The Magnus Archives

By: Rusty Quill
  • Summary

  • “Make your statement, face your fear.” A weekly horror fiction 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 Magnus Protocol launches in January 2024.

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Episodes
  • The Magnus Protocol Fluff 1 - Plenty More Fish
    Oct 3 2024

    Incident Elements:

    · Alexander J Newall.

    · Harsh Language

    · Sexual Innuendo

    You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

    Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

    Directed by Alexander J Newall

    Written by Jonathan Sims

    Script Edited with additional material by 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 (in order of appearance)

    Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

    Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid

    Ryan Hopevere-Anderson as Colin Becher


    Dialogue Editor – Nico Vettese

    Sound Designer – Tessa Vroom

    Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella


    Freesound: JohnsonBrandEditing, scotthopkins // Music Credit: CC-by-4.0 - 'Childhood' by Scott Buckley - www.scottbuckley.com.au

    Art by April Sumner

    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;

    Phantom Peak – UK immersive experience – 15% discount with this link

    DriveThruRPG – DriveThruRPG.com

    Join our community:

    WEBSITE: rustyquill.com

    FACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquill

    X: @therustyquill

    EMAIL: mail@rustyquill.com

    The Magnus Protocol is a derivative product of the Magnus Archives, created by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share alike 4.0 International Licence.


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  • RQ Original Feed Drop - Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later
    Sep 30 2024

    This month we are featuring a feed drop of a brilliant RQ Original show Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later.


    Set in ancient Rome Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later is a dramatic comedy of power politics, whirlwind romances, and running fast to get nowhere.


    Introduction and outro by Billie Hindle. Listen to Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later on The Rusty Quill website, on Acast, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.


    Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3MNrckc


    Content Notes:

    • Abuse of Power (recurring theme)
    • Vicarious Embarrassment
    • Threats of violence/murder
    • War/Warfare
    • Innuendo/Sexual References
    • Alcohol & Alcohol use
    • Manipulation
    • Historical Sexism
    • SFX: Misophonia (eating/drinking/coughing/belching/kissing), crowds, stabbing


    Created by David K. Barnes

    Directed by Amani Zardoe

    Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner

    Written by David K Barnes

    Produced by Natalie Winter, Katherine Lindeman, Natasha Johnston, and April Sumner

    Creative Consultation by Amani Zardoe

    Historical Consultation by Dr. Emma Southon

    Special Thanks to Arienne King

    Sensitivity Consultation by Salt and Sage


    Featuring

    Kazeem Tosin Amore as Mark Antony

    Harry Roebuck as Gaius Octavius Caesar

    Sarah Agha as Charmian

    Lara Sawalha as Cleopatra

    Sarah Lambie as Octavia

    Andy Secombe as Lepidus

    Beth Eyre as Fulvia

    Ahmed Aljabry as Ptolemy

    Pip Gladwin as Drusus

    Mark Nicholson as Rufus

    Dialogue Editor – James Austin, Lowri Ann Davies

    Sound Designer - Tessa Vroom, Meg McKeller, Katharine Seaton

    Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

    Music and Scoring by Sam Jones (listen to the album here)

    Art by Guerrilla Communications


    SFX from dynamique, tennisers, caitlynbananas, strangy, waweee, matt_beer, ALLANZ10D, mlsulli, CalGre, Garuda1982, https://freesound.org/people.klankbeeld/ (4.0), L.Finck, Canukfa (3.0), Edulacava, vrlmrtnz, kyles, craigglenday, Paseka, deleted_user_2104797, DylanTheFish, HerbertBoland (CC 4.0), IENBA (CC 4.0), lyre music and additional sfx by Katharine Seaton, Catherine Rinella, and previously credited artists from Freesound.org


    Support us on Patreon at https://patreon.com/rustyquill

    Check out our merchandise available at https://www.rustyquill.com/support


    Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share alike 4.0 International Licence.


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    37 mins
  • The Magnus Protocol - Season 1 Epilogue [+Announcements]
    Sep 26 2024

    Incident Elements:

    • Screaming
    • Harsh Language

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

    You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

    Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

    Directed by Alexander J Newall

    Written by Jonathan Sims

    Script Edited with additional material by 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 (in order of appearance)

    Anusia Battersby as Gwendolyn Bouchard

    Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

    Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid

    Dialogue Editor – Nico Vettese

    Sound Designer – Meg McKellar

    Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

    Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson)

    Art by April Sumner

    Support us on Patreon at https://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;

    Phantom Peak – UK immersive experience – 15% discount with this link

    DriveThruRPG – DriveThruRPG.com

    Join our community:

    WEBSITE: rustyquill.com

    FACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquill

    X: @therustyquill

    EMAIL: mail@rustyquill.com

    The Magnus Protocol is a derivative product of the Magnus Archives, created by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share alike 4.0 International Licence.


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

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creepy and compelling

smart main characters, grumpy narrators... amazing. the ads are a bit much though. glad I stuck with it though as it's really good.

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a new mythos and a must listen

an absolute joy of a horror anthology. a new horror mythos for a new age.

can not recommend enough!

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The Best Podcast Ever

This is the most unique and well written and produced podcast I have ever come across

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A-MAZ-ING!!!!!!!!!!

The Magnus Archives sure is a podcast like no other. If you’re looking for a urban legends style, uncanny valley, and sometimes down right terrifying podcast to listen to I recommend this so much. Each character has been a strong backstory and cool persona even to the point where you love the people you supposed to detest. Jonathan Sims is a genius !!!!

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Characters

The storytelling and how it all connects and the horror of it is cool and scary

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Can't wait to start all of it again!

Johnny Sims is an absolute maestro in writing this interwoven piece of horror genius. I loved every single episode, loved the metaplot-which was so wonderfully clever - and really fell in with the characters, both prptagonists and antagonists alike. If you like intelligent, big mythos horror, with a wonderfully diverse cast of audio drama superstars, this is absolutely for you. I laughed, I cried, I was heartbroken, I had nightmares. It's perfect. I need to listen to all five series again right now.

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fantastic

brilliant mysterious stories, performed masterfully.

the greatest achievement is in the atmosphere created, through eerie, detailed tales and sublimely creepy and skilled sound design, artisanally wrought for maximum disquiet and intrigue.

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A masterpiece

Absolutely beautiful. Amazing acting, awesome story, sound effects and more! Everything was perfect! I'm normally not a podcast person, (I get bored easily or can't focus) but I didn't want to stop listening to this one.

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absolute masterpiece

this podcast is so damn close to my heart love you Jon and Martin! (~ ̄³ ̄)~

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Addictive and Exciting!

This podcast is fantastically awesome and uniquely played! Well done really! I just finished it and I will definitely listen to it over and over again! =))

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