The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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Occult Detectives, with Heather Miller
3 november 2026
Main Topic: Occult Detectives Since the mid-nineteenth century, occult detectives have stalked the pages of ghost stories and weird tales, laying unquiet spirits to rest, battling eldritch forces using rituals and weird science, or simply... Lees meer
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In the Mouth of Madness, with Eleanor Hingley
20 oktober 2026
Main Topic: In the Mouth of Madness In the Mouth of Madness is hailed by fans as one of the best Lovecraftian films, and this acclaim has lasted for over 30 years. But what makes... Lees meer
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Finding the Horror in History, with Eleanor Hingley
6 oktober 2026
Main Topic: Finding the Horror in History History is rife with real horror, be it war, plague, famine or something less biblical. Incorporating these horrors into our games can add depth and texture, but what... Lees meer
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Atomic Horror, with Jared Logan
22 september 2026
Main Topic: Atomic Horror Since the dawn of the atomic age in the 1940s, our fear of atom bombs and radioactivity has mutated horror in all sorts of strange ways. But is this purely an... Lees meer
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The Voice in the Night, with Jared Logan
8 september 2026
Main Topic: The Voice in the Night While William Hope Hodgson never wrote a Cthulhu Mythos story, his brand of weird fiction complements the Mythos nicely, and Lovecraft himself was a fan. His work ranged... Lees meer
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Cosy Horror, with Holly from RPG Reanimators
25 augustus 2026
Main Topic: Cosy Horror Horror is usually meant to scare us, but this isn’t always the case. Sometimes it can be oddly comforting — cosy, even. Maybe this is because it’s an old favourite, or... Lees meer
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Alien, with Holly from RPG Reanimators
11 augustus 2026
Main Topic: Alien Since its release in 1979, Alien has become a fan favourite, spawning any number of spin-offs across every medium. But what is the secret of its enduring appeal? How well does it... Lees meer
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Why You Shouldn’t Learn to Roleplay From Actual Plays, with Zach Reeves
28 juli 2026
Main Topic: Why You Shouldn’t Learn to Roleplay From Actual Plays Actual play podcasts and streams have grown in popularity massively over the past 20 years, redefining and dominating the hobby. They play a huge... Lees meer
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Reactive GMing, with Ross Bryant
14 juli 2026
Main Topic: Reactive GMing No game ever goes to plan. Whether you have prepared for every eventuality or are running off the cuff, players will always do the unexpected. Improvisation is a key skill for... Lees meer
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Special: Good Friends ENnies Nomination
10 juli 2026
We were delighted to hear that The Good Friends of Jackson Elias has been nominated for an ENnie Award in the Best Streaming Content category. This is both exciting and unexpected. The Good Friends has... Lees meer
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The Stuff, with Cuppycup
30 juni 2026
Main Topic: The Stuff Following on from our discussion of food and horror last episode, we’re taking a look at Larry Cohen’s 1985 film The Stuff. Cohen blended horror, social satire, and absurd comedy to... Lees meer
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Food and Horror, with Cuppycup
16 juni 2026
Main Topic: Food and Horror To live is to require sustenance. Food is not only nutrition but usually a source of pleasure. But our relationship with food is complicated and filled with potential horror. Can... Lees meer
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Environmental Storytelling, with Alex Sun
2 juni 2026
Main Topic: Environmental Storytelling Every location bears scars. These might have been left by human occupation, entropy, natural disasters, or something altogether more eldritch. Whatever the cause, places have their own stories to tell. But... Lees meer
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Liminal Spaces, with Alex Sun
19 mei 2026
Main Topic: Liminal Spaces Liminal spaces have been a source of fascination on the internet for several years now. Like much of the analogue horror movement, they are defined more by an aesthetic than any... Lees meer
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New Takes on Classic Monsters, with Sasha Sienna
5 mei 2026
Main Topic: New Takes on Classic Monsters It’s probably safe to say that every horror fan loves monsters. While we regularly see new creations breaking free from the laboratory, so many monsters in media are... Lees meer
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Gateway Horror, with Sasha Sienna
21 april 2026
Main Topic: Gateway Horror Every horror fan started out somewhere. The works that draw us into the genre are often gentler ones, created to appeal to those put off by terror or gore. These are... Lees meer
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Using Inspiration Creatively, with Seth Skorkowsky
7 april 2026
Main Topic: Using Inspiration Creatively Scenario writers and GMs take inspiration from everything we can. Often, this means borrowing ideas from books, films, or other forms of media. But how do we do this without... Lees meer
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Call of Cthulhu and Urban Fantasy, with Seth Skorkowsky
24 maart 2026
Main Topic: Call of Cthulhu and Urban Fantasy Since the early nineties, urban fantasy has blended elements of horror and crime fiction with the fantastic to create something new. But how exactly does the genre... Lees meer
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When Games Go Wrong, with Bridgett Jeffries
10 maart 2026
Main Topic: When Games Go Wrong While ours always run perfectly, we have heard that games can sometimes go wrong. What are some of the problems that might bring a game to a crashing halt?... Lees meer
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The Miskatonic Repository, with Bridgett Jeffries
24 februari 2026
Main Topic: The Miskatonic Repository The Miskatonic Repository has allowed both new and established authors to self-publish material for Call of Cthulhu under licence from Chaosium. It has proved immensely popular, and there are now... Lees meer
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Religious Horror, with Zach Reeves
10 februari 2026
We’re back and we’re testing our faith. Sure, we understand that the Mythos is utterly indifferent to crucifixes and holy water, but maybe we can still find some comfort in religion. But we’re also worried... Lees meer
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Connecting Scenarios in Call of Cthulhu, with Zach Reeves
27 januari 2026
We’re back and we’re making a monster. While we have all these pre-written campaigns on our shelves, we’ve decided to go full Frankenstein and cobble one together from parts. The stitching can be rough at... Lees meer
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Cryptids and Call of Cthulhu, with Paula Deming
13 januari 2026
We’re back and we’re blurry. Sure, your camera phone might have all the pixels, but we remain resolutely low-res. You don’t get to maintain your status as a cryptid by being in focus. Mothman would... Lees meer
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Bonus: Just One More Thing
5 januari 2026
We’re back with something a little different. As our Patreon backers know, we put out an extra episode every four weeks in which Matt and Scott revisit the previous two episodes. This gives us a... Lees meer
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Cthulhu and Board Games, with Paula Deming
30 december 2025
We’re back and we’re wiping ichor off our meeples. Cthulhu and board games can be a messy combination, but also a popular one. Cynics may tell you that this is because Cthulhu is in the... Lees meer
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The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen – part 4
19 december 2025 · 39 min
We are wrapping up our festive ghost story reading of “The Great God Pan” by Arthur Machen. This reading has been organised by good friend of the Good Friends, Mike Perceval-Maxwell (host of Mr Spike’s... Lees meer
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The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen – part 3
18 december 2025 · 37 min
We are continuing our festive ghost story reading of “The Great God Pan” by Arthur Machen. This reading has been organised by good friend of the Good Friends, Mike Perceval-Maxwell (host of Mr Spike’s Bedtime... Lees meer
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The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen – part 2
17 december 2025 · 38 min
We are continuing our festive ghost story reading of “The Great God Pan” by Arthur Machen. This reading has been organised by good friend of the Good Friends, Mike Perceval-Maxwell (host of Mr Spike’s Bedtime... Lees meer
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The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen – part 1
16 december 2025 · 40 min
It is time once again for us to all gather around the virtual hearth for another festive ghost story reading. This year, we present “The Great God Pan” by Arthur Machen, a weird tale of... Lees meer
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The Birds, with Ross Bryant
16 december 2025
We’re back and we’re watching the skies. You never know when some gannet might decide to kamikaze its way into your skull, or a mob of hawks take exception to your woodwork and peck it... Lees meer
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Narration in Call of Cthulhu, with Ross Bryant
2 december 2025
We’re back and we’re talking to ourselves. Not everyone has an interior monologue, but apparently exterior ones are even rarer. Describing your life in real time like the voiceover from some hard-boiled detective movie may... Lees meer
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We Are the Horror, with Ericka Skirpan
18 november 2025
We’re back and we’re scaring ourselves. Sure, we do all the normal stuff like jumping at shadows, gasping at loud noises, and cowering under the bedclothes when thunderstorms shake our windows, but the really frightening... Lees meer
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Using LARP Techniques at the Table, with Ericka Skirpan
4 november 2025
We’re back and we’re acting up. While we are normally pretty sedentary gamers, we have been convinced to try some LARP techniques and see if they can make our roleplaying more immersive. The props seemed... Lees meer
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The White People, with Jared Logan
21 oktober 2025
We’re back and we’re heading out to a big party under the hill. While the rest of you are busy clubbing, we’ll be trying out a different kind of dancing. There’s even a singalong, plus... Lees meer
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The Joy of Gore, with Jared Logan
7 oktober 2025
We’re back and we’re bloody. Honestly, that’s the least of it. Most of this gore is blood, but we’ve found flecks of meat, shards of bone, and what looks like the occasional kidney mixed in.... Lees meer
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28 Days Later, with Maverick Haenze
23 september 2025
We’re back and we’re raging. While this virus may play a part, we’re mostly pissed off at the sequels to 28 Days Later. The first one, in particular, is enough to make you chew someone’s... Lees meer
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Zombies, with Maverick Haenze
9 september 2025
We’re back and we’re hungry for brains. Sure, that whole that whole thing about zombies eating brains was made up by Dan O’Bannon in 1985, but that doesn’t make them any less tasty. And just... Lees meer
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The Broadsword, Laird Barron, and Old Leech, with Andy Goodman
26 augustus 2025
We’re back and we’re checking the vents. They’re long overdue a service, but that doesn’t mean they should be talking about eating people’s kidneys. While we might dismiss that as a load of hot air,... Lees meer
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Roll Your Own Mythos, with Andy Goodman
12 augustus 2025
We’re back and we’re hunting for the biggest cigarette paper known to man. Well, ideally known to the gods too. If we’re going to fit an entire pantheon inside, this thing needs to be truly... Lees meer
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Metafiction and Horror, with Eleanor Hingley
29 juli 2025
We’re back and we’re discussing metafiction and horror, shoehorning the title of the episode into the first paragraph for SEO purposes. Main Topic: Metafiction and Horror Metafiction turns up in every genre from literary fiction... Lees meer
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Small Town Horror, with Eleanor Hingley
15 juli 2025
We’re back and we’re keeping to ourselves. You really can’t be too careful. The outside world is full of dangerous ideas and strange people. Some of them don’t even play Call of Cthulhu. Sure, they... Lees meer
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Art and the Cthulhu Mythos, with Kailas Elmer
1 juli 2025
We’re back and we’re pushing boundaries. Good taste has never come easily to us, but it’s downright impossible when talking about art that might inspire Call of Cthulhu games. From performance artists who mutilate themselves... Lees meer
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Lovecraft and Art, with Kailas Elmer
17 juni 2025
We’re back and we’re poring over bas-reliefs yet again. Once you start looking into the relationship between Lovecraft and art, the damn things are everywhere. We would say that there’s no relief from them, but... Lees meer
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Analogue Horror, with Holly from RPG Reanimators
3 juni 2025
We’re back and we’re twiddling the tracking knob. It’s supposed to clear up the image on this old videocassette, but maybe that’s just missing the point. The static can be the most interesting part, filled... Lees meer
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Horror in Space, with Holly from RPG Reanimators
20 mei 2025
We’re back and we’re answering the call of the void. It’s about the scariest call you can receive, regardless of what Cthulhu may claim. The yawning darkness of eternity just shouldn’t be that tempting. For... Lees meer
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Comedy Horror, with Evan Dorkin
6 mei 2025
We’re back and we’re and we’re putting on our plastic ponchos. Sure, they look a bit silly, but we can work with that. Hell, it might even help. The important thing, however, is keeping some... Lees meer
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RPGs and Fiction, with Evan Dorkin
22 april 2025
We’re back and we’re making stuff up. But so much of the stuff we make up is inspired by stuff other people made up. And sometimes, it turns out, they’re inspired by some of the... Lees meer
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Something Wicked This Way Comes, with Cuppycup
8 april 2025
We’re back and we’re riding the carousel. Holding onto the handlebars is a bit awkward, however, with all this pricking in our thumbs. Our digits may be warning us that something wicked this way comes,... Lees meer
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Theme Parks and Horror, with Cuppycup
25 maart 2025
We’re back and we’re mopping up protein spills. What sounded like an innocent sexual innuendo has turned out to be far more scatological than we would have liked. The unpleasant realities of theme parks are... Lees meer
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The Appeal of Vampires, with Josephine McAdam
11 maart 2025
We’re back and we’re smothering ourselves in garlic. While we’ve been assured this will protect us from vampires, we’re wondering if it might just make us more appetising to cannibals. Getting chopped up and roasted... Lees meer
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