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	On a quiet Sunday evening in June 1925, several neighbors on an otherwise peaceful Arkham street gather at Tallahassee ~~Turner’s~~ house to enjoy conversation, jazz on the radio, and an absurd amount of “non-alcoholic water.” Present are Tallahassee Turner, Dominic Druncard, Dr. Simeon, and Major Frederick Aloisius Bakersfield, all of whom are introduced as residents of the neighborhood.		On a quiet Sunday evening in June 1925, several neighbors on an otherwise peaceful Arkham street gather at [[Tallahassee Turner]]’s house to enjoy conversation, jazz on the radio, and an absurd amount of “non-alcoholic water.” Present are Tallahassee Turner, [[Dom Druncard\|Dominic Druncard]], [[Simeon Kantstandyerbitz\|Dr. Simeon]], and [[Major Bakersfield\|Major Frederick Aloisius Bakersfield]], all of whom are introduced as residents of the neighborhood.

	Their evening is interrupted first by a radio bulletin announcing another grisly killing by the “Miskatonic Mangler,” a serial murderer who has already been terrorizing Arkham for months, and then by the arrival of their neighbor Bernard Corbitt, a quiet, somewhat reclusive importer known for his greenhouse, his generosity with produce, and his squeaky car.		Their evening is interrupted first by a radio bulletin announcing another grisly killing by the “Miskatonic Mangler,” a serial murderer who has already been terrorizing Arkham for months, and then by the arrival of their neighbor [[Mister Corbitt the Character\|Bernard Corbitt]], a quiet, somewhat reclusive importer known for his greenhouse, his generosity with produce, and his squeaky car.

	While Corbitt unloads two wrapped packages from his trunk, Dr. Simeon and Tallahassee notice that when one package falls open, it appears to reveal a human hand. Corbitt hastily rewraps it and retreats into his house, immediately making himself the obvious object of suspicion. The group decides to investigate him under the flimsiest possible social pretext: bringing him homemade cookies. Unfortunately, Dominic’s baking attempt produces something closer to charred sludge than food, though the group insists on upgrading them verbally into “crumpets.”		While Corbitt unloads two wrapped packages from his trunk, Dr. Simeon and Tallahassee notice that when one package falls open, it appears to reveal a human hand. Corbitt hastily rewraps it and retreats into his house, immediately making himself the obvious object of suspicion. The group decides to investigate him under the flimsiest possible social pretext: bringing him homemade cookies. Unfortunately, Dominic’s baking attempt produces something closer to charred sludge than food, though the group insists on upgrading them verbally into “crumpets.”

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	Welcome to The Arkham Files, an actual-play Call of Cthulhu RPG podcast.		Welcome to The Arkham Files, an actual-play Call of Cthulhu RPG podcast.

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	01:08:30: "Thanks again!"		01:08:30: "Thanks again!"
	01:08:56: "No psychologists were injured in the recording of this episode."		01:08:56: "No psychologists were injured in the recording of this episode."
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	== ~~Summary~~ ==		== Synopsis ==

			On a quiet Sunday evening in June 1925, several neighbors on an otherwise peaceful Arkham street gather at Tallahassee Turner’s house to enjoy conversation, jazz on the radio, and an absurd amount of “non-alcoholic water.” Present are Tallahassee Turner, Dominic Druncard, Dr. Simeon, and Major Frederick Aloisius Bakersfield, all of whom are introduced as residents of the neighborhood.

			Their evening is interrupted first by a radio bulletin announcing another grisly killing by the “Miskatonic Mangler,” a serial murderer who has already been terrorizing Arkham for months, and then by the arrival of their neighbor Bernard Corbitt, a quiet, somewhat reclusive importer known for his greenhouse, his generosity with produce, and his squeaky car.

			While Corbitt unloads two wrapped packages from his trunk, Dr. Simeon and Tallahassee notice that when one package falls open, it appears to reveal a human hand. Corbitt hastily rewraps it and retreats into his house, immediately making himself the obvious object of suspicion. The group decides to investigate him under the flimsiest possible social pretext: bringing him homemade cookies. Unfortunately, Dominic’s baking attempt produces something closer to charred sludge than food, though the group insists on upgrading them verbally into “crumpets.”

			The investigators manage to talk their way into Corbitt’s house, where they find him polite, composed, and only mildly alarmed by the sudden appearance of several neighbors carrying cursed bakery matter. Inside, his home is revealed to be immaculate, sparsely lived-in, and decorated with curios from his travels, including religious idols and a ceremonial dagger. Corbitt explains that the dagger is supposedly a Thuggee sacrificial blade from India, and he describes grisly rumors attached to it. He also reveals bits of his background: he runs an importing business, often travels overseas, lives alone after the death of his wife, and usually keeps to himself.

			As the others question Corbitt, Dominic and later Major Bakersfield begin snooping through the front part of the house under cover of bathroom breaks and aimless wandering. Their investigation is not especially productive, but it is extremely destructive to the dignity of everyone involved. Dominic discovers nothing suspicious in the front closet except that Corbitt owns an extremely excellent hat, which fits him so perfectly that he decides to throw it out the guest room window onto the lawn for later retrieval. Major Bakersfield independently repeats this exact line of reasoning, trying on another hat and then escalating matters by throwing both a hat and a pea coat out the same window. Neither man finds hidden compartments or secret rooms; they merely create a growing pile of stolen outerwear on Corbitt’s front lawn.

			The awkward visit finally comes apart when Corbitt, increasingly suspicious but still trying to remain courteous, ushers the group out. At that exact moment, nosy neighbor Tom Barber arrives to inform Corbitt that he has just seen articles of clothing flying out of the front of the house. Corbitt discovers the hats and coat on the lawn, looks at the investigators with mounting disbelief, and receives from Tallahassee a completely unserious explanation involving ghosts that steal clothing. Corbitt ends the encounter by retreating into his house and shutting the door harder than before.

			Back at Tallahassee’s house, the group finally compares notes. Tallahassee and Dr. Simeon explain to the others that they saw what looked like a human hand in Corbitt’s dropped package, and the investigators begin to suspect that Corbitt may somehow be connected to the Miskatonic Mangler murders. By the end of the episode, they agree on their next step: wait until nightfall and continue watching Corbitt’s house.


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	Welcome to The Arkham Files, an actual-play Call of Cthulhu RPG podcast.		Welcome to The Arkham Files, an actual-play Call of Cthulhu RPG podcast.
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	20:24: Bernard Corbitt peers out at you.		20:24: Bernard Corbitt peers out at you.

			20:27: He's about in his 40s, looks like.
			20:32: You know, he's a pleasant-looking guy. He's a little small.
			20:36: He has dark brown hair that's always kind of combed very tight to his head.
			20:42: It's slicked back a little bit.
			20:46: He looks out at all of you and says, "Ah..."

			21:12: "I want to work those types of skills like Charm or Persuade, or any of these. Basically, you tell me how you're going to charm him, or you talk to him in the way that you basically want to get your point across — like persuade him — and then we'll roll from there."
			21:32: "Okay."
			21:33: "So basically, how are you charming him?"
			21:35: "He's very attractive."
			21:37: "Are you saying that in your voice?"
			21:40: "Is that in character?"
			21:42: "Oh. Well, thank you."

			21:47: "You're attractive, and you're attractive, and you're attractive..."
			21:59: "Well, sure, that sounds nice."

			22:09: "I would love to."
			22:11: As he says that, he steps out and closes the door.
			22:15: "Are you all at Tallahassee's house? Is that where we're going?"
			22:18: "Well, we're already over here."
			22:21: "Why don't we just go inside your house? I mean, we got the water, we got the... whatever those are..."
			22:27: "Why don't we just go sit down in your house, you know, your living room or something?"
			22:33: "Okay. Let's see, that sounds like a Persuade to me. Major Bakersfield, why don't you roll me a Persuade?"

			22:39: "Okay."
			22:42: "Wait..."
			22:44: "10%? Oh, wait — my Persuade is 10%."
			22:46: [laughter]
			22:47: "You ready for this?"
			22:48: "We do that."
			22:49: "Okay."
			22:50: "We do it."
			22:51: "Yeah."
			22:52: "We've got a 12."
			22:54: "So close."
			22:55: "That is close."
			22:57: "You can spend two luck."
			22:58: "Well, let's do it."
			23:01: "Can I—"
			23:02: "I'm going to spend two luck and succeed."
			23:03: "Okay, mark that down."
			23:05: "Okay, and remember: when you spend your luck, that luck is permanently gone."

			23:10: "Okay, so Mr. Corbitt looks at you and says, 'Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were inviting me over.'"
			23:18: "Well, yes — sure. I have some delightful non-alcoholic water. I just put some in the fridge."
			23:30: "Sure. Why don't you come inside and bring those cookies?"
			23:38: "Crumpets?"
			23:39: "Crumpets, yes. I thought they were interesting."
			23:43: "Oh, yes. I just — well — might... yeah, why don't you all come right in?"

			23:51: So Mr. Corbitt opens the door and walks into the house, leaves the door open, and waves you guys to come in.
			23:58: You see immediately it's just a little bit of an open entry room.
			24:02: On the left, there's a little closet that is closed.
			24:07: You see some stairs going up directly ahead of you.
			24:11: It opens up to your left into a front living room.
			24:15: The hallway goes back toward what looks like a dining room on your left, down at the end of the hallway.
			24:24: There's also another door to your right that is currently closed.
			24:31: He starts walking back toward the dining room area and waves you guys along, saying, "Oh, just this way. My kitchen's back here. That's where the water is."
			24:46: "So do you guys follow him back?"
			24:49: "Indeed."
			24:50: "Yeah."

			24:51: Okay, so you guys start walking back.
			24:54: The dining room is fairly small.
			24:56: The front room, as you pass it — one thing you notice about this house is it's pretty immaculate.
			25:03: It doesn't really look like he does much entertaining here.
			25:12: The front room has a couch and a coffee table. There's actually a lot of these glass curio cabinets with lots of little knickknacks and things.

			25:20: "Let's see — who's been in the neighborhood the longest? How long have you guys lived here?"
			25:24: "I've just been here a couple months."
			25:27: "A month."
			25:29: "That's right."
			25:35: "This is just something you can decide."
			25:41: "How long have you been in the neighborhood?"
			25:45: [laughter]
			25:48: "No, so basically, you can decide. It's up to you."
			25:57: "Well, I'm Tallahassee, so I've been here about ten years."
			26:00: "I've been here about ten years and two days."
			26:03: [laughter]
			26:07: "So yeah, I think you're the longest."

			26:08: "Okay, so those of you that have been here for a little while are acquainted with Mr. Corbitt, as you are with most of your neighbors."
			26:15: "Nobody really knows him super well. He's fairly quiet. He keeps to himself a lot."
			26:21: "He's very friendly, though, if maybe a little quiet and not the most social guy."
			26:26: "He actually has a very nice garden in the back of his house and a greenhouse, where he grows a lot of fruits and vegetables."
			26:33: "He usually gives them out to people in the neighborhood."
			26:40: "In fact, right now, Tallahassee and Dr. Simmy, you probably have a basket of his fruit and vegetables that he gave to the neighbors."

			26:54: "In the front room, you see in these curio cabinets he's got all these little knickknacks and baubles and interesting little things, which he's probably gotten through his company, which he runs — an importing company."
			27:09: "So he's got kind of a lot of strange exotic little things all over the place, and a bookshelf with quite a few books on it."

			27:16: "I'd like to ask him about his awesome models collection."
			27:23: "Is that what you'd like to ask?"
			27:24: "Yeah — really exotic."
			27:30: "Yeah, well, I'm a famous explorer, so, you know, we collect this stuff. Where did you find these things?"

			27:37: He looks back a little bit as you start talking to him and says, "Oh, oh — these things. These are just little things I've picked up in my travels."
			27:50: "I've gone around a few places overseas looking for new products to import through our company, and just some interesting things I've picked up along the way."
			28:02: "Some little idols from India."

			28:08: "Can I ask him where his most recent travels have been?"
			28:13: "Most recently, I traveled down to some islands in the South Pacific, looking to open up a new tea trade down there."
			28:22: "Very, very interesting. They grow some great tea plants down in that area."
			28:28: "Also, to add to our inventory, I've been to Darjeeling in India to import tea from there."
			28:38: "It was quite lovely. I did quite enjoy it."

			28:42: "I'd like to look a little more closely at his cabinets — any of the items in there look a little suspicious, maybe cultish?"
			28:53: "Why don't you roll me an Occult roll?"
			28:57: "Roll."
			28:58: "I'm trying to start picking at this paint that's kind of shaking."
			29:02: [laughter]
			29:04: "Hey, Mikey!"
			29:06: "Alright, so my Occult is 60, so..."
			29:11: "Okay."
			29:12: "39."
			29:13: "Nice."

			29:16: Yeah, looking at some of the items, you see there's a dagger that is kind of ornamental, with the hilt carved into the shape of a woman with snakes wrapped around her.
			29:33: "This is actually a ceremonial sacrificial dagger used in the Thuggee cult from India."
			29:42: "There's also a couple little idols that you notice are some kind of minor deities in various Asian religions and pantheons, and maybe a couple from Africa."
			29:55: "Has the dagger been used?"
			29:57: "Well, if it's been cleaned, how would you know?"

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William Jodeit at 22:23, 14 March 2026

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	~~Opening Credits~~

	[Music]		[Music]
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	“I think he's dying… but if he does, are you available?”		“I think he's dying… but if he does, are you available?”

	Peter Morrison as Dominic ~~John Card~~		Peter Morrison as Dominic Druncard

	“It was like I… you know… had a fair amount of spirits.”		“It was like I… you know… had a fair amount of spirits.”
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	~~Evil~~ Morrison as Officer Billie McConnell		Abel Morrison as Officer Billie McConnell

	“We can’t do anything drastically illegal.”		“We can’t do anything drastically illegal ... like blow up his business.”
	“I blow up his business.”

	And I’m your Game Master — the Keeper of Arcane Lore, Alex Morrison.		And I’m your Game Master — the Keeper of Arcane Lore, Alex Morrison.
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	~~Opening Narration~~

	~~There are dark places in this world.~~

	~~You can find them, if you look.~~

	~~Anywhere the light of civilization or enlightenment shines, it inevitably creates shadows —~~
	~~and in those shadows, evil hides.~~

	~~You can find these dark places if you look.~~

	~~Some travelers stumble into them while roaming the world, whether by accident or design.~~
	~~And when they do, it is usually to their lasting horror.~~

	Some of these places are so sinister and mysterious that they have become synonymous with darkness itself:		There are dark places in this world. You can find them, if you look. Anywhere the light of civilization or enlightenment shines, it inevitably creates shadows — and in those shadows, evil hides. You can find these dark places if you look. Some travelers stumble into them while roaming the world, whether by accident or design. And when they do, it is usually to their lasting horror. Some of these places are so sinister and mysterious that they have become synonymous with darkness itself:

	the darkest jungles of Africa		the darkest jungles of Africa
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	You can find these places if you look.		You can find these places if you look. But what we often don’t realize — until it’s too late — is that darkness can be anywhere. Even the light of one person’s joy or triumph can cast a shadow of anger and resentment in an envious neighbor. The darkest evil might hide behind:

	But what we often don’t realize — until it’s too late — is that darkness can be anywhere.

	Even the light of one person’s joy or triumph can cast a shadow of anger and resentment in an envious neighbor.

	The darkest evil might hide behind:

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	And sometimes…		And sometimes… evil finds you. Sometimes darkness comes home.

	evil finds you.

	Sometimes darkness comes home.

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			== Transcript ==

			Opening Credits

			[Music]

			Welcome to The Arkham Files, an actual-play Call of Cthulhu RPG podcast.

			Starring:

			Seth Morrison as Tallahassee Turner

			“I think he's dying… but if he does, are you available?”

			Peter Morrison as Dominic John Card

			“It was like I… you know… had a fair amount of spirits.”

			Donovan Ballard as Dr. Simeon

			“I’m not a psychologist tonight.”

			Sam Morrison as Major Frederick Aloisius Bakersfield

			“Still really into guns and ammo and… shit.”

			Evil Morrison as Officer Billie McConnell

			“We can’t do anything drastically illegal.”
			“I blow up his business.”

			And I’m your Game Master — the Keeper of Arcane Lore, Alex Morrison.

			Now grab your dice… and your sanity.

			Let’s roll.

			Opening Narration

			There are dark places in this world.

			You can find them, if you look.

			Anywhere the light of civilization or enlightenment shines, it inevitably creates shadows —
			and in those shadows, evil hides.

			You can find these dark places if you look.

			Some travelers stumble into them while roaming the world, whether by accident or design.
			And when they do, it is usually to their lasting horror.

			Some of these places are so sinister and mysterious that they have become synonymous with darkness itself:

			the darkest jungles of Africa

			the deep catacombs of Paris

			the dark side of the moon

			even a dark alley

			You can find these places if you look.

			But what we often don’t realize — until it’s too late — is that darkness can be anywhere.

			Even the light of one person’s joy or triumph can cast a shadow of anger and resentment in an envious neighbor.

			The darkest evil might hide behind:

			the eyes of a friendly accountant

			a smiling waitress

			a quiet orderly

			And sometimes…

			evil finds you.

			Sometimes darkness comes home.

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