Episodes
Published 11/04/24
In which the trio attempt to make a swift exit. Iggy's compulsion is aggravated, Vince tries to get a date, Charlie meets his match, and a new tagline for the Apocalypse Players is coined.   Dead Light is a Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Alan Bligh.   (A video version of this episode is available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@apocplayers)   Cast: Ignatius ‘Iggy’ Sugar – Dan Wheeler Vincent Julius – Joseph Chance ‘Big’ Charlie Pope – Danann McAleer Keeper of Arcane Lore ­–...
Published 10/28/24
...or ‘How to Talk to Women’   In which the correct number of musicians for a Jazz trio have an unexpected encounter on the road, and stop for a really bad bathroom break.   Dead Light is a Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Alan Bligh.   (A video version of this episode is available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@apocplayers)   Cast: Ignatius ‘Iggy’ Sugar – Dan Wheeler Vincent Julius – Joseph Chance ‘Big’ Charlie Pope – Danann McAleer Keeper of Arcane Lore ­– Dominic Allen   With...
Published 10/21/24
In which it was all on Danann.   A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly.   Scene 1: Isle of the Dead, Arnold BöcklinScene 2: Andromeda Chained to a Rock, Rescued by Perseus, Gustave MoreauScene 3: La Raison Probante, Félix Vallotton   Cast: Clovis Hérbert – Danann McAleer Donatien Benoit – Dominic Allen Jane Harnsworth-Wright – Joseph Chance Edwina Alexander – Jessica...
Published 10/14/24
In which Clovis Herbert is taken into police custody in Paris...where there is another unexpected reunion. Meanwhile, in Thoiry, our intrepid investigators experience revelations and suffer frenzies. The end is very nigh... A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly.   Scene 1: Day of the God, Paul GauginScene 2: Vision, Edvard MunchScene 3: Fallen Caryatid, Rodin   Cast: Clovis...
Published 10/07/24
In which the investigators arrive at Thoiry, and a long time is spent looking through windows. Benoit and Edwina become animated by the animated, while Jane is petrified by the petrified.    A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly.   Scene 1: The Revelation, Gaston BussièreScene 2: The Minotaur, George Frederick WattsScene 3: Frenzy of Exultations,...
Published 09/30/24
...or 'Clovis Herbert's Guide to Paris.' In which our gaze returns to the enigmatic Clovis Herbert, as he takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the French capital while trying to deal with the aftermath of the previous night's horrors...   A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly.   Scene 1: The Travelling Poet, Gustave Moreau Scene 2: Anxiety, Edvard Munch   Cast: Clovis Herbert –...
Published 09/23/24
In which a prince is invoked, a phrase is coined, a secret is revealed, and something terrible is discovered. All in a day's work for “Paris' finest.”   SPECIFIC CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains some imagery related to birth/babies that some listeners may find upsetting (in addition to all the usual stuff).   A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly.   Scene 1: La Douleur,...
Published 09/16/24
In which the investigators split up to find some answers and to scratch that creative itch. A masterpiece is created.   A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly.   Scene 1: La Châtelaine ou Le Tocsin, Toulouse-LautrecScene 2: Contemplation, Jan TooropScene 3: The Origin of the World, Courbet   Cast: Clovis Hérbert – Danann McAleer Donatien Benoit – Dominic Allen Jane...
Published 09/09/24
In which more conspiratorial words are whispered and a chief suspect is collared. The investigators end the evening back where they began; there, cards are laid on the table, and terrible decisions are made based on an impossible non-euclidean venn diagram of character motivations and player availabilities. (Stick with it guys, I promise it'll be worth it...)   A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson....
Published 09/02/24
In which the party is reunited briefly, before those pesky gendarmes turn up and separate them again—and also force the players to remember what happened over the previous two sessions. Perhaps think of it as a mid-scenario recap? We certainly used it as such…   A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly.   Scene 1: Cup of delight, Jeanne JacqueminScene 2: Seated Woman in a Dark...
Published 08/25/24
...or, ‘A Belle Époque Around.’   In which the listener discovers what deception and subterfuge Jane and Benoit have been engaging in back at the party, in the meantime.   A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly.   Scene 1:I lock my door upon myself, Fernand KhnopffScene 2:The Marsh Flower, A Sad Human Head, Odilon Redon
   Cast: Clovis Hérbert – Danann McAleer Donatien Benoit –...
Published 08/19/24
In which Clovis and Edwina take a moonlit stroll through the streets of Paris to experience that most romantic of events: an occult ritual.   A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly.   Scene 1: Salon des Cent, Andhré des Gachons Scene 2: Pool of Blood, Degouve de Nuncques   Cast: Clovis Hérbert – Danann McAleer Donatien Benoit – Dominic Allen Jane Harnsworth-Wright – Joseph...
Published 08/12/24
In which Benoit continues to stir shit, then comes close to shitting himself, before shit suddenly hits the fan. A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly.   Scene 1: La Belle Dame Sans Merci, Dicksee Scene 2: The Gossips, Camille Claudel   Cast: Clovis Hérbert – Danann McAleer Donatien Benoit – Dominic Allen Jane Harnsworth-Wright – Joseph Chance Edwina Alexander – Jessica...
Published 08/05/24
In which our investigators engage, in their own inimitable ways, with the polite society of a Parisian salon. A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly.   Scene 1: The Circus, Seurat Scene 2: Angels in the Night, Degouve de Nuncques   Cast: Clovis Hérbert – Danann McAleer Donatien Benoit – Dominic Allen Jane Harnsworth-Wright – Joseph Chance Edwina Alexander – Jessica Temple Keeper...
Published 07/29/24
In which our investigators start as they mean to go on: by mixing their drinks. Absinthe, crème de menthe, champagne, cheap table wine…what could possibly go wrong? A Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Matthew Sanderson, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly.   Scene 1: The Absinthe Drinker, Manet Scene 2: Street Scene in Paris, Felix Vallotton   Cast: Clovis Hérbert – Danann McAleer Donatien Benoit – Dominic Allen Jane...
Published 07/22/24
In which our plucky investigators at last reunite, albeit in a considerable two part structure. The past returns in technicolour and connectivity and communication are rewarded in unexpected fashion. The Thirteen inevitably regather to face their sins and their futures and everything looks likely to come down to just one or two moments, beneath those East Anglian stars… A modern era Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Paul Fricker, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew...
Published 07/16/24
In which Alicia, Erik, Ray and David make good progress in trying to catch up with Mel, whose investigations of the Seance Table have proved more challenging than expected. All routes lead to Mari’s house, but time seems to be slipping away from our investigators - and with it, a certainty of just what to do about the Moonchild…   A modern era Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Paul Fricker, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released...
Published 07/09/24
In which our alumni friends and guests at David Barber’s town house make a discovery of witches, pursue academic understanding of monsters (and their kind) and make some observations on sheep breeding that may prove truly enlightening…   A modern era Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Paul Fricker, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly. Visit our Patreon to help us continue making the podcast, and receive exclusive horrors in...
Published 07/02/24
In which our investigators are firmly split into two still conscious parties, with Ray pursuing bibliophilic tendencies while Mel engages with an old friendship that is proving most difficult to negotiate - bad words are said of a mannekin pis - the nature of fine taste is discussed amidst bijou tables, well appointed living rooms, 'ghosts' and a gun…   A modern era Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Paul Fricker, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson....
Published 06/25/24
In which the investigators pursue two lines of enquiry, mapped in the Real, the Remembered and the Retrospective.  Unlikely parking spaces are found, prayers are invoked, the ways of puppets are noted, visions continue on both paths and Mari Cubine raises the stakes...   A modern era Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Paul Fricker, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly. Visit our Patreon to help us continue making the podcast, and...
Published 06/17/24
In which cross examination collapses into the business of stair work and visions, some half expected, others quite the opposite, amidst all of which, of course, the centre cannot hold.   A modern era Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Paul Fricker, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly. Visit our Patreon to help us continue making the podcast, and receive exclusive horrors in return. For more information and to get in touch,...
Published 06/11/24
In which our investigators arrive at David’s house. A shared auditory visitation has taken its toll and the ramifications are still impacting on the friends from the UEA Occult Society. But, of course, all is not quite as it seems at the Barber household. An interview occurs outside the front door and a daring raid on a stash is attempted, with mixed results…   A modern era Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Paul Fricker, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew...
Published 06/04/24
In which two cars wend their way through Norwich. Chemicals take their toll. Potential gets discussed. Fudge gets packed. The Occ Soc gang fall foul of modern communications and the inevitable draw towards David Barber’s house.   A modern era Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Paul Fricker, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly. Visit our Patreon to help us continue making the podcast, and receive exclusive horrors in return. For...
Published 05/27/24