The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program

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 the sun rises over Arkham, light is cast on the sinister leavings of the cruel night. These five unlikely companions find themselves faced with a mystery and a benefactor that can make it worth their while to solve it.Content Warning: GoreTranscripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.comSupport our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/Written & Performed by:Luke Stram – The KeeperDoug Banks | Cat Blackard | Brandon Gerson | Kay | Ruel Knudson Sound Design: Colin PetersonEditing: Colin Peterson & Cat BlackardStory Editing: Cat Blackard Cast:Doug Banks as Hank O’Brien Jr.Cat Blackard as Cyril BridgewaterBrandon Gerson as Father GrandfatherKay as Deloras DelaneyRuel Knudson as Sam Spade​Cat Blackard as The Narrator/The Announcer​Additional Voices by Jessica UelmanMusical Spotlight: "Welcome to my Nightmare" by Thomas NegovanOriginal Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinnSeries I Album Art by Tony Baldini Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 bible salesman. These five housemates of dubious moral fiber must band together to solve a murder most foul and risk their very sanity as their trail leads them into a realm of nightmares.Content Warning: Violent misogyny, goreTranscripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.comSupport our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/Written & Performed by: Luke Stram – The KeeperDoug Banks | Cat Blackard | Brandon Gerson | Kay | Ruel KnudsonSound Design: Colin PetersonEditing: Colin Peterson & Cat BlackardStory Editing: Cat BlackardCast (In Order of Appearance):Cat Blackard as The Narrator/ The AnnouncerCat Blackard as Cyril BridgewaterRuel Knudson as Sam SpadeBrandon Gerson as Father GrandfatherDoug Banks as Hank O’Brien Jr.Kay as Deloras DelaneyMusical Spotlight: "Abernathy" by Chamber BandOriginal Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn​Series I Album Art by Tony Baldini Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 ongoing journey into unknowable adventure started life here, as a fan-requested special. Join us for our humble beginnings as our cast embarks on a terrifying and hilarious RPG series like no other.Transcripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.comSupport our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 played Kenneth Roger, and our sound designer Colin Peterson serves as your host with the most.In Part 2, the cast and crew discuss their favorite moments of the show, unpack "Lot X"'s uncanny intersection of love and horror, reveal secrets of the Arkham Paranormal Research Society, preview of our next series: "Night in Howling House", and delve into further Mystery Program machinations.Spoiler Warning: This Q&A should be listened to AFTER you’ve listened to The Black Birth and Lot X.Transcripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.comSupport our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 played Kenneth Roger, and our sound designer Colin Peterson serves as your host with the most.In Part 1, we answer our most-asked question: how the heck do we make this show?!Hear how our sinister sausage is made and thrill as we share some of what could have been via alternate paths and timelines. Plus, Cat shares how the creation and performance of Estelle changed her life forever, AND we announce what horrors are to come for the future of Mystery Program!​Spoiler Warning: This Q&A should be listened to AFTER you’ve listened to The Black Birth and Lot X.Transcripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.comSupport our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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, are our investigators prepared to face them?Content Warning: Psychological trauma, gambling, assault, gore, body horrorTranscripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.comSupport our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/Written & Performed by:Luke Stram – The KeeperCat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La ValleSound Design: Colin PetersonEditing: Colin Peterson & Cat BlackardStory Editing: Cat BlackardCast (In Order of Appearance):Joshua LaForge as Moses Ruben CubbenfieldJohn Sebastian LaValle as Oswald SinclairMelody Perera as Anjana RamakrishnanboR as Kenneth RogerNicky Holland as Cherry FeatherbottomCat Blackard as Estelle ThorpeLuke Stram as The KeeperDoug Banks as Baron Percy "T-Bone" BarkerLuke Stram as McLeonardCat Blackard as The Narrator/The AnnouncerMusical Spotlight: "A Little More Life" by Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken ToysOriginal Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinnSeries 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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: Psychological trauma, gambling, assault, gore, body horrorTranscripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.comSupport our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/Written & Performed by:Luke Stram – The KeeperCat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La ValleSound Design: Colin PetersonEditing: Colin Peterson & Cat BlackardStory Editing: Cat BlackardCast (In Order of Appearance):Melody Perera as Anjana RamakrishnanNicky Holland as Cherry FeatherbottomboR as Kenneth RogerCat Blackard as Estelle ThorpeJames Barbarossa as Pelham GrenvilleJoshua LaForge as Moses Ruben CubbenfieldJohn Sebastian LaValle as Oswald SinclairCat Blackard as The Narrator/The AnnouncerMusical Spotlight: "Archimedes Plutonium" by Ramona FallsOriginal Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinnSeries 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 horrorTranscripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.comSupport our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/Written & Performed by:Luke Stram – The KeeperCat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La ValleSound Design: Colin PetersonEditing: Colin Peterson & Cat BlackardStory Editing: Cat BlackardCast (In Order of Appearance):Melody Perera as Anjana RamakrishnanCat Blackard as Estelle ThorpeJonathan Fleming as The BostonianJohn Sebastian LaValle as Oswald SinclairJoshua LaForge as Moses Ruben CubbenfieldNicky Holland as Cherry FeatherbottomboR as Kenneth RogerCynthia Beckert as Mildred EliasLuke Stram as Woodrow EliasJames Barbarossa as Pelham GrenvilleCat Blackard as The Narrator/The AnnouncerMusical Spotlight: "Jolene" Michael KellyOriginal Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinnSeries 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 horrorTranscripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.comSupport our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/Written & Performed by:Luke Stram – The KeeperCat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La ValleSound Design: Colin PetersonEditing: Colin Peterson & Cat BlackardStory Editing: Cat BlackardCast (In Order of Appearance):Cat Blackard & Brandon Gerson as The SailorsNina Bernardakis as Nurse MarvelJames Barbarossa as Pelham GrenvilleJohn Sebastian LaValle as Oswald SinclairCat Blackard as Estelle ThorpeNicky Holland as Cherry FeatherbottomboR as Kenneth RogerJoshua LaForge as Moses Ruben CubbenfieldMelody Perera as Anjana RamakrishnanLuke Stram as Woodrow EliasCat Blackard as The Narrator/The AnnouncerMusical Spotlight: "Furfur" by Heaven PegasusPoem by Ryan SosaOriginal Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinnSeries 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 horrorTranscripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.comSupport our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/Written & Performed by:Luke Stram – The KeeperCat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La ValleSound Design: Colin PetersonEditing: Colin Peterson & Cat BlackardStory Editing: Cat BlackardCast (In Order of Appearance):Melody Perera as Anjana RamakrishnanCat Blackard as Estelle ThorpeJoshua LaForge as Moses Ruben CubbenfieldboR as Kenneth RogerNicky Holland as Cherry FeatherbottomJohn Sebastian LaValle as Oswald SinclairCat Blackard as The NightmareJames Barbarossa as Pelham GrenvilleCat Blackard as The Narrator/The AnnouncerMusical Spotlight: "True Love" by Ellen ReidOriginal Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinnSeries 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A mid-day break-in gives way to sinister scenes and disturbing clues for the gents, while the ladies share occult follies and metaphysical memories - keeping watch for danger on the horizon.Content Warning: Psychological trauma, gambling, alcohol use, guns, assault, gore, body horrorTranscripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.comSupport our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/Written & Performed by:Luke Stram – The KeeperCat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La ValleSound Design: Colin PetersonEditing: Colin Peterson & Cat BlackardStory Editing: Cat BlackardCast (In Order of Appearance):Cat Blackard as Estelle ThorpeMelody Perera as Anjana RamakrishnanNicky Holland as Cherry FeatherbottomboR as Kenneth RogerJohn Sebastian LaValle as Oswald SinclairJoshua LaForge as Moses Ruben CubbenfieldCynthia Beckert as Mildred EliasJames Barbarossa as Pelham GrenvilleCat Blackard as The Narrator/The AnnouncerMusical Spotlight: "Borders" by Tess RobyOriginal Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinnSeries 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The contents of Pell Estate Lot X have revealed a labyrinth of mystery… and pain. Already dead ends and dire dealings have befallen our investigators in their search for answers. However, they’ve made a chilling revelation that might shed some light on the darkened path ahead: if the contents of one man’s automobile can unleash such hell, what horrors hide in the rest of his estate?Content Warning: Psychological trauma, gambling, alcohol use, guns, assault, gore, body horrorTranscripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.comSupport our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/Written & Performed by:Luke Stram – The KeeperCat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La ValleSound Design: Colin PetersonEditing: Colin Peterson & Cat BlackardStory Editing: Cat BlackardCast (In Order of Appearance):John Sebastian LaValle as Oswald SinclairCat Blackard as Estelle ThorpeMelody Perera as Anjana RamakrishnanNicky Holland as Cherry FeatherbottomJoshua LaForge as Moses Ruben CubbenfieldboR as Kenneth RogerChrystal LaValle as Sandra ParkerGlitch Wilder as The ForemanCynthia Beckert as Mildred EliasCat Blackard as The Narrator/The AnnouncerMusical Spotlight: "Supernatural" by MacedoOriginal Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinnSeries 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Housed within the hallowed halls of the Miskatonic University library is one of the few known copies of The Necronomicon - a tome of the unknown - of death, and power. Seekers of arcane knowledge are drawn to it. So it should be no surprise that Estelle Thorpe’s path has led her here.While half of the troupe journey to the wilds of Essex, Ms. Thorpe is accompanied by gambler, Kenneth Roger, and good time girl, Cherry Featherbottom, to consult the impossibly rare book. A book which the late Charles Pell, presumed dead peddler of obscurities, had hoped to reference in his nefarious dealings.Content Warning: Psychological trauma, gambling, alcohol use, guns, assault, gore, body horrorTranscripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.comSupport our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/Written & Performed by:Luke Stram – The KeeperCat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La ValleSound Design: Colin PetersonEditing: Colin Peterson & Cat BlackardStory Editing: Cat BlackardCast (In Order of Appearance):Eleanor Edwards as The LibrarianCat Blackard as Estelle ThorpeboR as Kenneth RogerGraham Rowat as Professor Henry ArmitageNicky Holland as Cherry FeatherbottomJohn Sebastian LaValle as Oswald SinclairJoshua LaForge as Moses Ruben CubbenfieldMelody Perera as Anjana RamakrishnanCat Blackard as The Narrator/The AnnouncerMusical Spotlight: "The Valley" by Coach HopOriginal Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinnSeries 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Estelle Thorpe, a wealthy seeker of occult secrets, has unearthed a mystery and assembled an unlikely crew of curiosity-bound compatriots to solve it. The quandary? An auction win of unusual items including an account a of a missing boy in the town of Essex and a map pointing to the woods in the West.While Ms. Thorpe follows a lead to Miskatonic University, her assistant Anjana, escorts war-worn mountain man, turned celebrated author, Moses Cubbenfield and self-styled "Hobo King" Oswald Sinclair to the place where X marks the spot.Content Warning: Violence, rotTranscripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.comSupport our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/Written & Performed by:Luke Stram – The KeeperCat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La ValleSound Design: Colin PetersonEditing: Colin Peterson & Cat BlackardStory Editing: Cat BlackardCast (In Order of Appearance):Joshua LaForge as Moses Ruben CubbenfieldMelody Perera as Anjana RamakrishnanJohn Sebastian LaValle as Oswald SinclairCat Blackard as GekLuke Stram as The HoboCat Blackard as The Narrator/The AnnouncerMusical Spotlight: "Every Single Friend" by The Marc With A C TrioOriginal Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinnSeries 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wealthy occultist, Estelle Thorpe's latest auction win is an unusual one to say the least: a collection of sordid sundries that could unlock great secrets... or a Pandora's Box of horror. To solve the paranormal mysteries she's uncovered, Ms. Thorpe has assembled an unlikely crew of curiosity-seekers: Moses; mountain man turned renowned novelist, Cherry; a floozie who's more than she seems, Oswald; a hobo king, Estelle's cunning assistant Anjana, and Kenneth; a notorious gambler.Will they be able to glean answers from the shadows looming over New England or will they succumb to the maddening call of the Terrible Secret of Lot X?Content Warning: Gambling, alcohol use, body horrorTranscripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.comSupport our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/Written & Performed by:Luke Stram – The KeeperCat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La ValleSound Design: Colin PetersonEditing: Colin Peterson & Cat BlackardStory Editing: Cat BlackardCast (In Order of Appearance):Joshua LaForge as The AuctioneerLuke Stram as The Strange ManCat Blackard as Estelle ThorpeDoug Banks as The PolicemanNicky Holland as Cherry FeatherbottomboR as Kenneth RodgerMelody Perera as Anjana RamakrishnanJoshua LaForge as Moses Ruben CubbenfieldJohn Sebastian LaValle as Oswald SinclairCat Blackard as The Narrator/The AnnouncerMusical Spotlight: "H.P. Joelcraft" by Julian VelardOriginal Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinnSeries 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program is live tabletop roleplaying turned into a 1930s radio serial. Before you dive into the insanity of improvised audio drama horror, meet the crew and learn a little bit about how the Call of Cthulhu system works.Join producer and performer, Cat Blackard for a discussion about bringing the show back, Keeper Luke Stram shares how Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition has changed the game and how we play it, and get to know this season’s Investigators: Ghostbusters: Resurrection‘s Josh LaForge and Nerdy Show‘s boR, Nicky Holland, and Omniverse development producer John Sebastian LaValle.​Here you’ll find them all so young, naïve, and full of weapons-grade jerky. These poor fools have no idea what horrendous, sanity-rending torment they’re about to endure in this all new tale… “The Terrible Secret of Lot X”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.