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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
  • RQ Network Feed Drop – Hi Nay: Ep 1 – Bulok
    Mar 16 2026

    We are featuring a feed drop from a brilliant show on the RQ Network: Hi Nay.


    "Hi Nay” is an atmospheric, analog-style horror audio drama, featuring Folk Horror, mythology and chilling supernatural terrors in an urban setting.


    Hi Nay, literally translated to “Hi Mom”, follows Mari, a Filipina immigrant who lives in Toronto.

    Mari first gets roped into Toronto’s supernatural crises after saving Laura from being killed. From then on, she assists Detectives Donner and Murphy in dealing with supernatural threats using her upbringing as a babaylan (Shaman).

    Mari finds herself dealing with a multitude of supernatural issues in Toronto. She has a great aptitude for magic, though her abilities seem to have a price she’s not forthcoming about. She calls her Nanay (mother) often and recounts her experiences over the phone.


    This exciting audio drama is filled with Mystery, Suspense, and most importantly, Horror.


    Introduction and outro by Shahan Hamza. Listen to Hi Nay on The Rusty Quill website, on Acast, or wherever you get your podcasts, or learn more about Hi Nay on its official website.

    Credits:

    Motzie Dapul (Creator, writer, director, editor, voice actor for Mari)

    Reg Geli (Co-creator, editor)

    Yoyi Halago, Alyssa Gimenez (Editors)

    Abigayle Rhodes as Laura, Leon Johnson as Donner, Edward Boxler as Murphy, Adil Ramchurn as Ashvin (Main Cast)

    Content Warnings: Injury and bruising, Blood, Vomit, Animal remains, Human remains

    For ad-free episodes, bonus content and the latest news from Rusty Towers, join members.rustyquill.com or our Patreon.


    Find out more about The Magnus Archives Mysteries, a new co-operative deduction board game coming soon, by visiting rustyquill.com/mysteries.


    Celebrate 10 years of The Magnus Archives with us! Join Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall on Friday 13th March at 17:00 GMT for a livestream on twitch.tv/rusty_quill.

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    36 mins
  • RQ Network Feed Drop - Push the Roll with Ross Bryant: The Butterfly Factory Part 1 with Brennan Lee Mulligan
    Feb 11 2026

    This month we are featuring a recent episode of one of many exciting podcasts on the RQ Network: Push the Roll with Ross Bryant.

    Push the Roll with Ross Bryant is a weekly improvised comedy horror actual play podcast from the creators of the award-winning Ain’t Slayed Nobody podcast. Each episode features improvised Call of Cthulhu adventures combining cosmic horror table top RPG and dark comedy filled with amazing special guests.

    This is part one of The Butterfly Factory and features a guest appearance from Brennan Lee Mulligan

    To listen to the next exciting episode which is out now by clicking on the link in the description or search for Push the Roll with Ross Bryant wherever you get your podcasts or you can find more information on rustyquill.com or pushtheroll.com

    You can find the episode transcript at https://pushtheroll.com/transcripts.

    Push the Roll with Ross Bryant is created and produced by Cuppycup and Hosted by Ross Bryant.

    Featuring

    Ross Bryant as Keeper of Arcane Lore

    Brennan Lee Mulligan as Allen Clay

    Paula Deming as Margot Marceau

    Nic Rosenberg as Willow

    cuppycup as Velvet Bloom


    Dialogue Editing by cuppycup

    Sound and Music Design by cuppycup

    Produced by cuppycup


    Introduction and outro by Karim Kronfli

    You can listen to the 2nd part of this brilliant episode by using This Link.

    Or you can listen to Push the Roll with Ross Bryant on the Rusty Quill website, on Acast, on its official website, or wherever you get your podcasts.

    Content warnings

    · sexual themes,

    · exploitation,

    · gaslighting,

    · drug and alcohol use,

    · profanity,

    · political violence references

    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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    56 mins
  • RQ Network Feed Drop – Malevolent Part 1 “The Dark World”
    Jan 14 2026

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

    Malevolent is a thrilling, Eldrich Horror, Mystery, audio drama brilliantly combined with elements of choose your own adventure and actual play via their Patreon.


    This first episode of Malevolent follows Arkham P.I Arthur Lester who wakes up blind, terrified and confused with no memory of who he is and what has happened, only a nameless, eerie, voice guiding him through the darkness.


    Malevolent is from Harlan Guthrie the same talented creator behind Deviser and Dice Shame.


    Introduction and outro by Anusia Battersby. Listen to Malevolent on The Rusty Quill website, on Acast, or listen wherever you get your podcasts, or to learn more about Malevolent check out its official website.


    Credits:

    Written and performed by Harlan Guthrie



    Content warnings:

    Blindness,

    Memory Loss,

    Human Remains,

    Threats of violence,

    Manipulation,

    Eldritch horror

    Mentions of, Accidental killing, dismemberment, Child Death

    SFX, Guns and Gunfire

    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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    49 mins

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the writing, ambience, and performance are some of the best I’ve herd

I could be listening to Magnus Archives

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I’m 20 episodes in and enjoy the stories and readings immensely. The recording quality is wanting.

The recording is low and whispery at times, so if there is anything going on around you, you may miss parts of the story. This is a frustration that you may not experience, but I listen when I’m out and about working.

The stories are worth it and the narrator does an excellent job setting the mood. I suggest this podcast to anyone who loves a creepy tale. Have a good set of noise canceling headphones, though.

Exceptional stories, okay recordings

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Listening will add to the list of your worst nightmares. LGBTQ+ inclusive with diverse casting

Something for Everyone

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Creepy but in an unnerving way rather than just ✨scary✨ which is my sorta vibe 🥰

Absolutely love this series

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Okay so first things first:

This podcast is incredible. The Magnus Archives is a horror fiction podcast of unparalleled story, narration, ambience, and just all around tremendously well done. The characters are incredible, the plot is sublime, and the voice acting is too notch in all but 1 or 2 places where it's just slightly (and I mean very very slightly) hammy. Overall this podcast is one of my favorite fiction stories that there are.

HOWEVER:

Audible is a bad platform to listen to it on. Audible has an appalling habit of treating podcasts as constant livestreams, where "next" episode means "latest" episode, and so trying to listen to this series in order means you will have to manually select each new episode yourself, or risk being sent to the very last episode that there is when each episode ends.

You will also have to deal with your Audible App freezing and glitching out when you try and swap from a podcast episode to an actual audiobook, or vice vursa, because Audible treats them differently. If you try and swap back and forth, the app with slow down so much and eventually freeze altogether, and the only way I have found to fix the issue is to turn your phone to Airplane Mode just to stop it from dropping into a permanent loading lock.

Downloading each canonical episode seems to help a little, but even then: if you want to have a playlist of Magnus Archives episodes in order, you'll have to play around with turning airplane mode on and off to "reset" your audible apps loading. This app is a terrible way to listen to them, don't do it unless you are willing to open your phone every 20-30 minutes to manually select the next episode, because:

YOUR PHONE WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY GO TO THE NEXT EPISODE, EVER, AT ALL, IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, AT ALL, EVER, when using audible.

Now, all that being said, this podcast is still absolutely a 10 out of 10 podcast if you love horror, fiction, complete stories, or just good writing and voice acting in general.

Great Podcast, audible sucks at it though

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