The Magnus Archives
by Rusty Quill
“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</
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RQ Network Feed Drop – The Road of Shadows – Misty Pines (S1,E1)
We are sharing an episode from one of the brilliant podcasts on the RQ Network, The Road of Shadows. The Road of Shadows is a mystery and suspense audio drama about a man who finds himself on the run in a small town in the mountains, pursued by mysterious creatures that only he can see. This is…
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From the Library of Jurgen Leitner - Prologue [Audiobook Preview]
From The Library of Jurgen Leitner dropped October 27th! We’re pleased to share the official audiobook prologue to give you all a taste! Audio excerpted courtesy of Penguin Random House Audio from From the Library of Jurgen Leitner (The Magnus Archives) by Premee Mohamed, Jonathan Sims and Rusty...
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RQ Network Feed Drop – Hi Nay: Episode 1 – Bulok
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...
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The Magnus Protocol 58 - Tough Call
CAT3RAC3355-31052024-05072024 compulsion (obedience) -/- security (telephone) Incident Elements: · body horror · compulsion · self-mutilation Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers...
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RQ Network Feed Drop – The Critshow – The Halifax Theatre (S1,E1)
We are sharing an episode from one of the brilliant podcasts on the RQ Network, The Critshow. The Critshow is an actual play podcast featuring Monster of the Week adventures filled with Humor, Horror and Heart and Powered by the Apocalypse systems all within the same dimension hopping narrative....
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RQ Network Feed Drop - Myth & Moon : Episode 1&2
We are featuring a feed drop for one our brilliant RQ Network podcasts: MYTH & MOON that was launched on the RQ Network and has a brand new season 2 launching 12th October. MYTH & MOON is a solo- play D&D Podcast featuring Two storytellers sharing one world. Follow the show's hosts Cooper and…
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The Magnus Protocol 57 – Personality Conflicts
CAT2RBC3363-16091919-05072024 power (peerage) -/- estate (succession) Incident Elements: · explicit language · abuse of power Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers...
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RQ Network Feed Drop – VARÚÐ RPG – Two Nerds and a Reasonable Adult
We are featuring a feed drop from a brilliant show on the RQ Network: VARÚÐ RPG. Created by Blighthouse studios the team behind the actual play The Lucky Die and The Sprouting. Meet the players in the first episode of Varud’s first season titled VARÚÐ: Dead Ísland - a family of survivors attempt…
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RQ Network Feed Drop – Malevolent Part 1 "The Dark World"
This month we are featuring a feed drop of one of many amazing podcasts on the RQ Network: Malevolent. Malevolent is a thrilling, Eldrich Horror, Mystery, audio drama brilliantly combined with elements of choose your own adventure and actual play via their Patreon. This first episode of…
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The Magnus Protocol 56 – Structural Assessments
CAT2RC2256-19062019-02072024 architecture (recursive) -/- isolation Incident Elements: · isolation · decay · temporal/spatial distortion · altered reality Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers...
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The Magnus Protocol 55 - Blind Spots
CATXXXX-XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX ERROR (Unknown Source) Incident Elements: · human experimentation · depersonalisation · loss of identity · imprisonment Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers...
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RQ Network Feed Drop – Remnants Ep. 1
This month we are featuring a feed drop of one of many incredible podcasts on the RQ Network: Remnants, which is currently releasing its second season. Remnants is a weekly, thrilling, dark fantasy, audio drama filled with mystery and has just launched on the RQ Network. When we die, the remnants...
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RQ Network Feed Drop – The Gentleman From Hell: |S1| Ep.1
This month we are featuring a feed drop of an amazing new podcast that has just launched on the RQ Network The Gentleman From Hell. The Gentleman From Hell is a brand new, chilling, horror audio drama. From the brilliant creators behind Maeltopia and The Sleep Wake Cycle. In The Gentleman from…
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The Magnus Protocol 54 – Human Resources
CAT2RC2247-03112023-01072024 hallucination (cinema) -/- memory (grief) Incident Elements: · suicide · grief · hostile work environment · altered reality Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers...
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RQ Network Feed Drop – WOE.BEGONE | Ep 1: Participant Observation
This month we are featuring a feed drop of one of many brilliant podcasts on the RQ Network: WOE.BEGONE. WOE.BEGONE is a weekly sci-fi horror audiodrama series about the nature of power and the implications of linear time and is created by the amazing Dylan Griggs, who also makes The Diary of…
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The Magnus Protocol 53 – Previous Administration
CAT123RABC4565-24121999-27062024 transmutation (human) -/- catalyst (alchemical) Incident Elements: · child endangerment · imprisonment · human experimentation · threats of violence · emotional manipulation Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ You can...
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RQ Network feedrop - Circe - 02 Book 1 - Toll - Chapter 1
Today, we are sharing an episode from one of the brilliant podcasts on the RQ Network, Circe who have just started releasing their 2nd season. Circe is a science-fiction fantasy podcast from the talented team behind Ostium. This episode is the first Chapter of the 1st season of Circe titled…
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The Magnus Protocol 52 - Oversight
CATXXXX-XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX ERROR (Unknown Source) Incident Elements: · Being hunted · Cleithrophobia (fear of confinement) · Nyctophobia (fear of the dark) · Death · Grief · Manipulation · SFX: gunshots Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ You can find a...
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RQ Network Feed Drop – [REDACTED] S1E1: False Start (Part 1)
We are sharing the first episode of a show in the RQ Network called REDACATED, a procedural monster-of-the-week, comedy, audio drama from the creators of The Grotto and The Cellar Letters. Following the death of his twin, failing actor Jacob Kane assumes his late-brother’s life in hopes of a…
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The Magnus Protocol 51 -Legacy Issues
CAT1RB3456-29111652-24062024 transmutation (human) -/- catalyst (alchemical) Incident Elements: · misophonia (breath) · body horror Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers...
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RQ Original Feed Drop - Neon Inkwell: Rez High
We are featuring the first episode of a new series from Rusty Quill: Rez High In the ruins of what was once a place called Yorkshire, sits the town of River Mill. Jo-C, Dogwood, and Reflex discover a relic of the past while on a scavenging mission. Content Notes: - mild innuendo - bullying...
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Rusty Fears 7 - Disconnected by Amy Hodgetts
This week’s short horror story, Disconnected, inspired by the prompt "Sword and Sorcery", is written by Amy Hodgetts and read by Lowri Ann Davies Content Notes: * graphic violence * time manipulation Directed and Produced by April Sumner Written by Amy Hodgetts Executive Producers Alexander J...
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RQ Network Feed Drop – Malevolent - THRESHOLD | Part 1 Dead Man's Mouthpiece
Malevolent is a thrilling eldrich horror, mystery audio drama brilliantly combined with elements of choose your own adventure and actual play via their Patreon. This is the first episode of Malevolent’s second series Threshold, which follows John and Arthur as they return to Arkham after their…
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Rusty Fears 7 - The Uses of Analog by Aaron Swartz
This week’s short horror story, The Uses of Analog, inspired by the prompt "Video Store", is written by Aaron Swartz and read by Ryan Hopevere-Anderson. Content Notes: memory loss manipulation Directed and Produced by April Sumner Written by Aaron Swartz Executive Producers Alexander J Newall &...
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RQ Network Feed Drop – The Penumbra Podcast “Second Citadel” Knight of the Crown Lord of the Swamp (Part 1)
This month we are featuring a feed drop from The Penumbra Podcast one of the brilliant shows on the RQ Network. This episode is called “Knight of the Crown Lord of the Swamp Part 1 “and is from the 2nd season of the Second Citadel, a fantasy epic where friendships and romance are forged across...
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Rusty Fears 7 - Gigantomachia by Alukard
This week’s short horror story, Gigantomachia, inspired by the prompt "Giant", is written by Alukard and read by Sasha Sienna. Content Notes: - gore/body horror - death - megalophobia Directed and Produced by April Sumner Written by Alukard Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner...
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Rusty Fears 7 - Roses by Abi Kinsella
This week’s short horror story, Roses, inspired by the prompt "Theatre", is written by Abi Kinsella and read by Anusia Battersby Content Notes: - ghosts - death Directed and Produced by April Sumner Written by Abi Kinsella Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner Featuring Anusia...
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RQ Network Feed Drop – Gals & Goblins – Ep.1 All aboard the Owl Cat Bus
Today, we are sharing an exciting episode from one of the podcasts on the RQ Network, Gals & Goblins Gals and Goblins is an actual play TTRPG Podcast that loosely follows the rules of Dungeons and Dragons and strictly follows the Rule of Cool. In this first episode titled "All Aboard the Owl Cat...
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Rusty Fears 7 - The Tooth Fairy's Tale by Ben Folk
This week’s short horror story, The Tooth Fairy's Tale, inspired by the prompt "Forensics", is written by Ben Folk and read by Billie Hindle Content Notes: Graphic Description of: immolation/fire, teeth, autopsy memory loss Directed and Produced by April Sumner Written by Ben Folk Executive...
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RQ Network Feed Drop – Cold Tapes– 001 Operation Antelope
We are featuring a feed drop from a brilliant show on the RQ Network: Cold Tapes. Created by the talented team at Free Turn Production. Cold Tapes is an award winning murder mystery Audio Drama inspired by true crime. , In this first episode called “Operation Antelope” The brutal murder of Andrew...
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Rusty Fears 7 - Well Fed by Luka Suk
This week’s short horror story, Well Fed, inspired by the prompt "Waste", is written by Luka Suk and read by Imogen Harris Content Notes: - Description of food/eating Directed and Produced by April Sumner Written by Luka Suk Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner Featuring Imogen...
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RQ Network Feed Drop - The Program audio series: All unsaved progress will be lost
This month we are featuring an episode of one of many exciting podcasts on the RQ Network: The Program audio series. The Program audio series is a dark science fiction anthology set in a future in which Money, State, and God have become fused into a single entity. The show focuses on ordinary...
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Rusty Fears 7 - Clunk by Nairis Santini
This week’s short horror story, Clunk, inspired by the prompt "Deep Space", is written by Nairis Santini and read by Shahan Hamza The author would like to dedicate it to Serafino, "who read my stories when I was little and inspired me to continue writing." Content Notes: - Family arguements -...
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Ten years of Magnus, a Magnusverse novel and the return of The Magnus Protocol
Thank you for your support over the last ten years of Magnus! The Magnus Protocol returns 16th July, with Kickstarter backers and paid members at the Knights and Nobles tiers getting 48-hour ad-free early access on 14th July. Find out more about our paid member platforms at…
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RQ Network Feed Drop – Planet Arcana: Episode 1–Welcome to Riskotheque
We are featuring a feed drop from a brilliant show on the RQ Network: Planet Arcana. Created by the talented J Strautman and B Marsollier. Planet Arcana is a science fantasy audio fiction, presented by two game runners, and built through a D&D 5e framework. The show will appeal to fans of actual...
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RQ Network Feed Drop – Not Quite Dead S1: I: The Girl on the Gurney
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...
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RQ Original Feed Drop - Neon Inkwell: Welcome to Fosters #1 - Pets
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...
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RQ Network Feed Drop – Hi Nay: Ep 1 – Bulok
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...
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RQ Network Feed Drop - Push the Roll with Ross Bryant: The Butterfly Factory Part 1 with Brennan Lee Mulligan
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...
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RQ Network Feed Drop – Malevolent Part 1 “The Dark World”
This month we are featuring a feed drop of one of many amazing podcasts on the RQ Network: Malevolent. Malevolent is a thrilling, Eldrich Horror, Mystery, audio drama brilliantly combined with elements of choose your own adventure and actual play via their Patreon. This first episode of…
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The Listening Club TTRPG Special - Episode 4
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...
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The Listening Club TTRPG Special - Episode 3
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...
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The Listening Club TTRPG Special - Episode 2
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...
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The Listening Club TTRPG Special - Episode 1
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...
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Sheeple Chase 6 - [Unreleased] Magnus Opus
[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...
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Sheeple Chase 5 - Coke-Conspirators
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...
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Sheeple Chase 4 - Strife on Mars
The evidence speaks for itself. This week Georgie and Celia discuss the possibility we aren't alone. Content Warnings: · Mentions of: death, disappearance Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ This series is part of our Kickstarter Stretch Goals for the...
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Sheeple Chase 3 - Da, Minister
It's not paranoia if the ARE out to get you! This week Georgie and Celia investigate the case of the Lithuanian Raincoat Salesman (and also a KGB Spy?!) Content Warnings: · government espionage Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ This series is part of...
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Sheeple Chase 2 - Spray it Ain't So
When plane spotting turns sinister... This week Georgie and Celia investigate the possibility that the government is already experimenting on you. Content Warnings: · nonconsensual medical testing · government interference · Mentions of: global warming, poisoning, cancer, mind control Transcripts...
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Sheeple Chase 1 - Dead Singer
Have you ever felt like your favourite celebrity just isn't who they used to be? Maybe they aren't. This week Georgie and Celia investigate cases of dubious dopplegangers. Content Warnings: · Dopplegangers · Mentions of : death, suicide, grief, murder Transcripts available at...
About this show
“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</
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