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The Magnus Archives

The Magnus Archives

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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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  • Hiatus Announcement - Season 2, Act 2
    Sep 18 2025

    Hello friends and fans!


    Lowri here – you may know me as the voice of Celia.


    I hope you have been enjoying The Magnus Protocol! Episode 50 marks the end of Act 2 of season 2 and, as with season one, we now have a pre-planned break in the show’s release schedule.


    2025 has been an incredible year at Rusty Quill, and the rest of the year has even more packed into it. This means that the breaks between acts are longer than previously, as we balance the workloads of our small team.


    That said, we have some very exciting things to share with you before Act 3, including a brand-new official 6-episode spin-off of The Magnus Protocol: Sheeple Chase, which you can listen to right here on the Magnus feed.


    Sheeple Chase, written by Sasha Sienna and directed by April Sumner, was a stretch goal unlocked during the Kickstarter campaign that funded Protocol – thank you to everyone who donated and made this possible!


    This fictional podcast, set prior to the events of The Magnus Protocol, is hosted by conspiracy enthusiast Georgie Barker and faux-sceptic Celia Ripley. In each episode, one of the hosts will present a conspiracy theory, before discussing the “evidence” for and against. However, will Celia’s ulterior motives and Georgie’s growing paranoia put the podcast in jeopardy?


    Not only that, but we are hard at work behind the scenes developing Magnus Live: The Hilltop – a fully-staged, two-act play debuting in London this October. The Hilltop, which is written and directed by Alexander J Newall, will feature fan-favourite characters from The Magnus Archives and The Magnus Protocol. Rehearsals are underway and everything from costumes to set design and backdrops are being worked on by members of the RQ team.


    While tickets for the show are sold out, we have secured a professional videographer team to film and produce a recording of the play. We’ll share more information on the distribution of this at a later date.


    As we’re getting towards the end of the year and ever closer to the holiday season, you may be on the lookout for gifts for your loved ones, or maybe just for yourself! There’s plenty of amazing official Magnus merchandise available, including handcrafted wooden dice trays, dice towers and more from Harps Corp, bespoke “Jon & Martin” and “Ex Altiora” perfume scents from Sucreabeille, and even a limited-edition Magnus microphone from Sontronics – perfect for your first foray into podcasting. Find all these and more by visiting our website: rustyquill.com/support


    Thank you so much for being here and listening to our shows – your enthusiasm for everything we create means the world to us. An extra super special thank you to our paid subscribers on Patreon whose donations go directly back into creating Rusty Quill Original podcasts.


    The Magnus Protocol will return in 2026. Thanks for listening.


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  • The Magnus Protocol 50 - Deep Trouble
    Sep 4 2025

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    ERROR (Unknown Source)


    Incident Elements:

    · Graphic Violence

    · Death

    · Spatial/visual distortion

    · Thalassophobia

    · Claustrophobia

    · Body Horror

    · Mentions of: immolation, drowning, crushing, choking

    · SFX: buzzing, screaming


    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 Jonathan Sims

    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)

    Marta de Silva as Warden Olivia

    George Bunting as Warden Callum

    Lydia Nicholas as Melanie King

    Sasha Sienna as Georgie Barker

    Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid

    Frank Voss as Basira Hussain

    Beth Eyre as The Archivist

    Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer


    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 by Soundly and Freesound: maxthrower, iwanPlays, dav0r, Yuval, SpliceSound, trpete, Artninja, oscaraudiogeek, nioczkus, launemax, gadiraz, serøtōnin, tran5ient, martian, morganpurkis, annannienann, peridactyloptrix, melle_teich, Tim_Verberne, dalexgray, shutuplaika, and 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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  • The Magnus Protocol 49 - Pipelines
    Aug 28 2025

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    architecture (hubris) -/- plumbing (historical)


    Incident Elements:

    · Claustrophobia


    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 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)

    Anusia Battersby as Gwen Bouchard

    Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

    Tim Fearon as Augustus

    Lowri Ann Davies as Celia Ripley

    Mike Thoms as Brett Larz


    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: SpliceSound, sweet_niche, SG80_MED1A, Vrymaa 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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I’ve been listening to audiobooks/podcasts every day for six years while at work and on drives (9+ hours a day) and I’ve never relistened to something as much as this
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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I got into this to bond with my niece, and stayed for the storytelling and suspense. The story is well thought out, the acting is great, and it’s actually impressively somewhat unpredictable (not entirely, but better than most). I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that as a 31-year-old who lives alone, I didn’t check my locks more than usual some nights while being unappreciative of my noisy house.

Rapturing!

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this story sadly is one of the more distracting episodes. this one requires the listener to have their undivided attention I can't recall what just happened other than this person is dreaming of an alternate London or something.
since I drive a lot more these days I've been currently listening to these archives and some have grabbed my attention more than others some have given me a WTF what was going on?
the story is probably more for those who read dreams and stuff.

my only critique would be that if you're going to talk about something that's obscure having some audio cues or something to help fill in the imagination or something would probably help out more for those of us who are not strong

wait, what's going on?

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This is single-handedly, one of the best podcast with storytelling that I’ve ever listen to.
When I say that, I’ve been fully satisfied with this podcast, I can’t even begin to tell you how satisfied and wonderful the storytelling and the characters are. It leaves you on just the edge at the very end, but you know exactly what happened.

Life changing

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Amazing, intense, exhilarating. I stumbled into this from a clip on tiktok from episode 93, I am so happy to have found such an intriguing depth of story and horror. From the first episode completely pulling me in, to when the story starts to take on a life of its own. Truly fascinating and thrilling.

Depth rarely seen in other horror podcasts.

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It starts out a bit slow, but picks up quickly. I would recommend this to anyone who has the time.

the best story podcast I've ever listened to

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