The Magnus Archives

Case #D-1862-143

Statement of Second Lieutenant Charles Fleming, regarding his experiences during the Taiping Rebellion. Original statement undated, but apparently written in early 1862.

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Edited this week by Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall.

Performances:

•  "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims
•  "Chinese Librarian" - Peng Wei

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Content Warning for:

•  warfare
•  drowning
•  cannibalism
•  undead

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Case #0171406

Statement of Timothy Stoker, on the disappearance of his brother, Danny, four years ago. Statement given June 14th 2017.

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Edited this week by Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall.

Performances:

• "Martin Blackwood" - Alexander J Newall
•  "Tim Stoker" - Mike Lebeau
•  "Elias Bouchard" - Ben Meredith

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Content Warning for:

•  explicit language
•  clowns
•  body horror

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Case #0140207

Statement of Dylan Anderson, regarding an unusual pig he acquired on his farm near the Marlborough Forest, New Zealand. Original statement given July 2nd 2014.

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Edited by Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall.

Performances:

• "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims
• "Kurt Anderson" - Steve Violich
• "Alice 'Daisy' Tonner" - Fay Roberts

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Content Warning for:

• mild language
• animal cannibalism
• body horror

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Case #0140406

Statement of François Deschamps, regarding the family and presumed marriage of Benoît Maçon. Statement given June 4th 2014.

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Edited by Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall.

Performances:

• "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims
• "Elias Bouchard" - Ben Meredith
• "Melanie King" - Lydia Nicholas

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Content Warning for:

•  Knife violence
•  Infestation
•  Mind-control

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Statement of Michael, taken from subject. Date unknown.

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Edited by Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall.

Performances:

•  "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims
•  "Nikola Orsinov" - Jessica Law
•  "Breekon" - Martin Corcoran
•  "Hope" - Steve Violich
•  "Michael" - Luke Booys
•  "Helen Richardson" - Imogen Harris

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Content Warning for:

•  Body horror
•  Kidnapping
•  Betrayal

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Happy last week of hiatus! Join us behind-the-scenes as the familiar voices of the Magnus Institute's archival assistants break character to discuss their thoughts on performance, inspiration, and horror. As an added bonus, here is a short must-read (or play) list from Alex, Mike, and Lydia:

• Alien Isolation - Creative Assembly (not read but play!)
• Blindsight - Peter Watts
• Dracula - Bram Stoker
• Swamp Thing - DC Comics (Alan Moore)
• The Dunwich Horror - H.P. Lovecraft
• The Shadow over Innsmouth - H.P. Lovecraft

Stay tuned for a shiny new Magnus episode next week!

Content Warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.

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Edited by Elizabeth Moffatt & Alexander J Newall.

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Content Warning for:

• Spoilers!
• Gruesome horror prop discussion

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This week's episode is the second of two winning stories from our Rusty Fears competition, written by fans like you and produced by us here at Rusty Quill. "Paint" is written by Melissa Mason and read by Jonathan Sims.

Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon.

Content Warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.

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Content Warning for:

• Cursed Objects
• Hospital Suspense
• Guilt

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Our first ever competition, Rusty Fears, spawned an incredible amount of great entries. After hours of reading and deliberation in Rusty Towers, Alex, Jonny & Anil announced the winners. This week's episode is the first of TWO winning stories written by fans like you and produced by us here at Rusty Quill.

Without further ado: "Lucid" is written by Elizabeth Richardson and read by Jonathan Sims. Listen in next week (and then keep listening of course) to catch the next winning story!

Note: this is a stand-alone piece of fiction and not part of the Magnus canon.

Content Warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.

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Content Warning for:

• Altered Reality
• Sleep Disorders
• Body Horror

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Join Jonny Sims outside of his role as the Archivist as he leads Alex J Newall, James Ross, Bryn Monroe and Ben Meredith through the second half of their spooky adventure in the Deadlands Campaign setting of Savage Worlds.

Listen to our gang slowly fall apart as they desperately attempt to survive in a world populated by supernatural horror.

Content Warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.

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Edited by Alexander J Newall.

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• Gun Violence
• Blunt Object Violence
• Body Horror

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Join Jonny Sims outside of his role as the Archivist as he leads Alex J Newall, James Ross, Bryn Monroe and Ben Meredith through a spooky adventure in the Deadlands Campaign setting of Savage Worlds.

Meet our band of questionable desperadoes as they attempt a bank heist in a world populated by supernatural horror. Its a straightforward job and surely nothing could go wrong… right?

Content Warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.

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Edited by Alexander J Newall.

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