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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

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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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'Telescope Game' is written by Ian Martinez-Hay and performed by Trice Forgotten and The Magnus Protocol’s Shahan Hamza.

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

-Disappearance of a child

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 Meg McKellar

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Part 2 of 3

Content Notes:

- Strong Language

- Hallucinations/Altered Reality / Unreality

- Paranoia

- Graphic Violance

- Infestation

- Vehicle Accidents (air and automobile)

- Drugging

- Mass Death

- SFX: Bugs, explosions

The video version of this episode is available now on the Watcher Entertainment 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!)

For ad-free episodes, bonus content and more, join members.rustyquill.com or our Patreon.

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Ryan and Shane receive a mysterious envelope containing 3 tapes. In this episode, they listen to the first tape and meet Tommy and Adam- whose reality begins to fray at the seams. Featuring Jonathan Sims and Alexander J. Newall.

Alexander J Newall and Jonathan Sims, creators of The Magnus Archives and The Magnus Protocol, have leant their voices to Watcher Entertainment to bring you 3 special episodes of their series Are You Scared?

Content Notes:

- Strong Language

- Hallucinations/Altered Reality / Unreality

- Paranoia

- Graphic Violance

- Infestation

- Vehicle Accidents (air and automobile)

- Drugging

- Mass Death

- SFX: Bugs, explosions

The video version of this episode is available now on the Watcher Entertainment 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!)

For ad-free episodes, bonus content and more, join members.rustyquill.com or our Patreon.

Pre-order FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER, a Magnus novel: rustyquill.com/novel

Buy tickets to a Magnus Archives Live Show in Sheffield in July: crossedwires.live

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We are featuring a feed drop from a brilliant show on the RQ Network: Planet Arcana. Created by the talented J Strautman and B Marsollier. 

Planet Arcana is a science fantasy audio fiction, presented by two game runners, and built through a D&D 5e framework. The show will appeal to fans of actual play and audio drama alike. 

The world of Planet Arcana is rife with mystery, intrigue and crime and no answer is ever straightforward. What really happened at the Riskotheque casino? Who’s been stealing Android organs? And why? 

4000 years after a calamity known as the Big Oops, the world of Planet Arcana is a place of humans and androids, neon metropolises, sunken cities, phenomenal parties, paranormal oddities, and a pantheon of Major Arcana. 

An influencer, a drug dealer, and a cowboy walk into a casino, then into a vast mystery of science, magic, and Tarot-inspired gods. Three Fools on a simple quest to find a key, and open a box. 

Introduction and outro by Lowri Ann Davies. Listen to Planet Arcana on The Rusty Quill website, on Acast, or wherever you get your podcasts, or learn more about Planet Arcana on its official website.  

If you want to support planet arcana and its creators, until November 15th, at 10 PM PST head to www.rustyquill.com/foolserrand  

For ad-free and early access episodes and exclusive bonus content you can join their Patreon at Patreon.com/planetarcana 

Credits: 

Co-Creators & DMs J Strautman and B Marsollier 

Performed By J Strautman, B Marsollier, Peter Marsollier, Shaun Oldfield, and Skye Wallace 

Editing, original music, and sound design by J Strautman 

Sound effects from Nikko Hunt's Cinematic Sound Pack [https://nikkohunt.gumroad.com/l/dpclP] used, under CC by 4.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode]. Pitch modified lower from the original 

Content warnings: swearing, violence, drug use. 

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'Hollow' is written by Sam Lazure, inspired by the prompt “birds”, and is performed by Sarah Lambie.

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

-Ornithophobia

-Cartilogenophobia

-Body Horror

-Disease

Directed by April Sumner

Produced by April Sumner and Nico Vettese

Edited, Music and SFX by Nico Vettese

Additional AFX by Meg McKellar

Music by Nico Vettese

Mastering by Catherine Rinella

Join our community:

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We are featuring a feed drop from a brand-new show recently launched on the RQ Network: Plant Murder. Created and Hosted by Aaron Reardon the talented creator behind Selene.  

Plant Murder is a podcast that unearths the deadly intersection of plants and true crime. Each episode delves into the dark history behind fascinating plants, their fatal impact on infamous figures, and the mysterious circumstances surrounding their use. 

In this first episode, Claudius, the emperor of Rome, is seated at a feast surrounded by his family, trusted servants, and assorted delicacies. But something about this night is different. It happens fast—. One minute, he’s gorging himself on his favorite foods, the next, he collapses, and vomits blood across the mosaic floor, his body convulsing. Within hours, he’s dead. As Claudius lay gasping for breath on the cold marble floor, his body wracked with convulsions, the evidence of his murder was already slipping away. What killed him? Poison in the mulsum wine. The oysters? Or his favorite, a tiny hidden killer – slipped onto his place of Mushrooms! And who put it there? 

Join us for this episode of Roman intrigue as we peel back the mystery and determine if it was Plant Murder! 

Introduction and outro by Billie Hindle. Listen to Plant Murder on The Rusty Quill website, on Acast, or wherever you get your podcasts, or learn more about Plant Murder on its official website.  

For ad-free episodes, extras, extended reading, Q&A's, polls and discussions you can join their Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Cleverthan 

Credits: 

Written and narrated by Aaron J Reardon 

Voice Talents 

Quotes - Tali Hamilton 

Tacitus - John Kennard 

Show theme: Poetic Justice by John Humphrey PRS 

Publisher: 2496 Sound and Music 

Some Ambiences composed by Michael Ghelfi Studios 

*A note on ableism and Claudius: While history often mocks Claudius as a fool, it’s important to remember that these slights were due to his perceived indecisiveness and political naivety, not his physical afflictions. His stammer, limp, and other challenges were frequently weaponized against him by a ruthless elite, but his struggles did not define his intellect or accomplishments. In fact it showed great strength of character to weather those slights and persist. Claudius’ weakness lay in his trusting nature, not in his disabilities. It is my hope that this episode reflects that understanding. 

Sources for this episode can be found on the notes of the original episode on Plant Murder here: Plant Murder Episode 1

Content warnings: Poisoning, Murder, Conspiracy, Sudden Death, Eating / Overeating, Sickness, Bleeding, Bullying 

Mentions of: Incest  

SFX :  Sickness, Gurgling, Dying noises 

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This month we are featuring a feed drop of one of many amazing podcasts on the RQ Network: Selene.

Selene is a Narrated Supernatural Mystery and Horror audio fiction with Dark humor that develops into a full cast production. Immersive audio brings the city of Selene to life, a city cloaked in darkness and teeming with horrors. Join the investigators of needle st as they navigate Selene's shadows, where mystery and intrigue await at every turn.

This first episode follows constable Hughes as he begins to investigate, the broken ice of a black pond, a missing boy and the ransom for an exotic bird.

Introduction and outro by Lowri Anne Davies, Listen to Selene on The Rusty Quill website, on Acast, or listen wherever you get your podcasts, or to learn more about The Silt Verses check out its official website.

Credits:

Selene is written, produced and performed by Aaron J. Reardon.

Theme Song by Matt Vanacoro

A Clever > Than Production

Content warnings: Child Death, Drowning,

Mentions of: Parental Loss, 

SFX :  (Gunshots) 

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We imagine a world in which everyone listened to Colin...

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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) 

Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

Ryan Hopevere-Anderson as Colin Becher

Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid

Anusia Battersby as Gwendolyn Bouchard

Kazeem Tosin Amore as Teddy Vaughn

Dialogue Editor – Nico Vettese

Sound Designer – Tessa Vroom

Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

Art by April Sumner  

Music by Sam Jones

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