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  • MAG004 - Case #0132806 - Dominic Swain
    Statement regarding a book held briefly in their possession during late-2012.
    The Magnus Archives tells the tale of a strange piece of literary history, with a concerning provenance, turning up rather cheaply in a London charity shop.
    Starring: The Archivist - Jonathan Sims
    Writer: Jonathan Sims
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  • @tookiwolfpaint5142
    @tookiwolfpaint5142 4 роки тому +3321

    loving the archivist's rage at his predecessor's carelessness

    • @adrielcruz2736
      @adrielcruz2736 4 роки тому +180

      Tooki Wolfpaint I would too if she basically threw every case in the trash and instead of organizing them she just said, “eh”.

    • @nortalian549
      @nortalian549 4 роки тому +29

      Look at Robert Emerson’s comment from a few days ago, their theory is... interesting.

    • @quantumblauthor7300
      @quantumblauthor7300 2 роки тому +23

      It's still good knowing the whole story

    • @carolynraley4047
      @carolynraley4047 2 роки тому +14

      We sympathize with his rage because we've been in that place.

    • @86beesinatrenchcoat
      @86beesinatrenchcoat 2 місяці тому +4

      Speaking as a librarian with several questionable predecessors, it's a Whole Big Mood and I will be salty till the day I get a new job.

  • @sumitrana2420
    @sumitrana2420 4 роки тому +3429

    I do love how Jonathan sim's real voice is very monotonous and dull but his impressions of the other characters statements is so realistic
    Capturing their hesitation to their chuckles
    It makes me believe he actually wanted to be a voice actor.
    I mean the reports would definitely not say the person paused there or was a little scared while talking about this, he must have added it himself

    • @Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice
      @Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice 3 роки тому +132

      There's a reason ;)

    • @sumitrana2420
      @sumitrana2420 3 роки тому +94

      @@Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice In my defense, they did say tha unlike Gertrude John had some 10% of his own acting skills added to the recordings.

    • @omniscient.nescience
      @omniscient.nescience 3 роки тому +160

      Jon was a theatre kid, change my mind.

    • @alenavakh1940
      @alenavakh1940 3 роки тому +68

      just a typical dangeon master :D

    • @cezar3169
      @cezar3169 3 роки тому +11

      🙂

  • @KatanaDen
    @KatanaDen 4 роки тому +2587

    "It felt like real leather." Me in the background: "IT'S SKIN! IT'S HUMAN SKIN!"

    • @azrielspringer546
      @azrielspringer546 3 роки тому +71

      I was doing the same. My cousin looked as me like I was crazy 😂😂

    • @epsyblue7714
      @epsyblue7714 3 роки тому +51

      How did I not pick up on that?

    • @arianewinter4266
      @arianewinter4266 2 роки тому +33

      first thought, same with thw package one should hold onto for a while, I was absoutly convinced it would be a coffin before he even ageed

    • @vocondus9585
      @vocondus9585 Місяць тому +4

      Necronomicon moment

    • @that4boy2troy02
      @that4boy2troy02 Місяць тому

      Sameee

  • @patri9880
    @patri9880 3 роки тому +2729

    mary keay had the bee movie script tattooed on her in sanskrit

  • @galacticphoenix8121
    @galacticphoenix8121 2 роки тому +1016

    "if it was tea it was years old" the british: oh shit that's spooky

  • @alljammedup6781
    @alljammedup6781 4 роки тому +3479

    So we're all in agreement: All these books are made from people's skin

    • @SchutzmarkeGMBH
      @SchutzmarkeGMBH 4 роки тому +231

      Nothing too unusual about anthropodermic bibliopegy.

    • @emmathestonedspider8676
      @emmathestonedspider8676 4 роки тому +53

      Of course

    • @lizoliver3021
      @lizoliver3021 4 роки тому +92

      spoilers:
      it is confirmed later in the show

    • @saradrawsstuff
      @saradrawsstuff 3 роки тому +49

      HOLY CRAP I DIDN’T REALIZE THAT

    • @johnpears9558
      @johnpears9558 3 роки тому +16

      @Santos Kemmer no they all come from the same source can’t say too much without spoiling.

  • @alixhuether8543
    @alixhuether8543 4 роки тому +2357

    jared just, took this guys trash can? i know its a small thing like they arent that expensive and extenuating circumstances and all but he really did just take this dudes trash can

    • @Hypolycaena
      @Hypolycaena 4 роки тому +147

      asking the real questions

    • @debbiebishop86
      @debbiebishop86 4 роки тому +424

      $4,995 was for the book, $5 was for the wastebin

    • @swiftfeathers7028
      @swiftfeathers7028 4 роки тому +208

      Jared puts the money in his hand: here, get yourself a new wastebin

    • @christopherbruderle684
      @christopherbruderle684 4 роки тому +160

      Can't have shit in Detroit.

    • @f0b618
      @f0b618 4 роки тому +121

      One mans trash is another mans treasure

  • @funkskwid8837
    @funkskwid8837 4 роки тому +1851

    i just got myself into TMA and one thing it taught me..is that horror is more scary when bad things DIDN'T happen

    • @arianewinter4266
      @arianewinter4266 2 роки тому +137

      yeah, potential is scarier for it gets you to fill the gaps in contrasts to things happening when those miss the point for you.

    • @fruitloop8481
      @fruitloop8481 2 роки тому +28

      @@arianewinter4266 I have no idea what that means but you sounded really educated like Jonathan Sims.

    • @arianewinter4266
      @arianewinter4266 2 роки тому +58

      @@fruitloop8481 suspenssion and the horror you imagine can be way scarier than a shocking display.
      I have a habit to write comments while half asleep, in a language not my own, unable to see my keyboard that likes to eat letters while haveing a mild case of dyslexia . . . maybe not a good habit

    • @kyleehyde6766
      @kyleehyde6766 2 роки тому +2

      agreed

    • @MinecraftLovesSteve
      @MinecraftLovesSteve Рік тому +4

      That's exactly what I'm thinking starting this adventure

  • @ameliaschwarz1595
    @ameliaschwarz1595 3 роки тому +1093

    9:23
    *grbookworm1818*
    G.R happens to be the initials of one, Gertrude Robinson, Jonathan's predecessor. 1818 is the founding date of the Magnus Institute.
    I can imagine that an archivist would be quite the bookworm too.
    Could be a coincidence, but not likely.

    • @Ra_the_Sun_god
      @Ra_the_Sun_god 2 роки тому +50

      You are a genius

    • @justeundonut-moi.7979
      @justeundonut-moi.7979 2 роки тому +50

      You know too much

    • @StrangeTheEditor
      @StrangeTheEditor 2 роки тому +60

      You are an observant one. I missed that on my first go, and I managed to guess the 14, the Panopticon twist, the Scars and even the Lighter. Hope you had fun working things out as you listened to the show. That's the best bit imo.

    • @Enso.
      @Enso. 2 роки тому +12

      Came to the comment section looking for this :)

    • @myeyesdontbreathe3555
      @myeyesdontbreathe3555 Рік тому +22

      Wont lie that I squealed "GERTRUDE ROBINSON" when I heard the buyer's usernamd

  • @ButterflyColors
    @ButterflyColors 2 роки тому +448

    He works with *lights,* he has a *lightner* book, his friend got struck by *lightning.* This light thing can’t be a coincidence

    • @Cheshire5174
      @Cheshire5174 Рік тому +52

      Leitner. you may be right about the lights and lightning, but the leitner bit is a coincidence.

    • @daikaijuzilla
      @daikaijuzilla 6 місяців тому +21

      It’s lit

    • @TYsdrawkcaB
      @TYsdrawkcaB Місяць тому +4

      @@Cheshire5174awww i was like “hehe deltarune”

    • @TYsdrawkcaB
      @TYsdrawkcaB Місяць тому +4

      hehe deltarune

  • @cantaloupegodling352
    @cantaloupegodling352 6 місяців тому +101

    I love that in the first 3 he's just like: "Eh sounds like bullshit" but in this one he's like "Oh fuck a Lightner bokk god damn it" It really makes you think that these are important, dangerous and too common to be dismissed. Excited to hear more hints like that.

    • @Al_-cf1dj
      @Al_-cf1dj 5 місяців тому +3

      You're onto something :)

  • @chrisradek6693
    @chrisradek6693 3 роки тому +571

    "It felt like real leather"
    Me: Aw, that ain't good.

  • @icaruslukas7041
    @icaruslukas7041 4 роки тому +715

    “...I knew it from the scar on the back of my childhood friend, who’d been struck by lightning because of me.”
    WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WHAT!!?? THIS GUY???

    • @elegy1904
      @elegy1904 3 роки тому +3

      Who??

    • @elegy1904
      @elegy1904 3 роки тому +3

      @@JA-iu3eq oh thx

    • @elegy1904
      @elegy1904 3 роки тому +4

      @@JA-iu3eq which episode?

    • @theprideling
      @theprideling 3 роки тому +45

      Relistening for the first time and I also jumped so hard holy shit

    • @aceofjacks7071
      @aceofjacks7071 3 роки тому +5

      what the fuck he said it as I read this

  • @marykilgallon
    @marykilgallon 4 роки тому +1262

    Raise your hand if you also thought Mary's son was named Jared, not Gerard (apparently the second one is correct)

    • @astheusual
      @astheusual 3 роки тому +18

      Here is my hand

    • @swiftfeathers7028
      @swiftfeathers7028 3 роки тому +70

      This has been the one thing about this series that drives me bonkers. WHY is he named Gerard but they pronounce it 'Jared.' Why.

    • @cezar3169
      @cezar3169 3 роки тому +19

      @@swiftfeathers7028 accent?

    • @emerz3530
      @emerz3530 3 роки тому +23

      @@swiftfeathers7028 Nicknames, aliases, accents, any number of stuff is common for The Magnus Institute lol

    • @mimkyodar
      @mimkyodar 2 роки тому +18

      @@swiftfeathers7028 He doesn't. They sound similar because of accent, but he does (in his own accent) pronounce Gerard as Gerard and Jared as Jared.

  • @ListenToStatic
    @ListenToStatic 4 роки тому +706

    I know it’s beside the point, but it is Extremely Adorable for Gerry to have gone through a “gothy eye sketch” phase, just like any other artist. Growing up under the shadow of The Beholding or not, questionably tasteful realistic eyes are a part of growing up. I think it’s really humanizing.

  • @Naev0w0
    @Naev0w0 3 роки тому +389

    "the lesser key of Solomon" is a book about how to summon demons. It was written by a catholic priest a very long time ago. It's a real thing, look it up.

    • @albuseisenhorn3385
      @albuseisenhorn3385 Рік тому +25

      Love the little details that include things in the real world - just ties them together and gives a world underneath ours vibe

    • @dokidelta1175
      @dokidelta1175 Рік тому +13

      The Lesser Key of Solomon is indeed a demonology text, but it's author is unknown and it was compiled from previously existing texts in the mid 17th century

    • @stevesmith5883
      @stevesmith5883 6 місяців тому +1

      Looks at the two variations of it I have sat in a drawer below my makeshift alter alongside a pile of other occult texts. Now where can I find one of these Lightner editions, they seem a fantastic centerpiece.

  • @xxllamaborrachaxx9374
    @xxllamaborrachaxx9374 3 роки тому +753

    Decided to leave the playlist running while I went to sleep. Huge-ass thunder storm hit my hood right afterwards. Then I happened to have one of my sleep paralysis episodes. This is normal for me, but this one was waaaay more intense than I'm used to. Got so darn scared, I had to force myself awake -just in time to hear what had to be old Zeus's loudest fart in history. Immediately I went and turned the laptop off and unplugged the charger, and my desktop's plug, just before the lights went down in my house. I don't know if the overload could have harmed my stuff, but I'm thankful to the demons from hell for giving me the heads up. 10/10 would do it again!

    • @pollux_the_insufferable.
      @pollux_the_insufferable. 3 роки тому +42

      zues farts

    • @cezar3169
      @cezar3169 3 роки тому +56

      'old Zeus' loudest fart' lmao, i love the way you wrote this

    • @lutheranswifty
      @lutheranswifty 2 роки тому +4

      ✝️💜🏳️‍🌈

    • @sniksnak559
      @sniksnak559 2 роки тому +11

      I am in the middle of watching this and I Laughed out loud when I read this

    • @WildArtistsl
      @WildArtistsl Рік тому +8

      Just the image of Zeus farthing causing a lightning storm makes me laugh

  • @sumitrana2420
    @sumitrana2420 4 роки тому +554

    I actually feel the mother was the real villain and Jared just takes care of the mess she and lightner made

  • @juanwique
    @juanwique Рік тому +91

    The static buildup whenever John says "Ex Altiora" is a nice touch I didn't catch on my first listen.

  • @jacobjohnston3983
    @jacobjohnston3983 2 роки тому +101

    I really love how subtle and understated these stories are. Nothing too over-the-top or bombastic like a bad creepypasta, no blood dripping from the walls, just a low key and deeply unsettling mystery

  • @solonserenity4067
    @solonserenity4067 5 років тому +524

    This might change how I shop at local book stores....

    • @toastghost9145
      @toastghost9145 5 років тому +36

      Actually, it made me want to visit one.

    • @lavenderlaceration
      @lavenderlaceration 4 роки тому +17

      But I mean, if the price is good...

    • @poprocks6576
      @poprocks6576 3 роки тому +13

      Just make sure to check for scars and marks from your friends skin and you’ll be fine

  • @thomasderosso5625
    @thomasderosso5625 4 роки тому +510

    The Magnus Archives need more love. More likes, more subscribers, more attention. These are great, especially to listen to while assembling models.

    • @happydragon7095
      @happydragon7095 4 роки тому +17

      I've been knitting while I listen and this is literally the most work I've gotten in on my project in months.

    • @Carpetcleanerman
      @Carpetcleanerman 4 роки тому +11

      Same here. Terrain building can be quite tedious at times when it comes to repetitive tasks... very engaging. Thank you rusty quill

    • @jean-paulaudette9246
      @jean-paulaudette9246 4 роки тому +4

      I do house cleaning while listening.

    • @Not_Lilly42
      @Not_Lilly42 4 роки тому +5

      I especially like how short they are, I can do it while cooking dinner.

    • @juniper-moss
      @juniper-moss 4 роки тому +4

      Same, I can crochet while listening to TMA for hours

  • @birdy3671
    @birdy3671 3 роки тому +377

    wooow, there's so much to unpack here. what's really exciting is hearing the narrator talk about a case that he clearly takes seriously! i had him kinda pegged as a sceptic who could only ever begrudgingly admit that sometimes details didn't add up in ways that couldn't be explained, but apparently spooky books with supernatural powers are something he accepts as real and cause for alarm! apparently it's something the institute has a history of dealing with? i hope we get more info on that front. secondly, the stuff with mary and jared key is interesting. whatever these books are, it seems that mary was a fan, and jared was not. also, was mary a ghost? her supposed death sounded pretty horrific, but the description the statement giver gave of her didn't make her sound at all incorporeal. the way her tattoos seem to match the description of the sheets of skin covered in sanskrit is pretty troubling though. i don't even know what to say about the statement giver's original spooky book. it was good set up for introducing us to the concept of the library of yurgen lightner, which i assume will come up again. when he talked about the lichtenburg figure, did he mean that seeing it reminded him of his childhood friend's scar, or that it literally was that scar, because it sounded like it was talking about the latter. is it a book that manifests people's deep seeded guilt and punishes them for it? looking forward to learning more about this world.

    • @humanname99
      @humanname99 3 роки тому +40

      and did you notice the fishing line and razor Dominic mentioned on her desk,,,,,,

    • @Enso.
      @Enso. 2 роки тому +19

      Did you continue and get your questions answered? You certainly asked the right questions :)

  • @kiyara94
    @kiyara94 4 роки тому +299

    I'm relistening rn and holy shit I didn't expect so many major characters to turn up or be mentioned in one episode in early season one

    • @mrjones2721
      @mrjones2721 3 роки тому +36

      IKR? Everything knits together from the very first episode, but the clues that it’s happening are few and far between until the plot slams into you from behind.

    • @nkjmeh
      @nkjmeh 2 роки тому +30

      I’m on my 2nd listen through and I audibly laughed at “GRbookworm” 😂 like… nice. 👌🏼

    • @averybutdifferent5294
      @averybutdifferent5294 Рік тому +3

      Ikr?

    • @MickySnowski567
      @MickySnowski567 Рік тому +11

      I know! Like how every event early on that deals with The Stranger loops back around to the ritual. I can practically hear Nikolai running around screaming "CoLLeCt ThE sKiNs!"

    • @Forlorn_Overseer
      @Forlorn_Overseer 7 місяців тому

      Yeah it's so gratifying go find them all

  • @hermazingbartels2377
    @hermazingbartels2377 3 роки тому +177

    What I love so much about these stories (I’m new to them, I’ve only listened to 1-4 so far) is that every story teller is so ‘normal’. They’re not ‘final girls’, they’re ordinary and they actually do realistic things unlike lots of horror story characters. It makes it feel way more real, like a casual diary entry, and i think that’s why they’re so spooky- because of the colloquial tone and the way these don’t seem that unrealistic. As if all the supernatural/scary/unrealistic stuff that happens in the stories could happen in real life and slip by us, unnoticed.

  • @lorenam2430
    @lorenam2430 3 роки тому +171

    Relistening this after finishing s4 *screem*
    This is such an info-packed ep.
    "He looked at the title, then flicked through it very quickly, before laughing, just once and nodding, apparently to himself, as though he’d just come to some sort of decision." - iconic
    "If I never hear the name Jurgen Leitner again it will be too soon." *insert eye emoji*
    " Jurgen Leitner has done the world enough harm and we must pursue all available avenues to ensure that he does no more." *eye emoji intensifies*

    • @hiddenace1953
      @hiddenace1953 3 роки тому +17

      now im scared
      and to think i just started this podcast
      im reading the comments and I'm extremely nervous

    • @lorenam2430
      @lorenam2430 3 роки тому +13

      @@hiddenace1953 Heh, dw, the podcast is lovely. There's no reason to be scared. Much :)

    • @everythingcoffee8901
      @everythingcoffee8901 3 роки тому +12

      @@hiddenace1953 BE VERY SCARED-
      Lol it's a great podcast, very engaging, I'm a few seasons in rn and ahhh idk it's great
      But very scary. Not just scary, but very scary too.
      I cannot describe this podcast in words, idk why I started typing this, I'll go back to shipping Jon and Martin in the corner and wondering whether the fandom has collectively given up on their ship name

  • @TheWorstestPro
    @TheWorstestPro Рік тому +29

    My theory is that the donation place sold it so cheap because they wanted to get rid of it, maybe it just travels from person to person until it is destroyed.

  • @GiubileiFernando
    @GiubileiFernando 4 роки тому +313

    It seems like just like the previous story, these doppelgangers are testing the protagonists and they fail from their point of view when they basically don't follow the idiot horror movie character tropes like opening the thing that says "don't open" or in this case just got rid of the book instead of keeping it. I think the book might have become useless when Dominic decided to get rid of it.

  • @alecellis
    @alecellis 2 роки тому +119

    It's so interesting to relisten from the beginning and catch all the references you missed. Also interesting to note that Jon doesn't have a single moment of skepticism about this statement

    • @mimkyodar
      @mimkyodar 2 роки тому +29

      The sheer vitriol he has for Jurgen Leitner gives me fire.

    • @micahconnor8954
      @micahconnor8954 5 місяців тому +3

      @@mimkyodar thanks for teaching me the word "vitriol"

  • @Mattriix
    @Mattriix 7 місяців тому +11

    Can I just appreciate the title being "Page Turner" not only the subject but also giving the listener their first real confirmation of the super natural and making them want to keep going

  • @suffering7674
    @suffering7674 3 роки тому +101

    It shall be so fun to go back through every episode once i have context. All i can muster for now are my mousebrained thoughts about "sky?? portal tower?? ozone--sulfur? flesh? lightning??"

    • @someoneawesome8717
      @someoneawesome8717 3 роки тому +14

      Well there's a lot of sources saying that the strike of lightning is preceded by the smell of Ozone, his friend's skin was apparently used to make the book, his friend was struck by lightning

    • @mrjones2721
      @mrjones2721 3 роки тому +11

      You cannot imagine. I’m almost to the end of the series, and coming back now, my jaw dropped at all the plot points dropped one after another in the last half of this episode.

    • @someoneawesome8717
      @someoneawesome8717 3 роки тому +5

      I'm back and I was right about the lightning but not the skin, we get to meet him later (pretty nice guy) he was looking for just the right book to help him

  • @justarandomfrogonyourlawn
    @justarandomfrogonyourlawn 2 роки тому +249

    I have trouble listening to podcast, and yes, I realize how late I am to the party and listening to this, but I genuinely am starting to like this a lot.
    It's fun to listen while drawing or can't sleep and rather stare at my ceiling than watch a show or listen to music.
    In short: Fuck yeah I don't regret finding this

    • @voidjockey82
      @voidjockey82 Рік тому +4

      I hope you're having a lot of fun with it!

    • @owlbearings2151
      @owlbearings2151 Рік тому +2

      Same

    • @EmiPlayzMC
      @EmiPlayzMC Рік тому +7

      Same here, I've been listening to the playlist for a while while I paint and draw, it's really nice to listen to - I've never much been into podcasts, but this one is really good

    • @bbew2914
      @bbew2914 Рік тому +2

      I'm listening while doing my homework, the real horror is maths honestly but this podcast is rly interesting

    • @Angel-ni2yn
      @Angel-ni2yn Рік тому +7

      Same here, I also am not much of an auditory person, podcasts don't rlly process in my brain, but im trying this out bc all my friends are into it, and even tho I constantly have to replay it to hear the story being said, it's enjoyable and I listen to it going to sleep as well.

  • @paulinet68
    @paulinet68 2 роки тому +68

    a thing that i wish someone has immediately explained to me: the way John pronounces names "Gerard" and "Jared" makes them almost indistinguishable from each other, unless you're used to hearing posh British. son of Mary Keay, a goth with certain ties to to Leitner books mentioned in this episode, is named Gerard. later in the series a recurring character named Jared also makes an appearance in the statements. I'd advise checking transcripts if you can't tell which one is mentioned (there are a couple of rare instances like that; since these plotlines don't intersect, the issue doesn't come up often).

    • @SorchaSublime
      @SorchaSublime 2 роки тому +8

      I wouldn't class jons accent as posh British. It's certainly a well elucated dialect but it's hardly Kensington or Etonian.
      We have a lot of accents lmao

    • @a_jae_doe
      @a_jae_doe 6 місяців тому

      Elias’ accent is posher than Jon’s but he actually says Gerard not Jared. I think Jon’s just being a silly goofy boi with his version

  • @koykoyonly1628
    @koykoyonly1628 3 роки тому +22

    So Gerard just... walked away with this guy’s trash can?

  • @catalin2766
    @catalin2766 11 місяців тому +21

    The fact that only now I find out about the Magnus Archives is a crime, these stories are great.

  • @sophiemcswag
    @sophiemcswag 3 роки тому +67

    “it felt like real leather” “smelt like ozone” me: ITS FUCKING SKIN HOLY SHIT

  • @AerCloud
    @AerCloud 2 роки тому +31

    "Maybe calf..."
    Me, studying anthropodermic biblioplagy, recognizing the description of "Maybe calf": 👀 oop

  • @GrandduchessAnastasia-ko5rg
    @GrandduchessAnastasia-ko5rg Рік тому +26

    When Jonathan reads something from a Leitner book it gets staticky.

  • @defme1
    @defme1 4 роки тому +142

    Gerry.....my sweet emo child UGH

  • @stressedbusinessman
    @stressedbusinessman Рік тому +7

    Gerard just straight up stole this guy’s trash can??💀

  • @anklebiter9000
    @anklebiter9000 Рік тому +38

    just finished this log and i have the chills. i know there’s absolutely a story beneath the surface, or perhaps multiple, or perhaps a countless amount. i wonder what’s ahead of me

  • @Joseph-ph8sd
    @Joseph-ph8sd 3 місяці тому +9

    The sheer talent and range of Jon's voice acter is astounding.

  • @jojoceda
    @jojoceda 4 роки тому +121

    Listening to this episode was no skin off my back!

  • @troutleap940
    @troutleap940 2 місяці тому +6

    "I'm not some crazy person wandering in off the street. I work, I do practical things with my hands, and I am not prone to crazed flights of fancy." weird flex, but okay.

  • @TheYesMan856
    @TheYesMan856 11 місяців тому +15

    honestly reading the comments is pretty helpful because otherwise i would not remember ANY of the names. i have no clue what half the characters are called and if they do appear again i will likely not recognize them.

  • @amandabarylski9961
    @amandabarylski9961 2 роки тому +71

    On a relisten, and... **SPOILERS FOR MAG 81**
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    "The incident in 1994" is a hell of a way for Jon to refer to his childhood trauma. I don't believe we got a date in MAG 81, but Jon being 8 in 94 does check out. Which also means he's optimistic enough to believe that he's the last person to have come in contact with a Leitner (apart from the guy who got eaten by Mr. Spider RIP).

    • @space_0wl480
      @space_0wl480 2 роки тому +12

      You think it was Mr Spider? I thought it was refering to the day Leitner's library was breached, and all the books were stolen back by the entites. Since he said "last event WE heard" or something along those lines. I may defintely be mistaking though lol

    • @amandabarylski9961
      @amandabarylski9961 2 роки тому +5

      @@space_0wl480 I didn't think about the attack on Leitner's library! I guess it could be, though I'm still leaning more towards Mr. Spider. I don't recall if we ever got a timeframe as to when Leitner lost his library. I've been thinking of it as a long time before the series, but 1994 WAS a long time before the series, so... maybe? Good thought!

    • @space_0wl480
      @space_0wl480 2 роки тому +5

      @@amandabarylski9961 Jon's in his 30s, if I remember correctly. We're in 2018, so he would have been like 6 in 1994, if we put him at in 2018. It can fit!

    • @albuseisenhorn3385
      @albuseisenhorn3385 Рік тому +6

      @@space_0wl480 I believe the breach was before and how the books came out into the modern wild

    • @lemonace6695
      @lemonace6695 7 місяців тому +3

      I think is actually somewhat funnier and sadder because based on the cannon dates, Jon has his 28th birthday at season one (that happens in 2016) at this point he is likely still 27 but even if he is 28 that means that he would only be 6 or 5 in 94, he met Mr. Spider at age 8. That means that he is probably talking about the fire on the libary - as well as the use of "we" to reffer to the Institute.
      In conclusion Jon is literally ignoring his own trauma while making his notes, pretending that this is the first sign the books are still out there because his denial is just that strong. Is the same as he going "nothing supernatural ever happened in my hometown ever" in episode 2.

  • @itsiz9738
    @itsiz9738 4 роки тому +186

    Somehow hearing "Gerard Keay" (i've seen the name passed around by the fans) really jolted me. was not expecting for him to come in so soon.
    Also I keep having to move back 10 seconds because I'm trying to do other things and it's really adding to the atmosphere.
    Edit: OMG Thanks for 5 likes!!!! Holy cow, I've never had this many likes before!!!!!! Thank y'all so much!!!!!!!!1

  • @6xlord907
    @6xlord907 Рік тому +8

    "I'm not crazy, I have a JOB!"
    what a guy XD

  • @pyrosianheir
    @pyrosianheir 2 роки тому +13

    I think one of the things I like about this episode in particular is that it highlights that John doesn't think the supernatural can't occur. He just knows that most of the things people say happened to them is actually nothing.

  • @TomEllisLovesU
    @TomEllisLovesU 3 роки тому +57

    Woah woah woah, hold on a second-
    So I'm _almost_ finished with season 1 and I came here to recap some Keay stuff, but the book caught my attention
    "From Higher" or "Out of the Heights", with pictures of a *cliff/mountain and a sky that makes you feel like you're falling into it* ?? I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE
    (Tell me guys, am I into something here?)

  • @lucindajennings148
    @lucindajennings148 4 роки тому +112

    What harm ever came from reading a book?

    • @KDave-if9tc
      @KDave-if9tc 4 роки тому +19

      A mummy's reference...You're a cultured person as well

    • @jessicabristol1153
      @jessicabristol1153 3 роки тому +13

      You MUST NOT READ FROM THE BOOK!!

    • @Sally0101p
      @Sally0101p 3 роки тому +7

      THE MUMMY??

  • @Felix-rp3kf
    @Felix-rp3kf 3 роки тому +25

    holy shit i turned around when listening to this and just barely saw a person with long hair just cross the corner of my window and nearly gave me a heart attack

    • @thecoalcoloredfox4004
      @thecoalcoloredfox4004 2 роки тому +12

      I cant even count the number of times things like this happened to me. My favorite and most memorable moment was when john read "and then the lights went out." Just as i was flipping the light switch. And it wouldnt turn on. Nonoe of the lights would. Obviously it just turned out to be a power shortage but oh my god the timing was immaculate and i was so fricking glad it happened during the day time because i have a HORRIBLE fear of the dark NSNSNDJDJD

  • @82drseuss
    @82drseuss 6 років тому +179

    These are soo great...cant wait to get my stories published and read some day.

  • @Nova_Darkwood
    @Nova_Darkwood 2 роки тому +25

    ok ive gotta say this, my brain as soon as it heard GRBookworm (Deactivated) my brain went like: *_Remember the guy called Graham ? the one that ate books?_*
    Honestly it probably has no relativity to this one but i just had to comment it.

    • @AnotheraccountonYTlovesyouall
      @AnotheraccountonYTlovesyouall 9 місяців тому +5

      A year later but lots of people's were saying Gertrude Robinson

    • @emilybarclay8831
      @emilybarclay8831 2 місяці тому

      I won’t spoil anything, but I will say ONE of you is correct. Wont say which one tho 👀

  • @artsyygamer
    @artsyygamer Рік тому +25

    im new to the fandom, and im hyped to see these podcasts come together.

    • @wywrd_mtnt
      @wywrd_mtnt Рік тому +4

      omg hi! the first listen is always cool af especially when things start to get in place and you figure out some stuff so hope you enjoy!

  • @noimnothim1662
    @noimnothim1662 5 років тому +106

    Truly enthralling performance by the voice actor. Well done!

  • @ikkimurrell1074
    @ikkimurrell1074 5 місяців тому +7

    wholeheartedly love/hate that this is amalgamation of two creepiest things in series: evil books and the sky
    what have you done to me. i liked reading.

  • @melshinta2966
    @melshinta2966 3 роки тому +28

    RELISTENING TO EVERYTHING ESP IN THIS EP IS JUST *INSERT KERMIT FLAILING* WOW!!!! Also pff, Gerard having poorly dyed black hair is 👌

  • @animeshowfan8145
    @animeshowfan8145 3 роки тому +49

    dont read this comment if youve havent caught up yet on the series
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    • @mimkyodar
      @mimkyodar 2 роки тому +7

      @Katrine O. I mean, end of s1 points out that he believes some of this stuff, but refuses to admit it even to himself.
      It's more telling that he can't even bring himself to be sceptical of Leitners.

    • @albuseisenhorn3385
      @albuseisenhorn3385 Рік тому +4

      @Katrine O. He/The Archives knows the books are real, as he says most cases are bs but there are a few cases that very much real

    • @ritamartins3996
      @ritamartins3996 4 місяці тому

      The Books and Janes Prentiss are the only spooky things Jon let's us know he believes in before the confession of the end of S1.

  • @kalger1469
    @kalger1469 8 місяців тому +12

    this is my third time listening through the whole thing in 3 months. i hear Jurgen leitner and no matter where i am (which includes class), ill just say "motherFUCKING JURGEN LEITNER". ive gotten many weird looks before

    • @emilybarclay8831
      @emilybarclay8831 2 місяці тому

      On my 4th relisten and mood, ever time I hear the name Juergen, TMA related or not I hear that monologue

  • @Stongna_Bologna
    @Stongna_Bologna 2 роки тому +27

    First time listener and this one really got to me. The ozone smell and the nausea and the headache gives me sensory overload just thinking about it! Very effective!
    Edit: One of my favorite horror novels is called Mr B Gone by Clive Barker and This episode definitely reminds me of it so much

  • @tanisnewby5380
    @tanisnewby5380 2 роки тому +12

    Oh my god. So Mary's ghost was written on all over because the/a book was made of her skin.

  • @Chatboy91
    @Chatboy91 2 роки тому +9

    This is the episode that got me hooked on this series. Something about the description of the book *vastly* fascinated me, and the mystery regarding the Library of Jurgen Leitner had me intrigued.

  • @circusfish2838
    @circusfish2838 3 роки тому +30

    this dudes voice is so relaxing... I could listen to it all day

  • @belcurve
    @belcurve 2 роки тому +14

    I just started this podcast, so I don't know anything about it, but I do know that the Keys of Solomon are famous grimoires involving demonology, so this should be very interesting

  • @ProfBoggs
    @ProfBoggs 4 роки тому +101

    Odd question: what was the name of the tea?

    • @debbiebishop86
      @debbiebishop86 4 роки тому +51

      lapsang souchong!

    • @voidjockey82
      @voidjockey82 Рік тому +1

      "Lapsang Souchon" I believe.

    • @joybarker7906
      @joybarker7906 Рік тому +1

      Lapsang Souchong. My parents favourite tea, I grew up drinking it. It has a fabulous smoky, heady smell and the taste is absolutely beautiful. It tastes like pure comfort.

  • @CamilleChauTempsDesCerises
    @CamilleChauTempsDesCerises 4 місяці тому +4

    SPOILER FOR NEW LISTENERS
    It's so capitvating to relisten and catch that the statics are indeed here since the beginning but you didn't pay attention to it back then

  • @eggsaladchomper
    @eggsaladchomper 9 місяців тому +6

    Eating lemon slices while watching this

  • @TeddyBear-sf2pk
    @TeddyBear-sf2pk 4 роки тому +39

    This one reminds me a lot of The Starless Sea, strange book, the taste of the tea. Idk just getting vibes from it.

    • @taramt7384
      @taramt7384 3 роки тому +3

      Yooo I love that book!

  • @AllenGrimm1145
    @AllenGrimm1145 4 місяці тому +3

    Going through this for the first time (albeit somewhat spoiled by an ill-conceived look at TV Tropes...), this seems like the episode where the very first hints of its overarching lore start coming up. The first three were, as far as I can tell, completely unrelated in any way (or if there is any connection hinted at I sure as heck missed it!), but the reveal at the end that the Institute's dealt with Jurgen Leitner before ("Ugh, this guy? _Again?")_ both sets a precedent for different spooky incidents potentially being connected, as well as almost certainly being setup for some future plot point I haven't gotten to yet. The otherwise unelaborated-upon thing with the eye's pretty clearly setup in a similar way, while also continuing the motif of "entrancing line art patterns". Deals and exchanges to do with the supernatural needing to be made "official" by the flow of money is also a motif reoccurring from the second episode.

  • @asmodahlia
    @asmodahlia 3 роки тому +18

    How anyone can actually drink Lapsang Souchong rather than cooking with it is beyond me. That tea tastes like liquid beef jerky.

    • @AerCloud
      @AerCloud 2 роки тому +4

      The Lapsang Souchong I sell at work tastes like that aftertaste you get after eating something sour

    • @asmodahlia
      @asmodahlia 2 роки тому +1

      @@AerCloud o.o

    • @albuseisenhorn3385
      @albuseisenhorn3385 Рік тому +5

      I've heard if you put a little maple syrup in it you get maple bacon

    • @joybarker7906
      @joybarker7906 Рік тому +4

      Oh no, I grew up drinking it and it is still my favourite. It tastes like everything that makes you feel cozy and safe!

    • @asmodahlia
      @asmodahlia Рік тому +3

      @@joybarker7906 I can see that - like cozying up next to a campfire in fall!

  • @abigailbaldwin4224
    @abigailbaldwin4224 9 місяців тому +5

    Here I am, years after first discovering this series, coming back to listen to it for my 4th or 5th time. It's been a good while since i last listened, and even knowing everything that's going to happen, I still get such a sense of dread when listening. This was such a well done series

  • @gylfie1099
    @gylfie1099 4 роки тому +45

    I fell asleep listening to this. Probably not a very good idea, considering the dreams I have are very vivid and this is a horror podcast

  • @aliceshiro7782
    @aliceshiro7782 8 місяців тому +4

    WHAT A MONSTER OF INFORMATION WTH?!?!?!?! THIS IS 3/4 TIMES THE AMOUNT FROM THE OTHER EPISODES?!?!

  • @Nari_Trovi
    @Nari_Trovi 2 роки тому +11

    i think im going to have to relisten to this i had to look up what so many things meant and people in the comments are so much smarter than me , i didn't even think something was wrong with the "real leather"

    • @joi_micaella
      @joi_micaella 2 роки тому +5

      Same 😆! Got interested cause someone recommended this is a random booktuber video. I might need a relisten after finishing this cause I'm a dumb dumb to know such details XD

    • @Nari_Trovi
      @Nari_Trovi 2 роки тому +4

      @@joi_micaella loll i discovered it through an animatic that spoiled the whole thing, but i was so confused i barely understood anything XD

  • @fauxclaws
    @fauxclaws Рік тому +4

    really enjoying the stories so far, though I wish people didn't fill the comments of very early episodes with hints at spoilers even if they are vague. I enjoy seeing peoples thoughts on each episode after listening but the constant references to future events make me feel nervous about continuing to do so now.

  • @jakeguillory8232
    @jakeguillory8232 9 місяців тому +6

    wait so Lin Manuel Miranda didn’t write the hit broadway musical In The Heights(tm)????

  • @camiepotatopattie8754
    @camiepotatopattie8754 3 роки тому +19

    Guessing by the title, is this is continuation of the previous notebook eater story?
    Edit: oh my goodness. What is this story.

  • @linkstheshifter2358
    @linkstheshifter2358 4 роки тому +83

    Captions please?

    • @mintchew2757
      @mintchew2757 4 роки тому +15

      You can find the transcripts online. Just look up tma transcripts.

  • @cezar3169
    @cezar3169 3 роки тому +8

    Relistening to relive the good ol days

  • @staticjuice
    @staticjuice 4 роки тому +30

    BONE BOOK BONE BOOK BONE BOOK

  • @solentsquared6719
    @solentsquared6719 3 роки тому +18

    this is so interesting to listen to while i work, i am absolutely starting to understand why people love this so much

  • @bonniecornelius3836
    @bonniecornelius3836 4 роки тому +37

    The magnus archives needs more attention, this podcast is great!

  • @grimmscuriosities9411
    @grimmscuriosities9411 9 місяців тому +3

    'I'm not some crazy person on the street, i have a job and am not prone to flights of fancy'
    My guy, you work in theater, calm down.

  • @bug-box
    @bug-box 2 роки тому +9

    Started this series over again today and I'm giddy over all the connections already

  • @cain3895
    @cain3895 Рік тому +22

    A book that drops animal bones? Whats next? A glowing cloud that drops animal corpses?

  • @hhylobates4098
    @hhylobates4098 4 роки тому +10

    Eye spy the introduction of the eye-conic green 👁️ imagery

  • @rawtoast_playz1234
    @rawtoast_playz1234 Рік тому +6

    gerry and mike in one episode oh my gods

  • @strawberry_pretzels
    @strawberry_pretzels 10 місяців тому +6

    doing my religious relistening to the magnus archives in 2023

  • @StygianNightmare
    @StygianNightmare 19 днів тому +1

    This would make such an amazing live action show. Like holy crap I am enthralled with this series. I'm binging till it's done

  • @poprocks6576
    @poprocks6576 3 роки тому +13

    I shouldn’t be watching this at 9:22 but I am and I am going to regret it and not be able to sleep and will have multiple nightmares but I will still watch it cause I’m stupid and this podcast is amazing

  • @quinn9074
    @quinn9074 3 роки тому +3

    Not me falling asleep watching this in a good way I have insomnia but when I hear this dudes voice I fall asleep

  • @cooperdavis9663
    @cooperdavis9663 3 роки тому +14

    Maybe I just missed something, but I'm kinda mad that he destroyed the book before try to figure out what it says. Because for all he knows it could be an ancient historical artifact with information otherwise lost to time, and now it's gone. All because something about the pictures made him smell ozone

    • @mrjones2721
      @mrjones2721 3 роки тому +4

      Keep listening. Much becomes clear.

    • @cooperdavis9663
      @cooperdavis9663 3 роки тому +4

      @@mrjones2721 all I got from the ending is that the writer has some kind of bad mojo that isn't really explained and the books were bound with human skin

    • @SorchaSublime
      @SorchaSublime 2 роки тому +4

      Some knowledge should be lost.
      At least, some believe so.

  • @albuseisenhorn3385
    @albuseisenhorn3385 Рік тому +5

    My favorite episodes of the entire thing involve Lightner's books or the individuals/entities involved with them.

  • @fruitloop8481
    @fruitloop8481 2 роки тому +8

    I started watching this with my cat and we both really enjoy it.

  • @forgottenshards8478
    @forgottenshards8478 9 місяців тому +3

    "key of Solomon" that's not something I hear every day.

  • @thecoalcoloredfox4004
    @thecoalcoloredfox4004 2 роки тому +5

    Wowowowow. This is my fourth relisten and im still reeling at the things ive missed the first time around.

  • @chicky6471
    @chicky6471 3 роки тому +22

    *spoilers*
    Wait, why the heck was leitner commissioning books? I thought his whole thing was tma scp essentially
    Also, "walking felt as natural as falling" gotta love the selective language
    Also also, I love how the emphasis of prices and choices appear this early with the cost for the book

    • @mimkyodar
      @mimkyodar 2 роки тому +4

      He wasn't. Stick with the series and this is explained.

    • @chicky6471
      @chicky6471 2 роки тому +5

      @@mimkyodar yeah, I've already listened through the whole series. Honestly, I probably just forgot, I have a bad memory spmetimes

  • @Excelsior1937
    @Excelsior1937 2 роки тому +4

    Lmao, I just played Deltarune for the first time and now I’ll never hear Jurgen Lightner’s name the same way ever again.

  • @rilla5058
    @rilla5058 2 роки тому +5

    I'm 14 and so far I'm rather freaked out and can't wait to freak myself out more