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The Good Friends of Jackson Elias — 397 episodes

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1

Gateway Horror, with Sasha Sienna

2

Using Inspiration Creatively, with Seth Skorkowsky

3

Call of Cthulhu and Urban Fantasy, with Seth Skorkowsky

4

When Games Go Wrong, with Bridgett Jeffries

5

The Miskatonic Repository, with Bridgett Jeffries

6

Religious Horror, with Zach Reeves

7

Connecting Scenarios in Call of Cthulhu, with Zach Reeves

8

Cryptids and Call of Cthulhu, with Paula Deming

9

Bonus: Just One More Thing

10

Cthulhu and Board Games, with Paula Deming

11

The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen – part 4

12

The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen – part 3

13

The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen – part 2

14

The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen – part 1

15

The Birds, with Ross Bryant

16

Narration in Call of Cthulhu, with Ross Bryant

17

We Are the Horror, with Ericka Skirpan

18

Using LARP Techniques at the Table, with Ericka Skirpan

19

The White People, with Jared Logan

20

The Joy of Gore, with Jared Logan

21

28 Days Later, with Maverick Haenze

22

Zombies, with Maverick Haenze

23

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

24

Roll Your Own Mythos, with Andy Goodman

25

Metafiction and Horror, with Eleanor Hingley

26

Small Town Horror, with Eleanor Hingley

27

Art and the Cthulhu Mythos, with Kailas Elmer

28

Lovecraft and Art, with Kailas Elmer

29

Analogue Horror, with Holly from RPG Reanimators

30

Horror in Space, with Holly from RPG Reanimators

31

Comedy Horror, with Evan Dorkin

32

RPGs and Fiction, with Evan Dorkin

33

Something Wicked This Way Comes, with Cuppycup

34

Theme Parks and Horror, with Cuppycup

35

The Appeal of Vampires, with Josephine McAdam

36

Horror For the Nervous, with Josephine McAdam

37

Quatermass and the Pit, with Seth Skorkowsky

38

How to be an Investigator, with Seth Skorkowsky

39

Haunted Landscapes, with Heather Miller

40

Call of Cthulhu and Detective Fiction, with Heather Miller

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

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

45

Carnival of Souls, with Ross Bryant

46

Bringing Historical Games to Life, with Ross Bryant

47

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 5

48

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 4

49

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 3

50

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 2

51

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 1

52

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

53

Listener Suggestions Meets the Wolf Man

54

Special: Interview With Jason Cordova part 2

55

Under the Pyramids

56

Special: Investigative Games With Jason Cordova

57

Strange NPCs: Harry Houdini

58

Non-Human Characters in Call of Cthulhu

59

Media Catch-Up – Books

60

Possession in Call of Cthulhu

61

Late Night With the Devil

62

Special: Strength Drain and Recovery With Frank Delventhal

63

Injury and Disease in Call of Cthulhu

64

R’lyeh Roulette IV

65

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

66

Media Catch-Up

67

The Ocean in Call of Cthulhu

68

Robert Bloch and the Cthulhu Mythos

69

Psycho (1960)

70

Delusions in Call of Cthulhu

71

Psychological Horror in Call of Cthulhu

72

The Ghost of Listener Suggestions

73

The Shadow Over Innsmouth – Sequels and Adaptations

74

Told After Supper, by Jerome K Jerome – part 3

75

Told After Supper, by Jerome K Jerome – part 2

76

Told After Supper, by Jerome K Jerome – part 1

77

The Shadow Over Innsmouth part 6

78

The Shadow Over Innsmouth part 5

79

The Shadow Over Innsmouth part 4

80

Mason and Fricker’s Eldritch Stories Sampler

81

The Shadow Over Innsmouth part 3

82

The Shadow Over Innsmouth part 2

83

The Shadow Over Innsmouth part 1

84

Glorious

85

Mythos Deities: Yig & Ghatanothoa

86

Bride of Listener Suggestions

87

Media Catch-Up – Books

88

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

89

Nightmare Alley

90

Séances

91

The Hounds of Tindalos by Frank Belknap Long

92

Time Travel in Call of Cthulhu part 2

93

Special: Stage Magic and Spiritualism With Sean F Smith

94

Time Travel in Call of Cthulhu part 1

95

Victorian Spiritualism part 2

96

Victorian Spiritualism part 1

97

Son of Listener Suggestions

98

Barbarian (2022)

99

Strange NPCs: Edgar Cayce

100

Mythos Deities: Cyäegha and Byatis

101

Listener Suggestions

102

Michael Shea’s “Fat Face”

103

Media Catch-up – TV

104

Kill, Baby… Kill!

105

Gothic Horror

106

The Viy – part 4

107

The Viy – part 3

108

Making Call of Cthulhu Weird

109

The Viy – part 2

110

The Viy – part 1

111

Mythos Deities – Tsathoggua, Atlach-Nacha and Abhoth

112

Censor (2021)

113

Is Horror Dangerous?

114

Dealing With Downtime

115

Media Catch-up – Films

116

30 Coins (30 monedas)

117

Morality in the Cthulhu Mythos

118

Morality in RPGs

119

Strange NPCs – Louis Wain

120

Y’golonac and The Revelations of Gla’aki

121

Mythos Deities: Gla’aki

122

Loot

123

Media Catch-up – Books

124

The Night House

125

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath part 5

126

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath part 4

127

Creating Stories at the Table – With Gaz Bowerbank

128

Mythos Deities: Cthulhu

129

Breaking the Law

130

Peril in Call of Cthulhu

131

Mind Control in RPGs

132

Everything is Horror

133

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath part 3

134

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath part 2

135

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath part 1

136

Special: Rivers of London Panel at Dragonmeet 2021

137

Gozu

138

The Canterville Ghost – part 3

139

The Canterville Ghost – part 2

140

The Canterville Ghost – part 1

141

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

142

Gangsters in Call of Cthulhu

143

Mythos Deities – Daoloth and Eihort

144

Media Catch-Up – Films

145

The Tower of the Elephant

146

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

147

The Works of Robert E Howard

148

The Life of Robert E Howard

149

Genre Emulation in RPGs

150

The Changeling

151

Sword and Sorcery part 2

152

Sword and Sorcery part 1

153

Weird Science in Call of Cthulhu

154

Scenario Structures

155

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

156

Mythos Deities – Ithaqua

157

Special: Seth Skorkowsky on Modern Mythos (part 1)

158

The Endless

159

Special: Adrian Tchaikovsky on Non-Human Intelligences

160

Media Catch-Up – Books

161

Special: Christopher McGlothlin Discusses Transgressive Horror

162

Investigator Organisations in Call of Cthulhu

163

Strange NPCs: Albert Fish

164

The Willows

165

Cosmic Horror

166

Cadaver

167

Mythos Deities: Ubbo-Sathla and Mordiggian

168

Media Catch-Up: Television

169

Occupations in Call of Cthulhu

170

200th Episode Special: Ask Us Anything

171

Top 3 Mythos Media

172

The Whisperer in Darkness part 5

173

A Christmas Carol – Stave 4

174

A Christmas Carol – Stave 3

175

A Christmas Carol – Stave 2

176

A Christmas Carol – Stave 1

177

The Whisperer in Darkness part 4

178

The Whisperer in Darkness part 3

179

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

180

The Whisperer in Darkness part 2

181

Special: Secret Societies and Cults part 2

182

The Whisperer in Darkness part 1

183

Special: Secret Societies and Cults part 1

184

Three Views of the Weird West part 2

185

Special: Conspiracy Theories and Cults part 2

186

Three Views of the Weird West part 1

187

Special: Conspiracy Theories and Cults part 1

188

Mythos Deities: Nodens

189

Sound of My Voice

190

Unusual Places

191

Cults part 4

192

Cults part 3

193

Cults part 2

194

Cults part 1

195

Character Development

196

The Fly

197

Disgust and Body Horror

198

Making a Monster

199

Mythos Deities: The Daemon Sultan, Azathoth

200

More Great NPCs of History

201

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

202

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

203

A Warning to the Curious

204

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

205

Ghosts in Call of Cthulhu part 2

206

Ghosts in Call of Cthulhu part 1

207

The Best of the 2010s

208

Midsommar

209

Great NPCs of History

210

The Appeal of D&D

211

Mythos Tomes

212

At the Mountains of Madness part 5

213

At the Mountains of Madness part 4

214

At the Mountains of Madness part 3

215

At the Mountains of Madness part 2

216

At the Mountains of Madness part 1

217

A Dark Song

218

Special: Brian Courtemanche interview at Necronomicon 2019

219

Special: Matthew M Bartlett interview at Necronomicon 2019

220

Special: Necronomicon 2019 with the Miskatonic University Podcast

221

Occult Horror

222

The Occult and Lovecraft

223

Lovecraft and the Occult

224

Top 3 RPG Mechanics

225

Making Call of Cthulhu Scary

226

Martyrs

227

Mythos Deities: Hastur

228

Special: UK Games Expo 2019

229

The Carcosa Mythos in Media and Gaming

230

The Yellow Sign

231

The King in Yellow (part 2)

232

The King in Yellow (part 1)

233

Keeping Cthulhu Fresh

234

Realism in RPG Settings

235

Realism in RPG Mechanics

236

Special: PodUK 2019 with How We Roll

237

The Dunwich Horror (part 4)

238

The Dunwich Horror (part 3)

239

The Dunwich Horror (part 2)

240

The Dunwich Horror (part 1)

241

Heaven & Earth

242

The Two-Headed Serpent

243

Special: Dragonmeet 2018 with The Smart Party

244

Call of Cthulhu for Beginners

245

Violence in Call of Cthulhu

246

The Thing

247

Special: Tabletop Gaming Live 2018

248

Improvisation in RPGs

249

Mythos Deities: Nyarlathotep

250

Gen Con 2018

251

The Joy of Failure

252

Special: Nathan Ballingrud Interview

253

Wild Acre

254

Insanity in Call of Cthulhu

255

Insanity in Lovecraft

256

Masks of Nyarlathotep (part 2)

257

Masks of Nyarlathotep (part 1)

258

Player Engagement

259

Subterranean Spaces in Call of Cthulhu

260

The Ritual

261

Survival Horror

262

Cats in Call of Cthulhu and Lovecraft

263

Comedy in RPGs

264

The Last Feast of Harlequin

265

Mythos Deities: Yog-Sothoth

266

Inspiration and Development

267

The Wicker Man

268

Folk Horror

269

Special: Milton Keynes LitFest 2017

270

System Matters

271

The Stone Tape

272

The Mythos as Religion (part 2)

273

The Mythos as Religion (part 1)

274

Sorcerer

275

The Shunned House

276

Mythos Deities: Shub-Niggurath

277

Special: Necronomicon 2017 Call of Cthulhu Scenarios

278

Special: Necronomicon 2017 Call of Cthulhu Campaigns

279

Social Conflicts in RPGs

280

Special: Necronomicon 2017 Pulp vs Pure

281

Hellraiser

282

Special: Necronomicon 2017 with the Miskatonic University Podcast

283

Pacing in Horror Games

284

R’lyeh Roulette III: Monster Madness

285

The Call of Cthulhu (part 2)

286

The Call of Cthulhu (part 1)

287

Mage: the Awakening

288

Special: UK Games Expo 2017

289

Portraying Memorable Non-Player Characters

290

Creating Memorable Non-Player Characters

291

The World of Darkness

292

The Appeal of Investigative Games (part 2)

293

The Appeal of Investigative Games (part 1)

294

Event Horizon

295

The Memory Hole

296

The Appeal of Lovecraft

297

My Life with Master

298

Mythos Deities: Dagon

299

Extreme Subjects in Gaming

300

Pontypool

301

The Mythos as Science Fiction

302

The Outsider

303

Ends

304

Middles

305

Beginnings

306

The Seven Geases

307

Clark Ashton Smith

308

Running Published Campaigns

309

The VVitch

310

What Makes a Good Convention Game?

311

Making Combat More Interesting

312

Mythos Artefacts

313

The Appeal of Roleplaying Games

314

Pickman’s Model

315

Dead of Night

316

Pulp Cthulhu

317

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

318

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

319

DEATH

320

Styles of Play in Call of Cthulhu

321

The Music of Erich Zann

322

INLAND EMPIRE

323

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

324

Props and Handouts

325

Horror Gaming in the Modern Day

326

The Colour Out of Space (part 2)

327

The Colour Out of Space (part 1)

328

Nightbreed and Lord of Illusions

329

Special: Dragonmeet 2015 with The Smart Party

330

Top Three Mythos Deities

331

The Appeal of Horror

332

Karl Edward Wagner’s Sticks

333

James Raggi Interview

334

Lamentations of the Flame Princess

335

Our Favourite Lovecraftian Monsters

336

Maléfique & The Ninth Gate

337

R’lyeh Roulette II

338

Conflict & Secrets at the Gaming Table

339

Cthulhu Through the Ages

340

The Shadow Out of Time (part 2)

341

Special: World War Cthulhu: Cold War

342

The Shadow Out of Time (part 1)

343

Re-Animator & From Beyond

344

Unknown Armies

345

Nameless Horrors

346

Research

347

Repulsion and The Babadook

348

How Cthulhu Took Over the World

349

Robert Aickman’s The Hospice

350

Primetime Adventures

351

The Masks of Nyarlathotep Companion

352

Player Techniques

353

Horror Mockumentaries

354

World War Cthulhu

355

UK Convention Overview

356

GM Techniques

357

The Thing on the Doorstep (part 2)

358

The Thing on the Doorstep (part 1)

359

Haunted Houses

360

Gen Con 2014 Review

361

R’lyeh Roulette

362

Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Quick-Start Rules

363

The Dreams in the Witch House (part 2)

364

The Dreams in the Witch House (part 1)

365

Player-Led Games

366

Monsterhearts

367

Kult

368

Malcolm Craig Interview

369

Hot War

370

Skills & RPGs

371

Gen Con Preparations

372

Horror on the Orient Express

373

How We Write Scenarios

374

Top 3 Weird Films

375

Combat in Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition

376

Cubicle 7 Interview

377

Magic in Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition

378

The Rats in the Walls

379

Call of Cthulhu and Non-Lovecraftian Horror

380

Top 3 RPG Spells

381

Rafael Chandler Interview

382

Top 3 Call of Cthulhu Spells

383

The Haunter of the Dark (part 2)

384

The Haunter of the Dark (part 1)

385

The Cthulhu Mythos Skill

386

David Cronenberg’s Films

387

Insanity Mechanics in Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition

388

The Mythos as Corruption

389

Gen Con 2013 Review

390

Car Chases in Call of Cthulhu

391

How We Got Into Lovecraft

392

Foot Chases in Call of Cthulhu

393

Top 5 Scary TV Programmes

394

Pushed Rolls in Call of Cthulhu

395

Top 5 Scary Films

396

Connections in Call of Cthulhu 7th edition

397

Using Pre-Generated PCs