240 episodes
The Magnus Archives Rusty Quill
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4.9 • 57 Ratings
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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 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.
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MAG 191 - What We Lose
Case ########-31
Continued interactions with various survivors, recorded on location.
Content warnings:
- Cults
- Arguments
- Paranoia & anxiety
- Discussions of: death & sacrifice
- Mentions of: instances of memory loss / mental deterioration, scopophobia, self-hatred, mild language, murder, food
Transcripts:
PDF - https://cutt.ly/DjGcDu1
DOC - https://cutt.ly/8jGcLUL
Thanks to this week's Patrons: Lily Magee, Bruna Thomas, muzbutch, Bridget Smith, Kayla Young, Roblin, Deanna Smit, Whitney Reynolds, Indigo Prince, Jeremiah Ochoa, Elsa Bouchard-Lukas, Olivia MacRae, Harrison Standley, Amanda Giesler, Tatum Hedrick, Nero, Romilly, ProtectMaHtinSquad, Judith Buxade (pronounced Bouchade), Emma Furth, Tori, Alex Dempsey, kate shipley, Courtney Dietz, Heli Claire, mimescreaming, MacKenzie Dodd, Erin Leisure, Jay Kunn, Aubree, Mikaela Kristianous, Micah Rak, Garrett M Beeg, Flynn, Christy Abraham, Lindsay Lutz, Dri Snow, Currie, Benjamin Horne, Lauren HP, Just Heather, Claire Brnjac, Ellis Gallagher, Kit Mitton, Raphael Hawke, mia cm, Leo9roar, Nick Welker, Molly Rose, Daisy Bell.
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Edited this week by Nico Vettese, Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead, Jeffrey Nils Gardner & Alexander J Newall
Written by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J Newall
Produced by Lowri Ann Davies
Sensitivity consultation by Alexander Linde Nielsen
Performances:
- "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims
- "Martin Blackwood" - Alexander J. Newall
- "Melanie King" - Lydia Nicholas
- "Georgie Barker" - Sasha Sienna
- "Unnamed" - Marguerite Kenner
- "Arun" - Anil Godigamuwe
Sound effects this week by actioncircus, adcbicycle, avakas, BrendanSound12, Cell31_Sound_Productions, CUeckermann, daboy291, elementals, fastson, FreqMan, gyzhor, Halleck, johanwestling, kyles, muses212, pagancow, rkeato, Ryding, sound_ims, SpliceSound, sturmankin, taya_yelton, nhaudio, Vortichez, vovere & previously credited artists via freesound.org
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com
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MAG 190 - Scavengers
Case ########-30
Interactions with various survivors, recorded on location.
Content warnings:
- Cults
- Self-recrimination
- Emotional manipulation
- Mentions of: therapy, innuendo, paranoia & anxiety, instances of memory loss, mild vicarious embarrassment, mild language, ableism, death, mass suffering, physical violence, murder, apocalypse
Transcripts:
PDF - https://cutt.ly/WjWmr5Y
DOC - https://cutt.ly/qjWmdQ9
Thanks to this week's Patrons: Chris Pawlus, Hope Landers, Natasha Lamont, Brad Bradley, Lindsay Mayer, India Jane Boeckh, Anna Williams, Rook Mogavero, Stephanie, Andrea Hernandez, Ashley Martinez, Chekhov, fig, Rory Teej, Tess, Sumi Coal, Samantha Robie, Molly Young, jaimedraw, gabi, Rebecca Compton, elkwoods, Ursula Brimson, Saoirse, Gabrielle Cathie, Eleanor Carroll, Sasha Aretti, Jehan Keziere, Bevinwrath, Caitlin, Si, Emma Schindler, Klara Boz, Rowan Monk, eliot, Victoria Toomajian, Madeline Knight, Maya, Jess McLean, wovenwillows, Emily Moyer, Vicky Gitre, Elijah Tomshack, Kate Hosack, Siobhan, Aus, Emory Kjelsberg, Ali, Krista Goalby, Katherine Rose.
If you'd like to join them visit www.patreon.com/rustyquill
Edited this week by Nico Vettese, Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall
Written by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J Newall
Produced by Lowri Ann Davies
Sensitivity consultation by Alexander Linde Nielsen
Performances:
- "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims
- "Martin Blackwood" - Alexander J. Newall
- "Melanie King" - Lydia Nicholas
- "Georgie Barker" - Sasha Sienna
- "Laverne" - Helen Gould
- "Celia" - Lowri Ann Davies
- "Arun" - Anil Godigamuwe
Sound effects this week by 190042, altfuture, bbrocer, bdavis, blukotek, conleec, Fedor_Ogon, FlashTrauma, Fugeni, indirect, InspectorJ, j1987, kmckinney7, kyles, LampEight, luke_harris_01, MegaPenguin13, ondrosik, p1llowt4lk, pushkin, redcheek, rkeato, Samgd14, sandyrb, savataivanov, Septem36, SpliceSound, sturmankin, thatjeffcarter, Timmeh515, unkleceeg, vckhaze, WilliamJMeyer, Yuval & previously credited artists via freesound.org
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com
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MAG - Act III Finale Trailer
The final act begins
Content Warnings:
- Cults
- Mentions of: apocalypse, scopophobia
Transcript:
PDF - https://cutt.ly/BjgpM9q
DOC - https://cutt.ly/Njgp9Sf
Edited this week by Nico Vettese, Jeffrey Nils-Gardner & Alexander J Newall.
Sound effects this week by FreqMan, exterminat & previously credited artists via freesound.org
Produced by Lowri Ann Davies
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MAG Commentary - Retrospective #2
In the second of our retrospectives, Jonny and Alex look back at 5 years of the show with commentary on choice clips selected by the cast and crew of The Magnus Archives.
Content Warnings
- Spoilers for show to date
- Body horror
- Clowns
- Graphic description of dermatillomania (skin-picking)
- Mentions of: worms, heights, spiders, patricide & dismemberment, eco-horror, darkness, apocalypse, pandemic, cults, stress, violence
Transcripts
PDF: https://cutt.ly/NjtJxGs
DOC: https://cutt.ly/IjtJbaz
Edited this week by Nico Vettese, Jeffrey Nils-Gardner & Alexander J Newall.
Produced by Lowri Ann Davies
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Announcement: Seasons Greetings 2020
Hi everyone, Alex here, I just wanted to take a moment to wish you all a happy and safe holiday season and give thanks to all of you who helped us get to where we are this year.
Obviously 2020 has been wild ride for everyone and we have all had to adapt and adopt new ways of working and living. Yet despite all these extreme circumstances Rusty Quill has managed to stand tall and we wanted to say thank you to everyone who has made this possible.
Here at Rusty Towers, we started the year hoping for convention appearances and maybe some international travel; instead, we pivoted to fully remote working to keep all your favourite shows ticking along safely and launched new online content like the Enthusigasm podcast and our Twitch live streams. Not only that, we have continued donating towards the Covid Relief Fund every month and with your additional help through Gaming and Giving we have raised more than £55,000 pounds to charity this year. That is astounding.
We are incredibly grateful to have such a skilled and dedicated team working with us and persevering through this year. But we never would have been able to make it anywhere near this far without the direct support of you, the listeners.
You’ve trusted us through thick and thin and thanks to you, we’ve managed to not only weather this year but even keep growing and start spinning up a load of new and exciting projects that you can look forward to in 2021. Your support has sustained the livelihoods of everyone here at Rusty Towers despite so much hardship and I know I speak for everyone here when I say that we will never forget your generosity and will continue to work to uphold the faith you show in us.
As always, we have special holiday content running throughout the festive period to help put a spring in your step and even have a complete music album for Stellar Firma fans being released to public from the 25th of December through to the New Year’s Eve.
We hope you and all your loved ones are happy and healthy this holiday. You are all amazing, truly amazing, and you all deserve the best new year possible.
Thank you so much, and happy holidays.
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MAG Twilight Abyss - Part 3
The view from the rooftops of Slyde World is bleak. Can our heroes Gavin Crumble, Freddie & Ms. Pledge save the park, Dorset, and perhaps indeed the world, from the encroaching Abyss and avoid any further health & safety citations?
Content warnings
- Existential threat
- Instances of memory loss (supernatural)
- Flooding & Threat of drowning
- Mild child peril
- Innuendo
- Character death
- Mentions of: emetophobia, comedic violence
Edited this week by Lowri Ann Davies, Tessa Vroom, Jeffrey Nils-Gardner & Alexander J Newall.
Produced by Lowri Ann Davies
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Customer Reviews
Terrifyingly addictive
I've been listening to this podcast almost non stop over the last few weeks in an effort to catch up, and this is a wonderful podcast! The feelings of genuine terror that this show has evoked are on a level unparalleled by others I have listened to. The production value and attention to detail are absolutely stunning. I love the Magnus Archives and live in perpetual concern for its employees
Pretty damn good
The writing is particularly good. The over aching plot is really cool when the dots start to join, but it does take a long time to get to that point. A downside is the sound production. The tape recorder EQ treatment of the voice - while its part of the story, it’s over used and is tiresome to listen to. The dynamic range makes it difficult to hear everything clearly without constantly turning the volume up and down. Also, a lack of cast members means that several characters are played by the same voice - eg ep 39, the character Elias is clearly the same actor as John the head archivist - this really pulled me out of the story at this point. Other than that, very enjoyable.
Creepy cool
Love these episodes, awesome recording and great overarching subplot