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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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Episodes
  • Rusty Fears 7 - Clunk by Nairis Santini
    Apr 16 2026

    This week’s short horror story, Clunk, inspired by the prompt "Deep Space", is written by Nairis Santini and read by Shahan Hamza

    The author would like to dedicate it to Serafino, "who read my stories when I was little and inspired me to continue writing."


    Content Notes:

    - Family arguements

    - Thalassophobia

    - Loss of Time

    - Loss of Space


    Directed and Produced by April Sumner

    Written by Nairis Santini

    Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner


    Featuring

    Shahan Hamza as Narrator


    Edited by Lowri Ann Davies and Nico Vettese

    Music by Nico Vettese and Sam Jones

    Mastering by Catherine Rinella


    Art by April Sumner


    Support Rusty Quill directly by joining our new membership platform at members.rustyquill.com or on Patreon at patreon.com/rustyquill


    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


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    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.

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

    Pre-order The Magnus Archives Mysteries: rustyquill.com/mysteries.

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

    Buy tickets to a Magnus Archives Live Show in Sheffield, UK in July 2026: https://crossedwires.live/podcast/the-magnus-archives

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    20 mins
  • Ten years of Magnus, a Magnusverse novel and the return of The Magnus Protocol
    Apr 14 2026

    Thank you for your support over the last ten years of Magnus!


    The Magnus Protocol returns 16th July, with Kickstarter backers and paid members at the Knights and Nobles tiers getting 48-hour ad-free early access on 14th July.

    Find out more about our paid member platforms at:

    • members.rustyquill.com
    • patreon.com/rustyquill

    Other useful links:

    • The announcement for the Rusty Fears 7 winners: https://rustyquill.com/news/2026-01-12-announcing-the-winners-of-rusty-fears-7/
    • Pre-order links for From the Library of Jurgen Leitner: https://rustyquill.com/novel
    • Knock Thrice The Magnus Archives collection: https://knockthrice.ca/collections/magnus-archives
    • Purchase tickets to Statement Begins at Crossed Wires: crossedwires.live


    Transcript: Ten years of Magnus - April 2026 Update - Transcript.pdf

    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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    3 mins
  • RQ Network Feed Drop – Planet Arcana: Episode 1–Welcome to Riskotheque
    Apr 13 2026

    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, 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.


    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.

    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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    1 hr and 34 mins
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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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This is the most unique and well written and produced podcast I have ever come across

The Best Podcast Ever

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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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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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