THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES #86 - Tucked In
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2018
- MAG086 - Case #9830203 - Benjamin Hatendi
Statement regarding a strange nighttime encounter.
The Magnus Archives tells the tale of a young man who, after checking on an old friend, believes that there is something that goes bump in the night.
Starring: Tim Stoker - Mike LeBeau,; Melanie King - Lydia Nicholas; The Archivist - Jonathan Sims
Writer: Jonathan Sims
Director: Alexander J Newall
Editors: Alexander J Newall, Brock Winstead
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"Statement regarding a.... (paper noises) ...blanket?" I could feel Tim's soul leaving his body.
Why?
Did he know it was the dark?
@@jennifervan75I think he thought it was childish/embarrassing for him to read based on his reaction?
"What did she look like?"
"Who am I even sad for?"
This is... heartbreaking
I'm actually tearing up
The idea of mourning someone you can't even remember properly but know you had love for has always struck me about the loss of Sasha--she was great, everyone liked her, and she deserved to be remembered...but against their will, her friends can't even do that much. It's harrowing.
@@Vi_Vi_1 then theres that tape with her and Tim saying that shes unforgetable
@@holycarp1676 god i forgot about that 😭😭.. so heartbreaking :(
@@holycarp1676where was it???
Melanie is the first one to ACTUALLY whisper when theres supposed to be whispering, my respect for her has grown
The only one with half a braincell
@@aimeejenesse116 With the addition of Melanie the team gained another brain cell.
@@tearez13
We're at a grand total of 1 braincell
@@clayxros576 wait, did we lost the other -2?
@@eusouabia2986
Jon retroactively abolished the anti-braincells
"The blanket never did anything" is one of the most chilling lines in all the statements. Good job.
Reminds me of that one creepypasta where during the night, the protag heard a noise, went to check it out, found his parents dead and ran back to his room for safety. He hides under his covers even while whatever the thing is drags his parents' corpses into the room and props them in a way they stare at protag. He is freaking and then the creature starts writing something on the wall with the blood from his parents' but the protag cant see it cuz its too dark. The story ends with him finally being able to read it and it says "I know you're awake."
Creepy stuff for sure
@@Carolina57685 Not knowing and knowing can both be terrifying.
That was so effective
@@Carolina57685 Wasn't that one "The Rake"? just going off of memory.
@@channelwhatchamacallit2614 agh no idea tbh
Martin including sexy waterfall photos and Melanie concluding the sexiness of waterfall man is hilarious
IKR
the dream team the archives didn't know they needed
Martin 🤝 Melanie
thirsting over a dead shirtless man
Martin's contributions in the name of 'research', has pleased the InstItutE.
"He wasn't bad looking... _huh_ " Melanie I'm *quaking*
HGOAVHOWGWHOWYIFSYOAFYKFAYOFAYI PLEASE I
THE MAN SUFFERED A HORRIBLE DEATH, MELANIE
So Martin prepared the follow up notes, and considered the sexy waterfall pictures important enough to print them & include them in the file. Important research.
but it kinda makes him similar to georgie's date though
Incredibly important
@@cleliea8770 hey, the two women are allowed to have different types
Would any of us not do the same?
@@marinao4412 true
not one comment mentioning how sad "what did she look like" was??
it broke my heart :( especially remembering how cheery tim used to be
it was "who am i even sad for?" that got me. Jeeeesus this series is a lot sometimes
my face was in almost tears everytime i heard it. his broken voice was just... too much
That whole thing was really sad.... Season 1 Tim would've welcomed Melanie readily... and now.... :'(
Came here for that. And "who am I even sad for?"
This podcast will wreck you, I swear
I already really liked how every character who reads a statement has their own way of introducing them but Melanie clapping to sync audio because she’s used to do doing video was such a funny little detail lmao I love this show
Honestly love that detail so much
12:57
I like how melanie claps before the statement starts because she's used to working with digital formats
It's such a good detail!
its so funny because it kind of shows she doesnt know much about production. like *theres no camera* u dont need to mark the sound because you dont need to sync it
It's a fantastic "autopilot" moment where you just do what you've always done when recording because hey, that's what you do!
@@bingotries I think she’s just on autopilot, like she kinda just had a depressing convo with someone she barely knows, then got handed something she has to do, like...
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY LIKE "BABY GIRL YOU'RE NOT BEING FILMED YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO SOUND SYNC!"
7:21 As a psych major, I know something about this, in case anyone is curious. Facing your fear generally helps it go away if you're in control and exposed to a manageable level of fear. If you're forced into an overwhelmingly terrifying situation against your will, your fear is likely to worsen, even if nothing bad actually happened. And, just like this case, what seems like a child overcoming their fear could be just them learning that it's pointless to try to seek help from a caregiver for it, so they suffer in silence instead.
That clarified an unprecedented amount of trauma. Ahhhhhh
Fear is all about controlling it.
If a psychologist conducted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy this way they'd be stripped of their license to practice. But if you're a parent, instead of abuse it's called "tough love."
@@uberhikari spot on. Ive never seen the term tough love used as anything but a justification for (borderline) child abuse.
Thank you! I have a few of my own rather stupid fears that I have to face almost every day, and they just keep getting more traumatizing to the point that it seems ridiculous… I keep wondering why having to face them every day isn’t curing them. I guess I know now.
Jeez how did single phrases managed to completely change the whole tone of the parts??
Tim's little "How was she like?" absolutely destroyed me, I mean it. Wow.
And "The blanket never did anything." terrified me. Honestly. One of my favorite statement so far.
Also Melianie did not have an easy start into the job, but she already managed to get involved with a wanted man, playing spy for him, in a deadly supernatural institut. What a Queen.
The part where Tim says what was she like. I couldn’t help remembering the implication that him and Sasha dated at some point and he now doesn’t even know what she looked like. Those memories are filled by an imposter that he knows isn’t who was really there.
remember when tim was the cheery kool aid man? well but who can blame him for being so bitter now.
I thought he was high off the fumes when he was spraying the worms away 😂😂😂
Joe SpoOky
oH yEa
He's still the kool aid man just not so cheery anymore :(
He can do with a bit of empathy. He's just complaining and angry at everyone else as they're dealing with the same things
me, afraid of the dark, laying in bed: this is fine
update: i fell asleep at 5 am
He didn't respond...
Rip
Bean Man on a school night
Me too, Bean... me too..
Has anyone else noticed that Jon is trying to protect everyone except himself through all this?
Yes 😭
I'm actually really glad Melanie ended up reading it instead of Tim, I like him but man I didn't need to hear him hating his job anymore (i mean mood but yea)
"its not like you were gonna kill me" god i love her so much
Of course, the ONE TIME I try to use this podcast to just lie in bed, eyes closed, lights off, to try to make myself tired with the soothing voices of the actors, and it's THIS ONE. You know how everyone says they have that particular episode that finally really got to them? This one was it.
big oof
fr!!! lyin here at one am like eh this won’t be so bad i’ve been fine enough with the previous ones :) i now have my lamp on :)))
oh my god yeah i was thinking like "hmm one more episode before bed" and next thing i know i'm keeping the lights on because there's no way in HELL i'm going to sleep after that nightmare
It’s kinda funny how the only time people knock is when jon isn’t in the room
yeah bc of mr spiders knock knock thing
probably cause jon is traumatized when it comes to knocking
Omg thats so sweet im gonna combust jhejahsajsh
tim's rant at the start was glorious, and his lil annoyed self right after was just as good
i love how snarky he is
"You here for a story? TO BAD ITS RANTING TIME"
I like how Tim's all "this is stupid, tapes are stupid, it was STUPID when Jon was doing it, IT'S STUPID NOW--" *Proceeds to vent into the tape recorder all the feelings he has boxed up inside about his terrible job, not unlike Jon's use of the supplementals as a space for venting*
Shout out to the episode which made me sleep with my lamp on for an entire month.
Is that an OTGW reference
@@noomre9105 Heck yeah it is!
here's a comment to remind you xoxo /lh
"I'll just quietly sit here and become an accessory _shall I?_ "
Ok both her and Martin sounded kinda out of it after they finished reading the statements so I'm guessing the archive entity "possesses" everyone reading them, even if they're not the Archivist
Would explain the "voice acting". Maybe they were being possessed and sort of taking in the personalities and emotions of the statement givers... (I saw someone say something similar in a previous episode, just passing the theory on lol)
She even starts out reading the statement in a very flat way and slowly eases into the voice acting. Seriously the directing for this is just 👌💯
yeah i was thinking that. you don't notice it with jon bc he's used to it, but both martin and melanie sounded weird afterwards, like snapping out of a trance
It's weirder that Tim actually stopped a sentence or so in. I guess the trance takes over slowly enough that you can stop early enough.
Finally! The Institute gains another brain cell! Jon, that beautiful idiot, probably would've unsealed the cloth. Also-do none of them see how having the Institute's artifact storage is exactly as bad as Lightner's Library? Like at best, it's slightly better because the institute is *maybe* protected by one of the entities, but still.
The non-literary artifacts don't have as much focused power as the books. Most of the inanimate artifacts are relatively inert and won't do anything if you don't fuck with them. If a single artifact were contained by the Foundation, it would be classified Safe.
@@heresthadude1080 the first time i heard The Librarian, i was like wow, this dude understands the concept of D-class extremely perfectly.
Mary Keay did mention in her statement to Gertrude that the artifacts in the institute were mediocre at best
Jesus, that beginning. I'm honestly rooting for Tim to go Milton in Office Space and burn the entire goddamn archive to the ground, before finally getting some therapy with the others for their PTSD.
But then the magnus archives would end!! I think Tim’s being rather difficult. As a listener I am part of the entity as much as jon and I want to continue observing for as long as possible
Hes one bad day away from showing to work in sweatpants and flip flops
...
@@mechengr1731don’t forget his Hawaiian shirts (technically within dress code)
im glad melanie can finally get confirmation she didnt go crazy with the sashas :( but god now i wish sasha got caught up on a photo somewhere accidentally and tim can see it T__T
Melanie's voice is so intense and fitting for this statement, she puts the emphasis where necessary.
Tim's voice sounded so small when he was talking about Sasha. Really made me sad :(
Yes! That broke my heart
Also considering Tim’s past... (no spoilers), I would imagine losing a good friend to a doppelgänger would hit him especially hard. 😢
“How’s the leg?”
“Fine. Got shot by a ghost.”
What?! I need more!!
start of episode: bursting out laughing at poor Tim
end of episode:
"the blanket never did anything"
Me: -looks at the three blankets I'm curled up in laying in my room in the pitch black trying not to panic-
I love that she left the blanket tag sealed, so many "horror" things would have her stupidly open it and touch it
This was not the episode I should have listened to before going to bed 😭
Don't worry... It never walks all the way to the bed on the first night
This is a mood
the shadow is such a bro
he is worried the blanket being covered by saliva
filthy humans
but jokes aside i cant stop but laugh at the shadow dancing everytime someone sees him
then stops when they hide on the blanket
he was probably like
“ololololo”
*hides*
“ah shit”
*open*
“dyeaaahh ololololo”
"olololo" for fucks sake, it's pathetic that I find this hilarious, I mean, just imagine it pulsing in the doorway and making a deep straight "olololo" sound everytime the human hides under the blanket lmao
idk why but this makes it worse for me😅
Tim's opening and Melanie's ending summary were both hilarious. "He wasn't that bad looking... huh." MELANIE I LOVE YOU
This episode is really out here making me think my delusions of safety were vindicated and then pulled that “The blanket never did anything” shit huh
This got me to wonder. The Magnus Institute converts every statement to tapes, because they believe that magnetic tapes, and polaroids are unaffected by reality altering anomalies. What if that is just a deception as well? A trick to make them think that they can protect themselves from not-them, and other monsters?
@@TheMegaOne1000No that's not to avoid reality altering entities; they try to record everything digitally, it's just some (the real ones) literally can't be recorded on anything but tapes, digital recording just doesn't work when they try
Did anyone else notice that martin two episodes ago started the statement much more similar to Jon than Tim or Melanie. Does that mean that he listened to some statements Jon recorded? I can't
Melanie's sass is oFF THE DAMN CHARTS FANTASTIC
Yoooo the shadow was just trolling the whole time 😂😂😂
“The blanket never did anything”
Lol goteeem
No way you're a fan of TMA! Also that continues to be the most powerful line of the series.
“My parents never let me have a nightlight..."
Me: (chuckles) I'm in danger.
I love how at the start Melanie sounds like she's... Well reading a text but then the statement overtakes her and she's kind of experiencing it. It's interesting how the statements seem to be kind of powerful like that.
the way Melanie does markers is so cute.
its probably because shes used to filming but its still endearing
Well, I guess I am not sleeping tonight.
Spiders ? I am fine. Worms? Gross but ok. Weird Cults ? That's a thing in really life too, I can deal with that. Murderous books? A bit worrying but alright. The Not Them? Slightly disturbing. Micheal and his doors? Yeah alright it is a little too unsettling for my liking.
But darkness monsters that let's you believe that blankets are an effective protection against them? That, that is absolutely terrifing. I really really don't like it
There is nothing in the dark that isn't there in the light.
@@mistydevillier2197 Why did you do that T.T I mean, yes but you didn't need to point it
The little clap was actually really adorable, like she was mimicking a clap board.
Well, she's used to filming.
this remains one of the most chilling episodes ever. Some of the newer ones are good but get so complicated with all the different forces and entities and interconnected plotlines.... these jus plain lay out the horror for all to see.
Yeah, about that, I feel like the 6 minutes of random stuff at the end of these new ones is good for plot advancement, but bad for the actual effect of the stories in the tapes
I love how Tim just rants in the micro
Melanie is like a the optimistic Freshman and Martin and Tim are at least Juniors looking down at this cheery bean who thinks the next four years are going to be fun and magical
Jeez this was a horrible episode to listen to when I already am scared of the dark. Still love this a lot. Also, I sorta feel bad for Tim but damn did he become an asshole over a season.
I mean I find him to be rather justifiably an asshole. For one, he’s mourning his best friend, Sasha. Yeah he doesn’t know for sure that she’s dead yet, but he heavily suspects. Not only that, but with Melanie’s testimony about the two Sashas, he would have to suspect that she was killed and replaced with a doppelgänger. Given Tim’s background with... (spoilers 🤫), I would imagine that particular detail would hit him especially hard.
Plus, he’s been attacked by worms, been stalked and under suspicion from Jon for months, thrown through Michael’s hallways, and told that after all that, he can’t even quit. He has to stay in this death trap of a job until he dies horribly too, and there’s nothing he can do about it for him or his friends.
I think after all that, a bit of bitterness, hopelessness, and asshole-ish attitude is rather warranted and to be expected. ☹️
(But yeah, I do miss happy Tim. 😞)
There is nothing in the dark that isn't there in the light.
@@mistydevillier2197a lower production rate of vitamin D, and greater responsiveness of rod cells
2:09 I feel like Tim's roasting me meta-style while I'm listening to this podcast and I can't stop laughing. Well played
I can’t get over The absolute dread when it turned out that Robin was a hiker and I realized that Georgie was on a date with a mountaineer. It’s always the stuff at the end that gets me the most
"I woke up at 2:40 i in the morning" * looks at clock * 2:43 AM... I'm dead
One thing I'm noticing on relisten is that Melanie's actress is really good at that scared/crying thing. I really feel for the guy, through her reading.
Hearing Tim ask softly what the real Sasha was like broke me, I have actual tears in my eyes. He can't remember her real self at all. :(
Finally someone told her.
I get the feeling I probably shouldn't start watching this episode at 1am in my room with the lights off and in my bed but it appears I am here anyway. Who needs sleep when you can have fear? :')
On a relisten I noticed Melanie had to read through the statement in order to say what it was about. That is a SUBTLE touch.
‘the blanket never did anything’- this has to be the first episode that truly scared me omg. it doesn’t help that it’s late at night and i’m trying to hide under the covers 😖
Marathoning. One of my favorite statements so far. God, I have to go to sleep in an hour or so and now I know that the blanket doesn't work! Oh God. Well at least it is warm!
Wouldn’t everything have been fine if the victims just left the lights on while they slept? I know the statement said that daylight made it go away but I don’t know seems like it would be worth trying
Didn’t the statement giver say the light didn’t work in that room and they had to see by torch light? Im guessing if he tried to move to another room or even stay at someone else’s house it would still find its way to get him
@@aliyinn3186 The statement said that the light didn't work in Robin's bedroom (the victim at the beginning of the story who the main character was asked to check on). I guess that could imply that this thing somehow disables lights, but I would have tried leaving them on at least.
Other statements with supernatural darkness also have this thing where torches don't work as well as they should, so I don't think the man really had a choice there.
I adore this episode.
"The blanket never did anything", I fucking LOVE IT!!!
well... nevermind that I was already scared when Doctor Who approached this topic and did so woth a happy ending of all things, this... let's just say i'm very glad I watched it in the afternoon. Anyways, Melanie clapping to mark the start and end of the statement for some non existent editor is very precious, adorable and essential characterization and I loved it. Im not even going to talk about Tim
What episode of doctor who was that ?
@@ria3141I know it’s been two years, but it sounds similar to the doctor who episode “Listen”
HOW AM I GONNA SLEEP NOW
I really can't wrap my head around why Elias would be bringing Jonathan statements.
Mackenzie Dillon I think Elias is working for and/ or one of the things and so like Micheal he wants to see what happens with Jon being marked
Random_boi_500 👀
im guessing hes trying to make jon act a certain way. giving him staements that wilol lead him to certain conclusions. ie, he's puppetering him
*Spoiler*
A growing eldritch horror that consumes information needs to eat.
I always avoid listening to the episodes at night but for some idiotic reason I decided to listen to this one before sleeping and well... guess I'm not sleeping.
"The Blanket never did anything" Fuck- that's haunting.
It's a nice detail that Melanie claps as a marker, since she is used to making videos where you need it to align the picture and audio.
Daaaaaaaaaamn that last line though
And this is why I have a nightlight at the age of 21
I really enjoy the little details in this series. Like when Melanie starts the statement with "Marker!" because she's more used to filming videos than recording audio.
I knew I shouldn’t have listened to this at night (actually I shouldn’t have listened to this at all) but here I am. This is my worst nightmare, damn
Honestly same..never sleeping with my lights off ever again
Coming back to this at midnight. Heard a bump in my room amd i hid under my blanket scared but then i remembered this and just went "you know what no. If i die i die." Will follow up if i die or not
There has been no follow up and I'm now worried😥
op fucking died lmao
thre are two types of people
Rip
"If i die or not" in like... if i die, period, or in, dying or not dying i will follow up? Because i don't want any follow up if you really died.
My guy, if all the lights are off while it’s still light outside, there’s a person in the house that vanishes as soon as you seen them, and the door is unlocked and open, common sense says this dude is probably getting robbed. Why on earth would you continue to go in there anyway?
melanie's a treasure, the way she did the clap thing even though it's a tape recording was adorable, and i'm glad to hear she has a certain level of sass too
This is the only episode so far that's made me feel physically ill - that description of them finding the body was disgusting
I want the blanket of Martin reading the credits back pls.
Honestly the episodes that take place in bedrooms always feel like the scariest to me. First "A Sturdy Lock" and now this?
Oh I love this, at the start of the statement Melanie is loud and pronounced, distinctly Melanie. But she slowly gets softer, quieter, more emotional. It's so expertly done!
"Who am I even sad for" FUCK rip out my whole goddamn heart why don't you
TMA never scares me that badly but this episode had me terrified in bed for like three nights lmaoo
I posted this on the fandom wiki as well, but I thought I'd share it here too, in this small comment section. Maybe it'll resonate with a few people.
The Magnus Archives has never been a very scary podcast for me. A lot of the horror is...yes, scary, and existential, but ultimately, not something I usually find to be terribly scary. I mean, I even have an anxiety disorder. But the Desolation, The Buried, The Spiral, The Beholding...most of it is simply too much to be scared of. Incomprehensible horror has never done it for me. I've never been scared of the things I couldn't understand. I've never been scared of things that don't make sense.
But this episode gets me to the very core. I've never been so scared of the dark, but now, and even as a child, I always remember when I had to walk through my dark, unlit room, I'd make as quick a dash towards my bed as possible. To the safety, and warmth, my covers provided. I don't know what I was terrified of. I still don't. Things like this, to be blunt, don't exist. At least nothing with true proof.
But the idea of something being in your doorway in the middle of the night, and creeping ever closer to you, nasty, and foul smelling, and wrong...It chills me to my very core.
I never much liked hanging my foot off the mattress. There's always the fear that there is something in that dark. Something terrible. Something trying to get me. And the only comfort I'll ever have is that it won't.
The way it moves reminds me of the weeping angels in Doctor Who.
Yeah, I can see it. It’s kind of like the reverse of the weeping angels.
The weeping angels can’t move if you’re looking at them, so you have to keep constant eye contact with them.
This creature chooses not to move until you’re looking at it, and will stop when you look away and hide.
(But only if you’re afraid. If you’re too comfortable, it will keep moving when you look away and attack you to make you fear it again. The blanket never did anything, after all. 😉)
I miss old sassy happy Tim so badly guys, and obviously Sasha too but there isn't really a chance for her anymore. I just hope Tim can recover.
Post finishing the episode:
MELANIE IF YOU EVER SO MUCH AND TOUCH A MARKER EVER AGAIN- I swear I nearly died of a heart attack, god
Aw timmmmmm I'm so sorrrrry
I love the little details that Melanie is used to recording in a podcast/show format, makes it feel real
The way my dad helped me overcome my fear of the dark was "Ok kiddo close your eyes" and then he turned off the light when my eyes were closed and then I opened them he said "do you see anything different?" And that was it, I didn't need a nightlight
Welp I guess I'm not sleeping tonight
I wonder at the significance of the hiking pictures. Not because they seem significant to the episode but because of their position relative to the previous episode.
Bro Tim telling Melanie to quit made me cackle
I nearly had a heart attack thinking she was gonna touch the tag lmfao
Tim sounds so done, such a mood honestly
Also, do they realize they're possessed-ly voice acting the Statements?
Shadow people threathen to swarm me, in bed.
*Me, getting the illegal box of firecrackers from under the bed* : "clearly you dont know WHO YOU ARE F*CKING WITH"
they do, they just think your reaction when they fail to light will be hilarious
I'm just glad Jon finally talks to someone about stuff. I just hope he tells Melanie everything.
Tim missing Sasha without even remembering her 😢 he knows that thing wasn't Sasha and now milanie confirm it
nope nope nope!
Eugh this is the embodiment of my childhood fears...I still rely on the blanket...at least I won't see it coming...
The marker clap was funny and an old habits for melanie since she worked on a shoe
24:27 Melanie:Wh-..I mean it's- it's not like you got any reason to kill me
Jon: Eh..
Melanie: *fine*
WHY DO I LISTEN TO THIS AT NIGHT WHY DO I LISTEN TO THIS AT NIGHT WHY DO I LISTEN TO THIS AT NIGHT WHY DO I LISTEN TO THIS AT NIGHT
My fear of the dark does not love this 😃 I really try to fight it but I still end up panicking when I'm in the basement or when I wake up in the middle of the night in complete darkness with the KNOWLEDGE that there's SOMETHING there. I never know what it is and so far I haven't died from it but ugh I just know it's there.
Okay so first of all Tim I’m thoroughly entertained by these tapes, so there!😂
relistening after being caught up with the series.... melanie telling tim shes not going to quit hits different