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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias — 398 episodes

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1

Reactive GMing, with Ross Bryant

2

Gateway Horror, with Sasha Sienna

3

Using Inspiration Creatively, with Seth Skorkowsky

4

Call of Cthulhu and Urban Fantasy, with Seth Skorkowsky

5

When Games Go Wrong, with Bridgett Jeffries

6

The Miskatonic Repository, with Bridgett Jeffries

7

Religious Horror, with Zach Reeves

8

Connecting Scenarios in Call of Cthulhu, with Zach Reeves

9

Cryptids and Call of Cthulhu, with Paula Deming

10

Bonus: Just One More Thing

11

Cthulhu and Board Games, with Paula Deming

12

The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen – part 4

13

The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen – part 3

14

The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen – part 2

15

The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen – part 1

16

The Birds, with Ross Bryant

17

Narration in Call of Cthulhu, with Ross Bryant

18

We Are the Horror, with Ericka Skirpan

19

Using LARP Techniques at the Table, with Ericka Skirpan

20

The White People, with Jared Logan

21

The Joy of Gore, with Jared Logan

22

28 Days Later, with Maverick Haenze

23

Zombies, with Maverick Haenze

24

The Broadsword, Laird Barron, and Old Leech, with Andy Goodman

25

Roll Your Own Mythos, with Andy Goodman

26

Metafiction and Horror, with Eleanor Hingley

27

Small Town Horror, with Eleanor Hingley

28

Art and the Cthulhu Mythos, with Kailas Elmer

29

Lovecraft and Art, with Kailas Elmer

30

Analogue Horror, with Holly from RPG Reanimators

31

Horror in Space, with Holly from RPG Reanimators

32

Comedy Horror, with Evan Dorkin

33

RPGs and Fiction, with Evan Dorkin

34

Something Wicked This Way Comes, with Cuppycup

35

Theme Parks and Horror, with Cuppycup

36

The Appeal of Vampires, with Josephine McAdam

37

Horror For the Nervous, with Josephine McAdam

38

Quatermass and the Pit, with Seth Skorkowsky

39

How to be an Investigator, with Seth Skorkowsky

40

Haunted Landscapes, with Heather Miller

41

Call of Cthulhu and Detective Fiction, with Heather Miller

42

The Horse of the Invisible, by William Hope Hodgson – part 2

43

The Horse of the Invisible, by William Hope Hodgson – part 1

44

The Searcher of the End House, by William Hope Hodgson – part 2

45

The Searcher of the End House, by William Hope Hodgson – part 1

46

Carnival of Souls, with Ross Bryant

47

Bringing Historical Games to Life, with Ross Bryant

48

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 5

49

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 4

50

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 3

51

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 2

52

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 1

53

Call of Cthulhu Deities: Iod, Zu-che-quon, and Nyogtha

54

Listener Suggestions Meets the Wolf Man

55

Special: Interview With Jason Cordova part 2

56

Under the Pyramids

57

Special: Investigative Games With Jason Cordova

58

Strange NPCs: Harry Houdini

59

Non-Human Characters in Call of Cthulhu

60

Media Catch-Up – Books

61

Possession in Call of Cthulhu

62

Late Night With the Devil

63

Special: Strength Drain and Recovery With Frank Delventhal

64

Injury and Disease in Call of Cthulhu

65

R’lyeh Roulette IV

66

Call of Cthulhu Deities — Shudde M’ell, Yibb-Tstll and Bugg-Shash

67

Media Catch-Up

68

The Ocean in Call of Cthulhu

69

Robert Bloch and the Cthulhu Mythos

70

Psycho (1960)

71

Delusions in Call of Cthulhu

72

Psychological Horror in Call of Cthulhu

73

The Ghost of Listener Suggestions

74

The Shadow Over Innsmouth – Sequels and Adaptations

75

Told After Supper, by Jerome K Jerome – part 3

76

Told After Supper, by Jerome K Jerome – part 2

77

Told After Supper, by Jerome K Jerome – part 1

78

The Shadow Over Innsmouth part 6

79

The Shadow Over Innsmouth part 5

80

The Shadow Over Innsmouth part 4

81

Mason and Fricker’s Eldritch Stories Sampler

82

The Shadow Over Innsmouth part 3

83

The Shadow Over Innsmouth part 2

84

The Shadow Over Innsmouth part 1

85

Glorious

86

Mythos Deities: Yig & Ghatanothoa

87

Bride of Listener Suggestions

88

Media Catch-Up – Books

89

Special: The Hounds of Tindalos, read by Mike Perceval-Maxwell and Scott Dorward

90

Nightmare Alley

91

Séances

92

The Hounds of Tindalos by Frank Belknap Long

93

Time Travel in Call of Cthulhu part 2

94

Special: Stage Magic and Spiritualism With Sean F Smith

95

Time Travel in Call of Cthulhu part 1

96

Victorian Spiritualism part 2

97

Victorian Spiritualism part 1

98

Son of Listener Suggestions

99

Barbarian (2022)

100

Strange NPCs: Edgar Cayce

101

Mythos Deities: Cyäegha and Byatis

102

Listener Suggestions

103

Michael Shea’s “Fat Face”

104

Media Catch-up – TV

105

Kill, Baby… Kill!

106

Gothic Horror

107

The Viy – part 4

108

The Viy – part 3

109

Making Call of Cthulhu Weird

110

The Viy – part 2

111

The Viy – part 1

112

Mythos Deities – Tsathoggua, Atlach-Nacha and Abhoth

113

Censor (2021)

114

Is Horror Dangerous?

115

Dealing With Downtime

116

Media Catch-up – Films

117

30 Coins (30 monedas)

118

Morality in the Cthulhu Mythos

119

Morality in RPGs

120

Strange NPCs – Louis Wain

121

Y’golonac and The Revelations of Gla’aki

122

Mythos Deities: Gla’aki

123

Loot

124

Media Catch-up – Books

125

The Night House

126

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath part 5

127

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath part 4

128

Creating Stories at the Table – With Gaz Bowerbank

129

Mythos Deities: Cthulhu

130

Breaking the Law

131

Peril in Call of Cthulhu

132

Mind Control in RPGs

133

Everything is Horror

134

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath part 3

135

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath part 2

136

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath part 1

137

Special: Rivers of London Panel at Dragonmeet 2021

138

Gozu

139

The Canterville Ghost – part 3

140

The Canterville Ghost – part 2

141

The Canterville Ghost – part 1

142

Special: Call of Cthulhu 40th Anniversary Panel at Dragonmeet 2021

143

Gangsters in Call of Cthulhu

144

Mythos Deities – Daoloth and Eihort

145

Media Catch-Up – Films

146

The Tower of the Elephant

147

Special: “The Thing on the Roof” by Robert E Howard, read by Mike Perceval-Maxwell

148

The Works of Robert E Howard

149

The Life of Robert E Howard

150

Genre Emulation in RPGs

151

The Changeling

152

Sword and Sorcery part 2

153

Sword and Sorcery part 1

154

Weird Science in Call of Cthulhu

155

Scenario Structures

156

Special: Seth Skorkowsky and Jon Hook on Modern Mythos (part 2)

157

Mythos Deities – Ithaqua

158

Special: Seth Skorkowsky on Modern Mythos (part 1)

159

The Endless

160

Special: Adrian Tchaikovsky on Non-Human Intelligences

161

Media Catch-Up – Books

162

Special: Christopher McGlothlin Discusses Transgressive Horror

163

Investigator Organisations in Call of Cthulhu

164

Strange NPCs: Albert Fish

165

The Willows

166

Cosmic Horror

167

Cadaver

168

Mythos Deities: Ubbo-Sathla and Mordiggian

169

Media Catch-Up: Television

170

Occupations in Call of Cthulhu

171

200th Episode Special: Ask Us Anything

172

Top 3 Mythos Media

173

The Whisperer in Darkness part 5

174

A Christmas Carol – Stave 4

175

A Christmas Carol – Stave 3

176

A Christmas Carol – Stave 2

177

A Christmas Carol – Stave 1

178

The Whisperer in Darkness part 4

179

The Whisperer in Darkness part 3

180

The Good Friends talk to Matthew McLean of A Scottish Podcast about Lovecraft and Comedy

181

The Whisperer in Darkness part 2

182

Special: Secret Societies and Cults part 2

183

The Whisperer in Darkness part 1

184

Special: Secret Societies and Cults part 1

185

Three Views of the Weird West part 2

186

Special: Conspiracy Theories and Cults part 2

187

Three Views of the Weird West part 1

188

Special: Conspiracy Theories and Cults part 1

189

Mythos Deities: Nodens

190

Sound of My Voice

191

Unusual Places

192

Cults part 4

193

Cults part 3

194

Cults part 2

195

Cults part 1

196

Character Development

197

The Fly

198

Disgust and Body Horror

199

Making a Monster

200

Mythos Deities: The Daemon Sultan, Azathoth

201

More Great NPCs of History

202

Special: Parapsychology and Ghosts – a Conversation With Christian Jensen Romer part 2

203

Special: An Introduction to Online Gaming With Joe Trier of How We Roll

204

A Warning to the Curious

205

Special: Parapsychology and Ghosts – a Conversation With Christian Jensen Romer part 1

206

Ghosts in Call of Cthulhu part 2

207

Ghosts in Call of Cthulhu part 1

208

The Best of the 2010s

209

Midsommar

210

Great NPCs of History

211

The Appeal of D&D

212

Mythos Tomes

213

At the Mountains of Madness part 5

214

At the Mountains of Madness part 4

215

At the Mountains of Madness part 3

216

At the Mountains of Madness part 2

217

At the Mountains of Madness part 1

218

A Dark Song

219

Special: Brian Courtemanche interview at Necronomicon 2019

220

Special: Matthew M Bartlett interview at Necronomicon 2019

221

Special: Necronomicon 2019 with the Miskatonic University Podcast

222

Occult Horror

223

The Occult and Lovecraft

224

Lovecraft and the Occult

225

Top 3 RPG Mechanics

226

Making Call of Cthulhu Scary

227

Martyrs

228

Mythos Deities: Hastur

229

Special: UK Games Expo 2019

230

The Carcosa Mythos in Media and Gaming

231

The Yellow Sign

232

The King in Yellow (part 2)

233

The King in Yellow (part 1)

234

Keeping Cthulhu Fresh

235

Realism in RPG Settings

236

Realism in RPG Mechanics

237

Special: PodUK 2019 with How We Roll

238

The Dunwich Horror (part 4)

239

The Dunwich Horror (part 3)

240

The Dunwich Horror (part 2)

241

The Dunwich Horror (part 1)

242

Heaven & Earth

243

The Two-Headed Serpent

244

Special: Dragonmeet 2018 with The Smart Party

245

Call of Cthulhu for Beginners

246

Violence in Call of Cthulhu

247

The Thing

248

Special: Tabletop Gaming Live 2018

249

Improvisation in RPGs

250

Mythos Deities: Nyarlathotep

251

Gen Con 2018

252

The Joy of Failure

253

Special: Nathan Ballingrud Interview

254

Wild Acre

255

Insanity in Call of Cthulhu

256

Insanity in Lovecraft

257

Masks of Nyarlathotep (part 2)

258

Masks of Nyarlathotep (part 1)

259

Player Engagement

260

Subterranean Spaces in Call of Cthulhu

261

The Ritual

262

Survival Horror

263

Cats in Call of Cthulhu and Lovecraft

264

Comedy in RPGs

265

The Last Feast of Harlequin

266

Mythos Deities: Yog-Sothoth

267

Inspiration and Development

268

The Wicker Man

269

Folk Horror

270

Special: Milton Keynes LitFest 2017

271

System Matters

272

The Stone Tape

273

The Mythos as Religion (part 2)

274

The Mythos as Religion (part 1)

275

Sorcerer

276

The Shunned House

277

Mythos Deities: Shub-Niggurath

278

Special: Necronomicon 2017 Call of Cthulhu Scenarios

279

Special: Necronomicon 2017 Call of Cthulhu Campaigns

280

Social Conflicts in RPGs

281

Special: Necronomicon 2017 Pulp vs Pure

282

Hellraiser

283

Special: Necronomicon 2017 with the Miskatonic University Podcast

284

Pacing in Horror Games

285

R’lyeh Roulette III: Monster Madness

286

The Call of Cthulhu (part 2)

287

The Call of Cthulhu (part 1)

288

Mage: the Awakening

289

Special: UK Games Expo 2017

290

Portraying Memorable Non-Player Characters

291

Creating Memorable Non-Player Characters

292

The World of Darkness

293

The Appeal of Investigative Games (part 2)

294

The Appeal of Investigative Games (part 1)

295

Event Horizon

296

The Memory Hole

297

The Appeal of Lovecraft

298

My Life with Master

299

Mythos Deities: Dagon

300

Extreme Subjects in Gaming

301

Pontypool

302

The Mythos as Science Fiction

303

The Outsider

304

Ends

305

Middles

306

Beginnings

307

The Seven Geases

308

Clark Ashton Smith

309

Running Published Campaigns

310

The VVitch

311

What Makes a Good Convention Game?

312

Making Combat More Interesting

313

Mythos Artefacts

314

The Appeal of Roleplaying Games

315

Pickman’s Model

316

Dead of Night

317

Pulp Cthulhu

318

How Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Happened (part 2)

319

How Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Happened (part 1)

320

DEATH

321

Styles of Play in Call of Cthulhu

322

The Music of Erich Zann

323

INLAND EMPIRE

324

What’s New in Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition?

325

Props and Handouts

326

Horror Gaming in the Modern Day

327

The Colour Out of Space (part 2)

328

The Colour Out of Space (part 1)

329

Nightbreed and Lord of Illusions

330

Special: Dragonmeet 2015 with The Smart Party

331

Top Three Mythos Deities

332

The Appeal of Horror

333

Karl Edward Wagner’s Sticks

334

James Raggi Interview

335

Lamentations of the Flame Princess

336

Our Favourite Lovecraftian Monsters

337

Maléfique & The Ninth Gate

338

R’lyeh Roulette II

339

Conflict & Secrets at the Gaming Table

340

Cthulhu Through the Ages

341

The Shadow Out of Time (part 2)

342

Special: World War Cthulhu: Cold War

343

The Shadow Out of Time (part 1)

344

Re-Animator & From Beyond

345

Unknown Armies

346

Nameless Horrors

347

Research

348

Repulsion and The Babadook

349

How Cthulhu Took Over the World

350

Robert Aickman’s The Hospice

351

Primetime Adventures

352

The Masks of Nyarlathotep Companion

353

Player Techniques

354

Horror Mockumentaries

355

World War Cthulhu

356

UK Convention Overview

357

GM Techniques

358

The Thing on the Doorstep (part 2)

359

The Thing on the Doorstep (part 1)

360

Haunted Houses

361

Gen Con 2014 Review

362

R’lyeh Roulette

363

Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Quick-Start Rules

364

The Dreams in the Witch House (part 2)

365

The Dreams in the Witch House (part 1)

366

Player-Led Games

367

Monsterhearts

368

Kult

369

Malcolm Craig Interview

370

Hot War

371

Skills & RPGs

372

Gen Con Preparations

373

Horror on the Orient Express

374

How We Write Scenarios

375

Top 3 Weird Films

376

Combat in Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition

377

Cubicle 7 Interview

378

Magic in Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition

379

The Rats in the Walls

380

Call of Cthulhu and Non-Lovecraftian Horror

381

Top 3 RPG Spells

382

Rafael Chandler Interview

383

Top 3 Call of Cthulhu Spells

384

The Haunter of the Dark (part 2)

385

The Haunter of the Dark (part 1)

386

The Cthulhu Mythos Skill

387

David Cronenberg’s Films

388

Insanity Mechanics in Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition

389

The Mythos as Corruption

390

Gen Con 2013 Review

391

Car Chases in Call of Cthulhu

392

How We Got Into Lovecraft

393

Foot Chases in Call of Cthulhu

394

Top 5 Scary TV Programmes

395

Pushed Rolls in Call of Cthulhu

396

Top 5 Scary Films

397

Connections in Call of Cthulhu 7th edition

398

Using Pre-Generated PCs