The team continues their descent into madness aboard the mysterious USS Eldridge—a ship out of time, loaded with secrets, and swarming with danger… as long as you’re not looking at it.

In this actual play Call of Cthulhu TTRPG session, our investigators navigate twisted timelines, eldritch horrors, and moments of absurd comedy as the ship begins to reveal its true nature. Reality warps, voices whisper from the void, and something keeps reaching for Shelby—mentally and physically.

Will they uncover the artifact?
They’re not alone—and whatever’s watching doesn’t like being ignored.

🎲 A mix of cosmic horror, historical weird fiction, and hilarious table talk
🛳️ Set in 1920s Cincinnati, where myth meets mystery
🎧 For fans of Lovecraftian horror, TTRPG podcasts, and chaotic party dynamics

In this episode of 7 Hills of Cincy, our 1920s investigators board The Majestic, a legendary Cincinnati showboat moored at the Public Landing. But what begins as a routine visit spirals into a mind-bending encounter that warps time, reality, and trust within the group. What secrets lie beneath the river... and in Ashton’s past?

Lovecraftian horror meets historical mystery in this eerie chapter of our Call of Cthulhu actual-play podcast. Follow now and uncover the unknown.

The guys wrap up Cincinnati Music Hall with an odd moment with Joseph brought on by Duke. Shelby falls into the dream world and an interesting phone call. Duke and Ashton visit an iconic, historical theater in Cincinnati, that's almost lost to time.

The guys go searching for the first nyarlathotep artifact at Cincinnati's famous Music hall. They stumble upon, not only Carl and Shawn's real Dad, but Ralph Lyford. Not sure what to do, the team comes together in unexpected ways to solve the mystery before them.

This episode contains strong language, references to drugs and alcohol, grotesque imagery, etc. Any actual names or representation of history or used for a fictitious purpose. PLEASE DO NOT GO DESECRATING HISTORICAL SITES OR GRAVES BECAUSE OF THIS PODCAST.

The group is forced to earn Kroger's trust through sharing their single, deepest, darkest secret. Shelby's shady past catches up with him, Duke and Joseph have sibling issues, and who knows what is going on with Ashton. Lines are being drawn in the sand.

DISCLAIMER: Any actual places or names used are purely for a fictitious reason. Please, anybody in Cincinnati, do not desecrate memorials or landmarks based off this show. Crude humor, language, tobacco and alcohol, and sexual innuendos are used.

While one investigator’s fate remains uncertain, the others dive deeper into George Remus’s tangled bootlegging operation—and the strange happenings at his drop site in Eden Park. With ghost stories, whispered debts, and otherworldly pressure mounting, each member of the group finds themselves pulled into Remus’s orbit in ways they didn’t expect.

Sent to collect payment from a secretive yellow-robed group, the trail leads the investigators to the tomb of a U.S. President and beneath it, a strange chamber where forgotten figures of Cincinnati’s past still hold power—including one founder with far more knowledge than anyone anticipated.

🎲 A Call of Cthulhu actual play podcast
👻 Real historical legends meet cosmic horror
🧃 Featuring bootleggers, ghosts, and one surprisingly intense grocery magnate

DISCLAIMER: Any actual places used in the telling of this story, were used in a fictional way. Please do not desecrate memorials or tombs.

Content Warnings include Language, Sex, Violence, Blood and Gore, Tobacco and Alcohol use, and other Horror Elements.

In this bonus episode, we hit pause on the horror (mostly) and dive into the real local history behind Episodes 5–7 of our Call of Cthulhu actual play series. Join us as we ramble through stories about Cincinnati’s bizarre past—from the rise of Porkopolis and the dark legacy of George Remus, to the Cyclones, The Gardens, and other deep cuts from the Queen City’s past.

It’s part history lesson, part comedy chaos—basically what happens when you hand a Lovecraftian RPG group a Cincinnati tourism brochure.

💬 Got corrections? Wild local stories? Want to tell us how wrong we are? Leave a comment and join the conversation!

🎲 TTRPG meets local lore
🏙️ Real history behind our horror
🧠 Chaotic Cincinnati trivia with a side of bootlegging and burlesque

Episode warnings include; language, violence, and sexual themes.

The crew finds themselves rubbing elbows with none other than George Remus—the infamous King of Bootleggers—inside the velvet-draped walls of the Empress Burleske Theater. Secrets spill, alliances shift, and Duke does his best to wrestle some trust out of a man who once beat the system after murdering his wife.

But tension simmers—not just with Remus, but among the investigators themselves. A new arrival, Joseph, seems helpful enough… but something about him doesn’t sit right.

As the group follows Remus’s lead into Eden Park to investigate his disrupted bootleg operation, they discover things are much more than busted bottles and bad luck. Elsewhere, a separate confrontation grows deadly—seduction, blood, and ancient bargains are all on the table.

🎲 Call of Cthulhu actual play with a twist of prohibition pulp and cosmic dread
🕵️‍♂️ Historical horror meets horror comedy
🍸 1920s Cincinnati, cult conspiracies, and unpredictable companions

Content warnings include; nudity, violence, graphic language, tobacco and alcohol use, and horror elements.