The Magnus Archives

By: Rusty Quill
  • Summary

  • “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 long awaited continutation The Magnus Protocol launched in January 2024. Season 2 of TMP coming February 27th 2025

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Episodes
  • The Magnus Protocol 38 - Circling Back
    Apr 17 2025

    CAT13RABC2153-13031992-06062024

    carousel (toy) -/- disappearance (parent)


    Incident Elements:

    · Child Neglect

    · Sinister Toys


    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 Amber Devereux and Jonathan Sims for more of Amber's work, visit https://www.tincanaudio.co.uk/


    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)

    Lowri Ann Davies as Celia Ripley

    Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

    Anusia Battersby as Gwendolyn Bouchard

    Jonathan Sims as Chester

    Katie Seaton as Receptionist


    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: ondrosik, alienistcog, 1tmsounds, Carlvus, deleted_user_7146007, exterminat, 1bob, gynation, Ranne_Madsen, usamah, elonen, Kinoton, 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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    22 mins
  • RQ Network Feed Drop - We’re Alive: Descendants - Chapter 1
    Apr 14 2025

    This month we are featuring a feed-drop of one of many exciting podcasts on the RQ Network: We're Alive: Descendants


    We're Alive: Descendants, is a zombie filled horror podcast, created by the award-winning Kc Wayland and Wayland Productions. We're Alive Descendants follows a group of survivors navigating the world eighteen years after a zombie apocalypse changed the world, forever. The sequel to the original podcast, We’re Alive: A Story of Survival, the world of We’re Alive spans seven seasons – perfect for if you’re looking for a new, long-form podcast to get into. This is the first episode of We're Alive: Descendants, but there are many more episodes available now. You can find the second instalment here or find the whole feed at https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/d1b39068-c10f-5817-8324-88ba173183cd


    We're Alive is created and produced by Wayland Productions. Introduction and outro by Shahan Hamza. Listen to We’re Alive on the Rusty Quill website, on Acast, find out more information at its official website, or search We're Alive wherever you get your podcasts.

    Content warnings

    Mentions Of;

    • Graphic Violence
    • Sexual References
    • Strong Language


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    42 mins
  • The Magnus Protocol 37 - Scrutiny
    Apr 10 2025

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    ERROR (Unknown Source)


    Incident Elements:

    · Bullying

    · Domestic Abuse

    · Child Neglect

    · Fatphobia/Eating Disorders

    · Dysmorphia


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


    This episode is dedicated to Riley and Alexys. 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)

    Sasha Sienna as Georgie Barker

    Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid

    Beth Eyre as Archivist

    Jennifer Austen as Ashe Pines

    Lydia Nicholas as Melanie King


    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: ondrosik, deleted_user_7146007, lezaarth, Yuval, SpliceSound, panchtitoohh, ahriik, kyles, 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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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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Great Stories

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.

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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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