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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.

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

Copyright: © Rusty Quill

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RQ Network Feed Drop – Not Quite Dead S1: I: The Girl on the Gurney Apr 08, 2026

Show notes

This month we are featuring a feed drop for an incredible podcast on the RQ Network: Not Quite Dead.

Not Quite Dead is a UK-based Gory, Horror, Romance, podcast from the award-winning team behind Spirit Box Radio, Remnants and Clockwork Bird.

Follow Alfie, a nurse working overtime when a patient arrives with her throat torn out. This is just the beginning of a terrifying night as Alfie finds himself caught in a battle between the living and the undead.

Saved by a mysterious stranger named Casper, they find themselves inescapably bound together. Neither of them are happy about it, but the draw of each other’s blood is irresistible.

Introduction and outro by Anusia Battersby. Listen to Not Quite Dead on the Rusty Quill website, on Acast, or wherever you listen to podcasts. To learn more about Not Quite Dead, check out their official website.

If you want to support Not Quite Dead and it’s creators, head to www.rustyquill.com/fundraiser

Credits: Written, performed and edited by Eira Major.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-1/

Content Warnings:

Please bear in mind that this show is a work of horror fiction and frequently places characters in situations which jeopardise their psychological and physical health. This episode contains:

– mild profanity

– references to sex

– discussion of the process of dying

– medicalised descriptions of death processes and dead people

– death, including violent death

– references to medical procedures

– hospital settings

– mentions of blood

– mentions of infidelity

– descriptions of blood

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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RQ Original Feed Drop - Neon Inkwell: Welcome to Fosters #1 - Pets  Mar 27, 2026

Show notes

We are featuring the first episode of a new series from Rusty Quill: Welcome to Fosters.

Detectives investigate a dire disturbance in both magic and the dead on the streets of Sydney, Australia in this spirited urban fantasy.

Listen to the next episode by going to the Rusty Quill website, or by searching for “Neon Inkwell” wherever you find podcasts.

Neon Inkwell: https://shows.acast.com/neon-inkwell

Transcript: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7

Showrunner Elizabeth Moffatt

Directed by Chris Magilton

Written by Imogen Cassidy

Script Editor Chris Magilton

Produced by April Sumner

Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner

Featuring

Michael Bache as Brian Hewlitt-Smith

Nina Nikolic as Jill Foster

Harrison Keen as Mark Wilson

Lowri Ann Davies as the Forest Spirit

Tim Sefo as Oliver Long

Brooke Scobie as Oliver's mum

Lee Davis-Thalbourne as Genial Passenger

Flloyd Kennedy as Mrs West

Sebrina Thornton-Walker as Gloria Foster

Matt Malachite as Graham Edgers

Alice Magilton as Marie

Isabelle Houghton as young Jill

Hannah Aroni as Sylvia Price

Maia Harlap as The Receptionist

Chris Alosio as Tulele

Cooper Mortlock as Mook and Mr Simpson

Additional voices by Elizabeth Moffatt and Chris Magilton. Our Zombie Horde include Jenna Krasowski, Alexander Bryan, and Catherine Rinella.

Dialogue Editor – Lowri Ann Davies

Sound Designer – Elizabeth Moffatt

Mastering Engineer and Music Editor– Meg McKellar

Title music by Sam Jones

Additional music by Nico Vettese

Art by Guerrilla Communications

Original SFX and foley for this series were produced by Elizabeth Moffatt, Frances Miller-Pezo, Daniel Hill, Chris Magilton, and Imogen Cassidy. Additional SFX for this series include sounds sourced from Soundly, Freesound, Zapsplat, AudioHero, and Pixabay. This includes SFX provided by Klankbeeld, Avakas, Youandbiscuitme, Pfranzen, Dynamicell, Newlocknew via freesound.org.

The Australian production team would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which this series is set, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

Neon Inkwell is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share alike 4.0 International Licence.

Introduction and outro by Lowri Ann Davies.

Content warnings

- Altered reality

- Childhood trauma

- Fire

- Hunt or attack by an animal

- Undead

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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RQ Network Feed Drop – Hi Nay: Ep 1 – Bulok Mar 16, 2026

Show notes

We are featuring a feed drop from a brilliant show on the RQ Network: Hi Nay.

"Hi Nay” is an atmospheric, analog-style horror audio drama, featuring Folk Horror, mythology and chilling supernatural terrors in an urban setting.

Hi Nay, literally translated to “Hi Mom”, follows Mari, a Filipina immigrant who lives in Toronto.

Mari first gets roped into Toronto’s supernatural crises after saving Laura from being killed. From then on, she assists Detectives Donner and Murphy in dealing with supernatural threats using her upbringing as a babaylan (Shaman).

Mari finds herself dealing with a multitude of supernatural issues in Toronto. She has a great aptitude for magic, though her abilities seem to have a price she’s not forthcoming about. She calls her Nanay (mother) often and recounts her experiences over the phone.

This exciting audio drama is filled with Mystery, Suspense, and most importantly, Horror.

Introduction and outro by Shahan Hamza. Listen to Hi Nay on The Rusty Quill website, on Acast, or wherever you get your podcasts, or learn more about Hi Nay on its official website.

Credits:

Motzie Dapul (Creator, writer, director, editor, voice actor for Mari)

Reg Geli (Co-creator, editor)

Yoyi Halago, Alyssa Gimenez (Editors)

Abigayle Rhodes as Laura, Leon Johnson as Donner, Edward Boxler as Murphy, Adil Ramchurn as Ashvin (Main Cast)

Content Warnings: Injury and bruising, Blood, Vomit, Animal remains, Human remains

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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RQ Network Feed Drop - Push the Roll with Ross Bryant: The Butterfly Factory Part 1 with Brennan Lee Mulligan Feb 11, 2026

Show notes

This month we are featuring a recent episode of one of many exciting podcasts on the RQ Network: Push the Roll with Ross Bryant.

Push the Roll with Ross Bryant is a weekly improvised comedy horror actual play podcast from the creators of the award-winning Ain’t Slayed Nobody podcast. Each episode features improvised Call of Cthulhu adventures combining cosmic horror table top RPG and dark comedy filled with amazing special guests.

This is part one of The Butterfly Factory and features a guest appearance from Brennan Lee Mulligan

To listen to the next exciting episode which is out now by clicking on the link in the description or search for Push the Roll with Ross Bryant wherever you get your podcasts or you can find more information on rustyquill.com or pushtheroll.com

You can find the episode transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcripts.

Push the Roll with Ross Bryant is created and produced by Cuppycup and Hosted by Ross Bryant.

Featuring

Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore

Brennan Lee Mulligan as Allen Clay

Paula Deming as Margot Marceau

Nic Rosenberg as Willow

cuppycup as Velvet Bloom

Dialogue Editing by cuppycup

Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

Produced by cuppycup

Introduction and outro by Karim Kronfli

You can listen to the 2nd part of this brilliant episode by using This Link.

Or you can listen to Push the Roll with Ross Bryant on the Rusty Quill website, on Acast, on its official website, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Content warnings

· sexual themes,

· exploitation,

· gaslighting,

· drug and alcohol use,

· profanity,

· political violence references

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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The Listening Club TTRPG Special - Episode 4 Jan 01, 2026

Show notes

Margot, Elodie, Barry and Alphonse finally get to meet THE Arthur G Neville in the flesh.

Content Warnings:

· misophonia

· murder

· body horror

· mentions of: blood, vomit, decomposition, impersonation

Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/

Directed by April Sumner

Executive Producer Alexander J Newall

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring

Jonathan Sims as GM

Anusia Battersby as Margot Maria Bradley

Lowri Ann Davies as Elodie Jones

Pip Gladwin as Barry Knap

Ian Hayles as Alphonse Platt

Vocal Editor – Nico Vettese

SFX Editor - Tessa Vroom

Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

SFX by Soundly and previously credited artists

Art by April Sumner

Music by Sam Jones

Support Rusty Quill directly by joining our new membership platform at members.rustyquill.com or on Patreon at patreon.com/rustyquill

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

Support Rusty Quill by purchasing from our Affiliates;

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Join our community:

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FACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquill

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The Listening Club and The Magnus Protocol are created by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share alike 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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The Listening Club TTRPG Special - Episode 3 Dec 25, 2025

Show notes

Margot, Elodie, Barry and Alphonse visit Moldy Pencil Productions in Liverpool, where everything is normal and there are no problems.

Content Warnings:

· misophonia

· missing person

· mentions of: blood, decapitation, impersonation

Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/

Directed by April Sumner

Executive Producer Alexander J Newall

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring

Jonathan Sims as GM

Anusia Battersby as Margot Maria Bradley

Lowri Ann Davies as Elodie Jones

Pip Gladwin as Barry Knap

Ian Hayles as Alphonse Platt

Vocal Editor – Nico Vettese

SFX Editor - Tessa Vroom

Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

SFX by Soundly and previously credited artists

Art by April Sumner

Music by Sam Jones

Support Rusty Quill directly by joining our new membership platform at members.rustyquill.com or on Patreon at patreon.com/rustyquill

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

Support Rusty Quill by purchasing from our Affiliates;

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Join our community:

WEBSITE: rustyquill.com

FACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquill

X: @therustyquill

EMAIL: mail@rustyquill.com

The Listening Club and The Magnus Protocol are created by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share alike 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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The Listening Club TTRPG Special - Episode 2 Dec 18, 2025

Show notes

Horror podcast fans Margot (Anusia Battersby), Elodie (Lowri Ann Davies), Barry (Pip Gladwin) and Alphonse (Ian Hayles) try to track down their missing friend.

Content Warnings:

· misophonia

· missing person

· mentions of: blood

Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/

Directed by April Sumner

Executive Producer Alexander J Newall

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring

Jonathan Sims as GM

Anusia Battersby as Margot Maria Bradley

Lowri Ann Davies as Elodie Jones

Pip Gladwin as Barry Knap

Ian Hayles as Alphonse Platt

Vocal Editor – Nico Vettese

SFX Editor - Tessa Vroom

Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

SFX by Soundly and previously credited artists

Art by April Sumner

Music by Sam Jones

Support Rusty Quill directly by joining our new membership platform at members.rustyquill.com or on Patreon at patreon.com/rustyquill

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

Support Rusty Quill by purchasing from our Affiliates;

DriveThruRPG – DriveThruRPG.com

Join our community:

WEBSITE: rustyquill.com

FACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquill

X: @therustyquill

EMAIL: mail@rustyquill.com

The Listening Club and The Magnus Protocol are created by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share alike 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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The Listening Club TTRPG Special - Episode 1 Dec 11, 2025

Show notes

Join us for a special Rusty Quill bonus TTRPG adventure of The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game by Monte Cook Games.

This one-shot is hosted by Jonathan Sims with guests Anusia Battersby, Lowri Ann Davies, Pip Gladwin and Ian Hayles

Content Warnings:

· N/A

Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/

Directed by April Sumner

Executive Producer Alexander J Newall

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring

Jonathan Sims as GM

Anusia Battersby as Margot Maria Bradley

Lowri Ann Davies as Elodie Jones

Pip Gladwin as Barry Knap

Ian Hayles as Alphonse Platt

Vocal Editor – Nico Vettese

SFX Editor - Tessa Vroom

Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

SFX by Soundly and previously credited artists

Art by April Sumner

Music by Sam Jones

Support Rusty Quill directly by joining our new membership platform at members.rustyquill.com or on Patreon at patreon.com/rustyquill

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

Support Rusty Quill by purchasing from our Affiliates;

DriveThruRPG – DriveThruRPG.com

Join our community:

WEBSITE: rustyquill.com

FACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquill

X: @therustyquill

EMAIL: mail@rustyquill.com

The Listening Club and The Magnus Protocol are created by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share alike 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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Sheeple Chase 6 - [Unreleased] Magnus Opus Nov 06, 2025

Show notes

[information not found]

Content Warnings:

· immolation

· death

· mobs/group murder

· human experimentation

Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/

This series is part of our Kickstarter Stretch Goals for the Magnus Protocol. You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

Created by Sasha Sienna, based on the works of Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

Directed by April Sumner

Written by Sasha Sienna

Script Edited with Additional Material by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton

Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring

Sasha Sienna as Georgie Barker

Lowri Ann Davies as Celia Ripley

Loki as Captain Barker

Editor – Nico Vettese

Mastering Editor - Meg McKellar, Catherine Rinella

Music by Nico Vettese

Art by April Sumner

SFX by Soundly and previously credited artists

Support Rusty Quill directly by joining our new membership platform at members.rustyquill.com or on Patreon at patreon.com/rustyquill

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

Support Rusty Quill by purchasing from our Affiliates;

DriveThruRPG – DriveThruRPG.com

Join our community:

WEBSITE: rustyquill.com

FACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquill

X: @therustyquill

EMAIL: mail@rustyquill.com

Sheeple Chase and The Magnus Protocol are a derivative products of the Magnus Archives, created by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share alike 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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Sheeple Chase 5 - Coke-Conspirators Oct 30, 2025

Show notes

It's a cola conundrum!

This week Georgie and Celia breakdown Big Bottling Business.

Content Warnings:

· Mentions of: drugs

Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/

This series is part of our Kickstarter Stretch Goals for the Magnus Protocol. You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

Created by Sasha Sienna, based on the works of Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

Directed by April Sumner

Written by Sasha Sienna

Script Edited with Additional Material by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton

Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring

Sasha Sienna as Georgie Barker

Lowri Ann Davies as Celia Ripley

Loki as Captain Barker

Editor – Nico Vettese

Mastering Editor - Meg McKellar

Music by Nico Vettese

Art by April Sumner

SFX by Soundly and previously credited artists

Support Rusty Quill directly by joining our new membership platform at members.rustyquill.com or on Patreon at patreon.com/rustyquill

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

Support Rusty Quill by purchasing from our Affiliates;

DriveThruRPG – DriveThruRPG.com

Join our community:

WEBSITE: rustyquill.com

FACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquill

X: @therustyquill

EMAIL: mail@rustyquill.com

Sheeple Chase and The Magnus Protocol are a derivative products of the Magnus Archives, created by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share alike 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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