The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program 's next series is on the way, but while you wait we didn't want to leave you cold. That’s why we're keeping the feed warm with the flames of friendship for “Podfriend Month”! Each Friday, we're sharing an episode of a show we love from some of our favorite creators and collaborators. If you enjoy The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program , we hope you'll indulge in these series while awaiting our sinister return. Tonight, we invite you to the incensed parlour of Mad...
Jan 21, 2022•19 min•Season 3Ep. 10
The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program's next series is on the way, but while you wait we didn't want to leave you cold. That’s why we're keeping the feed warm with the flames of friendship for “Podfriend Month”! Each Friday, we're sharing an episode of a show we love from some of our favorite creators and collaborators. If you enjoy The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program, we hope you'll indulge in these series while awaiting our sinister return. Tonight, we’re taking you to the dark recesses of space...
Jan 14, 2022•34 min•Season 3Ep. 9
The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program 's next series is on the way, but while you wait we didn't want to leave you cold. That’s why we're keeping the feed warm with the flames of friendship for “Podfriend Month”! Each Friday, we're sharing an episode of a show we love from some of our favorite creators and collaborators. If you enjoy The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program , we hope you'll indulge in these series while awaiting our sinister return. First up is Realms of Peril and Glory , or RPG - a ci...
Jan 07, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Behold! A live charity spectacle! Horror and hilarity unfold before you in unedited actual play mayhem as our cast explores the classic Cthulhu scenario, "The Crack’d and Crook’d Manse" - for a good cause. In this gut-wrenching, action-packed conclusion, the thing that's been haunting our investigators reveals itself and the mad-dash to survive begins! This raw, improvised tabletop storytelling isn’t just thrills and chills, it's also a charity event benefiting the Transgender Law Center! Donate...
Jan 06, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Behold! A live charity spectacle! Horror and hilarity unfold before you in unedited actual play mayhem as our cast explores the classic Cthulhu scenario, "The Crack’d and Crook’d Manse" - for a good cause. The Fitzgerald estate is filled to the brim with stolen artifacts and horrid secrets. Are our motley band of investigators hunting for truth or is it hunting them? This raw, improvised tabletop storytelling isn’t just thrills and chills, it's also a charity event benefiting the Transgender Law...
Jan 01, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Behold! A live charity spectacle! Horror and hilarity unfold before you in unedited actual play mayhem as our cast explores the classic Cthulhu scenario, "The Crack’d and Crook’d Manse" - for a good cause. Something is living in the second floor of the mansion and someone hasn't been sharing the whole truth - nothing a call to your lawyers can't fix! This raw, improvised tabletop storytelling isn’t just thrills and chills, it's also a charity event benefiting the Transgender Law Center! Donate a...
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Behold! A live charity spectacle! Horror and hilarity unfold before you in unedited actual play mayhem as our cast explores the classic Cthulhu scenario, "The Crack’d and Crook’d Manse" - for a good cause. There are strange noises inside this moist and desolate mansion and a sinister county sheriff who shares the chilling knowledge that this house was the site of horrific murders. This raw, improvised tabletop storytelling isn’t just thrills and chills, it's also a charity event benefiting the T...
Dec 17, 2020•54 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Behold! A live charity spectacle! Horror and hilarity unfold before you in unedited actual play mayhem as our cast explores the classic Cthulhu scenario, "The Crack’d and Crook’d Manse" - for a good cause. Our investigators enter the Fitzgerald mansion to find it in a sad and soggy state, and encounter an unexpected visitor. This raw, improvised tabletop storytelling isn’t just thrills and chills, it's also a charity event benefiting the Transgender Law Center! Donate at CthulhuMystery.com/live ...
Dec 10, 2020•52 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Behold! A live charity spectacle! Horror and hilarity unfold before you in unedited actual play mayhem as our cast explores the classic Cthulhu scenario, "The Crack’d and Crook’d Manse" - for a good cause. A novice investigator of the paranormal is tasked with a missing persons case at an old mansion and gets tangled up with three party-goers who didn't get the memo that the annual Mardi Gras shindig was cancelled. This symposium of raw, improvised tabletop storytelling isn’t just thrills and ch...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 38 min•Season 3Ep. 1
We interrupt this yawing gulf of silence with an important bulletin! The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program and Chaosium have joined forces to bring you a bold new adventure! A live charity spectacle! Two nights of improvised tabletop storytelling - like only Mystery Program can make: November, FRIDAY THE 13TH AND 14TH - 7pm Eastern at CthulhuMystery.com/live . Behold as the horror and hilarity unfold before your very eyes in unedited actual play mayhem! And brace yourselves as our cast explores th...
Nov 06, 2020•5 min
Mystery Program showrunner, Cat Blackard, and Keeper, Luke Stram, interview Chris Spivey of Darker Hue Studios, author of the award-winning Call of Cthulhu sourcebook, Harlem Unbound . Harlem Unbound dynamically explores the real world history, personalities, social intricacies, and Lovecraftian mythos in 1920s New York City and Harlem; while confronting racism in that time period and as a part of the roleplaying experience. We speak with Chris about the challenges of bringing this project to ...
Aug 20, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 15
The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program is excited to share with you a show that we love: Harlem Queen . If you enjoy our slice of 1920s historical fiction, then you've got to check out this audio drama exploring the life and times of Madame Stephanie St. Clair, policy banker and patron of the Harlem Renaissance. She's a cunning and powerful woman of color who didn’t let anything stand in the way of her building an empire and bolstering her community. You can find Harlem Queen on all your favorite p...
Jun 17, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Cthulhu Cthommentary is an episode-by-episode exploration of the dark recesses of The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program - exclusive to Patreon. In this behind-the-scenes show, we share ALL our secrets: the roleplaying paths not taken, the obscure historical and cultural references, the uncanny depths of research that go into our parody commercials, and much more. In this preview episode, discussing episode 1 of our first series, hear what awaits you beyond the veil. New episodes release weekly at ...
May 29, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Wealthy occultist, Estelle Thorpe’s latest auction win proves to be a Pandora’s Box of horror. To solve the paranormal mysteries she’s uncovered, she’s assembled an unlikely crew of curiosity-seekers. All episodes and more at: CthulhuMystery.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 11, 2019•4 min
The quest to solve one murder has become much more than our investigators could ever have imagined. In the occultist squalor of the Hetfield estate, Father Grandfather stumbled upon a plot to conjure forth The Mother of Pus – a horrifying being beyond the realm of human comprehension. There, in that rotting house, a demon spawn struck; and was dealt with by the Father's own brand of fiery justice. Baffled by the inexplicable horrors they've born witness to, Sam, Hank, Deloras and Cyril return to...
Oct 19, 2018•54 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Our investigators stand on the precipice of answers or oblivion in this hellish mystery. Having learned of their murdered housemate's double life, they've traveled to her home town: the rural village of Dunwich. The locals have warned that Hillary Hetfield, the mother of the deceased, is crazed - and someone, or something has been roaming the countryside desiccating pets and livestock. The party drives deeper into the rural land toward the Hetfield house; unnerved and ready for trouble. Content ...
Oct 16, 2018•38 min•Season 2Ep. 8
The renters at Big Mama's Boarding House have uncovered a dark secret. The young woman they knew as Hannah Pickering was but a mask worn by her true self: the debased and tormented Miriam Hetfield. Having read Miriam's haunting diary, Cyril and Deloras, along with the deranged Father Grandfather, return to the boarding house to share their grim discovery with Sam and Hank Jr. It's now daybreak and the morning sun finds them considering the twisted past of their deceased friend, and the answers t...
Oct 12, 2018•41 min•Season 2Ep. 7
The deceased typist, Hannah Pickering, is not what she seems. In her housemates' investigation of the poor girl's murder, Cyril and Deloras find themselves in the slums where "Hannah" goes by the name Miriam and has a tawdry reputation. They hope to discover more as they venture up to her attic apartment. Meanwhile, after examining the scene of the crime, Ex-Federal agent Spade is convinced the young woman died from a bear attack - even though experienced tracker Hank Jr. can find no proof of an...
Oct 11, 2018•38 min•Season 2Ep. 6
The housemates of Big Mama's Boarding House have split up in their investigation of their murdered acquaintance, Hannah Pickering. Ex-Federal Agent Spade and Hank Jr. are canvassing the countryside surrounding the murder site: a farm house and putrid public dump. Meanwhile, smooth-talking Cyril and dapper Miss Delaney, head to an address found on a page torn from Hannah's diary. The whereabouts of the crazed bible salesman, Father Grandfather, are unknown. Content Warning: Misogyny, prostitution...
Oct 04, 2018•35 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Following the mysterious murder of Hannah Pickering, her housemates have been conscripted by Arkham Police Detective Hardin to see if they can discover any leads. Ex-Federal Agent Sam Spade heads the novice task force and together they travel to the site of Miss Pickering’s murder – a rural roadside near the city dump, where, not twelve hours prior, the discovery of her desecrated body shook a young police officer to his very core. Meanwhile, the crazed Bible salesman, Father Grandfather, has ru...
Oct 03, 2018•33 min•Season 2Ep. 4
The denizens of Big Momma’s boarding house were shaken from their sleep by a shrill scream and ghastly news! A police officer came a-calling with questions about their housemate, Hannah Pickering, who had been found dead. But it wasn't Hannah's scream they heard - that was their kindly landlord being savagely attacked by fellow tenant, Father Grandfather. The elderly bible salesman was taken into custody for his assault; yet shockingly this lunatic appears to not have been the murderer. Now, as ...
Sep 28, 2018•49 min•Season 2Ep. 3
What dark deeds unfold on the streets of Arkham? And which unwitting souls - innocent or impure - will succumb to the maddening call... OF CTHULHU? As The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program emerges... screaming and swaddled in a blanket of horror - Steel your hearts for a macabre and delightfully sordid affair called… "The Black Birth". Meet Sam; a cagey ex-Federal Agent, Deloras; the obsessive book dealer, Hank Jr.; a noble farmboy, Cyril; the smooth-talking jazz man, and Father Grandfather; a mad...
Sep 26, 2018•45 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Before you dive into the insanity of improvised audio drama horror, meet the players and learn a little bit about how we use tabletop roleplaying to help us weave these sinister stories. This debut series of The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program features cast members from beloved actual play podcasts: Cat Blackard and Ruel Knudson from Dungeons & Doritos , Ghostbusters: Resurrection 's Doug Banks, along with Nerdy Show's Kay, and Brandon Gerson, and introducing Game Master, Luke Stram. Our ong...
Sep 24, 2018•14 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Go behind the nightmare of The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program 's second series with the cast and crew! We're lifting the veil and answering questions asked by YOU! Hear the cast's experiences surviving our improvised production, learn how we meld tabletop roleplaying with audio drama, discover character backstories, and more! Featuring showrunner Cat Blackard aka Estelle Thorpe, Keeper Luke Stram, John La Valle who played Oswald Sinclair, Melody Perera who played Anjana Ramakrishnan, boR who pl...
May 18, 2016•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Go behind the nightmare of The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program' s second series with the cast and crew! We're lifting the veil and answering questions asked by YOU! Hear the cast's experiences surviving our improvised production, learn how we meld tabletop roleplaying with audio drama, discover character backstories, and more! Featuring showrunner Cat Blackard aka Estelle Thorpe, Keeper Luke Stram, John La Valle who played Oswald Sinclair, Melody Perera who played Anjana Ramakrishnan, boR who pl...
May 18, 2016•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Estelle Thorpe’s motley band of curiosity seekers uncovered more than they bargained for. Their fanciful investigation of occult curios led to a madwoman’s plot to summon an unholy entity. Miraculously, the team staved off the apocalypse and survived... but not unscathed… Now that the immediate danger has passed, they've got more than a few questions about the sinister and disturbing whys and wherefores that set them on this dire quest in the first place. Are there answers to be found? And if so...
Nov 25, 2015•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Though the conspirators are gone - the madness unleashed lives on! The veil between our world and… another place are thin and the vile, theatrical ritual to summon The King in Yellow persists. Do our inexperienced investigators stand a chance in hell of repelling the walking, waking nightmare to come, or will they give in to the delirium and gibbering inflicted upon those who have truly seen the unseen? One way or another, this episode is really gonna bring the house down. Content Warning: Psych...
Nov 18, 2015•52 min•Season 1Ep. 10
The theatre is a magical place. A place where fact becomes fiction, fantasy becomes flesh… the human experience is laid bare! Fitting then that Boston’s Monarch Theater should be the site of a horrendous ritual that also happens to be a stage play... a diabolical work called The King in Yellow. If performed, it wouldn't just be the dénouement for our heroes, but perhaps the world as we know it. Content Warning: Psychological trauma, gambling, assault, gore, body horror Transcripts and more info ...
Nov 12, 2015•51 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Demons from the sky, grotesque nightmares, and arcane sciences that can make flesh dust and flesh again - these are but the most recent horrors faced by our ill-fated investigators. However, this intrepid team is hot on the trail of the possible source of their woes: a remote cabin in the Bolton woods. Content Warning: Psychological trauma, gambling, alcohol use, guns, assault, gore, body horror Transcripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.com Support our sponsors at: https://fableandf...
Nov 05, 2015•46 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Having stolen occult materials, our investigators flee the scene - but there’s no escaping the terrifying trappings of this case: a flying monster descended from the sky, landed on the moving automobile, and abducted Estelle Thorpe. Now, at a complete loss for words and some loss of sanity, her friends head back to Thorpe Manor to regroup. Content Warning: Psychological trauma, gambling, alcohol use, guns, assault, gore, body horror Transcripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.com Supp...
Oct 29, 2015•46 min•Season 1Ep. 7
