The Moonchild 12: 'Abomination'

In which Alicia, Erik, Ray and David make good progress in trying to catch up with Mel, whose investigations of the Seance Table have proved more challenging than expected. All routes lead to Mari’s house, but time seems to be slipping away from our investigators - and with it, a certainty of just what to do about the Moonchild…

A modern era Call of Cthulhu Scenario by Paul Fricker, from 'Nameless Horrors', by Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, and Matthew Sanderson. Episodes released weekly.

CW: This podcast contains mature themes and this episode includes reference to implied child abuse and neglect, child incarceration and reference to historical domestic violence as well as strong language and cosmic horror. Human discretion is advised.

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Dominic Allen @DomJAllen as Alicia Juico

Joseph Chance @JosephChance2 as The Keeper of The Arcane Lore

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Dan Wheeler @DanWheelerUK as Erik Wilson

with Special Guest Star Jeany Spark @jeanysparkleface as Melinda Moody 

and with Special Guest Star Tristan Langlois

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Music used in this episode includes:

Not My Will - Ambre Jaune

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/3FwgoMBBOT/

Birgersson Lundberg feat. Frigga - Entertainer | Epidemic Sound

At The Coalface - Damon Greene

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/G0TLLT6Yp3/

I’ll Take You There - Kick Castle

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/GzdmGnyc3y/

Black Bullet - Deskant

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/DX5FZmHvor/

Something Going On - Farrell Wooten

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/5USpev8sI6/

We Did Nothing Wrong - Particle House feat. Sousa Perth

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/Xh6sOxkSuo/

Sad Clowns - Alexandra Woodward

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/vdQ7mdy3Qy/

Two Tunes & Ayre, The Chamber Brass Players

https://archive.org/details/lp_music-for-brass-ensemble-trumpet-or-corn_the-chamber-brass-players/disc1/01.02.+Two+Tunes+%26+Ayre%3A+a-1st+Tune+.mp3

Beyond Remorse - Kikoru

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/amHRJxne5i/

Oddball - John Bjork

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/h9joxxjPPw/

On My Way to LA - Henrik Neesgaard

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/tVbnV4E8Hc/

In The Books - Raymond Grouse

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xFifNXrlIX/

Borderline Disorder - Kikoru

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/5FtZA03xwF/

This Is Bait- Ambre Jaune

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/bvHeOdwIpL/

Omni - Ambre Jaune

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/Sq6RaNkJ16/

Mantra - Ethan Sloan

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/WfjgNfkX5i/

Endings - Ethan Sloan

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/Xc0XxTHhu6/

Hydrographs - Ethan Sloan

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/YUSZ712647/

Undisclosed Agenda - Kikoru

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/W5TGPsFIPu/

The Sum of All Things - Gavin Luke

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xMSpFLw6ry/

Running in the Dark - William Benckert

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/eKtgUAodvP/

Pearce Roswell - Drop World | Epidemic Sound

Farrell Wooten - Dark Outside

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/0LIG37vIiI/

Pearce Roswell - These Days | Epidemic Sound

Pearce Roswell - Craniums | Epidemic Sound

The Eastern Plain - Monster | Epidemic Sound

"Piece for Disaffected Piano One" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Edgar Hopp - Ragnarok

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/M6YcnFcGtL/

He’s Still Out There - Wendel Scherer

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/gC5QvYYmTe/

Eye for Detail - Jay Varton

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/voYZQ7jaBS/

Growing Tall - Etienne Roussel

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/7QAxCTJoxw/

Allure - Power Druid

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/LTYGDYMAzt/

Goofing Around - Stationary Sign

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/9OKbq7k9gu/

No Sleep For Old Bones - These Old Bones

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/58yM9qYbNs/

Highland Hymn - Bonnie Grace (Epidemic)

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/H7ThoLvTNm/

Sunny Days Ahead - Speedy The Spider (Epidemic)

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/ltr967DJt9/

Marten Moses - Quietly Tense (Heart theme build for Mel Moody)

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/rwsK2Di9ye/

The Siege of Kalamet - Jon Bjork

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/Wl0zRSykwA/

A Subtle Mind, Dream Cave

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/iM7o8yAQiY/

Boom Boom Boom, Waykap feat. Mia Pfirman

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/vc7ovJOcyq/

Ace In The Hole, Sixteen Wheelers

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/KjP5XhIhcl/

Enter the Realm of Shadows, Christopher Moe Ditlevsen

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/PpfLbPEBqy/

Imaginary Lines, DEX 1200, Hanna Ekstrom

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/FsrF6ORZSZ/

National Anthem of the USSR

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/XhQ0eBteni/

Someone New - Zorro, Feat. Lupus Nocte

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/JRX19XIpVl/

"Vanishing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Xij - Soundcloud - Throat Singing/Acapellas

https://soundcloud.com/xij/free-overtone-singing-acapellas

Abnormal/Normal - Piper Zzz

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/T4gQoL2oKQ/

Imaginary Lines, DEX 1200, Hanna Ekstrom

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/FsrF6ORZSZ/

Get You off of My Mind - Ten Towers feat. Anders Beckman

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/jSMBCvwD1L/

A Good Old Way of Having Fun - Golden Age Radio

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/cX6DCpuXXc/

Garage Door Opener - pär

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/e7Eujje5NX/

Koko Arrest Me - Blacktop Banks

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/yZtp9mffRN/

You Should Know - Sven Karlsson feat. Dayon

Walkman FM Lupus Nocte

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/DOdd7mENud/

Vacuum Sealer - Edward Karl Hanson

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/UiaNg4OwDn/

Some Kind of Shadow - instruments - Mochas

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/qnRo7jC2YW/

Dark Wood - Justnormal

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/gCvKmm7P6m/

Mystic Heat - Guy Copeland

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/7lXPJdywWA/

You Want Dark Tunes - Ave Air

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/swP1J9NVnd/

Both Shoes Gone Walking - Moss Harman

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/PlXs91tTPu/

The Japanese Sandman - Richard A. Whiting - Paul Whiteman and his Ambassador Orchestra

https://archive.org/details/victor-18690-b-the-japanese-sandman

The Entertainer - Scott Joplin 1902  (Kazoomzoom)

Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States

Etude No 1 For String - Peter Sandberg

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/jETmupCBG2/

Egression - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen, Anna Hager, Hanna Ekstrom

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/1sJK0nlX11/

Running through the Dark - Roots and Recognition

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/BKpai8H4U8/

Gradual Collapse - Jon Björk

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/LDasvOqfWw/

The Lion’s Hoop - Jon Björk

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/qHWKC5zlra/

The Clearing - Golden Anchor

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/uY1SGWFsKL/

Gabriel - Golden Anchor

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/3COtNtTy0P/

Path of Uncertainty - Trailer Worx

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/LxfhE2ALT5/

Chaotic Collusion - Jon Björk

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/TKo8Kopq7J/

Under the Dome - Philip Ayers

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/NkeAExxdWj/

Dark Princess - ELFL

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/SVJskbFEVD/

Dark Outlands - River Foxcroft

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/tXVdVW3Bfd/

Consider Fight For your Chance - Experia

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/LtjQMGxiNr/

Boulevard to Nowhere - Rasure

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/HZeNXJLhN5/

Temple of Ruhn - ELFL

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/GD5j9vCmIi/

Hiding Shadows - Josef Falkensköld

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/RTIUdeMTvv/

One on One in Madrid - Trabant 33

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/NteU25Qk0w/

The Climb - Tellsonic

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/A8TXzmdER0/

Undead Digital Minds - Polar Nights (Mel in Mari’s house)

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/R27uORmeSK/

Ceres - Lennon Hutton - Mel in Mari’s

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/nwMri0pU3H/

Air Talking - Medite (St Blaize Theme!)

Love in Reverse - Hannah Lindgren

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/KgyQG1NjNU/

Blueprints - Stillness Talking

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/DBay0Fftv8/

Etude No 3 For String Quartet - Peter Sandberg

Joseph Haydn - Partita in B-flat Major, Hob.XVI:2 3. Menuetto

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IMSLP213376-PMLP01624-Haydn_Sonata_Hob.XVI_2_3rd.ogg

The Red Line - Christopher Moe Ditlevsen

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/VaqDRcxvFB/

Crawling - Hanna Estrom, Anna Dager

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/jSZaJzdB8E/

Burial Hour - Farrell Wooten

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/3TA54KAu6r/

Kosmos Inverted - Ave Air

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/BV5j6eBOmE/

In the Dungeon - Martin Klem

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/JiKB5kb0JV/

Endings, Ethan Alone

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/Xc0XxTHhu6/

Like Morning Coffee - Collin Lim

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/s0w7ocgnQi/

The Bard’s Tale - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/1mht2puewa/

Mystery Evolving - Gabriel Lewis

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/EX0qo0dfYN/

Indigo Valley - Dew of Light

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/WvsIBCd2fU/

Infinite Dread - Sage Oursler

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/WmcDS4BIjv/

Rain Outside, Sun within - Arthur Benson

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/WmcDS4BIjv/

Hiding Your Reality Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?feels%5B%5D=epic

Step Lightly - Farrell Wooten

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/WFV62ShdXb/

Livery Stable Blues - Dixie Land Jass Band

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Original_Dixieland_Jass_Band_-_Livery_Stable_Blues_%281917%29_alternate_edit.ogg

Made of Shadows - Lalo Brickman

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/UQbGx8D0Ze/

Dawning City by Max Anson

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/u2EaOheOm8/