
The Magnus Archives
“Make your statement, face your fear.” The Magnus Archives is a 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 the worlds most popular horror podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes

Jan 21, 2021 • 23min
MAG 191 - What We Lose
Case ########-31Continued interactions with various survivors, recorded on location.Content warnings:CultsArgumentsParanoia & anxietyDiscussions of: death & sacrificeMentions of: instances of memory loss / mental deterioration, scopophobia, self-hatred, mild language, murder, foodTranscripts:PDF - https://cutt.ly/DjGcDu1DOC - https://cutt.ly/8jGcLULThanks 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. If you'd like to join them visit www.patreon.com/rustyquillEdited this week by Nico Vettese, Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead, Jeffrey Nils Gardner & Alexander J NewallWritten by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J NewallProduced by Lowri Ann DaviesSensitivity consultation by Alexander Linde NielsenPerformances:- "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims- "Martin Blackwood" - Alexander J. Newall- "Melanie King" - Lydia Nicholas- "Georgie Barker" - Sasha Sienna- "Unnamed" - Marguerite Kenner- "Arun" - Anil GodigamuweSound 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.orgAdditional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.comCheck out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill.You can subscribe to this podcast using your podcast software of choice, or by visiting www.rustyquill.com/subscribePlease rate and review on your software of choice, it really helps us to spread the podcast to new listeners, so share the fear.Join our community:WEBSITE: rustyquill.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquillTWITTER: @therustyquillREDDIT: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 14, 2021 • 26min
MAG 190 - Scavengers
Case ########-30Interactions with various survivors, recorded on location.Content warnings:CultsSelf-recriminationEmotional manipulationMentions of: therapy, innuendo, paranoia & anxiety, instances of memory loss, mild vicarious embarrassment, mild language, ableism, death, mass suffering, physical violence, murder, apocalypseTranscripts:PDF - https://cutt.ly/WjWmr5YDOC - https://cutt.ly/qjWmdQ9Thanks 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/rustyquillEdited this week by Nico Vettese, Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead & Alexander J NewallWritten by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J NewallProduced by Lowri Ann DaviesSensitivity consultation by Alexander Linde NielsenPerformances:- "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 GodigamuweSound 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.orgAdditional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.comCheck out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill.You can subscribe to this podcast using your podcast software of choice, or by visiting www.rustyquill.com/subscribePlease rate and review on your software of choice, it really helps us to spread the podcast to new listeners, so share the fear.Join our community:WEBSITE: rustyquill.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquillTWITTER: @therustyquillREDDIT: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 7, 2021 • 3min
MAG - Act III Finale Trailer
The final act beginsContent Warnings:CultsMentions of: apocalypse, scopophobiaTranscript:PDF - https://cutt.ly/BjgpM9qDOC - https://cutt.ly/Njgp9SfEdited this week by Nico Vettese, Jeffrey Nils-Gardner & Alexander J Newall.Sound effects this week by FreqMan, exterminat & previously credited artists via freesound.orgProduced by Lowri Ann DaviesCheck out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill.You can subscribe to this podcast using your podcast software of choice, or by visiting www.rustyquill.com/subscribePlease rate and review on your software of choice, it really helps us to spread the podcast to new listeners, so share the fear.Join our community:WEBSITE: rustyquill.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquillTWITTER: @therustyquillREDDIT: reddit.com/r/RustyQuillEMAIL: mail@rustyquill.comThe Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 International Licence Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 31, 2020 • 55min
MAG Commentary - Retrospective #2
Join Jonny and Alex as they reflect on five years of creativity and memorable moments. They dive into hilarious anecdotes of past recordings, blending horror with humor. Dark themes like patricide and existential fears are explored, alongside lighter reflections on TikTok trends and character quirks. The allure of number stations sparks curiosity, while the interplay of personal experiences and technical challenges adds depth to their creative journey. Prepare for nostalgia, insightful commentary, and unexpected laughs!

Dec 24, 2020 • 2min
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. Join our community:WEBSITE: rustyquill.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquillTWITTER: @therustyquillREDDIT: reddit.com/r/RustyQuillEMAIL: mail@rustyquill.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 24, 2020 • 40min
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 warningsExistential threatInstances of memory loss (supernatural)Flooding & Threat of drowningMild child perilInnuendoCharacter deathMentions of: emetophobia, comedic violenceEdited this week by Lowri Ann Davies, Tessa Vroom, Jeffrey Nils-Gardner & Alexander J Newall.Produced by Lowri Ann DaviesCheck out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill.You can subscribe to this podcast using your podcast software of choice, or by visiting www.rustyquill.com/subscribePlease rate and review on your software of choice, it really helps us to spread the podcast to new listeners, so share the fear.Join our community:WEBSITE: rustyquill.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquillTWITTER: @therustyquillREDDIT: reddit.com/r/RustyQuillEMAIL: mail@rustyquill.comThe Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 International Licence Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 17, 2020 • 39min
MAG Twilight Abyss - Part 2
The second instalment of Jonny's improvised horror roleplay game sees Gavin Crumble, Freddie & Ms. Pledge head down into the pump room of Slyde World to asses the equipment and inspect the inner workings of the Hell Fall.Content warningsInnuendoBody horrorMentions of: death, human/animal remains, mild child peril, violence, floodingEdited this week by Lowri Ann Davies, Tessa Vroom, Jeffrey Nils-Gardner & Alexander J Newall.Produced by Lowri Ann DaviesCheck out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill.You can subscribe to this podcast using your podcast software of choice, or by visiting www.rustyquill.com/subscribePlease rate and review on your software of choice, it really helps us to spread the podcast to new listeners, so share the fear.Join our community:WEBSITE: rustyquill.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquillTWITTER: @therustyquillREDDIT: reddit.com/r/RustyQuillEMAIL: mail@rustyquill.comThe Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 International Licence Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 10, 2020 • 41min
MAG Twilight Abyss - Part 1
Welcome to the first instalment of Jonny's improvised horror roleplay game!In this first episode of three, Jonny, Ben, Lydia & Lowri collaborate to create characters & set them on a journey of infinite dread, horror and health code violations...Content warningsInnuendoMentions of: heights, death, mild child perilEdited this week by Lowri Ann Davies, Tessa Vroom, Jeffrey Nils-Gardner & Alexander J Newall.Produced by Lowri Ann DaviesFor more information on this week's sponsor visit http://bit.ly/RhythmofWar.Check out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill.You can subscribe to this podcast using your podcast software of choice, or by visiting www.rustyquill.com/subscribePlease rate and review on your software of choice, it really helps us to spread the podcast to new listeners, so share the fear.Join our community:WEBSITE: rustyquill.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquillTWITTER: @therustyquillREDDIT: reddit.com/r/RustyQuillEMAIL: mail@rustyquill.comThe Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 International Licence Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 7, 2020 • 1min
Announcement: Rusty Quill Gaming and Giving 2020
Hey everyone!Mike here, Rusty Quill’s video guy and I’m pleased to announce that Rusty Quill’s Gaming and Giving will be back this year and we’re going digital!Come join in as we go live at 11am GMT on the 12th December on Twitch.tv with 24 hours of videogames, board games and general fun and frolics. Yes, that’s right, I said 24 hours.We’ve made a few changes to the show this year, one of which is that we’ll be raising money for three charities: Mind, Action Aid and the Black, African and Asian Therapy Network and anything we raise this year will be split evenly across all three of them.Last year, we managed to raise just over £10,000 in 12 hours and I’m confident that, with your support, we’ll raise even more this year! Plus, let’s just say there may be some... creative incentives for our viewers who donate.So tune in to www.twitch.tv/rusty_quill on Saturday 12th December at 11am GMT to help us kick off Gaming and Giving 2020 and let’s send this year off with a bang!This year, Rusty Quill Gaming and Giving 2020 will be raising money to support:Mind - https://www.mind.org.uk/Action Aid - https://actionaid.org/BAATN (Black, African and Asian Therapy Network) - https://www.baatn.org.uk/MusicNouvelle Noel Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Join our community:WEBSITE: rustyquill.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquillTWITTER: @therustyquillREDDIT: reddit.com/r/RustyQuillEMAIL: mail@rustyquill.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 3, 2020 • 25min
MAG Cast Q&A - Retrospective #1
We kick off the mid-season break for The Magnus Archives with a retrospective look, as Jonny poses a few questions to various cast members, past and present, about their involvement with the show.Featuring:Imogen Harris, Ian Hayles, Evelyn Hewitt, Mike LeBeau, Ben Meredith, Lydia Nicholas, Chioma Nwalioba, Fay Roberts, Sasha Sienna, Jonathan Sims, Sue Sims, Alasdair Stuart & Frank VossContent Warnings:Explicit languageSpoilers for show to dateMentions: claustrophobia, insects & arachnids, zombies, clowns, environmental destruction, existential dread, isolation, thalassophobia, supernatural/paranormal encounters, body horrorEdited by Nico Vettese, Jeffrey Nils-Gardner & Alexander J NewallProduced by Lowri Ann DaviesFor more information on this weeks sponser visit http://bit.ly/RhythmofWar for more infoCheck out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill.You can subscribe to this podcast using your podcast software of choice, or by visiting www.rustyquill.com/subscribePlease rate and review on your software of choice, it really helps us to spread the podcast to new listeners, so share the fear.Join our community:WEBSITE: rustyquill.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/therustyquillTWITTER: @therustyquillREDDIT: reddit.com/r/RustyQuillEMAIL: mail@rustyquill.comThe Magnus Archives is a podcast distributed by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike 4.0 International Licence Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.