The cool thing about this show is the first few episodes it’s just random spooky stories, then you start hearing the same names again and realize this entire thing is connected

@takeoats

Жыл бұрын

am so shit at names tho 😭comments will save me i bet

@shadow_master7303

Жыл бұрын

@@takeoats Same

@frogonthebikeheh

Жыл бұрын

@@shadow_master7303 Well, for example the guy who was giving this statement was Graham's ex (from episode 3 across the street) re listening will help too I'm on my second round hehe

@viscerator68

Жыл бұрын

And the black vein going to the heart is the darkness from “a fathers love”

@frogonthebikeheh

Жыл бұрын

@@viscerator68 Omg, I haven't noticed it, thank you for the heads up

“Damn this guy predicted the gruesome death of my predecessor whose job I am now doing which could possible put me in harms way…how disturbing…and obviously complete bullshit”

@maxpaulsson2049

3 ай бұрын

Season 1 in a nutchell

@TheMind129

3 ай бұрын

@@maxpaulsson2049 Season 1: I dIdN't ThInK mUcH oF iT. Season 2: I AM THINKING TOO MUCH OF IT!

I can't help but think that Gertrude's "poor archiving" isn't poor at all, but a means to warn our Archivist

@Gooberpotomous

3 жыл бұрын

I'm torn between looking it up and continuing to listen

@TheNitpickChick

3 жыл бұрын

Gooberpotomous - This podcast is a roller coaster. I’d recommend avoiding spoilers as much as possible, as it’s really cool learning things as Jon does. :)

@Gooberpotomous

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNitpickChick It's really difficult because I'm usually the type to curb my curiosity on my own-- almost no patience. But I'm doing alright, binge listening/reading to stop myself spoiling it xD

@adrienne-ukulelecraftsandm559

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gooberpotomous hey dude , how’d that go ?

@Gooberpotomous

2 жыл бұрын

@@adrienne-ukulelecraftsandm559 I managed not to spoil for myself and ended up waiting for episodes to drop

I love how everyone is freaking out over the name "Graham" being mentioned when a massive truth bomb was just dropped about the archivist.

@nejsonsvejson9861

3 жыл бұрын

When is the name mentioned

@karenlinares7541

3 жыл бұрын

@@nejsonsvejson9861 The episode “Across the Street” He’s the one who was basically stalked by the witness and ate notebook paper in his apartment

@gav1049

3 жыл бұрын

@@nejsonsvejson9861 3:05 "Lead to me having a full nervous breakdown. I'd broken up with Graham, my, boyfriend of 6 years, and had to leave the home we shared."

@thelivingparadox6626

2 жыл бұрын

LITERALLLYYYYY, i'm on my first re-listen and i just went "WOAHAHWWHA"

@greenman6141

2 жыл бұрын

@The Living Paradox I'm on my first re-listen, and I'm only able to do this because 1. my daughter is home for the summer from Uni...so I'm not alone. and 2. it's summer, it's constantly light, and constantly disgustingly hot, humid, sticky, buggy ..all the things totally wrong for a background for listening to things so eerie (I'm in New England...several years ago we would still have been living in London, and even in summer that would still have provided the right sort of background setting, especially in Highgate)

My mum used to work in the Barclay's building at Canary Warf. She says the description in this episode is not severe enough for how truly horrible the Barclay's building is. So moral of the story, the Barclay's building is the true Eldritch horror in this episode

@lawoftsunami

4 жыл бұрын

Wait, really? How come? (i'm sadly american and i don't have any context on how bad the building is)

@Speckaboo

4 жыл бұрын

Law of Tsunami same I’ve never heard of Barclay

@lawoftsunami

4 жыл бұрын

@@Speckaboo I've certainly heard of the company, BarclayS, because of working close to the financial sector, but not sure if there's a difference.

@Catnip_Noob

3 жыл бұрын

OP, please tell us what it's like, I really enjoy stories

@Hazyla

3 жыл бұрын

And we’ll never know...

"you might want to look into appointing a successor" fukin brutal

I’m listening to MAG again and just realised Jon says the ONLY person he trusts not to prank him is Tim. How have we never talked about this?

@octoberwind_

Жыл бұрын

like yeah, we all bet the only person to actually prank Jon would be Tim

@marylii04

Жыл бұрын

For some reason it broke me

@cheddarcheezit2647

Ай бұрын

Tim feels like the MOST likely person to mess with S1 Jon tbh

Sweet dreams are made of....you know what, nevermind, you don't want to know.

@tbg8365

4 жыл бұрын

@@completem3ss Bees

@jasonwinstance6614

4 жыл бұрын

Cheese

@naomin2700

3 жыл бұрын

big fleshy veins

@seonaelizabethcoster8465

3 жыл бұрын

Cheese

@koykoyonly1628

3 жыл бұрын

Geese

I think I get why John is always so skeptical. They must spend so many hour and resources on each story. It’s probably painful to figure out it wasn’t true and that all of it was wasted

@ahorribleterribleperson

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, if I was the head archivist, I would be extremely excited to hear supernatural stuff, but by like the 10th time of hearing that a statement is fake I would be like John sims very easily.

im a very new listener but ive just come up with the thought that the previous head of the archives might have placed the archives in this specific order for John to understand better and connect the dots not because she was messy hmmmmm

@davv6628

3 жыл бұрын

I've seen this theory a few times in different words but it makes a lot of sense and really could be the only explanation for this as it's irrational to let an elderly person who sucks at their job continue to work at that job. So her putting it in that order makes more sense both realistically and story-wise.

@someoneawesome8717

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from further into the series (returning after the subject of this Statement appeared in a different episode) Gertrude did leave the Archives a mess on purpose but not to help Jon

@catdn7011

Жыл бұрын

@@someoneawesome8717 wait i forgot why did she leave them as a mess

@someoneawesome8717

Жыл бұрын

@@catdn7011 to inconvenience Elias

@catdn7011

Жыл бұрын

@@someoneawesome8717 petty queen

the throbbing lights in the dream remind of the scene in the shed with the man who was cutting out people’s hearts

@Pandie2828

2 жыл бұрын

This is a year old but I wanted to say something related to what you put I think that the people in the streets specifically is the man with the tendril going directly to his heart that he focused on in the beginning of his first dream are the Killer's victims maybe?

@wyattmurphy7153

Ай бұрын

And the brass heart from that missing dude, holy script on parchment, and teeth from the teeth episode seem awfully related to that particular story.

This puts more weight into my theory that the Institute itself is either bad or has been taken over by the bad things.

@dedicatedsparrow8932

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, out of curiosity, how far in are you now?

@GiubileiFernando

3 жыл бұрын

@@dedicatedsparrow8932 Season 3

@geologist1235

3 жыл бұрын

Like Shield

@pauldiamond1583

2 жыл бұрын

This episode is as far as I am (so far) and it is reminding me heavily of the video game "Control"

At this point, London has a whole thing going on. They got monsters, doppelgangers, vampires, ect Like what did london do to attract these guys in, they were just minding there own business Im still suprised Jon is still sane with all these stories he has to read being the archivist.

@MidniteSpectre

2 ай бұрын

I think it's the same reason as why aliens keep invading New York.

@moonmint_tea

Ай бұрын

​@@MidniteSpectreOMG it's good😂

@wyattmurphy7153

Ай бұрын

I like to think every section of the world has their own crazy shit going on, kind of like God of War.

@Arsonimp

9 күн бұрын

Next up... werewolves of London (this is a song reference, and I have no clue if a werewolf comes up later, as I've just started this podcast)

Was "Antonio" dating the NotGraham?

@hosannapyles8201

4 жыл бұрын

Or maybe og Graham?

@Somajsibere

4 жыл бұрын

@@hosannapyles8201 If i remember correctly not!Graham replaced og Graham in 2005, this report was given in 2015 and Antonio says that he has been living in London for 10 years so he likely began dating Graham after 2005, so in conclusion he was dating not!Graham.

@sophienah4654

4 жыл бұрын

i think its more likely he dated the og graham? dunno what interest the "nots" have in terms of dating

@himeow7454

4 жыл бұрын

@@Somajsibere Didn't Antonio mention that he's been having these dreams for a good 8 years already? I went back to ep3, and Graham was actually replaced in 2007. 2015-8=2007, so it's actually quite possible Antonio dated the original Graham, and that Graham was replaced shortly after the breakup, around the same time Antonio started having the dreams.

@RyanGButler

3 жыл бұрын

Not a single person in this thread acknowledges that multiple people are named Graham. lol

I really dislike horror things. Really I do. My friend told me ai should listen to this podcast, and I did in a way to sort of humor her. And now I'm addicted, I've been listening all day, oh my gosh this is so good legit probably the only horror I'll listen to

@erinbathie-moore8478

4 жыл бұрын

Same! I used to love creepypastas and then they got too scary when I was younger. My friend recommended this to me, and I LOVE it!

@tango5275

3 жыл бұрын

Same, friend got me into these, that squirm one really freaked me out tho

@willowmunch737

3 жыл бұрын

I'm very late, but if you enjoyed this you may want to check out Welcome To Night Vale. They're in a similar vein but WTNV is more existential horror than traditional.

@Ra_the_Sun_god

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t like horror either but red from overly sarcastic productions said it was good and now I love it

@minty7945

3 жыл бұрын

@@willowmunch737 I love WtNV, I didn't find it scary though. I'd say TMA and Nightvale are different in the way they treat the crazy things that happen. Nightvale treats it as some normal occurrence which actually made it funny.

These are fantastically written, but I find them so hard to sit through at times without losing focus on what they're saying

@cezar3169

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. his voice is so calming that I can't help but zone out. edit: I disagree to my previous statement above, after a while you really start getting into the episodes and I don't zone out as much anymore, transcripts are really helpful too

@thatjeff7550

3 жыл бұрын

I usually do some housework while listening to them on a headset. Good for getting through the dishes.

@highlands1587

2 жыл бұрын

Same. I like to crotchet or do chores while listening cause it helps me keep focused : )

@waffleartz8581

2 жыл бұрын

jazmin i feel you i really do

@emilybarclay8831

Жыл бұрын

@@highlands1587 I am literally crocheting as we speak. Are you Eye-aligned??

Perhaps Gertrude isn't a poor archivist. What if Gertrude just arranged the statements by their connection to the others? That explains why certain characters reappear in other statements. I think that Jon is missing the clues right in front of him.

@justalittlesleepy

10 ай бұрын

Spoilers!!!!! Well done you smartie pants! 😌

@SomeGuyH3re

3 ай бұрын

Who tf spells John like that?

@tobimisa

2 ай бұрын

@@SomeGuyH3re the main character is named after his writer and voice actor, jonathan sims, sometimes called jonny. most of the fandom, of course, refers to him as jonathan and jon, like his voice actor's name is spelled. but jonny sims is a funny little man, and years into the magnus archives had started, he decided to make it canon that the main character is named "johnathan sims," with the extra "h," supposedly to help differentiate from his own name. that's why the official material, and fan content that tries to keep in line with official material, calls him johnathan/john, while the majority of the fandom does not. because it's a little silly, doesn't change the fact that they have the same name, and they'd already gotten used to the old spelling jklafsdljksfd

@wyattmurphy7153

Ай бұрын

@@SomeGuyH3reGarfield.

like the half of the listeners of this podcast dont know how to spell graham lmao

@lemoncitrine7023

4 жыл бұрын

true

@paulcastle2019

4 жыл бұрын

Grame

@elspeth6244

4 жыл бұрын

Gram? Grayam? Grayham? Graeme?

@mimkyodar

3 жыл бұрын

Graeme is a valid spelling though

@paulcastle2019

3 жыл бұрын

@@mimkyodar that's an abomination

In regards to the connection between “Antonio” here and his possible connection to Graham Folger from Episode #3 that everyone here (including myself) have been speculating on, I decided to take note of the dates and timelines given in both episodes. This statement by “Antonio” was given on March 14th, 2015. The statement from by Amy Patel in Episode #3 was given on July 1st, 2007. “Antonio” claims to have been having these dreams for about eight years, and they first occurred some time after he left his job at Barclays. Some details given in this episode are arguably a bit ambiguous, such as how long, exactly, “Antonio” broke up with Graham prior to leaving his job, and how long after leaving his job “Antonio” started to have these nightmares (more on this in a bit). At the very least, if we take his statement at face value, eight years prior to giving this statement in March of 2015 would place his first nightmares in early 2007, several months before Amy Patel provided her statement. After that, pinning down the congruencies in the timelines is a bit more difficult. Amy said that she took her course with Graham starting in September of 2005, and the night that they walked home “together” (using that term loosely, since she stated that she didn’t want him to know where she lived) was about four months after beginning the course (approximately December or January). It was after this that she started watching him. She specified that a couple of months had passed before she dropped out of the course, and that the incident where Graham was apparently replaced by the “NotGraham” imposter took place on April 7th, which I can only assume was in 2006. She doesn’t specify how much time passed between the incident and when she moved out, but she apparently waited until the following year to give her statement to the Magnus Institute. A face value interpretation of “Antonio’s” statement might give the impression that he broke up with Graham a few weeks, or perhaps a few months, before he first started having these nightmares in early-to-mid 2007. If that’s the case, this wouldn’t fit the timeline in Amy’s statement at all, because “Antonio” stated that he had been living with Graham for about six years prior to breaking up with him (and this breakup resulted in “Antonio” moving out), and Amy’s observations make it quite clear that Graham lived alone in the months before he was replaced by the “NotGraham” imposter. They would’ve had to have been broken up for at least a year, if not a year-and-a-half (depending on when in 2007, exactly, “Antonio’s” nightmares began) for their timelines to fit. However, if we assume that “Antonio” broke up with Graham early on during his time at Barclays (or perhaps even before starting his job there), and we assume that roughly a year passed after leaving his job there (again, depending on how you interpret what “Antonio” said about the timeline of events), then that could potentially place their breakup sometime in early-to-mid 2005, which would be at least a few months before the night Graham and Amy walked home together. This would explain why Amy never noticed Graham having a boyfriend, let alone one living with him, and could possibly suggest that Graham’s erratic behavior in regards to his paranoia and his notebook collection may have been a factor in their breakup. But, again, this all depends on how charitably you interpret the description of the timeline given by Amy and “Antonio,” or how specific and accurate you think they might have been when giving their statements to the Magnus Institute. At the risk of breaking your immersion, it’s entirely possible that “Antonio’s” boyfriend being named “Graham” was just a red herring placed there by the creators of this series (intentionally or not). Or, if you prefer an in-universe explanation, we could go along with the idea suggested by Jonathan that this statement was a pure fabrication placed in the archives by his coworkers as a practical joke. That possibility would explain not only any apparent mismatch in the timelines between the two statements, but also why they were never able to verify “Antonio’s” identity, and apparently had no confirmation of his work history or the death of his old manager John (at least as far as Jonathan Sims indicated in this episode).

@vera-whatsurdiscord

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulinet68 i didnt read this but i just wanted to let you know how much i appreciate the spoiler warning

@takeoats

Жыл бұрын

i didn't read all that but dam u should become an archivist or something

@MrHighlife

Жыл бұрын

Not to be a dick but, tl;dr? Sorry it's like 2 am and I just got off work lol

@hamburgerdog25

Жыл бұрын

Also the rythmic beating seems straight out of A Father's Love. So I feel like that also plays both ways with the connect-the-dots _or_ the fabrication. Alternatively, I'm entertaining the idea that this guy is just a romantic poet who wants _someone_ to recognize how pure and gravitating his rhetoric devices are

@awarlockunkindlyborn1353

11 ай бұрын

Hi, I'm a first-time listener, and I'm trying to get my notes straight about this. I understand it's been ages for you, so you might not remember, but how did you get that the dreams started eight years prior to the statement? I listened to the whole thing twice and I still can't find where that was implied. I estimated that he broke up with Graham and started having nightmares around 2011-2012, for these reasons: • Antonio stated that, as of March 14th, 2015, he had been living in London for almost a decade, meaning he moved there in 2005-2006. • He had moved to London to get a degree from the London School of Economics, which takes four years to complete (I have no way of knowing if he finished the degree early, so I'm assuming he took four years). • He then worked for Barclay for just over one year following his graduation, meaning he had lived in London for an estimated five years at the time of his breakup. This is interesting to me because he says he and Graham dated for six years, but he himself had only been in London for five. Graham's flat in "Across the Street" was in Clapham, London, so I doubt they dated before Antonio moved there. Maybe there was just enough time between school and work to round his time in London to six years, so it's not a stretch to say he started dating Graham around the time he first moved to London in 2005-2006. In "Across the Street," Amy said she met Graham about 2 years previous to her statement, making it almost definitely 2005. She likely moved out around April of 2005. I see you concluded 2006, but the only clue we get for how long she watched him was "I had been watching that window for months," as of April 7th. If she started watching him very early in the year, then it would be reasonable to assume she stopped in April of the same year, especially because it would line up better with the school year (in the UK, the first half term in spring would start in early January and end right around the beginning of April). It's also just not very believable that she was watching him for nearly an entire year. Anyway, if Amy moved out in 2005, and Antonio moved to London and started dating Graham in 2005, that would explain why Amy never saw Antonio, and it would also mean that Antonio likely never met the actual Graham, though the timeline would allow for him to have met Graham just before he was replaced. Amy does state that Graham left his flat a lot, so it's very possible he was dating Antonio and they only started living together after Amy moved away. Assuming all of this is correct, Antonio and Graham would have broken up around 2011-2012, meaning Antonio would only have been having the dreams for 3-4 years at the time of his statement. I mostly just wrote this to get my own thoughts in order, but I would appreciate feedback from you or anyone else, since this is a lot of information and I have an auditory processing disorder, so it's easy for me to miss things or get them mixed up.

13:02 I was writing my biology notes while listening and the moment he said heart attack was at the exact same time I finished writing the words 'heart attack' wtf

oooo, some gertrude lore! wtf does elias mean 'she died in the line of duty'? this drip feed of info about the magnus institute leaves me wanting a lot more. i like how this episode about supernatural predictive death dreams had such a dreamlike quality to the story telling. the rayner stuff a couple episodes now has me looking for connections with repeated names, was antonio's boyfriend the same graham from episode 3? if so did the creature that was stalking graham or the weird table he had contribute to their breakup and/or cause antonio's dreams?

@someoneawesome8717

2 жыл бұрын

The position has some unusual additional responsibilities and not all of them are safe

@hoteltrivago.3034

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps she got hit by a falling bookshelf lol

I love the depiction of dreams here. All too often, depiction of dreams in media seem too coherent.

@calamity2383

2 жыл бұрын

This comment suddenly reminded me of “The Dream World of Dion McGregor” in which his roommate records him narrating his dreams in his sleep. I remember them being quite bizarre but i last listened to it like two years ago

I would definitely like to know if someone dreamed of my death...

@lunaraydue1340

4 жыл бұрын

I mean in reality, a lot of people dream of death all the time, and it doesn't mean anything. In fact, I'd bet statistically that someone HAS dreamed of your death at some point in your life. Unless you're acquainted with someone known to have prophetic dreams that extend beyond the realm of pure statistic probability, there's nothing to worry about!

@macabrecitrus2127

3 жыл бұрын

@@lunaraydue1340 I'm a quite anxious person, it happens to me all the time... So yeah, I'm not gonna tell every person I know that I dreamt they died lol

oohhhh,,, so all the stories must be linked. like that NotGraham guy from episode 3? i better start paying proper attention then.

Jonathan Sims : This is a prank , let me give this to Timothy Stoker to check out . I’m sure he’ll take this VERY seriously. He’s DEFINITELY more serious than Sasha James .

Wait the boyfriend was Gram? Like from episode 3?

@crov.0375

4 жыл бұрын

Probably

@sophienah4654

4 жыл бұрын

for sure right? that had to have been on purpose

@radioreprise

4 жыл бұрын

is he? iirc there have been at least three characters named john.

@inkypaws9110

4 жыл бұрын

@@radioreprise Didnt gram have a black thing crawl through his window? like the veins maybe?

@laura-vv5gd

4 жыл бұрын

Well we know that Gram was gay as well so it'd make sense

In my country they say that when someone dreams about your death they're actually gifting you life lol just a fun fact

@Catglittercrafts

3 жыл бұрын

What country is that?

@lablabs2613

Жыл бұрын

That’s really sweet!

@sishere7768

9 ай бұрын

yeah same-

relistening to this episode for the third time and i just now noticed he says “my boyfriend graham”. i thought we all just assumed oliver banks was mlm and not a canon thing 💀💀💀

it took 10 episodes, for this to come

I’ve listened to later episodes first and the second he said “Antonio Blake” I was struggling not to crack up because all I could hear was Georgie’s incredulous “...right.”

“At the very least you should look into appointing a successor” is it just me or did the statement giver’s voice change slightly at that sentence and sound more like Jonathan? I know it’s Jonathan reading all these but like others have said he gives them such life that it barely sounds like him. Also that sentence seems pretty out of place for the way the rest of the statement was written, imo.

In hindsight...when one says the phrase "died in the line of duty" there is only one context that it's said in....

"If I even had legs in this place" I know I shouldn't be laughing but I cant help it

This episode is what hooked me. The idea that you can know who dies, and not do anything about it. That, for me, is perfect psychological horror. The dreamscape is so vivid, that I can imagine it myself. Whether or not Antonio existed, or still does. This episode, is amazingly well written. I know bits that have, sadly, been spoiled for me. But not enough that I know what happened to Gertrude,

@Wizzboi99

Ай бұрын

She dies

@okamidrawsart

Ай бұрын

@@Wizzboi99 Thanks... ( I have watch the whole series so if you were trying to spoil me gotcha)

@Wizzboi99

Ай бұрын

@@okamidrawsart It was a joke based off of the fact that one of the first things that is said is that she is dead

@okamidrawsart

Ай бұрын

@@Wizzboi99 don't worry its cool, and yeah now that I think about it, that makes more sense then you outright spoiling it.

Spoiler warning After finishing the series, I just imagine Gertrude’s reaction to this going roughly like “It’s very likely I die horribly? No shit Sherlock. Come back to me when you have something useful to tell me.”

I found you on Reddit while looking for a spooky podcast and picked your show out of a list of about three dozen because Magnus is also the name of a character I made in a D&D campaign. I have not been disappointed! I've only been listening for a short while as I've only just finished #11, but I have recommended it frequently to friends and on a radio show that I co-host at my university. Simply fantastic!

Yep, Blake was definetly dating Graham from episode three. As a matter of fact, it's my headcanon - though I've only listened up to this point in the podcast, and apparently there are over 100 more to go - that he was dating ORIGINAL Graham, not Not!Graham. Graham said he was gay in that episode, if you remember - and plus, this description of those tendrils is just a bit too close to the description of the monster in episode three then I'm comfortable with. Don't know if that's intentional, I'm probably looking too deep and it's just coincidence, but... still.

gertrude reading this laughing

As a first time listener, my heart was pounding at the end of the recording! Chills... I am looking forward to what's ahead!

this has gotta be my favorite depiction of a dream. The way he describes the eerie orange London is just, wow, very surreal and dreamlike.

Vague spoilers While I agree with everyone who says Gertrude's death feels underwhelming compared to how it was described here, I actually think the tendrils were unusual in this one not because her death itself was supposed to be extremely horrible, but simply because she was involved in a lot of dangerous things. Like, the tendrils changed because they reacted to all the supernatural stuff Gertrude messed with, not the means of her death

GR GRAHAM!!!!

As someone who spent quite some time in Canary Wharf ... This is a new level of immersive horror

just got back here from the first episode of season 4 . shaking . deceased

Johnathan’s voice is calming. On my second go around with the series.

graham?? from episode 3??????

I love how, in the opening, the final sound is lights being switched off. Reminds me of the "A Father's Love" story.

Graham?? As in Not!Graham from episode three?? Ooooooooooo this is getting GOOD

The End reveals itself

Graham, as in episode three "Across the Street" Graham? OH SNAP.

I have never listened to a piece of media that gives me goosebumps as hard or as frequently as The Magnus Archives. The voice acting is always sincere and sure and clear, the ambiance music is always the perfect amount of unsettling, and descriptions of things are always so good, plus there's that undertone that, unmistakably, there's a bigger story at play and you as the listener are unravelling it slowly but surely through the lens of these recordings. Gah, I just love this podcast so much >:DD

Yooooo, "Antonio blake" eh, people watching this for the first time, remember him as "that guy w/ the dreams" as when he becomes relevant in 4 seasons from now ull want to know who he is, as when I first listened to it I forgot entirely lol

@eyesofamothasmr2402

3 жыл бұрын

Same. First time I listened I thought he was an entirely new character lol

Loving the series. The description of the black tendrils gave me some serious Secret World MMO vibes whenever you entered the Dreamers' realm. Great stuff!

This was the first episode to legitimately send chills down my spine. Because it breaks the barrier between the stories and the institute. There were some hints earlier, like Prentice and Lightner, but The second that it says “The Magnus Institute”, it gets more personal. And from there, it gets more and more intertwined with what’s going on.

I am also a very new listener. What if the the “thing worst then ever before” that the statement maker from this episode made about Gertrude, wasn’t actually her death… What if she was somehow possessed by some supernatural being? If her death had been normal there wouldn’t have been so many vines and unusual crimson light right?

The irony that I felt asleep listening to this

@Angel-ni2yn

11 ай бұрын

I'm always falling asleep listening to this but yuh this funny it's a dream ep, didn't transfer to my dreams tho

Chilling. Nothing high octane but the excitement these stories bring are amazing

THIS episode was the one that really got me hooked. I can't put it simply to explain why. It's like a bunch of esoteric feelings and words in my brain that can't be communicated properly aloud.

GRAYHAM!!!! WHAT

im five minutes in and this episode has big lovecraft vibes going on. awesome

Just began listening to this series today and the first thunderstorm to happen in forever decides to roll in while its night. Thanks for setting the mood spooky creatures of the dark

Best voice acting so far was in this episode. The way he said, "end recording!" Had a much different edge to it

Ok so [SPOILERS] alright they really hyped up Gertrude's death man. I mean there are so many horrible things that have happened to people in this show and getting shot by a normal gun is, all things considered, a fairly tame way to go.

@mimkyodar

2 жыл бұрын

She's still dead though

@malaizze

Жыл бұрын

Being killed by Elias Bouchard though… humiliating.

Favorite episode so far

And now I’m worried for our archivists well-being

I need to stop listening to these at night

Antonio had been having these dreams since 2007. Across The Street was given in July, 2007. As other commenters have mentioned, Graham Falkur was quite possibly his boyfriend. I feel like there is a connection between Graham dying or... Whatever happened to the poor guy, and Antonio´s dreams. Im not sure what it could be though. Ive recently started rewatching the podcast after falling out of touch due to personal reasons, and damn am i enjoying the mystery. Anyways, here are my notes/theories about Graham Falkur so far: -Graham Falkur git got by whatever the fuck it was in late 2006, after which Antonio starts having these dreams. -He and Antonio Blake were boyfriends -His table had a pattern of snaking lines engraved into it, going towards the center where a square hole can be found -In November 23, 2006, Ivo Lensik uproots the dead tree at Hilltop Road, Oxford. Under it is a small, ornate wooden box. This is what was missing from Graham´s table, and might have only appeared there soon after Graham´s presumed death I have no idea if these notes are useful to my fellow theorists, but i am writing them here now because reasons. EDIT: In the box was a pristine apple, that quickly decayed after being taken out of it. I was thinking about what this could mean. And here is my new theory: -Graham Falkur was very old, but made a bargain with some sort of entity (Henceforth referred to as "The Benefactor" Because Half Life 2 was fun) for eternal life/youth, with an apple being some sort of arcane signature that solidified the validity of the pact -Graham buries the apple in an ornate box taken from his table, under a tree on Hilltop Road, Oxford -On November 23, 2006, the apple is taken out of the box by Ivo Lensik -This means the pact had in some way been broken, and Graham knows this in some way, explaining his suspicious behaviour in Across The Street. He knew The Benefactor was coming, and it came, and took its payment -Graham´s death/The coming of The Benefactor somehow began Antonio´s nightmare visions in early 2007

Dude, i always knew Tim was a real one✊️ If he turns out to be an eldericht demon, i will eat my own hat

*Major ending spoilers* . . . . . . I find it kind of a shame that gertude's death ended up just being a shot gun to the chest. Something so mockingly human compared to the things she could've died from, and what these dreams imply. Here, with the swarming tendrils, it acts as if the eye itself would devour her, but instead, she was killed by Jonah with a damn shot gun. All the other avatars couldn't kill her and a god damn shot gun gets her?? It just... feels underwhelming. Her death was such a big mystery.

Everyone is talking about names here but i can't even remember archivists name even tho he says it every episode

@gaybrelslonglosthairline

9 ай бұрын

realest

Graham? 👀👀👀

The way I had jumped up when I heard 'Graham'. I wish I had been in this community at it's height of activity.

My favorite so far!! So good!🖤

The dream stuff was a bit hard to follow, but I liked hearing John's reaction for what it said about his perspective on the matter.

Oh my god this might be my favorite one this is sooo good !

Love how soft he reads some episode titles like this one

yall?? remember how ep 3 we had graham and a mention of a weird dark creature? same thing here. Also Gertrude was probs warning John by araging the files in a certain way

Anyone else realize this statement was submitted on Pi day?

This is one of my faves fof the season 1 episodes, but it's too cal, so I always keep falling asleep when I try to listen to it, and then I have to keep rewinding it.

Spoilers I wonder if the reason why Gertrude's death was so much worse in this than others was because of Elias directly involving the Powers in the fight. Either that or just the death of an avatar in general being a messy affair on a spiritual level? Also is canary warf where he climbs out of the ocean post death or is that somewhere else? Was there a reason he always started there?

So, by this point in the series, it is basically confirmed that there is going to be an overarching storyline, and I have a theory, two theories actually the first is that I'm fairly certain that the previous archivist wasn't disorganised, but wanted Jon Simmons to read these statements in this order for some reason. My second theory, the more interesting one in my opinion, is that each monster that has shown up are all controlled by some bigger thing, my reasoning is that some of the monsters we've encountered so far seem very similar to each other, with key differences that make it clear they aren't the same thing, and others appear to be completely unrelated. What I'm getting at with this is that maybe there are things that control them, kind of like deities, and they each do different things. If anybody is reading this let me know if I'm on to anything.

@outlandishmortal4164

Жыл бұрын

Spoilers I am sure you’ve probably finished by this point but…yeah…right track😊

@TheWorstestPro

Жыл бұрын

@@outlandishmortal4164 Ikr, I legit just described the fears

I wonder what the process is like to get to work there. How do you discover the institute/get discovered? How did the institute begin?

another winner!

It's very important to hear about Gertrude at the end.

"died in the line of duty" sounds like a cop...methinks a very large & unfortunate heavy bookshelf fell on her

SPOILER being here after listening to all of it is odd, they were so dramatic about gertrudes death only for it to be revealed that she was just shot

Although I cannot say that current episode was cozy, that's exactly how I feel about it. It connects some dots, tells us more on the previous Archivist and, moreover, it does feel like a dream. I don't feel like bringing up theories yet, but... Jon, beware. Be wary. Listen to the warnings, please.

I get the feeling this is where it's all gonna start connecting, but then... This is 11 of 200.

I found this podcast when I looked up an audio soundbite that had been circulating around Tik Tok from a later episode, and I had loved/listened to a lot of Welcome to Night Vale, so I was used to this horror style podcast. I've already listened up to this point over what seems like a day. I can't wait to keep going to see how far I can go. Also, the part when he talked about Graham, I smirked 😏

read the ep title like a lullaby he did

Spoilers I like the idea that Oliver/The End perhaps saw Gertrude's death as the catalyst for the upcoming apocalypse. Idk how much I believe that, though. To me, it would mean that The End possesses somewhat predictive properties, but nothing solid as to the how and why. It brings up the whole was Jon really destined, or was it merely a timing thing? Either way, what is more fascinating to me is that we were basically told of the end of s4 (/s5) by episode 11. What frustrates me, however, is how preventable all this could have been. Something something preserving their world, something something thinking of the present. I feel like I'm preaching to the choir, but surely there must have been more than one half decent avatar who didn't this and knew better? I think that's why I keep coming back, aside from the fact that I hope to finish relistening before whatever happens on the 30., everything one way or another would have ended the way it did in 160 and/or 200, be it with the same people or not, and that hurts.

@alanar8046

Жыл бұрын

[SPOILERS] , , , , , Gertrude got death threats all the time and she had long ago accepted that she would die at the hands some nonsense avatar. She hadn't trusted Elias in decades. Basically if she let a statement like this slow her down she'd never get out of bed. She just did as much as she could while she could.

For somebody who works at a supernatural archives jon believes in nothing

I can fall asleep to this voice prop cause I’m sleep deprived but still

Late to the party but some ppl in the comments pointed put Antonio couldve been dating Graham from the Imposter episode. What if he broke a bit after Graham was replaced by Not-Graham. What if that explains the dreams he has been having

I know those dreams, that are compleat nightmares when it comes to their content, but there is no fear response at all . . .

I wonder if this is an ongoing story thread

Gertrude Robinson was definitely not disorganized- I mean in Ep 7 he talks about how she put the statment from 1922 in the same box as the 2000s... BUT that statement has the name Raynor which connects to a statement made in 2002 (ep 9)! There was method to her madness for sure

listening to this for thefirst time!! i was really surprieed when i heard grahams name again:D

Working in a magic shop... is this the same one that Jane worked in? (On a relisten)

@universarea

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

I swear I've seen the name michael everywhere and I'm sure that he is the red pulse. Some kind of monster comming for him

@trucetruce335

4 жыл бұрын

Michael, Rayner, and John names appear quite often I've noticed.

@dedicatedsparrow8932

3 жыл бұрын

At this point, you'll have heard the name Michael Crew (mentioned in Page Turner, the friend of the statement giver who got struck by lightning)