Miskatonic University Podcast

MUP Episode 186 — Dateline Malleus Mike Mason

Campus Crier Jon talked about Robert Bloch’s story, Black Bargin’, in our previous episode, which centered on a malevolent shadow -- well, he has created a new spell and a new monster based on that shadow creature for Call of Cthulhu, and I call it Shade of Yog-Sothoth. It’s available now from the Miskatonic Repository. Dave Heath has a blog, called “Dave’s Corner of the Universe,” and in a pair of recent posts he talks about the “Final Girl” movie trope. Dave’s blog talks about how to introduce...

MUP Episode 185 – Pilfering Storytime

Campus Crier Have you guys seen The Birch on Facebook Watch yet? It’s a great horror story available exclusively on Facebook, and it’s produced in partnership with CryptTV, (who have a channel on YouTube). There are five episodes so far; each is about 18 minutes long. I like the way they are telling the story. Episode 1 introduces our main character and sets up the world she lives in. Episode 2 suddenly introduces whole new characters, (without explanation at first), but then we learn that this ...

MUP Episode 184 – Ooky-Spooky Halloweeny!!!

The Campus Crier The Campus Crier is Miskatonic U's student paper. Here's where we go through Mythos related news and feedback to the podcast. Check out Keeper Jon on the Into The Darkness video podcast on YouTube as they play The Shadow Over Providence, a new scenario published by Chaosium, written by Keeper Jon to celebrate the Necronomicon 2019 convention. The series of videos is only three episodes long. The first two episodes are already available on YouTube, with the third and final episod...

MUP Episode 183 – Chris Spivey, Haunted West, and Puppies of Tindalos

Discord server invite link >> Campus Crier Berlin the Wicked City is available now in hardback direct from Chaosium - stock is now available warehouses in the US, UK, and Australia. You can read a blog post on David Larkins about the making of this book and what it meant via a link to the Sir Larkins site. The latest Call of Cthulhu Organized Play campaign has been launched; it is called Flotsam & Jetsam. If you’re a member of Chaosium’s Cult of Chaos, you can download it now and run i...

MUP Episode 182 – NecronomiQuiz – The Recap Show

This episode, Jon and Murph talk with Oscar Rios about his Kickstarter for a book focused on holidays in Lovecraft Country, and together they each recap highlights of their time at NecronomiCon 2019. This episode was recorded on September 12, 2019. Discord server invite link >> Campus Crier October 10th marks the 1 year anniversary of Chaosium’s Greg Stafford passing. And to honor him they are asking people to play a game in his memory in the month of October. To that effect, Chaosium will...

MUP Episode 181 – PODCASTING CAGE MATCH! Live Show at NecronomiCon with Some Good Friends!

This episode is our 2019 NecronmiCon live show in Providence, when The Miskatonic University Podcast and The Good Friends of Jackson Elias girded for a battle royale that will pit Host vs. Host in a “lightning debate” format over a passel of divisive topics. Hosts: Charles "Keeper Chad" Gerard, Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, Jon Hook, Brian “Murph” Murphy, and Matt Sanderson. This episode was recorded on August 23, 2019. WARNING: This episode contains explicit language, and nothing was bleeped. Di...

MUP Episode 180 – TV Horrors in Spaaaace

This episode, all four hosts are back for a rare quorum, and we’re taking sci-fi tv shows and Mythosifying them. This episode was recorded on August 15, 2019. This is our brief-brief-brief pre-NecronomiCon episode, before we get together in Providence. A big thank you goes to Golden Goblin Press for sponsoring this episode! Campus Crier First thing - a huge thank you to Murph for a Herculean and almost Sisyphean effort to revamp, redesign, spackle and patch the MU forums as well as the website. ...

MUP Episode 179 – I Cast Summon Scenario

MUP Episode 178 – Mythos in Your Apocalypse, Swordplay, and Cultist Hijinx!

MUP Episode 177 – An Ounce of Experience is a Pound of Roleplay

MUP Episode 176 – Board It Up!

MUP Episode 175 – How Adair You

MUP Episode 174 – Truth and Consequences

MUP Episode 172 – Becoming a Believer

MUP Episode 171 – Beware of Sebek’s Minions!

MUP Episode 170 – The Glamorous Gatsby

MU Special Report – Chaosium Announcement with Michael O'Brien

MUP Episode 169 – Scum and Villainy

This episode we’re gonna be baaaaad! Jon, Murph, and Chad workshop how to make good bad guys. This episode was recorded on March 14, 2019. We want to hear from you! By email: mup.feedback@gmail.com By phone: (401) 400-0MUP (0687) By Twitter: @MU_Podcast By Speakpipe: (Click the floating tab on the far right of this page) On our forum: mu-podcast.com/campus. On Discord: https://discord.gg/tMT2EcE Like what you hear? Please become a Patron! >> mu-podcast.com/patron << Campus Crier The ...

MUP Episode 168 – Dark Projects and Golden Ages with Oscar Rios

MUP Episode 167 – Do Not Abide Slugs, Mr. Mason

MU Podcast Episode 166 – Ghosts of the Present

MUP Episode 165 – Rethinking Cosmic Horror With Sam Riordan

MUP Episode 164 – Hello the Edge of Darkness My Old Friend

MUP Episode 163 – Crack'd and Crook'd and Spoil'd

Glimpses into the Empire – LIVE!

MUP Episode 162 – Plumbing the Magic Depths

MUP Episode 161 – Investigators From Away

MUP Episode 160 – Wordplay, Hypergraphia and Logorrhea

MUP Episode 159 – Spin the Globe Again

MUP Episode 158 – Your Feet Are in The Past, My Friends