This time line of events relating to SPONGE activities and investigations is by no means complete. The
current historian fills in the blanks and details when time permits, and after sorting through the massive
backlog of data, files, and remains.
| 06/06/66 | Bernard Bustoffson is born in Arkham, MA. |
| 03/15/68 | Kilroy McDooley is born in Ballyshannon, Ireland. |
| 02/15/69 | Matrin Taylor is born in Chicago, IL. |
| 04/12/79 | Barney's father, Howard writes an article for the Arkham Gazette regarding the purchase of the Delaporte Mansion by a mysterious European textile company. |
| 04/15/79 | Howard Bustoffson disappears. |
| 08/02/88 | Kilroy menaced by Nightwraith. Sees entire flock of sheep devoured. |
| 10/09/89 | Barney Bustoffson meets medical student Frank West at Miskatonic University. |
| 05/19/90 | Barney first encounters the Grappler, while on mock archeology dig for MU. |
| 05/29/90 | Barney Bustoffson receives doctorate from Miskatonic University. |
| 10/28/91 | Dr. Bustoffson meets Kilroy McDooley in Ireland. |
| 11/07/91 | Dr. Bustoffson and Kilroy first encounter Migo, kill with hoe. |
| 11/11/91 | Dr. Bustoffson meets Geologist Chet Dyer at Miskatonic University. |
| 12/20/91 | Bustoffson and Dyer encounter Dimensional Vampire while investigating mysterious death of Howie Wisnieski. |
| 01/06/92 | Dr. Bustoffson meets Matrin Taylor. |
| 04/08/92 | Dr. Bustoffson and Matrin go to Seminary Hill, open rift to S'Ilaguash (as test of Dyer's medallion). |
| 04/19/92 | Chet Dyer (first official historian) killed in Antarctica by fierce winds. |
| 04/28/92 | SPONGE officially formed (Dr. Bustoffson, Kilroy, Matrin, and Chet Dyer are original members). |
| 06/20/92 | Jamison joins as historian. |
| 07/14/92 | Sanders becomes new historian. |
| 07/19/92 | SPONGE gases marshes near cemetery, Jamison abducted by "tentacle", presumed dead. Possible first encounter with shoggoth. |
| 07/21/92 | SPONGE goes to Dunwich to investigate reported cult activity. |
| 08/02/92 | Sanders becomes possessed by Summerian mezzodaemon, shoots Matrin in the eye. |
| 10/11/92 | Matthews joins SPONGE. |
| 11/19/92 | Carney joins SPONGE. |
| 11/29/92 | Carney killed in Louisiana. |
| 11/30/92 | Karma Johnson warns Dr. Bustoffson to beware of visiting Texans. |
| 12/10/92 | Matrin marries Uta Michelovich. |
| 12/15/92 | Matthews killed by fruitbats, Texans mysteriously disappear. |
| 02/19/93 | Kramer is new historian. |
| 03/09/93 | Dean Maguire becomes new Dean of Sciences. |
| 04/09/93 | Kramer attacks Kilroy with ice tray, leaves SPONGE. |
| 05/19/93 | Stevans becomes new historian. |
| 05/29/93 | SPONGE goes to Innsmouth, encounters Deep Ones for first time, Stevans disappears. |
| 06/16/93 | Harmon becomes new historian. |
| 06/19/93 | Hired by Migo (thought it was Dr. Dieter Biedermeier) to find daughter, Greta. |
| 06/19/93 | SPONGE goes to Washington DC to investigate Greta Beidermeier's disappearance. |
| 06/20/93 | Attacked by cultists and Migo in Arlington, VA. |
| 06/21/93 | Find Greta Biedermeier in cultist lair in DC. |
| 07/04/93 | Find charred remains, presumed to be Harmon. |
| 07/17/93 | Hundreds of bodies mysteriously removed from Arkham cemetery. |
| 08/18/93 | Thurber becomes new historian. |
| 09/11/93 | Thurber committed to Arkham Asylum. |
| 09/27/93 | Frank West forms "Western Survivalists Society". |
| 10/17/93 | Tarleton joins SPONGE. |
| 10/19/93 | SPONGE goes to Iskandaran. |
| 10/25/93 | Tarleton discovers Gelatinous Lobe, while being eaten by one. |
| 02/09/94 | McNamee joins SPONGE. |
| 02/09/94 | Greta Biedermeier receives possible telepathic message from her father ("connect the eye"). |
| 02/21/94 | McNamee killed by unknown assailant in Delaporte mansion. |
| 05/13/94 | Pickman joins SPONGE. |
| 05/15/94 | Pickman replaced by Greater Servitor. |
| 05/15/94 | SPONGE HQ moved to Benevolent St. |
| 05/16/94 | SPONGE realizes they accidentally acquired genuine unabridged version of the Necronomicon. |
| 05/17/94 | Edgerson joins SPONGE. |
| 05/17/94 | Matrin invents L.I.G.H.T. Device prototype. |
| 06/10/94 | Edgerson sacrificed to Azathoth by Mannock at Immortal Goat Society HQ. |
| 06/13/94 | Hickey recruited as historian. |
| 06/14/94 | SPONGE goes to Montana. |
| 06/15/94 | SPONGE uncovers cultist involvement with Nyarlathotep. |
| 06/15/94 | SPONGE flees to Arkham. |
| 06/19/94 | Kilroy finds blood-splattered room, presumed to be Hickey's remains. |
| 06/21/94 | SPONGE encounters Grappler again- detonated tunnels in Northeastern Arkham. |
| 06/28/94 | Jones joins SPONGE. |
| 07/01/94 | Jones goes bananas. |
| 07/09/94 | SPONGE in Europe, investigating Dreamlands portals. |
| 07/10/94 | SPONGE recruits Franklin locally as historian, locate ruins of Ulthar, Franklin disappears. |
| 10/10/94 | Damians joins SPONGE. |
| 10/23/94 | Damians killed by South American cult in Arkham. |
| 01/10/95 | SPONGE goes to Iraq. |
| 01/11/95 | Zmael joins SPONGE, is killed by Mannock. |
| 01/15/95 | Cohen joins SPONGE |
| 02/01/95 | Cohen killed by Phasing Polyp at M.U. library. |
| 02/04/95 | SPONGE HQ moves back to Upton St. |
| 02/28/95 | Lesser Servitor attacks SPONGE HQ, is locked in basement. |
| 04/15/95 | Goodson joins SPONGE. |
| 06/13/95 | Goodson asked to leave SPONGE. |
| 08/16/95 | Dr. Bustoffson visits Easter Island. |
| 08/18/95 | Dr. Bustoffson returns with Kiko, who joins as historian. |
| 09/09/95 | Wilbur W. Whately attacks Dr. Bustoffson. |
| 09/10/95 | Whately's half brother (?) attacks SPONGE, Matrin loses leg. |
| 09/15/95 | Kiko carves 5' statue of dragon-like creature out of wood. |
| 09/27/95 | Kiko missing. |
| 11/17/95 | Dr. Bustoffson learns that Mannock is in Arkham. |
| 11/18/95 | SPONGE stops Mannock from releasing (?) from a gate, Matrin pulverized. |
| 11/28/95 | Dr. Bustoffson discovers Babylonian Salt ritual in ancient tome. |
| 11/29/95 | Matrin is recovered from his essential salts thru Babylonian ritual. |
| 11/30/95 | Matrin starts to decompose while alive, is frozen at Miskatonic Cryogenics lab. |
| 01/14/96 | Matrin thawed out from cryogenics, is treated with Shi'Mock salve. |
| 04/13/96 | Dixon is new historian. |
| 04/15/96 | Kilroy's grandmother found. |
| 04/16/96 | Dixon committed to Arkham Asylum. |
| 09/22/96 | Nichols is new historian. |
| 09/22/96 | Nichols begins construction of SPONGE web site. |
| 10/03/96 | Nichols eaten by (?). |
| 12/20/96 | Inouye joins SPONGE. |
| 12/26/96 | SPONGE discovers ghoul presence in Arkham- try to deal. |
| 01/01/97 | Inouye killed by Shoggoth in Dunwich. |
| 01/15/97 | SPONGE saves family from being devoured by zombies. |
| 02/20/97 | Barney finds several dead bodies in the We Stow U Owe. |
| 03/10/97 | The Dawson brothers join SPONGE. |
| 03/22/97 | J. Dawson found dead in the desert. |
| 03/25/97 | K. Dawson's shredded clothing found in tunnels under Pyramid, presumed dead. |
| 02/01/98 | SPONGE website is live. |
| 02/08/98 | Barney discovers signs that the Grappler may still be alive. |
| 02/15/98 | Mohammady coaxed into joining SPONGE as the historian. |
| 02/17/98 | Selectman Arnold Martin disappears during a trip to Boston. |
| 02/19/98 | Professor Enzio disappears en route to a lecture in New York. |
| 02/26/98 | SPONGE investigates the new Airport in Dunwich. |
| 02/28/98 | Mohammady discovers LifeWraiths on Ithaqua Airlines, leaps from plane and is presumed dead. |
| 03/01/98 | SPONGE finds Mohammady in East Dunwich hospital with 35 broken bones, learn of LifeWraith plot. |
| 03/03/98 | Kilroy shoots down Ithaqua Airliner with SAM, Mohammady quits SPONGE. |
| 03/26/98 | SPONGE stops Mannock from releasing Unnamable One from Netherworlds. |
| 04/02/98 | Barney meets Beaumont at Paranoia Expo, convinces him to join SPONGE. |
| 04/15/98 | Barney finds strange footprint on Seminary Hill. |
| 04/16/98 | Mannock allows a Shambling Menace to enter our world, it eats Beaumont. |
| 04/17/98 | SPONGE steals C4 from Arkham Armory and destroys the Menace. |
| 07/04/98 | SPONGE invited to Austria to investigate series of strange deaths. |
| 07/05/98 | Barney learns that the Von Schnepp Castle is no longer uninhabited. |
| 07/06/98 | SPONGE enter Von Schnepp Castle, discover Phasing Polyp, sneak out. |
| 07/07/98 | Barney tries to convince Austrian Preservation Society to detonate Von Schnepp Castle. |
| 07/08/98 | Austrian Preservation Society visits Von Schnepp Castle, killed by Phasing Polyps. |
| 07/09/98 | Western Survivalists arrive in Austria. Von Schnepp Castle mysteriously detonated. |
| 08/21/98 | Barney arrested for obscure law dealing with somnambolism. |
| 08/22/98 | Barney mysteriously escapes from jail, arrested again, apparently still asleep. |
| 08/24/98 | Barney arrested for appearing nude at the University, insists he was taken there in his sleep. |
| 08/25/98 | Dean Maguire dismisses Dr. Bustoffson for incompetence and indecent exposure. |
| 08/26/98 | Barney checks himself into Arkham Asylum. |
| 08/27/98 | Barney escapes from Arkham Asylum. |
| 08/28/98 | Barney sneaks into Arkham Bed and Breakfast to spend the night in Room 5 (the one with the Dreamlands Headboard). |
| 08/29/98 | Barney discovers that Mannock has entered the Dreamlands, and has been manipulating him. |
| 08/30/98 | Barney tricks Mannock into entering a Gug Hive (in the Dreamlands), trapping him there. Kilroy accidentally shoots a hole through the front door of SPONGE headquarters. |
| 09/11/98 | Manning paid to be new historian. Grappler seen alive, photographed in tunnel under Arkham. |
| 09/14/98 | Nyarlathotep contacts SPONGE about "mutually beneficial" arrangement. |
| 09/15/98 | SPONGE begins weeklong campaign to decipher Nyarlathotep's legal contract with them. |
| 09/22/98 | Barney finally tells Nyarlathotep to "take a flying leap". Nyarlathotep reluctantly leaves. Manning disappears. |
| 03/07/99 | Lee joins SPONGE as new historian. |
| 03/13/99 | Astral Lamprey materializes and attacks Uta Taylor in shower. |
| 03/23/99 | Barney discovers Yog-Sothoth cult operating under Arkham. |
| 03/25/99 | SPONGE battles Yog-Sothoth cult, Lee disappears in the fray, presumed dead. |
| 04/04/99 | Barney returns to Innsmouth to investigate his father's disappearance. |
| 04/05/99 | Barney finds that his father may have joined Dark's Carnival. |
| 04/07/99 | Kilroy asks Allison Witherspoon to marry him. She asks to think about it. |
| 04/08/99 | Barney confronts a man he believes to be his father, turns out to be a possible duplicate. Barney doesn't understand either. |
| 07/16/99 | Matrin deciphers unknown text, aligns portal, releases Hounds of Tindalos, is nearly ravaged. |
| 08/16/99 | SPONGE goes to Providence to meet with Bill Blake. |
| 08/17/99 | SPONGE finds the Shining Trapezohedron, Bill Blake killed by strange entity. |
| 08/26/99 | Mayor's house attacked by unknown entity. Not much is left. |
| 01/11/00 | Barney recruits Bailey as historian while investigating cultists in southern CA, Bailey quits |
| 03/18/00 | Simmons recruited as new historian at Frat mixer. |
| 03/19/00 | Barney and Simmons check out drainage tunnels on MU campus, Simmons nailed by Nightwraith. |
| 04/16/00 | Mohammady rejoins SPONGE as historian. |
| 05/09/00 | Frank West recruits Muņoz into SPONGE for joint S&D with WS, Muñoz gets popped by Nightwraith. |
| 05/10/00 | Frank West recruits Copeland into SPONGE for joint S&D with WS, Copeland gets dismembered by Nightwraiths. |
| 05/11/00 | Dr. Bustoffson forms the SPONGE Historian Network. No members at this time. |
| 06/21/00 | Matrin and Mohammady attacked by Flying Polyp. Mohammady quits again. |
| 07/17/00 | Barclay becomes new Historian. |
| 08/01/00 | Historian Network in full swing, up to 100 members. |
| 08/25/00 | Barney, West, Matrin, and Barclay track Dimensional Vampire to Arkham residence, destroy creature |
| 09/10/00 | Barclay goes to Seminary Hill to investigate Candle-Vigil, disappears. |
| 09/11/00 | Argento becomes new Historian. |
| 09/19/00 | Network historian "Shadow" comes to Arkham to help investigate Barclay's disappearance, disappears himself. |
| 09/27/00 | Shadow found hiding naked in park. |
| 09/30/00 | Dr. Bustoffson goes to California to investigate the Broon guy. |
| 10/12/00 | SPONGE learns that Barclay has joined the cult of the Purple Tilde. |
| 10/19/00 | First live SPONGE chat on AOL, Argento possessed by Greater Servitor. |
| 10/20/00 | Landis volunteers to be historian while SPONGE seeks permanent replacement. |
| 10/31/00 | SPONGE hacked by Immortal Goat Society. |
| 11/12/00 | Stinson and Estrada killed by Deep Ones, Frank West presumed dead while in the Galapagos. |
| 11/18/00 | Fuchs signs on as current historian, replacing Landis. |
| 11/20/00 | "Whatsit" escapes, attacks Fuchs, Fuchs quits, Landis is historian again. |
| 11/21/00 | "Whatsit" returns to basement, door is refortified. |
| 11/24/00 | Live chat on SPONGE interrupted by unknown rival. |
| 11/30/00 | Frank West discovered alive. |
| 12/21/00 | Mitchell becomes new historian, replacing Landis. |
| 01/16/01 | ECHO Affiliates all killed. |
| 02/11/01 | Shoggoth Master killed by SPONGE S&D crew (WS and SACEMOTH affiliates assisting).
Dr. Bustoffson killed in the battle. |
| 02/15/01 | Essential Salts performed on Barney's remains. |
| 02/22/01 | Barney fully revived and seemingly normal. |
| 03/12/01 | Historian Network discovers Barney's remains revived with Shoggoth Master, kill Barney.
Matrin and Uta missing. |
| 04/29/01 | Matrin and Uta discovered at Shoggoth Master's cabin, trapped in gelatinous coccoons. |
| 05/17/01 | Historian Cline presumed dead after encounter with The Broon. Cline's son missing. |
| 07/01/01 | Barney has strange waking dream and manages to save a woman named Mirinda from jumping into a tiger pit in Dunwich. |
| 07/12/01 | SPONGE contacted by cult called The Current, demanding Mirinda's return. |
| 07/30/01 | SPONGE confronts the Current and manages to get Cline's son, but Mirinda returns to the cult. |
| 08/08/01 | Jones relieves Landis as On Scene Historian. |
| 08/20/01 | Barney and Matrin captured by radical religious cult in eastern Europe. |
| 10/14/01 | Frank West presumed dead after a cave-in during a cult raid in China. |
| 10/31/01 | Boy and girl twin babies are born to Matrin and Uta. |
| 12/09/01 | Historian Krelbourne becomes new On Scene Historian. |
| 12/12/01 | Historian jones admitted to Arkham Asylum for numerous sanity complications. |
| 01/26/02 | Frank West confirmed alive, rescued from Migo and Chinese government in the Himalayas. |
| 03/01/02 | Historian Krelbourne killed during bizarre zombie body-swapping former-historian catastrophe. |
