Alex and Jonny sit down to answer your burning questions about Season 1 of the Magnus Protocol. Content Notes - Spoilers through Season 1 of The Magnus Protocol and the entirety of the Magnus Archives Produced by April Sumner Edited by Nico Vettese Mastering by Catherine Rinella 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, cr...
Jan 30, 2025•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week’s short horror story, The Last One to Speak, inspired by the prompt "Game Show", is written by James Thomasos and read by Billie Hindle Once all six short horror stories have been released, there will be a public poll for listeners to vote for their favourite. The overall winner will get the opportunity to write a case that will be featured in The Magnus Protocol , so be sure to listen to every story and keep an eye out for the voting form in a few weeks’ time. Content Notes - Ki...
Jan 16, 2025•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 their neighbor Laura from being killed. From then on, s...
Jan 06, 2025•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast This weeks short horror story, Canned Lights, is written by Autumn Olson and read by Ryan Hopevere-Anderson. Once all six short horror stories have been released, there will be a public poll for listeners to vote for their favourite. The overall winner will get the opportunity to write a case that will be featured in The Magnus Protocol , so be sure to listen to every story and keep an eye out for the voting form in a few weeks’ time. Content Notes - Overwork - Darkness - Infestation (cock...
Jan 02, 2025•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Holiday announcement from CEO Alexander J Newall wrapping up an exciting 2024 ahead of an exciting 2025! We hope you have an excellent New Year! Transcript Links: Merch masterlist: www.rustyquill.com/support Jon and Martin perfume: https://sucreabeille.com/collections/all/products/jon-and-martin Ex Altiora perfume: https://sucreabeille.com/products/ex-altiora Board game late pledge: www.rustyquill.com/boardgame RQG and TMA dice sets: http...
Dec 23, 2024•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week's episode is titled Hades Bay this story was written by Jubilee Finnegan. This episode is performed by Anusia Battersby (Gwendolyn Bouchard). The prompt for this winning entry was “Beach”. Once all six short horror stories have been released, there will be a public poll for listeners to vote for their favourite. The overall winner will get the opportunity to write a case that will be featured in The Magnus Protocol , so be sure to listen to every story and keep an eye out for...
Dec 19, 2024•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast This story is inspired by the prompt ‘frozen’. It is written by Nicole Lark and read by The Pit Below Paradise 's Victoria Cheng. Once all six short horror stories have been released, there will be a public poll for listeners to vote for their favourite. The overall winner will get the opportunity to write a case that will be featured in The Magnus Protocol , so be sure to listen to every story and keep an eye out for the voting form in a few weeks’ time. Content Notes - Petrification - Il...
Dec 05, 2024•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Part 3 of 3 Content Notes: - Strong Language - Hallucinations/Altered Reality / Unreality - Paranoia - Graphic Violance - Infestation - Drugging - Mass Death - SFX: Bugs, explosions The video version of this episode is available now on YouTube, WatcherTV.com , or on the WatcherTV app. Are You Scared is created by Ryan Bergara Story Written by Garrett Werner Directed by Katie LeBlanc Produced by Kat Hartman Executive Producers Ryan Bergara, Shane Madej, and Steven Lim Hosted by Ryan B...
Nov 27, 2024•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast 'Telescope Game' is written by Ian Martinez-Hay and performed by Trice Forgotten and The Magnus Protocol ’s Shahan Hamza. Once all six short horror stories have been released, there will be a public poll for listeners to vote for their favourite. The overall winner will get the opportunity to write a case that will be featured in The Magnus Protocol , so be sure to listen to every story and keep an eye out for the voting form in a few weeks’ time. Content Notes -Disappearance o...
Nov 21, 2024•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Part 2 of 3 Content Notes: - Strong Language - Hallucinations/Altered Reality / Unreality - Paranoia - Graphic Violance - Infestation - Vehicle Accidents (air and automobile) - Drugging - Mass Death - SFX: Bugs, explosions The video version of this episode is available now on the Watcher Entertainment Youtube, WatcherTV.com , or on the WatcherTV app Are You Scared is created by Ryan Bergara Story Written by Garrett Werner Directed by Katie LeBlanc Produced by Kat Hartman Executive Pr...
Nov 20, 2024•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ryan and Shane receive a mysterious envelope containing 3 tapes. In this episode, they listen to the first tape and meet Tommy and Adam- whose reality begins to fray at the seams. Featuring Jonathan Sims and Alexander J. Newall. Alexander J Newall and Jonathan Sims, creators of The Magnus Archives and The Magnus Protocol, have leant their voices to Watcher Entertainment to bring you 3 special episodes of their series Are You Scared? Content Notes: - Strong Language - Hallucinati...
Nov 17, 2024•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 and crime and no answer is ever straightforward. What really happened at the Riskotheq...
Nov 11, 2024•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast 'Hollow' is written by Sam Lazure, inspired by the prompt “birds”, and is performed by Sarah Lambie. Once all six short horror stories have been released, there will be a public poll for listeners to vote for their favourite. The overall winner will get the opportunity to write a case that will be featured in The Magnus Protocol , so be sure to listen to every story and keep an eye out for the voting form in a few weeks’ time. Content Notes -Ornithophobia -Cartilogenophobia -Body Horror -D...
Nov 07, 2024•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast We are featuring a feed drop from a brand-new show recently launched on the RQ Network: Plant Murder . Created and Hosted by Aaron Reardon the talented creator behind Selene. Plant Murder is a podcast that unearths the deadly intersection of plants and true crime. Each episode delves into the dark history behind fascinating plants, their fatal impact on infamous figures, and the mysterious circumstances surrounding their use. In this first episode, Claudius, the emper...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast This month we are featuring a feed drop of one of many amazing podcasts on the RQ Network: Selene . Selene is a Narrated Supernatural Mystery and Horror audio fiction with Dark humor that develops into a full cast production. Immersive audio brings the city of Selene to life, a city cloaked in darkness and teeming with horrors. Join the investigators of needle st as they navigate Selene's shadows, where mystery and intrigue await at every turn. This first episode follows constable Hughes as he b...
Oct 25, 2024•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast We imagine a world in which everyone listened to Colin... 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 Samant...
Oct 10, 2024•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Incident Elements: · Alexander J Newall. · Harsh Language · Sexual Innuendo 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 ...
Oct 03, 2024•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast This month we are featuring a feed drop of a brilliant RQ Original show Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later . Set in ancient Rome Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later is a dramatic comedy of power politics, whirlwind romances, and running fast to get nowhere. Introduction and outro by Billie Hindle. Listen to Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later on The Rusty Quill website , on Acast , or listen wherever you get your podcasts. Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3MNrckc Content Notes: Abuse of Power (recurri...
Sep 30, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Incident Elements: Screaming Harsh Language 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 Sumne...
Sep 26, 2024•12 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast This month we are featuring a feed drop of an amazing new podcast that has just launched on the RQ Network The Gentleman From Hell . The Gentleman From Hell is a brand new, chilling, horror audio drama. From the brilliant creators behind Maeltopia and The Sleep Wake Cycle. In The Gentleman from Hell an entire town is gone. Without a trace. No signs, no warnings. Just silence. This is the story of Cold Sparrow. Twenty-four years ago, the peace...
Sep 16, 2024•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast CAT2RS3366-13052024-13052024 Transmutation (human) -/- Isolation (urban) Incident Elements: Entrapment Compelling (supernatural) Manipulation 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 a...
Sep 12, 2024•34 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast CAT2RB4254-30012020-13052024 Drowning (subterranean) -/- key (metaphor) Incident Elements: Captivity Drowning Claustraphobia Grief Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ This episode is dedicated from Skylar Ceros to Aeron, thank you for your generous support! 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&nb...
Sep 05, 2024•27 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast CAT2RB2578-17081998-13052024 Transmutation (human) -/- ceremony (academic) Incident Elements: Childhood Trauma Graphic Injury Ostectomy Supernatural Transformation Body Horror Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ This episode is dedicated to Nathaniel Shawver, thank you for your generous support! You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/ Created by Jonathan Sims and Alex...
Aug 29, 2024•23 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast This month we are featuring a feed drop of one of many brilliant podcasts on the RQ Network: The Silt Verses . The Silt Verses is an award winning, full-cast audio drama that lurks in the grey area between horror and contemporary fantasy. This first episode follows Carpenter and Faulkner as they begin their search for other members of their forgotten river-God faith. This will lead them to start traveling up the length of their deity’s great black river, searchi...
Aug 26, 2024•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast CAT3RB5535-18021845-10052024 Kidnapping (carriage) -/- consumption [letter] Incident Elements: Kidnapping Uncanny Graphic Violence Manslaughter Employer Abuse Mentions of: Sex SFX: misophonia (kiss) Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ This episode is dedicated to Alicia, thank you for your generous support! You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/ Created by Jonathan Sims&n...
Aug 22, 2024•28 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast CAT1RBC4463-14042024-02052024 Exhaustion (athletic) -/- compulsion (tape) Incident Elements: Masochism Compulsion (supernatural) Grief Parental Death Implied sexual situations/innuendo SFX: Misophonia (kissing) Transcripts: https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ This episode is dedicated to Sierra Rush, thank you for your generous support! You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/ Created by Jonathan S...
Aug 15, 2024•25 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast CAT2RB2474-07022024-24042024 Food (Gorging ) -/- compulsion (disgust) Incident Elements: Disordered Eating Food Hygiene Compulsion Nausea Manipulation (Supernatural) Hunger Infections/Infestations Maggots Destruction of Property Mental Breakdown, Mania Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ This episode is dedicated to Cassidy's Friends, thank you for your generous support! You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/th...
Aug 08, 2024•25 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast CAT1RBC1375-29022024-23042024 Baby (demonic) -/- Delusion (exhaustion) Incident Elements: Cannibalism Demonic Children Post-partum Depression Caregiver Abuse/Neglect Self-Sacrifice Altered Reality Delusion Transcripts: https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ This episode is dedicated to I_need_cookies, thank you for your generous support! You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/ Created by Jonathan Sim...
Aug 01, 2024•24 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast 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 darknes...
Jul 31, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast CAT13RBC3536-20062018-18042024 Transformation (dysmorphic) -/-doppleganger (infection) Incident Elements: Dysmorphia Infections Trypophobia Body Horror/Modification Environmental Horror Self Harm Transcripts: https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/ This episode is dedicated to Hamda Alkhaja, thank you for your generous support! You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/ Created by Jonathan Sims and ...
Jul 25, 2024•26 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast 
