The Good Friends of Jackson Elias

We’re back and we’re being haunted by all the material we couldn’t fit into the last episode. Happily, we have managed to lay it to rest by discussing it in this second instalment. At least we hope we have. Spectral podcasts are as difficult to exorcise as earworms. We know of only one way of getting such things out of our heads.



A good trepanning can sort out most of life’s problems, not to mention the problem of life itself.


Main Topic: Ghosts in Call of Cthulhu part 2



This is the second of two episodes looking at ghosts and how they tie into Call of Cthulhu. The first focused on ghost stories and folklore. This time, we discuss how (and if) ghosts might fit into Call of Cthulhu and the wider Cthulhu Mythos.



While Lovecraft wrote a handful of tales which might be considered ghost stories, these were usually unrelated to his Mythos fiction. We debate whether it is reasonable to draw all of Lovecraft’s work into our own interpretations of the Mythos, regardless of Lovecraft’s intent. Building on that, we discuss which canon elements of the Mythos might serve as substitutes for ghosts in a more purist game. Mostly, however, we just argue about stuff. You know the drill.



Links



Things we mention in this episode include:




* “The Horror at Red Hook” by H P Lovecraft



* “The Music of Erich Zann” by H P Lovecraft



* “He” by H P Lovecraft



* “Hypnos” by H P Lovecraft



* “The Street” by H P Lovecraft



* “In the Vault” by H P Lovecraft



* “The Evil Clergyman” by H P Lovecraft



* The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H P Lovecraft



* “The Outsider” by H P Lovecraft



* The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H P Lovecraft



* “The Dreams in the Witch House” by H P Lovecraft



* “The Haunting”



* “From Beyond” by H P Lovecraft



* The lloigor



* Yithians



* Sapphire and Steel




When is a ghost not a ghost?