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The Magnus Archives

The Magnus Archives

By: Rusty Quill
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“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.

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  • RQ Network Feed Drop – The Penumbra Podcast “Juno Steel”
    Jul 11 2025

    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 “Juno Steel and the Time Gone By (Part 1)” and is from the 2nd season of Juno steel, a sci-fi noir, queer cult classic which follows the adventures of Juno Steel a sharp-witted private eye on Mars dealing with a myriad of cases from politicians, to police, crime lords, mad anthropologists and more...

    Introduction and outro by Billie Hindle.

    You can listen to the next exciting episode of The Penumbra Podcast by clicking on this link, or by searching for The Penumbra Podcast wherever you find podcasts, on the Rusty Quill website and at www.thepenumbrapodcast.com

    If you would like to support the creators of The Penumbra and access behind-the-scenes content like production scripts, commentaries, blooper reels, and more you can find more information at The Penumbra Podcast: Special Edition.


    On staff at the Penumbra:

    Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Operations

    Melissa DeJesus -- Script editor

    Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer

    Grahame Turner -- Script editor

    Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer

    Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music

    This episode's cast:

    Joshua Ilon as Juno Steel

    Alexander Stravinski as Jacket

    Sarah Gazdowicz as Buddy

    Chloe Cunha as Vespa

    William Schuller as Rasbach

    Transcript:

    A transcript of the spoken lines in this episode can be found here.


    Content Warnings:

    • Sudden loud noises
    • Depictions of xenophobia and classism
    • Slavery and forced incarceration
    • Gunfire and explosions
    • Alcohol use
    • Violence and threats of violence
    • Death
    • Claustrophobic spaces
    • Blood and gore
    • Depictions of extreme illness (both physical and mental)
    • Violence towards animal-like monsters


    Attributions:

    Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode


    For a full list of music and sound attributions please see the notes on the original episode release here.


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    35 mins
  • The Magnus Protocol 42 - Hostile Workplace
    Jul 10 2025

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    Incident Elements:

    · scopophobia

    · body horror (eyes)

    · graphic violence

    · SFX: Screaming, squishing


    Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/


    You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

    Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

    Directed by Alexander J Newall

    Written by Jonathan Sims

    Script Edited with additional material by Alexander J Newall

    Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton

    Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice

    Produced by April Sumner


    Featuring (in order of appearance)

    Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid

    Sasha Sienna as Georgie Barker

    Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

    Lydia Nicholas as Melanie King

    Frank Voss as Basira Hussain


    Dialogue Editor – Lowri Ann Davies

    Sound Designer – Tessa Vroom

    Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella


    Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson)

    Art by April Sumner


    SFX from Soundly and Freesound: JuanD20, felixblume, toefur, kooust, chris_dagorne, 1skyland, Yuval, Harrisando, sillygrizzlies, gbnelso, sturmankin, gadiraz, jameswrowles, Cornersting, CJspellfish, pfranzen, ScottStanderfer1, fordps3, iggy1345, bouncyballblue, dalexgray, wibwob, shutuplaika, ondrosik, CJspellsfish, Mediasaur, richwise, misimmonsvoice as well as previously credited artists.


    Check out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill

    Support Rusty Quill by purchasing from our Affiliates;

    DriveThruRPG – DriveThruRPG.com


    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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    20 mins
  • The Magnus Protocol 41 - Internal Investigation
    Jul 3 2025

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    transmutation (organs) -/- experimentation (metal)


    Incident Elements:

    · graphic descriptions of post-mortem examination


    Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/

    You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/


    Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

    Directed by Alexander J Newall

    Written by Alexander J Newall

    Script Edited with additional material by Jonathan Sims


    Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton

    Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice

    Produced by April Sumner


    Featuring (in order of appearance)

    Lowri Ann Davies as Celia Rilpley

    Anusia Battersby as Gwen Bouchard

    Sarah Lambie as Lena Kelley

    Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

    Robert Vernon as Heinrich Unheilmich


    Dialogue Editor – Nico Vettese

    Sound Designer – Meg McKellar

    Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella


    Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson)

    Art by April Sumner


    SFX from Soundly and Freesound: martinimeniscus, fransiscopcoutinho, TRP, jberkuta14, Uk by Darkproductions_2016, iggy1345, kyles, unkleceeg, Greg_surr, alec_mackay, MWsfx. Additional sounds by Tessa Violet as well as previously credited artists.


    Check out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill


    Support Rusty Quill by purchasing from our Affiliates;

    DriveThruRPG – DriveThruRPG.com


    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.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    25 mins
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smart main characters, grumpy narrators... amazing. the ads are a bit much though. glad I stuck with it though as it's really good.

creepy and compelling

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Jist started listening from the start and Love this podcast, completely different to what i'd normally listen too but thoroughly enjoying the stories and narrating.

Great Stories

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an absolute joy of a horror anthology. a new horror mythos for a new age.

can not recommend enough!

a new mythos and a must listen

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This is the most unique and well written and produced podcast I have ever come across

The Best Podcast Ever

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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 !!!!

A-MAZ-ING!!!!!!!!!!

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The storytelling and how it all connects and the horror of it is cool and scary

Characters

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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.

Can't wait to start all of it again!

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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.

fantastic

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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.

A masterpiece

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this podcast is so damn close to my heart love you Jon and Martin! (~ ̄³ ̄)~

absolute masterpiece

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