The Bad Articles

David Membrane, host of The Bad Articles listening parties, chats to cast of Article 3: The Gums of Ballybogle.

In this new series called "The Aftershock", David will grill the players with hard hitting questions, try to get to the bottom of conspiracy theories and simply make the cast squirm by holding them accountable for their actions in game...

WARNING! There are spoilers for Article 3 in this interview so make sure to listen in full before diving in!

Host - David Membrane

Cast - Amelia Price (Sylvester Smilie)

- Laura Conlon (Maddie Murphy)

- Patrick Meier (Dolan Gibbons)

- Niall McKenna (Gideon Hubble)

Don't forget to join The Bad Articles Discord channel to stay up to date with all things Bad Articles and to get exclusive access to the episodes and listening parties before they are officially released.

The Gums of Ballybogle (Part 4)

The Bad Articles is created by JR McCormick and Aidan Kelly.

Editing and Sound Design by Clark Phillips, with additional SFX and voices by Conleth McVeigh.

Featuring:

Amelia Price as Sylvester Smiley

Starring:

Patrick Meier as Dolan Gibbons

Laura Conlon as Maddie Murphy

Niall McKenna as Gideon Hubble

JR McCormick and Aidan Kelly as everyone else.

Check out RPG Major

Join our Discord server to chat with fellow fans of the show, as well as the cast and crew! This is where we host things like listening parties for each article!

For BTS content and more info, follow our socials, or check out our Linktree.

Instagram, Bluesky, Youtube

If you'd like to contribute to the show to help keep the lights on and the improvisers warm, feel free to donate at our Ko-Fi

The Bad Articles is produced by Felbryn Studios in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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OUR RULES

Our system is simple. Characters have 16 skills, each starting at 20% (a basic human-level chance to succeed).

Players get 10 "pips" which they can assign to boost skills of their choosing. Each pip adds +20% to their window of success, with a maximum of 3 additional PIPs per skill (success window is capped at 80%).

To utilise a skill, players roll a d100. If they roll equal to or under their skill level, they succeed.

To avoid issues (such as damage or mental affects) players will be asked to make preservation rolls. The DC of the preservation roll is set at 80% (easy), 60% (medium), 40% (hard), 20% (challenging).

DISCLAIMERS

All characters, events, and organisations in The Bad Articles are entirely fictional.

No AI has been used in the creation of the show.

CONTENT WARNINGS

Death, violence, language, mild horror elements and light gore SFX.

Listener discretion is advised, especially for those sensitive to depictions or sounds of injury (misophonia).

The Gums of Ballybogle (Part 3)

The Bad Articles is created by JR McCormick and Aidan Kelly.

Editing and Sound Design by Clark Phillips, with additional SFX and voices by Conleth McVeigh.

Featuring:

Amelia Price as Sylvester Smiley

Starring:

Patrick Meier as Dolan Gibbons

Laura Conlon as Maddie Murphy

Niall McKenna as Gideon Hubble

JR McCormick and Aidan Kelly as everyone else.

Check out RPG Major

Join our Discord server to chat with fellow fans of the show, as well as the cast and crew! This is where we host things like listening parties for each article!

For BTS content and more info, follow our socials, or check out our Linktree.

Instagram, Bluesky, Youtube

If you'd like to contribute to the show to help keep the lights on and the improvisers warm, feel free to donate at our Ko-Fi

The Bad Articles is produced by Felbryn Studios in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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OUR RULES

Our system is simple. Characters have 16 skills, each starting at 20% (a basic human-level chance to succeed).

Players get 10 "pips" which they can assign to boost skills of their choosing. Each pip adds +20% to their window of success, with a maximum of 3 additional PIPs per skill (success window is capped at 80%).

To utilise a skill, players roll a d100. If they roll equal to or under their skill level, they succeed.

To avoid issues (such as damage or mental affects) players will be asked to make preservation rolls. The DC of the preservation roll is set at 80% (easy), 60% (medium), 40% (hard), 20% (challenging).

DISCLAIMERS

All characters, events, and organisations in The Bad Articles are entirely fictional.

No AI has been used in the creation of the show.

CONTENT WARNINGS

Death, violence, language, mild horror elements and light gore SFX.

Listener discretion is advised, especially for those sensitive to depictions or sounds of injury (misophonia).

The Gums of Ballybogle (Part 2)

The Bad Articles is created by JR McCormick and Aidan Kelly.

Editing and Sound Design by Clark Phillips, with additional SFX and voices by Conleth McVeigh.

Featuring:

Amelia Price as Sylvester Smiley

Starring:

Patrick Meier as Dolan Gibbons

Laura Conlon as Maddie Murphy

Niall McKenna as Gideon Hubble

JR McCormick and Aidan Kelly as everyone else.

Check out RPG Major

Join our Discord server to chat with fellow fans of the show, as well as the cast and crew! This is where we host things like listening parties for each article!

For BTS content and more info, follow our socials, or check out our Linktree.

Instagram, Bluesky, Youtube

If you'd like to contribute to the show to help keep the lights on and the improvisers warm, feel free to donate at our Ko-Fi

The Bad Articles is produced by Felbryn Studios in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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OUR RULES

Our system is simple. Characters have 16 skills, each starting at 20% (a basic human-level chance to succeed).

Players get 10 "pips" which they can assign to boost skills of their choosing. Each pip adds +20% to their window of success, with a maximum of 3 additional PIPs per skill (success window is capped at 80%).

To utilise a skill, players roll a d100. If they roll equal to or under their skill level, they succeed.

To avoid issues (such as damage or mental affects) players will be asked to make preservation rolls. The DC of the preservation roll is set at 80% (easy), 60% (medium), 40% (hard), 20% (challenging).

DISCLAIMERS

All characters, events, and organisations in The Bad Articles are entirely fictional.

No AI has been used in the creation of the show.

CONTENT WARNINGS

Death, violence, language, mild horror elements and light gore SFX.

Listener discretion is advised, especially for those sensitive to depictions or sounds of injury (misophonia).

The Gums of Ballybogle (Part 1)

The Bad Articles is created by JR McCormick and Aidan Kelly.

Editing and Sound Design by Clark Phillips, with additional SFX and voices by Conleth McVeigh.

Featuring:

Amelia Price as Sylvester Smiley

Starring:

Patrick Meier as Dolan Gibbons

Laura Conlon as Maddie Murphy

Niall McKenna as Gideon Hubble

JR McCormick and Aidan Kelly as everyone else.

Check out RPG Major

Join our Discord server to chat with fellow fans of the show, as well as the cast and crew! This is where we host things like listening parties for each article!

For BTS content and more info, follow our socials, or check out our Linktree.

Instagram, Bluesky, Youtube

If you'd like to contribute to the show to help keep the lights on and the improvisers warm, feel free to donate at our Ko-Fi

The Bad Articles is produced by Felbryn Studios in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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OUR RULES

Our system is simple. Characters have 16 skills, each starting at 20% (a basic human-level chance to succeed).

Players get 10 "pips" which they can assign to boost skills of their choosing. Each pip adds +20% to their window of success, with a maximum of 3 additional PIPs per skill (success window is capped at 80%).

To utilise a skill, players roll a d100. If they roll equal to or under their skill level, they succeed.

To avoid issues (such as damage or mental affects) players will be asked to make preservation rolls. The DC of the preservation roll is set at 80% (easy), 60% (medium), 40% (hard), 20% (challenging).

DISCLAIMERS

All characters, events, and organisations in The Bad Articles are entirely fictional.

No AI has been used in the creation of the show.

CONTENT WARNINGS

Death, violence, language, mild horror elements and light gore SFX.

Listener discretion is advised, especially for those sensitive to depictions or sounds of injury (misophonia).

MONDAY 6th JULY

Article 3 - The Gums of Ballybogle!

Join our Knuckles, and special guest Amelia Price, for four more episodes of chaotic supernatural investigative silliness!

As always, all four episodes are dropping all at once, so that you can listen to it however you like!

But if you’d like to listen even earlier, join us on our community discord on Friday 3rd July for a listening party where cast, crew & fans will be sitting down and listening to the ENTIRE 4 episode Article.

Listening party starts Friday 3rd July @ 7pm GMT, 2pm EST

For interviews with cast & crew, and more BTS content follow us on your social platform of choice:

Instagram

Bluesky

Youtube

The Forever Wake (Part 4)

Deep in the coves below The Sea Señor, our agents settle petty grudges, learn what it means to be a crew, and discover just what's been causing all this blasted timey-wimey nonsense!

The Bad Articles is created by JR McCormick and Aidan Kelly.

Editing and Sound Design by Clark Phillips, with additional SFX & voices by Conleth McVeigh.

Starring:

Patrick Meier as Dolan Gibbons

Laura Conlon as Maddie Murphy

Niall McKenna as Gideon Hubble

JR McCormick & Aidan Kelly as everyone else.

Join our Discord server to chat with fellow fans of the show, as well as the cast & crew! This is where we host things like listening parties for each article, and is always the first place news about the show is shared.

For Behind-the-scenes content and more info on the show follow our socials:

Instagram, Bluesky, Youtube

If you'd like to contribute to the show to help keep the lights on and the improvisers warm, feel free to donate at our Ko-Fi

You can find all of these on our Linktree as well.

The Bad Articles is produced by Felbryn Studios in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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OUR RULES

Our system is simple. Characters have 17 skills, each starting at 20% (a basic human-level chance to succeed).

Players get 10 "pips" which they can assign to boost skills of their choosing. Each pip adds +20% to their window of success, with a maximum of 3 additional PIPs per skill (success window is capped at 80%).

To do something, players roll a d100. If they roll equal to or under their skill level, they succeed.

DISCLAIMERS

All characters, events, and organisations in The Bad Articles are entirely fictional.

No AI has been used in the creation of the show.

CONTENT WARNINGS

Death, violence, language, mild horror elements and light gore SFX.

Listener discretion is advised, especially for those sensitive to depictions or sounds of injury (misophonia).

The Forever Wake (Part 3)

Our agents begin investigating the wake of Mickey 'The Mackerel' Mulchrone. Wait, did I say that already? Hmmm. Maybe there is something supernatural going on, after all? They head to the basement, to find out more. And hopefully Dolan's stopped gaslighting an oul' man.

The Bad Articles is created by JR McCormick and Aidan Kelly.

Editing and Sound Design by Clark Phillips, with additional SFX & voices by Conleth McVeigh.

Starring:

Patrick Meier as Dolan Gibbons

Laura Conlon as Maddie Murphy

Niall McKenna as Gideon Hubble

JR McCormick & Aidan Kelly as everyone else.

Join our Discord server to chat with fellow fans of the show, as well as the cast & crew! This is where we host things like listening parties for each article, and is always the first place news about the show is shared.

For Behind-the-scenes content and more info on the show follow our socials:

Instagram, Bluesky, Youtube

If you'd like to contribute to the show to help keep the lights on and the improvisers warm, feel free to donate at our Ko-Fi

You can find all of these on our Linktree as well.

The Bad Articles is produced by Felbryn Studios in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

OUR RULES

Our system is simple. Characters have 17 skills, each starting at 20% (a basic human-level chance to succeed).

Players get 10 "pips" which they can assign to boost skills of their choosing. Each pip adds +20% to their window of success, with a maximum of 3 additional PIPs per skill (success window is capped at 80%).

To do something, players roll a d100. If they roll equal to or under their skill level, they succeed.

DISCLAIMERS

All characters, events, and organisations in The Bad Articles are entirely fictional.

No AI has been used in the creation of the show.

CONTENT WARNINGS

Death, violence, language, mild horror elements and light gore SFX.

Listener discretion is advised, especially for those sensitive to depictions or sounds of injury (misophonia).

The Forever Wake (Part 2)

Our agents begin investigating the wake of Micky 'The Mackerel' Mulchrone. Maybe there's not even anything supernatural going on? Wouldn't that be nice? Maybe they're just attending a wake and having some lovely chats with folk?

The Bad Articles is created by JR McCormick and Aidan Kelly.

Editing and Sound Design by Clark Phillips, with additional SFX & voices by Conleth McVeigh.

Starring:

Patrick Meier as Dolan Gibbons

Laura Conlon as Maddie Murphy

Niall McKenna as Gideon Hubble

JR McCormick & Aidan Kelly as everyone else.

Join our Discord server to chat with fellow fans of the show, as well as the cast & crew! This is where we host things like listening parties for each article, and is always the first place news about the show is shared.

For Behind-the-scenes content and more info on the show follow our socials:

Instagram, Bluesky, Youtube

If you'd like to contribute to the show to help keep the lights on and the improvisers warm, feel free to donate at our Ko-Fi

You can find all of these on our Linktree as well.

The Bad Articles is produced by Felbryn Studios in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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OUR RULES

Our system is simple. Characters have 17 skills, each starting at 20% (a basic human-level chance to succeed).

Players get 10 "pips" which they can assign to boost skills of their choosing. Each pip adds +20% to their window of success, with a maximum of 3 additional PIPs per skill (success window is capped at 80%).

To do something, players roll a d100. If they roll equal to or under their skill level, they succeed.

DISCLAIMERS

All characters, events, and organisations in The Bad Articles are entirely fictional.

No AI has been used in the creation of the show.

CONTENT WARNINGS

Death, violence, language, mild horror elements and light gore SFX.

Listener discretion is advised, especially for those sensitive to depictions or sounds of injury (misophonia).

The Forever Wake (Part 1)

A few days after returning from Spars Hollow, our agents have been brought back to Wight's Tavern, to be inducted as full members and Official Knuckles of the OSNA.

The Bad Articles is created by JR McCormick and Aidan Kelly.

Editing and Sound Design by Clark Phillips, with additional SFX & voices by Conleth McVeigh.

Starring:

Patrick Meier as Dolan Gibbons

Laura Conlon as Maddie Murphy

Niall McKenna as Gideon Hubble

Conleth McVeigh as Clarry Postman, The Milkman

JR McCormick & Aidan Kelly as everyone else.

Join our Discord server to chat with fellow fans of the show, as well as the cast & crew! This is where we host things like listening parties for each article, and is the first place news about the show is shared.

For Behind-the-scenes content and more info on the show follow our socials:

Instagram, Bluesky, Youtube

If you'd like to contribute to the show to help keep the lights on and the improvisers warm, feel free to donate at our Ko-Fi

You can find all of these on our Linktree as well.

The Bad Articles is produced by Felbryn Studios in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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OUR RULES

Our system is simple. Characters have 17 skills, each starting at 20% (a basic human-level chance to succeed).

Players get 10 "pips" which they can assign to boost skills of their choosing. Each pip adds +20% to their window of success, with a maximum of 3 additional PIPs per skill (success window is capped at 80%).

To do something, players roll a d100. If they roll equal to or under their skill level, they succeed.

DISCLAIMERS

All characters, events, and organisations in The Bad Articles are entirely fictional.

No AI has been used in the creation of the show.

CONTENT WARNINGS

Death, violence, language, mild horror elements and light gore SFX.

Listener discretion is advised, especially for those sensitive to depictions or sounds of injury (misophonia).