THE CALL OF CTHULHU: A Clay Idol, A Cult, And A City Rising From The Sea | #MidnightInTheMacabre

Sorting through the papers of his late great-uncle, a Providence professor of ancient languages, Francis Thurston finds a clay bas-relief of a winged, tentacled thing, a file of newspaper clippings from around the world, and a set of notes connecting a young sculptor's fever dreams to a swamp cult in Louisiana and a word no human tongue was built to pronounce.

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Midnight In The Macabre (MITM), originally aired: September 11, 2026

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