The Apocalypse Players

Vengeance From Beyond FINALE: 'The Ties That Bind'

In which Merriweather must face Demons and Doctors, battling with past, present and future - to do so he must make a stand against his own nature and, above all else, close the cursed deal(s), no matter what dread cadence such actions must leave behind, ringing in the Kingsport air...

A Call of Cthulhu Scenario from ‘Monophobia: A Fear of Solitude’, by Mark Chiddicks and Marcus Bone. Dominic Allen is the Keeper of Arcane Lore and Salton Merriweather, of the Manningtree Merr...

Apoctoberfest! 2–5 October, 2025 ON SALE

Now on sale to Patreon members—more info below...

£50 Weekend Pass now available!

Featuring The Apocalypse Players LIVE, Providence—The Shadow Over Lovecraft, and 1-day gaming convention.

Apoctoberfest! is back, and bigger than ever! We will be bringing you two improvised live shows at the atmospheric Loco Kl...

Vengeance From Beyond 12: ‘A World Between Worlds’

In which Salton Merriweather visits an old friend of a fine and ancient profession and takes a leap, if not of faith, then at least of spiritual enquiry - and revelations, both past and present, play out as they must…

A Call of Cthulhu Scenario from ‘Monophobia: A Fear of Solitude’, by Mark Chiddicks and Marcus Bone. Dominic Allen is the Keeper of Arcane Lore and Salton Merriweather, of the Manningtree Merriweathers, is played by Joseph Chance.

Content Warning - Cal...

Vengeance From Beyond 11: ‘A Lesson in Scripture'

In which our courageous antiquarian, despite his best attempts at incompetence, begins to look dangerously like some sort of dynamic investigator of occult practices, dabbling in ancient traditions regarding chthonic powers beyond human comprehension…

A Call of Cthulhu Scenario from ‘Monophobia: A Fear of Solitude’, by Mark Chiddicks and Marcus Bone. Dominic Allen is the Keeper of Arcane Lore and Salton Merriweather, of the Manningtree Merriweathers, is p...

Vengeance From Beyond 10: 'What Dreams May Come'

In which Merriweather receives a visitation, almost enough to shift him from his purpose, builds a case for impersonation, takes a diversion to the shore and forgets a crucial detail.

A Call of Cthulhu Scenario from ‘Monophobia: A Fear of Solitude’, by Mark Chiddicks and Marcus Bone. Dominic Allen is the Keeper of Arcane Lore and Salton Merriweather, of the Manningtree Merriweathers, is played by Joseph Chance Episodes released weekly.

Content Warning: Call of Cthulh...

Vengeance From Beyond 09: The Need for Change

In which our intrepid antiquarian, Salton Merriweather, engages with the problem head on - almost. Very nearly head on, at least. At one remove. Indirectly... And a fire exit is encountered.

A Call of Cthulhu Scenario from ‘Monophobia: A Fear of Solitude’, by Mark Chiddicks and Marcus Bone. Dominic Allen is the Keeper of Arcane Lore and Salton Merriweather, of the Manningtree Merriweathers, is played by Joseph Chance Episodes released weekly.

Content Warning:...

Vengeance From Beyond 08: 'The Handling of The Estate'

In which Merriweather, increasingly under pressure to deliver, resorts to true horror and calls a lawyer…

A Call of Cthulhu Scenario from ‘Monophobia: A Fear of Solitude’, by Mark Chiddicks and Marcus Bone. Dominic Allen is the Keeper of Arcane Lore and Salton Merriweather, of the Manningtree Merriweathers, is played by Joseph Chance.

Content Warning - This episode contains a Lawyer.

Call of Cthulhu is a horror game and confronts adult themes. Human discretion...

Vengeance From Beyond 07: ‘Reflections in the Arclight’

In which Merriweather hunts down loose ends and scours the notes in his little note book - the library is exhausted and Mr Remmington returns to ask a few questions over a spot of dinner…

A Call of Cthulhu Scenario from ‘Monophobia: A Fear of Solitude’, by Mark Chiddicks and Marcus Bone. Dominic Allen is the Keeper of Arcane Lore and Salton Merriweather, of the Manningtree Merriweathers, is played by Joseph Chance.

Content Warning - This episode contains graphic depiction of...

Vengeance From Beyond 06: ‘To Revisit The Scene Of A Crime’

In which Merriweather faces the difficult business of the day after the night before and, struck with gallant investigative purpose while retracing his steps, very nearly does something…

A Call of Cthulhu Scenario from ‘Monophobia: A Fear of Solitude’, by Mark Chiddicks and Marcus Bone. Dominic Allen is the Keeper of Arcane Lore and Salton Merriweather, of the Manningtree Merriweathers, is played by Joseph Chance.

Content Warning - Listener...

Vengeance From Beyond 05: ‘A Fateful Witness’

In which Salton Merriweather undergoes such horrors as a montage, an accumulation of soiled handkerchiefs, English Language rolls and a leaping narrative featuring flashbacks, flash-forwards, insights and an almost inevitable arrival of the authorities…

A Call of Cthulhu Scenario from ‘Monophobia: A Fear of Solitude’, by Mark Chiddicks and Marcus Bone. Dominic Allen is the Keeper of Arcane Lore and Salton Merriweather, of the Manningtree Merriweathers, is...

Vengeance From Beyond 04: ‘The Correct Procedure for the Protection of Books’

In which Merriweather watches and waits and discovers and uses handkerchiefs as best he can, while attempting to keep a lunch appointment…

A Call of Cthulhu Scenario from ‘Monophobia: A Fear of Solitude’, by Mark Chiddicks and Marcus Bone. Dominic Allen is the Keeper of Arcane Lore and Salton Merriweather, of the Manningtree Merriweathers, is played by Joseph Chance.

Content Warning - Listeners may detect the sound of cheese being eaten during this epis...

Vengeance From Beyond 03: ‘The Remington Arrangement’

In which Salton Merriweather heads to the Northern tenements of Kingsport, seeking out Blaine...or Daishe - or both - even as the waves of the North Atlantic strike away at that mythic headland, inexorably…

A Call of Cthulhu Scenario from ‘Monophobia: A Fear of Solitude’, by Mark Chiddicks and Marcus Bone. Dominic Allen is the Keeper of Arcane Lore and Salton Merriweather, of the Manningtree Merriweathers, is played by Joseph Chance Episodes released week...

Vengeance from Beyond 02: ‘The Bookshops of Kingsport’

In which Salton Merriweather, of the Manningtree Merriweathers, finds himself afoot in the mists of the city of Kingsport, seeking secrets amongst the sellers of books and uncovering bargains, both Hyperborean and beyond…

A Call of Cthulhu Scenario from ‘Monophobia: A Fear of Solitude’, by Mark Chiddicks and Marcus Bone.

Dominic Allen is the Keeper of Arcane Lore and Salton Merriweather is played by Joseph Chance. Edited by Joseph Chance.

Main show episodes released ...

Vengeance From Beyond 01: 'To Make Something of Oneself'

In which a gentrified soul of Kingsport, lately returned cum laude from Miskatonic University and seeking worthy employment, receives word of an opportunity from an old friend...

A Call of Cthulhu Scenario from ‘Monophobia: A Fear of Solitude’, by Mark Chiddicks and Marcus Bone.

Dominic Allen is the Keeper of Arcane Lore.

Salton Merriweather, of the Manningtree Merriweathers, is played by Joseph Chance.

Thank you for supporting our Patreon. Without your a...

Long Lankin 03 FINALE: 'The Debt Must Be Paid in Blood'

In which secrets are revealed, and fates are sealed...

A scenario written by Dominic Allen, played using Cthulhu Dark by Graham Walmsley.

Cast:

Edmund Kittiwake: Joseph Chance

Tobias Thistlethwaite: Danann McAleer

Nicholas Berry: Dan Wheeler

Director: Dominic Allen

Assistant Director Episode 3: Dan Wheeler

Thank you for supporting our Patreon. Without your assistance, these horrors would never have seen the awful light of day…

All t...

Long Lankin 02: 'Where's The Baby of The House?'

In which our three poor protagonists discover further horrors, test their memories, & engage in some light B&E...

A scenario written by Dominic Allen, played using Cthulhu Dark by Graham Walmsley.

CW: Please be aware that this episode contains reference to childbirth and newborn children. 

Cast:

Edmund Kittiwake: Joseph Chance

Tobias Thistlethwaite: Danann McAleer

Nicholas Berry: Dan Wheeler

Director: Dominic Allen

Assistant Directo...

Long Lankin 01: 'Christmas, 1614'

In which three souls of Dabbin on The Wold encounter a particular sort of Christmas revelation by way of a neighbourly good deed…

A scenario written by Dominic Allen, played using Cthulhu Dark by Graham Walmsley.

CW: Please be aware that this episode contains reference to childbirth and newborn children. 

Cast:

Edmund Kittiwake: Joseph Chance

Tobias Thistlethwaite: Danann McAleer

Nicholas Berry: Dan Wheeler

Director: Dominic Al...

Season 6 Teaser Trailer

We hereby offer a first look for Patrons only.

In December this year...

The Apocalypse Players present... 

Season 6: British Wyrd

A season of folk horror, including:

Magnum Tenebrosum by Dominic Allen

An Uncommon Burial by Danann McAleer

As the Waters Cover the Sea by Joseph Chance

Mae’s Knoll (Vaesen) adapted by Dan Wheeler (possibly) from a...

Apocalypse Players LIVE 03 (Halloween Special): 'The Spooky Kerkerfuffuffle' (Part 2)

A recording of the second part of our first 'Apoctoberfest' Live show in Bristol, on the 18th of October 2024 - which also became our impromptu Halloween Special. As you will hear, the live show format is very different from our usual podcast output, and was entirely improvised based on audience suggestions. So really, it's their fault.

The live nature of the recording means that some of the audio quality may not be quite as pleasant as you're used to, but we all must make sacrif...

Apocalypse Players LIVE 03 (Halloween Special): 'The Spooky Kerkerfuffuffle' (Part 1)

A recording of the first part of our first 'Apoctoberfest' Live show in Bristol, on the 18th of October 2024 - which also became our impromptu Halloween Special. As you will hear, the live show format is very different from our usual podcast output, and was entirely improvised based on audience suggestions. So really, it's their fault.

The live nature of the recording means that some of the audio quality may not be quite as pleasant as you're used to, but we all must make sacrifi...

Le Grifon 03 FINALE: ‘Too Many Stars’

In which our bold mariners take a gamble, make impossible discoveries, and see things that can never be unseen…

A scenario written by Dan Wheeler, played using Cthulhu Dark by Graham Walmsley.

Cast:

Oisín Powers: Danann McAleer

Horacio Cuerno: Joseph Chance

Director: Dan Wheeler

Thank you for supporting our Patreon. Without your assistance, these horrors would never have seen the awful light of day…

All tiers...

Le Grifon 02: ‘A Baltic Wind’

In which the storm subsides but suspicions intensify, as Oisín and Horacio explore locations both familiar and unknown…

A scenario written by Dan Wheeler, played using Cthulhu Dark by Graham Walmsley.

Cast:

Oisín Powers: Danann McAleer

Horacio Cuerno: Joseph Chance

Director: Dan Wheeler

Thank you for supporting our Patreon. Without your assistance, these horrors would never have seen the awful light of day…...

Out of the Aeons 13: Le Grifon

Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.

- H.P. Lovecraft, The White Ship

Lo! The stars have been studied, the owl intestines consulted, the tea leaves sniffed, and the Arcane Horology has revealed a date to us one last time (for now at least). That date: August 31, 1715.  And it is meet and right that this final ...

Le Grifon 01: ‘Witchfire’

In which a storm hits, a sail falls, a dream is dreamed, an alliance is forged, and the ship is full of Seamen (sorry)…

A scenario written by Dan Wheeler, played using Cthulhu Dark by Graham Walmsley.

Cast:

Oisín Powers: Danann McAleer

Horacio Cuerno: Joseph Chance

Director: Dan Wheeler

Thank you for supporting our Patreon. Without your assistance, these horrors would never have seen the awful light of day…

A...

Instant San Loss 09: Highway of Blood Debrief

In which the Players discuss their initial progress along The Highway of Blood, the grotesque horrors witnessed upon the Devil's backbone, and the ridiculous aesthetic choices of the Editor in question when it comes to thematic music...

Thank you for supporting our Patreon. Without your assistance, these horrors would never have seen the awful light of day…

All tiers of Patreon backers will be automatically given special Discord benefits, but ping us a reminder whe...

Apocalypse Players LIVE 02: 'Murky Crabs On Pleasure Beach'

A recording of our second live show at the Rosemary Branch theatre. As you will hear, the live show format is very different from our usual podcast output, and was entirely improvised based on audience suggestions. So really, it's their fault.

The live nature of the recording means that some of the audio quality may not be quite as pleasant as you're used to, but we all must make sacrifices. On this particular night, the field recorder, which was used to help capture guests from ...

Apocalypse Players LIVE 01: 'The Silence of the Goats'

A recording of our first public live show, which was presented on the 6th April 2024 at the Rosemary Branch Theatre in Islington, London. As you will hear, the live show format is very different from our usual podcast output, and was entirely improvised based on audience suggestions. So really, it's their fault.

The live nature of the recording means that some of the audio quality may not be quite as pleasant as you're used to, but we all must make sacrifices.

Speaki...

Out of The Aeons 12: One Night in Fez...

You? Here? Again? How WONDERFUL! I'm so pleased you could make it - have some fresh mint tea, and settle in for the evening or morning, depending on the stars where you are... You're just in time for a slightly different approach to our Arcane Horology - an experiment in the process of divination, if you will. In seeking out this tale of terror we The Players have delved into stranger magics than previously - notably in the form of a rather more perso...