“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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“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.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This month we are featuring a feed drop from Thirst the new series recently launched on The Penumbra Podcast one of the brilliant shows on the RQ Network.
This episode is called “Can't Tear My Eyes From You, Chapter 1: Icebreaker.”
Thirst is a horror-satire about exploitative entertainment in a crumbling world,
Introduction and outro by Billie Hindle.
You can listen to the next exciting episode of Thirst by clicking on this link, or by searching for The Penumbra Podcast wherever you find podcasts, on the Rusty Quill website and at www.thepenumbrapodcast.com
If you would like to support the creators of Thirst and The Penumbra and access behind-the-scenes content like production scripts, commentaries, blooper reels, and more you can find more information at The Penumbra Podcast: Special Edition.
Cast:
Marge Dunn as Raine Randolph and Claudia
Amanda Egbu as Georgia Whittaker
Eleanore Cho Fellerhoff as Holliday Murdock and Lydia
Joshua Ilon as Dennis Cruz
Quinn McKenzie as Capote Whittaker and Dave
Melody Perera as Anouk Kalhara
Stefano Perti as Dennis Lang and Bill
Marc Pierre as Sergeant Murdock and the “Confess Your Crimes” host
Alexander Stravinski as The Host and Marcus
(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.)
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You can find all of the transcripts here. Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode and include all required SFX attributions.
On staff at the Penumbra:
Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach
Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team
Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer
Joelle Kross -- Transcriptionist
Noah Simes -- Production manager
Grahame Turner -- Script editing team
Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music
Jeff Wright -- Graphic designer
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The triggers below may be relevant to episode 1 of Thirst or to the series as a whole. It is not comprehensive, but a more specific list of triggers is included with every episode. Please consider these as you decide whether Thirst is right for you:
- Climate disaster/climate horror
- Apocalyptic scenarios
- Sudden loud noises
- Violence and threats of violence
- Abuse of power
- Dictatorship, fascism
- Characters speaking in ways that suggest prejudice of most kinds: homophobia, sexism, transphobia, racism, ableism, etc.
- Body horror and gore
- Violence towards animals
- Illness, starvation, malnutrition, dehydration, etc.
- Public humiliation
- Depictions and descriptions of intense military violence
- Coercion and manipulation
- Sexual scenarios
- Profanity
- Unwanted sexual advances
- Exploitation of people in need
- Isolation and abandonment
- Gaslighting/propaganda/organized attempts to misrepresent reality
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