The Magnus Archives

By: Rusty Quill
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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 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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  • Rusty Fears 6 - Hades Bay by Jubilee Finnegan

    Rusty Fears 6 - Hades Bay by Jubilee Finnegan
    Dec 19 2024

    This week's episode is titled Hades Bay this story was written by Jubilee Finnegan. This episode is performed by Anusia Battersby (Gwendolyn Bouchard). The prompt for this winning entry was “Beach”.


    Once all six short horror stories have been released, there will be a public poll for listeners to vote for their favourite. The overall winner will get the opportunity to write a case that will be featured in The Magnus Protocol, so be sure to listen to every story and keep an eye out for the voting form in a few weeks’ time.


    Content Notes

    - Thassolophobia

    - Injury

    - Illness


    Directed by April Sumner and Nico Vettese

    Produced by April Sumner and Nico Vettese


    Edited, Music and SFX by Nico Vettese

    Additional SFX by Meg McKellar

    Music by Nico Vettese

    Mastering by Catherine Rinella


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    WEBSITE: rustyquill.com

    FACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquill

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    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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    13 mins
  • Rusty Fears 6 - Still Camp by Nicole Lark

    Rusty Fears 6 - Still Camp by Nicole Lark
    Dec 5 2024

    This story is inspired by the prompt ‘frozen’. It is written by Nicole Lark and read by The Pit Below Paradise's Victoria Cheng.


    Once all six short horror stories have been released, there will be a public poll for listeners to vote for their favourite. The overall winner will get the opportunity to write a case that will be featured in The Magnus Protocol, so be sure to listen to every story and keep an eye out for the voting form in a few weeks’ time.


    Content Notes

    - Petrification

    - Illness


    Directed by April Sumner and Nico Vettese

    Produced by April Sumner and Nico Vettese


    Edited, Music and SFX by Nico Vettese

    Additional SFX by Meg McKellar

    Music by Nico Vettese

    Mastering by Catherine Rinella


    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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    17 mins
  • The Lost Tapes, Tape 3 - Are You Scared?

    The Lost Tapes, Tape 3 - Are You Scared?
    Nov 27 2024

    Part 3 of 3


    Content Notes:

    - Strong Language

    - Hallucinations/Altered Reality / Unreality

    - Paranoia

    - Graphic Violance

    - Infestation

    - Drugging

    - Mass Death

    - SFX: Bugs, explosions


    The video version of this episode is available now on YouTube, WatcherTV.com, or on the WatcherTV app.


    Are You Scared is created by Ryan Bergara

    Story Written by Garrett Werner

    Directed by Katie LeBlanc

    Produced by Kat Hartman

    Executive Producers Ryan Bergara, Shane Madej, and Steven Lim


    Hosted by Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej

    Featuring Alexander J Newall as 'Adam' and Jonathan Sims as 'Tommy'

    Additional Voices by Charlie Clay


    Watcher Entertainment Production Staff

    Assistant Creative Director Charlie Clay

    Editing and Motion Graphics by Charlie Clay

    Director of Photography Mark Celestino

    Camera Operator Annie Jeong

    Sound Mixer Brendon Ryu

    Illustrators Rafael Mejia & Mollie Ong

    Production Coordinators Carter Lau & Violet Rawlings

    Production Assistant (Social Media Intern) Emily Graham

    Post Production Supervisor Sam Young

    DIT/Assistant Editors Andrew Ilnyckyj & Frank Parker

    Head of Development Katie LeBlanc

    Head of Production Lizzie Lockard

    Head of Post Production Sam Young


    With Special Thanks to the Team at Rusty Quill (thats us!)


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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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