
EP17: Labyrinthine Shades
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11/22/23 • 35 min
Knowledge is power, but power for who? Sometimes the language can pull itself free from the page. Once loose, what does it do after being trapped for a thousand years? These words became a monster, and the Occult Research Center's containment wasn't built for a creature of this magnitude. Can the researchers stop the beast before it escapes?
This dark cosmic entity doesn't start as a Lovecraftian old one or elder god, but as it eats, it quickly becomes one.
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Episode Credits:
Written by Devin McCamey
Narrated by Jeremiah John
Alex: Devin McCamey
Curtis: Gorath Hyun
Lindsey and the Lingua: Rosie Knuckles
Ari: Iriska Redding
Jeffrey: Brandon McCamey
Music Sound Design: Michael G.
Artwork: Brandon McCamey
Media Manager: Jonathan Capers
For Fans Of:
Old Gods of Appalachia
H.P. Lovecraft
Joe Abercrombie
Neil Gaiman
Jim Butcher
Kevin Hearne
The Magnus Archives
Welcome to Night Vale
Malevolent
The White Vault
The Black Tapes
LORE
Limetown
Tanis
Archive 81
Alice Isn't Dead
The Lovecraft Investigations
Knowledge is power, but power for who? Sometimes the language can pull itself free from the page. Once loose, what does it do after being trapped for a thousand years? These words became a monster, and the Occult Research Center's containment wasn't built for a creature of this magnitude. Can the researchers stop the beast before it escapes?
This dark cosmic entity doesn't start as a Lovecraftian old one or elder god, but as it eats, it quickly becomes one.
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MortisMaledictum
Join our Discord Community: https://discord.com/invite/cM4kxbaBHw
Get the book and read along: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C33Z336
Episode Credits:
Written by Devin McCamey
Narrated by Jeremiah John
Alex: Devin McCamey
Curtis: Gorath Hyun
Lindsey and the Lingua: Rosie Knuckles
Ari: Iriska Redding
Jeffrey: Brandon McCamey
Music Sound Design: Michael G.
Artwork: Brandon McCamey
Media Manager: Jonathan Capers
For Fans Of:
Old Gods of Appalachia
H.P. Lovecraft
Joe Abercrombie
Neil Gaiman
Jim Butcher
Kevin Hearne
The Magnus Archives
Welcome to Night Vale
Malevolent
The White Vault
The Black Tapes
LORE
Limetown
Tanis
Archive 81
Alice Isn't Dead
The Lovecraft Investigations
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