice, or by visiting www.rustyquill.com/subscribe

Please rate and review on your software of choice, it really helps us to spread the podcast to new listeners, so share the fear.

Join our community:

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EMAIL: mail@rustyquill.com

The Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 International Licence

For ad-free episodes, bonus content and more, join members.rustyquill.com or our Patreon.

Pre-order FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER, a Magnus novel releasing October 27th: rustyquill.com/novel

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MAG Retrospective - Cast Commentary Part 1 Aug 19, 2021

Show notes

We got some of the Magnus cast together to listen to their favourite moments and reminisce about the making of The Magnus Archives.

Content Warnings

Spoilers for all of The Magnus Archives
Body horror
Physical violence & threats
Claustrophobia & live burial
Discussions of: spatial distortion & unreality, death & murder, self-recrimination, scopophobia
Mentions of: food, coma, guns & bombs, police, vampires, social anxiety, COVID-19 pandemic
SFX: occasional beeping, vocalised suffering, gunshots, static

Featuring Imogen Harris, Ian Hayes, Karim Kronfli, Francesca Reneé Reid, Fay Roberts, Alasdair Stuart and Frank Voss

Thank you to all our Patrons for your continued support

If you'd like to join them, visit www.patreon.com/rustyquill.

Edited this week by Nico Vettese and Jeffrey Nils Gardner

Produced by Lowri Ann Davies

Check out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill.

You can subscribe to this podcast using your podcast software of choice, or by visiting www.rustyquill.com/subscribe

Please rate and review on your software of choice, it really helps us to spread the podcast to new listeners, so share the fear.

Join our community:

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EMAIL: mail@rustyquill.com

The Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 International Licence

For ad-free episodes, bonus content and more, join members.rustyquill.com or our Patreon.

Pre-order FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER, a Magnus novel releasing October 27th: rustyquill.com/novel

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MAG - Martin Poetry Anthology 2 Aug 12, 2021

Show notes

Further works of M. K. Blackwood.

Anthology 1

Visitors
Yonder
Filed Away
Draw State

Content warnings:

Claustrophobia
Mentions of: spiders & cobwebs

Transcripts:

PDF: https://bit.ly/3lZqjIt

DOC: https://bit.ly/2XjWSXd

Thank you to all our Patrons for your continued support.

If you'd like to join them, visit www.patreon.com/rustyquill.

Performed by Alexander J. Newall

Written by Anil Godigamuwe

Edited by Alexander J. Newall, Nico Vettese & Catherine Rinella

Produced by Lowri Ann Davies

Check out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop & https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill.

You can subscribe to this podcast using your podcast software of choice, or by visiting www.rustyquill.com/subscribe

Please rate and review on your software of choice, it really helps us to spread the podcast to new listeners, so share the fear.

Join our community:

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EMAIL: mail@rustyquill.com

The Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 International Licence

For ad-free episodes, bonus content and more, join members.rustyquill.com or our Patreon.

Pre-order FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER, a Magnus novel releasing October 27th: rustyquill.com/novel

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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