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The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program

Omniverse

Fiction

Leisure

Frequency: 1 episode/52d. Total Eps: 66

Cosmic horror and black comedy meld in this award-winning audio drama that explores Lovecraftian lore in queer and uncanny ways.

Each season is a standalone tale where our cast lives the terror in an unholy fusion of live tabletop roleplaying and cinematic audio fiction. Thrill as unlikely heroes from all walks of life face down eldritch nightmares, unholy rituals, kindly creatures, and monstrous humans - risking their sanity to keep the world spinning! What dark deeds unfold on the streets of Arkham? And which unwitting souls will succumb to the maddening call... OF CTHULHU?

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🇨🇦 Canada - scienceFiction
24/08/2026
#94
🇨🇦 Canada - scienceFiction
23/08/2026
#76
🇩🇪 Germany - scienceFiction
07/08/2026
#94
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06/08/2026
#74
🇩🇪 Germany - scienceFiction
05/08/2026
#57
🇩🇪 Germany - scienceFiction
04/08/2026
#43
🇬🇧 Great Britain - scienceFiction
03/08/2026
#91
🇩🇪 Germany - scienceFiction
03/08/2026
#30
🇬🇧 Great Britain - scienceFiction
02/08/2026
#56
🇬🇧 Great Britain - scienceFiction
01/08/2026
#36

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https://fableandfolly.com/partners/
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https://cthulhumystery.com
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https://cthulhumystery.com/crowdfund
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https://patreon.com/omniversemedia
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https://patreon.com/ominversemedia
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https://www.patreon.com/darkerhuestudios
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https://www.facebook.com/OrlindaMusic
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The Crack'd & Crook'd Manse LIVE: Part 6

Season 3 · Episode 6

Wednesday, January 6, 2021 • Duration 01:08:38

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. In this gut-wrenching, action-packed conclusion, the thing that's been haunting our investigators reveals itself and the mad-dash to survive begins! 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

Special Appearance by Brandon Gerson

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 5

Season 3 · Episode 5

Friday, January 1, 2021 • Duration 01:13:52

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. The Fitzgerald estate is filled to the brim with stolen artifacts and horrid secrets. Are our motley band of investigators hunting for truth or is it hunting them? 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

Special Appearance by Brandon Gerson

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

Season 3 · Episode 4

Wednesday, December 23, 2020 • Duration 01:14:53

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 3

Season 3 · Episode 3

Thursday, December 17, 2020 • Duration 49:36

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. There are strange noises inside this moist and desolate mansion and a sinister county sheriff who shares the chilling knowledge that this house was the site of horrific murders. 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

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 2

Season 3 · Episode 2

Thursday, December 10, 2020 • Duration 47:56

Our investigators enter the Fitzgerald mansion to find it in a sad and soggy state, and encounter an unexpected visitor. 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 1

Season 3 · Episode 1

Tuesday, December 1, 2020 • Duration 01:33:19

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. A novice investigator of the paranormal is tasked with a missing persons case at an old mansion and gets tangled up with three party-goers who didn't get the memo that the annual Mardi Gras shindig was cancelled. This symposium of 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

Musical Spotlight: "OPM" by Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys

Original Score: Ryan McQuinn and Mike McQuinn

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Mystery Program Goes LIVE in The Cracked & Crook'd Manse!

Season 3

Friday, November 6, 2020 • Duration 04:44

We interrupt this yawing gulf of silence with an important bulletin!

The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program and Chaosium have joined forces to bring you a bold new adventure! A live charity spectacle! Two nights of improvised tabletop storytelling - like only Mystery Program can make: November, FRIDAY THE 13TH AND 14TH - 7pm Eastern at CthulhuMystery.com/live.

Behold as the horror and hilarity unfold before your very eyes in unedited actual play mayhem! And brace yourselves as our cast explores the classic Cthulhu scenario, "The Crack’d and Crook’d Manse".

What’s more, this presentation isn’t just thrills and chills, it's also a charity event, benefiting the Transgender Law Center. Audience donations can alter the destiny of our players, boosting vital stats like sanity AND viewers have a chance to win digital and physical copies of Chaosium's recently remastered tome: Mansions of Madness!

But this isn’t the only Cthulhu event! Sunday, November 8th, Showrunner Cat Blackard and Keeper Luke Stram will be joining audio drama’s finest at the PodTales’ virtual convention.

Head to PodTales.org to explore their free online programming and to tune in on the 8th to hear from our creators in “Choosing a Game System for Actual Play” and “Supportive Play-Acting”.

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Exploring Harlem Unbound and Haunted West with Chris Spivey

Season 2 · Episode 15

Thursday, August 20, 2020 • Duration 48:30

Mystery Program showrunner, Cat Blackard, and Keeper, Luke Stram, interview Chris Spivey of Darker Hue Studios, author of the award-winning Call of Cthulhu sourcebook, Harlem Unbound.

Harlem Unbound dynamically explores the real world history, personalities, social intricacies, and Lovecraftian mythos in 1920s New York City and Harlem; while confronting racism in that time period and as a part of the roleplaying experience. We speak with Chris about the challenges of bringing this project to life, the brand-new Second Edition from Chaosium, how to thoughtfully and safely explore racism in RPGs, and get juicy details on the jaw-droppingly expansive scope of his next major project, Haunted West.

Harlem Unbound 2nd Edition: https://www.chaosium.com/harlem-unbound-2nd-edition-hardcover/

Chris Spivey's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/darkerhuestudios

Haunted West: http://www.darkerhuestudios.com/hauntedwest

Cat's Article on New Voices in Lovecraftian Fiction: https://bit.ly/34ifl82

Amazing Audio Fiction by Black Authors: https://bit.ly/3hCUIaA

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Harlem Queen - Historical Fiction Audio Drama

Season 2 · Episode 14

Wednesday, June 17, 2020 • Duration 15:38

The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program is excited to share with you a show that we love: Harlem Queen.

If you enjoy our slice of 1920s historical fiction, then you've got to check out this audio drama exploring the life and times of Madame Stephanie St. Clair, policy banker and patron of the Harlem Renaissance. She's a cunning and powerful woman of color who didn’t let anything stand in the way of her building an empire and bolstering her community.

You can find Harlem Queen on all your favorite podcast players!

Content Warning: this episode contains gun violence, as well as racial and ethnic slurs.

Harlem Queen website: https://harlemqueen.org/

Harlem Queen Patreon: https://patreon.com/harlemqueen

Amazing audio fiction by black authors: https://bit.ly/3hCUIaA

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Cthulhu Cthommentary: The Black Birth - Terror Comes A-Knocking

Season 2 · Episode 10

Friday, May 29, 2020 • Duration 29:59

Cthulhu Cthommentary is an episode-by-episode exploration of the dark recesses of The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program - exclusive to Patreon.

In this behind-the-scenes show, we share ALL our secrets: the roleplaying paths not taken, the obscure historical and cultural references, the uncanny depths of research that go into our parody commercials, and much more. In this preview episode, discussing episode 1 of our first series, hear what awaits you beyond the veil.

New episodes release weekly at Patreon.com/OminverseMedia

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