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Beyond the Crumbling Veil


30 episodes


Full cast Horror Longform Audio RPG


Synopsis:

Beyond the Crumbling Veil: Shattered Mirror is an immersive Call of Cthulhu 7e actual play podcast.It starts at the beginning of World War II, but follows a darker road; a road of mystery and horror. Join us as a group of investigators go beyond the veil of the mundane and uncover the secrets long forgotten by recorded history. 


Language: English

Format: Audio RPG

RPG system: Call of Cthulhu

Continuity: Longform

Writing: Improvised

Voices: Full cast

Genres: Horror

Completion status: Partial

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Episodes:

London Fog 17: All Fall Down

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:35:00 +0000

Aimsly Manor comes under attack, then the investigators run to an old castle to find a hiding place for the artifacts, only to find they are too late.

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London Fog 16: The Calm

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:35:00 +0000

Blackwell’s protections at the Aimsly house won’t keep them safe forever, but at least now they have the beginnings of a plan to get the artifacts to safety. They just have to wait until all of the pieces are in place.

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London Fog 15: Unexpected Guests

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:35:00 +0000

Some unexpected guests arrive at the Aimsly manner. Truths are revealed. Secrets are learned. And a deal is made.

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London Fog 14: And again

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 11:35:00 +0000

Our investigators chase after Adam and get caught in a loop.

Our investigators chase after Adam and get caught in a loop.

Our investigators chase after Adam and get caught in a loop.

Our investigators chase after Adam and get caught in a loop.

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London Fog 13: Echoes From Beyond

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:35:00 +0000

The group goes to find criminal contacts and end up finding some unexpected help in the streets of Edinburgh.

Music: Behind the Door, As It Comes, Past Memories, Haunted by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO, 

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London Fog 12: Disturbing Discoveries

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:35:00 +0000

Lizzie goes snooping and finds a collection of disturbing secrets belonging not only to her brother, Adam, but also to her father. The information is shared and plans are made for how to prevent the SS from getting what they want.

Music: Behind the Door, As It Comes, Past Memories by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO, 

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London Fog 11: Aimsly Family Dinner

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 13:35:00 +0000

Everyone is gathered in the dining room for what should prove to be a very awkward Aimsly family dinner. Turns out Adam is not as in control as everyone thinks he is, and they conspire to take him down several notches.

They also discover that he is involved in 2 different cults (including Green Wheel) and the Nazis and he is close to being on the shit list for all 3 organizations.

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London Fog 10: Homecoming

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 12:35:00 +0000

Adam Wesley Aimsly is waiting for our investigators at the train station along with his butler, Gabriel. The party is escorted to the local Aimsly Manor where they take some time to try and figure out what exactly Lizzie’s brother is up to. She also gives a tour of the place she once called home.

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London Fog 9: In Your Head

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 12:35:00 +0000

Gabriella helps her new friends face some of their demons and regain some sanity before anything else unexpected can happen.

Then as everyone gets off the train, something unexpected happens.

Music: Behind the Door, As It Comes by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO, Strangers on a Train by Tabletop Audio, Warped Dreams

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London Fog 8: The Breakout

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 12:35:00 +0000

The investigators find the constant of the dream, a member of Greenwheel who is determined to keep them inside. They have to fight like hell to get out, only to find themselves faced with more questions than answers but they do get a very interesting piece to the puzzle.

Music: Behind the Door, As It Comes by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO, Shadowfell, Nightmare by Tabletop Audio

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London Fog 7: The Kansas Reality

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 12:35:00 +0000

Things are not quite right in Kansas, and the closer you look the stranger it gets. The real question is, what are our investigators going to do about it? And can they find a way out before it all falls apart?

Music: Behind the Door, Past Memories, As It Comes by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO

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London Fog 6: Out of London

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:35:00 +0000

The party finds an unexpected safe space after a nightmare of a night, where they can rest and try and process the fact that they are not in London anymore. Many strange things are happening and it's only going to get weirder.

Music: Behind the Door, Haunted As It Comes by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO

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London Fog 5: Cornfield from Hell

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:35:00 +0000

The investigators are chased into the corn by a monster and only find danger and terror within. Something is hunting them. Something they should not look at. And it will take a miracle for them to make it out alive.

Music: Behind the Door, As It Comes by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO, Terror in the Woods Sound effects: Zapsplat, epidemic sound

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London Fog 4: Duck

Thu, 23 Nov 2023 12:35:00 +0000

Our investigators unwind on a train, trying to wrap their minds around what happened until something else happens. Gabriella gets a note from Lizzie’s brother warning her to duck, and then the train explodes. Now they are injured, lost, and unsure where to go next.

Music: Behind the Door, As It Comes by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO, Trapped, Strangers on a Train, Outpost 31

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London Fog 3: Connections

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:35:00 +0000

Lizzie properly introduces herself to Gabriella, finally, only to have their conversation interrupted by a hulking monstrosity. This nightmare sends them fleeing from the air raid shelter into a burning London.

They receive a message from Father Blackwell with tickets to leave, along with some other things that don’t make sense. Then the mice lead everyone back to Gabriella’s apartment, barely missing some German soldiers wandering the streets.

Some truth comes to light about the mice.

Music: Behind the Door, As It Comes by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO, Trapped, How Do You Fight That Thing, In Here We Are Safe

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London Fog 2: Air Raid

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 11:35:00 +0000

Our investigators are brought together by an unexpected air raid that sends them scrambling to the same shelter. While underground, they discover unexpected connections and unexpected horrors.


Music: Behind the Door, Haunted, As It Comes by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO, You Aren't Hiding Very Well by Trevor Kowalski, Trapped

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London Fog 1: An Ordinary Day

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:35:00 +0000

Gabriella is still trying to make sense of the strange dreams that have been haunting her since the start of a war. Dreams of a story she no longer remembers.

Finley Yaeger is recently arrived in London in search of his grandfather, Decard Lazarus.

Lizzie has finally made it back to London after a job went sideways, so she is now looking for more work and some answers.

Frederica has a bad day.

Music: Behind the Door, Haunted, As It Comes by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO, Sound effects: Zapsplat, epidemic sound

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Shattered Mirror, Epilogue

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:35:00 +0000

They escaped Basidiogre, but they are far from safe. Now they must find a way to navigate the forest of the dead without getting lost or falling prey to a monster. Only then do they have the chance of returning home.

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Music: Behind the Door, Haunted by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO, What Will Remain, Whom the Bell Tolls, Eternal Silence from GameDev Market, Yokai Forrest, Terror in the Woods, Shadowfell Tabletop Audio 

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Shattered Mirror, pt 7

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:35:00 +0000

The hospital is too quiet and the investigators are not alone. Things are no longer as they seem.

Trapped in the dream of an old god, they have no choice but to delve into the darkness and face the Nazi occult officers if they want to find a way home. And whatever lies beyond the veil is far more than they bargained for.

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Music: Behind the Door, Haunted by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO, Voices in the Dark, Mother of Lies, I Fear the Silence Now, Crib of Nightmares, Descent into Madness, The Walls are Closing In, What Was That, How Do We Kill That Thing, Rhythm of Pain, Drone of Doom, Relentless Pursuit from GameDev Market, and Endgame from Tabletop Audio

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Shattered Mirror, pt 6

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 12:35:00 +0000

A high-ranking member of the Green Wheel party pays a visit to Decard in the hospital, and the rest of the group in the hotel. He introduces himself as the mayor of Oxford, provides them with a decadent meal, and asks them questions about what happened last night. Both conversations leave the investigators on edge.

Gabriella catches a strange man bugging her car while on their way to check on Decard. Blackwell is there to meet them and he reveals that the hospital room has been bugged as well, by a Nazi.

Then everything goes quiet. 

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Music: Behind the Door, Haunted by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO, In Search of Silence from GameDev Market

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Shattered Mirror, pt 5

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 12:35:00 +0000

Decard has a strange, late night visitor.

Gabriella learns more of Father Blackwell's knowledge of the occult and what happened Friday night.

They retire to Gabriella's hotel room with plans to meet with Decard and Blackwell the following day.

Decard puts some pieces together while playing chess with one of the nurses, shortly after a visit from Gwen.

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Shattered Mirror, pt 4

Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:35:00 +0000

Responding to the sound of Katie screaming, the investigators face down a mushroom-covered zombie dog fresh from their nightmares. Decard is grievously injured and they find Katie near dead (until she is resurrected by the demon dog). Once the creature is dealt with, Decard goes to the hospital while Gabriella, Victoria, and Katie are taken to the police stations to answer some questions. Gabriella’s interrogation is interrupted by none other than Father Blackwell, who offers her a chance to return to her normal life.

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Music: Behind the Door, Dark Secrets, Last Hope by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO, In Search of Silence, Who Tripped the Alarm from GameDev Market

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Shattered Mirror, pt 3

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:35:00 +0000

Decard is sent to get cleaned up while Victoria continues her research. 

Gabriella comes to the library to do research on the things haunting her patient, where she runs into Victoria in the special collections room. Soon, Decard returns as well and they have a conversation that brings everything rushing back.

The happy reunion doesn't last long before it is interrupted by a scream and a nightmare.

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Shattered Mirror, pt 2

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 12:35:00 +0000

Content warning: alcoholism, large quantities of blood, vomiting, and a visit to an asylum with questionable conditions.


Decard makes a deal with someone who can make his problem go away, but only if he agrees to work for her. 

Gabriella is offered a job evaluating a man claiming to be responsible for a string of disappearances. Then she discovers that her friend, Father Blackwell, has disappeared as well.

Victoria enjoys some time out on the town, as well as some reading into the meanings of dreams and their connections to momentous events.

The next day, Victoria and Decard have an awkward reunion(?) in the library and Gabriella goes to visit her new patient.

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Music: Behind the Door, Dread, Dark Secret, Last Hope by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO, Sanitarium by TableTop Audio

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Shattered Mirror, pt 1

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:35:00 +0000

Content warning: at the 50-minute mark, depiction of rage leading to violence (no description of the violence)

The investigators wake up Friday, September 1st after a series of disturbing dreams, and go on about their days. During that day, each one finds they were left something in the will of a stranger. 

Victoria is gifted books that have become part of the Oxford special collections. Gabriella is gifted with enough money to pay off her debts. She also has a few meetings that hint at others knowing what she experienced. 

Decard is gifted with a collection of journals chronicling a man's study of the occult. Studying one of the journals causes him to dig too deep and unleash something terrible inside of him. 

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Music: Broken Keys, Dread, Dark Secret, Past Memories Last Hope by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO, Glass Ghosts by Dave Xole, Fractured Soul, You're Not Hiding Very Well by Trevor Kowalski

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Prologue: Aimsly Manor, pt 5

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:35:00 +0000

The chase is on. Our hapless investigators are being hunted by things not of this world and a car full of angry druids. Whatever part they were meant to play this night, it is either done or it has just begun. 

Either way, they have a single goal. Escape. 

And they fail.

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Prologue: Aimsly Manor, pt 4

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 11:35:00 +0000

Down in the basement, our investigators discover what became of the actual staff. One door leads to a chanting group. The other leads to a long tunnel, which leads to a ravine. 

Something happens while they are escaping. Something has awakened. And our investigators are trying to piece together what it may have been. 

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Music: Behind the Door, The Crypt, Dread, To Hell by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIO

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Prologue: Aimsly Manor, pt 3

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 11:35:00 +0000

The lawyer is dead. Aimsly is dead and has been for a long time. The body and window are covered in dangerous mushrooms whose spores can render a person unconscious. 

Also, the staff are not who they appear to be. The party is in danger and they need a quick escape, but from what?

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Prologue: Aimsly Manor, pt 2

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 11:35:00 +0000

Our investigators learn more about what they are being asked, and they are given a choice to agree or not. The air is thick with uncertainty and the uneasy sensation that something is about to happen. 

And then it does.

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Prologue: Aimsly Manor, pt 1

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 00:30:00 +0000

Three strangers are invited to dine with a mutual correspondent. If that wasn't mysterious enough, there is to be a will reading after the dinner. It seems that Charles Aimsly, an oil tycoon, is ill at ease about something and that something may be bigger than anyone realizes.

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