The Arkham Examiner Presents
Excerpt from the Arkham Examiner, Special Investigator’s File (1925)
Nathaniel Crowe was once a scholar of ancient religions and forgotten tongues at Miskatonic University. Brilliant, if eccentric, he vanished from academia following an ill-fated expedition to a buried site in Dunwich—an incident that left three dead, a fourth irreparably mad, and Crowe hospitalized for weeks, speaking in a language no one could identify.
Since his recovery, he has worked independently as a paranormal investigator, quietly taking on cases others fear to speak of. His clients are often anonymous. His findings rarely shared. And though the cases vary—vanished children in Innsmouth, spectral lights over Kingsport, buried sigils unearthed near Arkham—they all leave a mark.
Crowe is methodical, skeptical, and scarred by what he’s seen. There are rumors he keeps a journal written in cipher, that he dreams in symbols, and that something beneath the earth is whispering his name.
He does not seek danger. But danger, it seems, knows where to find him.
What You Now Hold in Your Hands
If you’ve found your way here, then the veil has thinned for you as it once did for me. The Arkham Examiner is not merely a newspaper. It is a ledger of secrets. A preservation of truths too fragile—and too dangerous—for open publication.
My name is Emory Holt, archivist and investigative writer. It is my solemn duty to compile, annotate, and present the recovered casework of Nathaniel Crowe. What you will find within this site is not fiction, nor fevered ramblings—but true accounts drawn from Crowe’s own journals, secured at great personal cost and deciphered one page at a time.
These tales form The Paranormal Investigations of Nathaniel Crowe—an ongoing anthology chronicling the events he dared to confront, and the knowledge man was not meant to possess.
The Chronicles
Every month, a new complete chronicle is made available to our readers—meticulously reconstructed from journal fragments, eyewitness statements, and, when available, the notes Crowe dared to share with me in life. These chronicles are expansive in scope and tied deeply to the shadows that stretch across Arkham, Innsmouth, Kingsport, Dunwich, and beyond.
No two investigations are alike. Some unravel haunted houses sealed since the Revolution. Others trace forgotten rites whispered beneath salt-marred cliffs. Still others uncover subterranean networks, carved long before mankind dared to name the stars.
Each chronicle is delivered in its entirety every month—complete and intact, just as I have reconstructed it from the source material. Some arrive accompanied by recovered illustrations, their ink faded but their meaning unmistakable. Others include audio artifacts, preserved from ancient wax cylinders and newly transcribed for modern ears. Every chronicle bears the weight of the truth I have unearthed—whole, harrowing, and undiluted.
The World Beneath Our Own
The universe of Nathaniel Crowe is grounded in the hidden terrors of the 1920s, when whispers still echoed through the timbered streets of Arkham and the sky turned black above Kingsport on nights without moon or stars.
These stories are not told as mere tales, but as living documents: penned in my own hand, drawn from Crowe’s ciphered logs, and assembled with grave care. Here, you will come to know the histories and horrors of a world that lies just beneath our own—a place of shuddering knowledge, ancestral madness, and cosmic indifference.
Why Subscribe?
If you value atmosphere steeped in dread, mysteries layered in ancient lore, and character-driven horror in the spirit of Lovecraft’s original tales, then The Arkham Examiner is your essential guide to the unspoken.
With a subscription, you gain:
One complete written chronicle each month
Narrated editions available that bring each chronicle to life in an immersive audio experience (depending on your subscription level)
Glimpses into artifacts, maps, and recovered evidence from Crowe’s own fieldwork
Whether you seek only the written records (Esoteric Initiate), only the narrated edition (Servant of Dagon), or both text and narration (Voice of Azathoth), your subscription funds the ongoing preservation of these hidden histories—and ensures they are not forgotten.
Begin Your Investigation
To learn more about the man behind the madness, visit the pages dedicated to Nathaniel Crowe and myself, Emory Holt. Or explore the growing Chronicle Archive for a glimpse into the investigations currently preserved.
And when you are ready—when the shadows grow long, and the wind turns strange—subscribe here. Your first complete chronicle awaits.
The truth is not safe. But it is necessary.
—Emory Holt, Archivist, The Arkham Examiner
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