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What dark deeds unfold on the streets of Arkham? And which unwitting souls will succumb to the maddening call... OF CTHULHU?
Cosmic horror and black comedy meld in this award-winning audio drama that explores Lovecraftian lore in queer and uncanny ways. Meet unlikely heroes from all walks of life who'll risk their sanity to keep the world spinning as they face down eldritch nightmares, unholy rituals, kindly creatures, and monstrous humans. Each season is a standalone tale where our cast lives the terror, uncovering the edge-of-your-seat mysteries, in this unholy fusion of live tabletop roleplaying and cinematic audio fiction.

The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program

The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program is pleased to present Havana Syndrome as a "Haunter in the Dark" - our spotlight on some of our favorite eerie stories. Havana Syndrome is a spy mystery and fact-to-fiction thriller told in disappearing messages, and, if you look deep enough, in more than just the audio medium. Every family has secrets… but how many of them involve government organizations, espionage, and sonic weapons...?
Content Warning: This episode contains strong language, guns, description of disorienting sensations.
Transcript: https://bit.ly/3OQpf6J
Havana Syndrome Website: https://havanasyndromepodcast.com/
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Haunters in the Dark: Havana Syndrome

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”.
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The Terrible Secret of Lot X: Meet the Cast

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 horror
Transcripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.com
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Written & Performed by:
Luke Stram – The Keeper
Cat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La Valle

Sound Design: Colin Peterson
Editing: Colin Peterson & Cat Blackard
Story Editing: Cat Blackard

Cast (In Order of Appearance):
Joshua LaForge as The Auctioneer
Luke Stram as The Strange Man
Cat Blackard as Estelle Thorpe
Doug Banks as The Policeman
Nicky Holland as Cherry Featherbottom
boR as Kenneth Rodger
Melody Perera as Anjana Ramakrishnan
Joshua LaForge as Moses Ruben Cubbenfield
John Sebastian LaValle as Oswald Sinclair
Cat Blackard as The Narrator/The Announcer

Musical Spotlight: "H.P. Joelcraft" by Julian Velard
Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn
Series 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard
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Lot X Part 1: The Dark Bidding

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, rot
Transcripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.com
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Written & Performed by:
Luke Stram – The Keeper
Cat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La Valle

Sound Design: Colin Peterson
Editing: Colin Peterson & Cat Blackard
Story Editing: Cat Blackard

Cast (In Order of Appearance):
Joshua LaForge as Moses Ruben Cubbenfield
Melody Perera as Anjana Ramakrishnan
John Sebastian LaValle as Oswald Sinclair
Cat Blackard as Gek
Luke Stram as The Hobo
Cat Blackard as The Narrator/The Announcer

Musical Spotlight: "Every Single Friend" by The Marc With A C Trio
Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn
Series 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard
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Lot X Part 2: X Marks the Spot

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 horror
Transcripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.com
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Written & Performed by:
Luke Stram – The Keeper
Cat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La Valle

Sound Design: Colin Peterson
Editing: Colin Peterson & Cat Blackard
Story Editing: Cat Blackard

Cast (In Order of Appearance):
Eleanor Edwards as The Librarian
Cat Blackard as Estelle Thorpe
boR as Kenneth Roger
Graham Rowat as Professor Henry Armitage
Nicky Holland as Cherry Featherbottom
John Sebastian LaValle as Oswald Sinclair
Joshua LaForge as Moses Ruben Cubbenfield
Melody Perera as Anjana Ramakrishnan
Cat Blackard as The Narrator/The Announcer

Musical Spotlight: "The Valley" by Coach Hop
Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn
Series 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard
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Lot X Part 3: The Price of Knowing

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 horror
Transcripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.com
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Written & Performed by:
Luke Stram – The Keeper
Cat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La Valle

Sound Design: Colin Peterson
Editing: Colin Peterson & Cat Blackard
Story Editing: Cat Blackard

Cast (In Order of Appearance):
John Sebastian LaValle as Oswald Sinclair
Cat Blackard as Estelle Thorpe
Melody Perera as Anjana Ramakrishnan
Nicky Holland as Cherry Featherbottom
Joshua LaForge as Moses Ruben Cubbenfield
boR as Kenneth Roger
Chrystal LaValle as Sandra Parker
Glitch Wilder as The Foreman
Cynthia Beckert as Mildred Elias
Cat Blackard as The Narrator/The Announcer

Musical Spotlight: "Supernatural" by Macedo
Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn
Series 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard
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Lot X Part 4: Chicanery at the Tannery

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 horror
Transcripts and more info available at: CthulhuMystery.com
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Written & Performed by:
Luke Stram – The Keeper
Cat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La Valle

Sound Design: Colin Peterson
Editing: Colin Peterson & Cat Blackard
Story Editing: Cat Blackard

Cast (In Order of Appearance):
Cat Blackard as Estelle Thorpe
Melody Perera as Anjana Ramakrishnan
Nicky Holland as Cherry Featherbottom
boR as Kenneth Roger
John Sebastian LaValle as Oswald Sinclair
Joshua LaForge as Moses Ruben Cubbenfield
Cynthia Beckert as Mildred Elias
James Barbarossa as Pelham Grenville
Cat Blackard as The Narrator/The Announcer

Musical Spotlight: "Borders" by Tess Roby
Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn
Series 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard
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Lot X Part 5: From Above

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
Support our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/
Written & Performed by:
Luke Stram – The Keeper
Cat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La Valle

Sound Design: Colin Peterson
Editing: Colin Peterson & Cat Blackard
Story Editing: Cat Blackard

Cast (In Order of Appearance):
Melody Perera as Anjana Ramakrishnan
Cat Blackard as Estelle Thorpe
Joshua LaForge as Moses Ruben Cubbenfield
boR as Kenneth Roger
Nicky Holland as Cherry Featherbottom
John Sebastian LaValle as Oswald Sinclair
Cat Blackard as The Nightmare
James Barbarossa as Pelham Grenville
Cat Blackard as The Narrator/The Announcer

Musical Spotlight: "True Love" by Ellen Reid
Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn
Series 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard
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Lot X Part 6: Nightmares & Interludes

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
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Written & Performed by:
Luke Stram – The Keeper
Cat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La Valle

Sound Design: Colin Peterson
Editing: Colin Peterson & Cat Blackard
Story Editing: Cat Blackard

Cast (In Order of Appearance):
Cat Blackard & Brandon Gerson as The Sailors
Nina Bernardakis as Nurse Marvel
James Barbarossa as Pelham Grenville
John Sebastian LaValle as Oswald Sinclair
Cat Blackard as Estelle Thorpe
Nicky Holland as Cherry Featherbottom
boR as Kenneth Roger
Joshua LaForge as Moses Ruben Cubbenfield
Melody Perera as Anjana Ramakrishnan
Luke Stram as Woodrow Elias
Cat Blackard as The Narrator/The Announcer

Musical Spotlight: "Furfur" by Heaven Pegasus
Poem by Ryan Sosa
Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn
Series 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard
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Lot X Part 7: Dust to Dust

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 available at: CthulhuMystery.com
Support our sponsors at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/
Written & Performed by:
Luke Stram – The Keeper
Cat Blackard | boR | Nicky Holland | Joshua LaForge | John Sebastian La Valle

Sound Design: Colin Peterson
Editing: Colin Peterson & Cat Blackard
Story Editing: Cat Blackard

Cast (In Order of Appearance):
Melody Perera as Anjana Ramakrishnan
Cat Blackard as Estelle Thorpe
Jonathan Fleming as The Bostonian
John Sebastian LaValle as Oswald Sinclair
Joshua LaForge as Moses Ruben Cubbenfield
Nicky Holland as Cherry Featherbottom
boR as Kenneth Roger
Cynthia Beckert as Mildred Elias
Luke Stram as Woodrow Elias
James Barbarossa as Pelham Grenville
Cat Blackard as The Narrator/The Announcer

Musical Spotlight: "Jolene" Michael Kelly
Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn
Series 2 Album Art by Cat Blackard
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Lot X Part 8: Dénouement

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 at CthulhuMystery.com/live.
Performed by:
Luke Stram – The Keeper
Cat Blackard | Caleb Del Rio | Sawyer Greene | Joshua La Forge | Dottie Vox
Project Lead/Director: Colin Peterson
Associate Producer: John Sebastian La Valle
Editing: Cat Blackard
Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn
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The Crack'd & Crook'd Manse LIVE: Part 4

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