The Good Friends of Jackson Elias is an irregular podcast devoted to the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game, horror movies and horror gaming in general. It is hosted by Paul Fricker, Matthew Sanderson and Scott Dorward, three freelance writers who have worked on the new edition of Call of Cthulhu and other horror roleplaying games. Episodes are usually built around a particular theme, always centred on our shared love of all things dark and horrifying.
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Ghosts in Call of Cthulhu part 1
We’re back and we’re getting the willies. Has anyone ever used that phrase and not received a derisive response? But, as we’ve discussed before, laughter is often a way of protecting ourselves against fear. And what is scarier than a good ghost story?
Maybe a terrifying apparition like this.
Main Topic: Ghosts in Call of Cthulhu part 1
This is the first of two episodes looking at ghosts and how they tie into Call of Cthulhu. Our original plan was to do it all in a single episode, but we talked too much.
As a result, this first part is largely us exploring what we think ghosts might be, as well as discussing what we do and don’t like in a ghost story. If you think the answer is “ghosts”, you might be surprised.
Next episode, we shall dig more into how we’d use ghosts in our games, and whether ghosts even belong in Call of Cthulhu.
Getting rid of ghosts can prove a nuisance, so maybe best leave them there.
Links
Things we mention in this episode include:
* Ghosts as souls in purgatory
* Posthumous miracles of the saints
* Christmas ghost stories
* BBC adaptations of MR James
* A Christmas Carol
* Saturnalia
* It’s a Wonderful Life
* Supernatural
* Pareidolia
* Subsonic vibrations and ghost sightings
* The brown note
* Hawkwind
* The Bristol Hum
* Stone Tape Theory
* The Stone Tape
* The Shining
* The Changeling
* Ring
* Hell House by Richard Matheson
* A Manhattan Ghost Story by T M Wright
* The Sixth Sense
* Ghost
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