I work as an assistant archivist at Washington Place (Hawaiian history not quite paranormal England but there’s definitely some haunted shit in there) and THE most accurate thing about the Magnus Archives is how often archivists will complain about the archivist who came before them. Every archivist knows their predecessor by name and absolutely hates their guts.

Did Jon just bring a gong for reading this statement to make it more dramatic

it’s funny how much jonathan hates martin but now i’m getting lowkey worried for martin

So this is scaring me shitless but i find it funny that the thing that's actually in him probably has nothing to do with a biblical demon and yet it chooses to act like it is one. Like "you know what would be hilarious? If I didn't let him speak the lord's name. And every time he prays imma make him choke cause I'm that bitch! watch me haunt this bitch to the ground" Other entities be like: but we arent demo- The thing: Karen I swear to god if you don't let me do my job

The realisation that the curtain was skin hit me like a truck

Feel kinda bad for this guy, a bunch of Fears just got together and were like "lmao lets dunk on this one (1) man"

the fact that the thing didnt even let the preist say god or jesus is one hell of a power move

I feel so bad for this poor man :( all he did was try to help that girl and then the other priests accused him of pride, and the most disturbing thing ever happened to him 😭

In regards to the yellow sole: yellow was considered a demonic colour by the Catholic Church. Interestingly, its connotations were of lying, betrayal, greed, and sometimes, even disease and madness. Compare this to golden yellow, which was very positively viewed

Ok now I'm starting to get worried about Martin. Isn't he the one who investigates these incidents for Jon? He could have gotten caught up in something dangerous before his "sickness".

so... Breekon and Hope deliveries are for sure the ones who delivered the casket, right?

Okay I’m seeing now, these weren’t organized by date, but by relevance to one another.

I'm surprised Jonathan didn't complain about how this could have all been explained by psychosis and shouldn't be in the Institute archives

Let this comment stand here to express my gratitude to people not spoiling anything for first time listeners. I appreciate that immensely. Of course people are being very ominous, but so far I don't think I've read specific spoilers without a spoiler warning beforehand. So again, thank you for allowing others to enjoy the podcast for the first time.

the fact that it won't even let him speak the name of God or Jesus, truly got to me as a believer sdfghjghkg

If I were him, when I saw the second father Sing in the hall, I’d of tried again. This one was clearly the real one and he REALLY needed help.

Hello I am worried about Martin.

First time listener here. Holy shit. I need to take notes. But also damn this episode was so good. It's the first one that has ever gotten a verbal response from me, whether from horror or disgust. I audibly gagged when I realized what pulling back the curtain was... and eating. Aaaaaah this series is so good-

This really brings me to tears. I am not a religious person. But my goodness, I can't imagine a more horrible fate than this. I hope the Institute can help him.

* Nervously laughs in Catholic * Update: This made me want to cry...

Of note to me that I don't see mentioned in the comments is that the passage from Genesis that he gets shown is Cain's lament to God after he gets cursed to wonder the Earth as punishment for the murder of Abel. God's response is to declare that any who kill Cain will find him avenged sevenfold, and to place a mark on Cain to convey that warning to any who found him. This brought the previous episode to my mind, wherein the entity possessing Burroughs warns off the spirit/curse by making him say "I am marked".

had to take a break to try not to throw up when he talked about the "communion wafers" lol

I had finished listening to 'confession' and then walked away from my phone. When this turned on. Out of no where. My phone isn't on autoplay so it gave me a bit of a jolt.

Oh yikes....as soon as he described the tugging...

*Quite dead* Oh really?

🎵Cursed delivery service, cursed stuffs on it's way. Cursed delivery servie (CDS) What's it going to be today?🎶

lmao "appetite" for reopening the case good one jonathan

as someone who grew up in the church this episode was quite a journey oof

Poor Father Burroughs really was just getting slam dunked on by a bunch of Fears here huh?

I feel so terrible for the priest, he only wanted to help people but a entity took interest in him. He was forced to not allow to say God and can't pray no matter how hard he tried.

I love the connecting storylines

Everybody talking about the tree connection and nobody talking about the delivery service from episode 2, Do Not Open, with the goddamn COFFIN

That cliffhanger thoooo!! :0 I really like the way this anthology series has begun to tie together! And to think this is only the first season. Also I’m worried for Martin!

I'm almost certain that Breekon and Hope delivery delivered that meat in episode 18-

martin bro as a fellow lazy person i feel a sense of kinship toward ya and im VERY WORRIED, plz come back

Jon seems more quiet and concerned that usual

I love his utter disdain for Gertrude.

14:25 Mark 9 : 14-19 Jesus Heals a Boy Possessed by an Impure Spirit 14 When they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and the teachers of the law arguing with them. 15 As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were overwhelmed with wonder and ran to greet him. 16 “What are you arguing with them about?” he asked. 17 A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. 18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not.” 19 “You unbelieving generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.”

well that was concluded quickly! props for managing to make the sacrament scene so uncomfortable and disconcerting before what actually happened was revealed. the statement giver's experience contradicting the material facts continues to be a theme. breekon and hope deliveries wasn't a piece of the puzzle I was expecting there at the end. another clearly significant mention of martin's absence.

So, we got Fire thingy, False Human, Mirage (I'm not sure if it's connected to FH, but since Stalker Lady didn't say anything about hallucinations, from what I recall, I'll mark it as a separate thing for now), Meat Eating and Package. If this is what "Full House" looks like, then I'm dreading to see what actual "Flash Royal" would be, because I'm sure that our Priest didn't collect all of the local "Pokemons", since I can't find any connections to the Worms Incident, Lonely Widow, Lightning Book and Dark Cave (and maybe some others that I can't remember right now).

EPISODE 19/20 ARE CONNECTED TO EPISODE 8 THEY ARE LITERALLY THE SAKE PRIEST IT SAYS ABOUT THE TREE AND THE HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OH MY FLIPPING GOD

Oh mighty demon, who makes people list other's transgressions in a "crisp RP accent", where were you during my English phonetics exam?

I’m at the half of the episode and there isn’t any cannibalism yet... *WHEN WILL WE GET TO THE CANNIBALISM?!?!?!?!*

Jon's collegues wondering why there are random gong sounds

I thought of “Badbadnotgood: Confessions (part 2)” also... first time listener... and I feel like I’m finding pieces of some larger unknown horrible puzzle that’s yet to show it’s face... like I’m barely... *SKINNING* the surface? :D

This is definitely the best one since Piecemeal

Bro Martins been gone for a bit too long im getting worried for him

I haven't listened to next episodes yet so far what I got, there are multiple deities/demons like one haunted the house from burned out and one possessing the priest, which were fighting over the priest as it seemed, and these deities had cults, eye within hand symbol is connected to stories about meat and human skin as it seems, other is about moving, crawling pipes and that red head girl who got exploded with worm kind of things in her, another is the Piper from war era and another but I don't know which, Lakes family is connected to, the family are also patrons of Magnus institution. Seems like they are using Magnus institution for something as seen in the dreamer episode. Am I going in the right direction? Can someone explain without too much spoilers please, I don't remember all very well.

I just wanna say I appreciate that you searched the bible / the internet for a fitting verse, even if it only appeared shortly. As someone who writes I know that such efforts often go seemingly unnoticed, so, yes.

first time listener- WHERE IS MARTIN???????????? IS HE OKAY??????

Wait. So all people who have experienced stuff with rooms or environments getting hotter have also been at a hospital; Father Burroughs who was there with Bethany, Mr. Lensik when he hit his head, and Ms. Saraki when she was working. But Saraki didn't really feel the heat, only saw it happening. So it still has something to do with Hilltop road. Maybe Gerard Keay and the other chanting dude just brought the essence with them to the hospital. Is St. Mary's Churchyard close to Hilltop road then? Or is it just the "thing" that causes this heat? So intriguing! Also helpful to use a notebook lmao

Martin where are you?

2022 and my friend recommended this to me! Don't regret giving this a watch! In it for the long run of 200 episodes..

12k views is far too few. I am a first time listener, and though I have no idea how I stumbled upon this podcast, I'm glad that I have.

Glad to hear that Breekon & Hope Deliveries is alive and well 🚚

As someone brought up religiously these always freak me out a little, I can't help it, however I'm getting better so :) Also, the way it was always explained to me is that demons essentially love attention, so anything weird ever happens ignore it lol. For me, if I'm ever freaked out I flip the air off and call anything in my vicinity a bitch. Hasn't failed me yet so that's what I'll continue to do.

Well... That was great time for my smart watch to glitch and start vibrating without reason...

Dude I'm getting legit worried about Martin. Some stomach bug.

with the way these 2 statements were separated, the complete disorganization of the archive, and that death prophet, im starting to think the statements might be disorganized for a reason

They really just went "Oh right also 10000€ ghost coffin from way back company is also here because why not am I right?"

When he started talking about the bell the first sound I thought of was the Taco Bell sound. I can’t hear it any other way

An interesting thing of note would have to be the exact passage Father Burroughs was meant to read (Mark, Chapter 9, Verses 14-19): When they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and the teachers of the law arguing with them. As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were overwhelmed with wonder and ran to greet him. “What are you arguing with them about?” he asked. A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not.” “You unbelieving generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.”

Being halfway through season 1 of magnus archives Oh yeah it's all coming together

While I was listening to his hallucinations in the 'church', there came a sound from outside that sounded pretty similar to the sound that plays in the Mandela Catalogue in that one episode where "Gabriel" approaches the shepherds 👀

I'm not really scared of ghosts, but demons or the idea of possession definitely does scare the heck out of me

So uh, are Jon and Martin gay for eachother in the later seasons or nah?

The three bells like the three times that Peter denied Jesus and their were three bells/rooster crows .Anyone else catch that?

loving Jon staying true to the statement, more specifically the priest being unable to speak the Lord's name

y'know maybe it's not a good idea to listen to this directly before going to mass :/

WAIT wait isn’t the nurse not real? Remember in episode 8 scorched that the carpenter said that his nurse “Annie” told him about the halfway house that’s the same nurse that helped out the priest, but didn’t they say in scorched that they’re was no “Annie?” Also that company at the end is that same one that delivered that coffin in the second episode.

Martin ? Are you alright ? Martin !?

Whilst listening to both confessions a shadow passed my window twice and I'm like its coming lol

there is something so shaking about something you took sanctuary in, full of faith and love, and having turned against and away from you

this is hitting different listening on a sunday

It is only just past midnight but it is dark enough out that i had to turn on a light beacuse if I didn’t I probably will not sleep tonight after listening to this, horror stuff isn’t usually my thing so stuff like this scares the shit out of me

listening to this while drinking tea, big poggers rn.

I found this one much more terrifying than Lost Johns' Cave. Or any other except maybe a Father's Love.

Here's mark 9:14-19. Beginning of the story of jesus performing an exorcism on a young boy. And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. 15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. 16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? 17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; 18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. 19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.

a new listener here, these last two vids are my fav so far!

THIS ONE IS SO ESPECIALLY GOOD

I love how this all ties into a neat story holy shit

even the one with nailing meat was fine, this one made me sick. it's the first one that i had to stop and read the transcript, god, the body horror in this

We should probably find these Fear Entities and destroy them, or at least contain them. Who's up for a Great Crusade against the horrors of Old Night? I've got an legions of soldiers who Know No Fear, so they should be pretty helpful.

He should've asked sing for confession when he ran by! argh.

Such a disjoint between what was found by police and what the priest experienced. Is this his flesh? Err .. Um ... Nope.

idk why but the thankyou at the end really creeped me tf out

6:50 is my brain at 3 am keeping me awake

10 minutes in...getting a definite Prince Kano (poem) vibe.

Breekon and Hope deliveries!!!! The ones who delivered the coffin in Do Not Open!!!!

im dead- the thing that shocked me the most was that father borroughs only got 2 life sentences after murdering and eating those student LMAO I see injustice also happens in the magnus archive universe xD

Beacon of hope deliveries?? Like the delivery service that shipped the coffin??

*munches on cereal* “entered me” *pffft* ... Wtf is wrong with me

anyway i find this episode so hilarious because… He peeled them?

So I’m on my first watch, and crack pot theory, I think the demon is the beholder mentioned in the hospital episode and all the eye pendants are in reference to this demon Edit 1: The priest said behold, I’m doubling down on this theory Edit 2: I’m seeing a lot of eyes being mentioned this episode Edit 3: I have so many questions, biggest one for me right now is who is the priests accomplice? I think it’s gerard keay from first aid, seems like another acolyte of the beholder. I think this demon has some big plans for this priest. Edit 4: Ack Spoilers for seasons 3-5 Edit 5: Just reached season 5, still haven’t gotten many of my questions about this guy answered. Gerard definitely was not with this guy. Maybe he’s an avatar of the flesh, not sure. Or the extinction maybe? I don’t know why the thing wanted his faith. Maybe it serves multiple powers at once, maybe the demon was actually a human at one point and is now jumping between different hosts Edit 6: Episode 196 - Coping, please be relevant Edit 7: Crap uh… idk I guess the priest is with the spiral and his accomplice was Michael. Lines up well but that isn’t too satisfying as an answer, feels anticlimactic. Anyways, was a fun adventure, I banked way too hard on this priest being significant, but I’m looking forward to listening to the Magnus Protocol

So at the end Jon says there's no parallel in the vision to the priest actually murdering the students. Did the altar server person mirror the murder or was there nothing in the vision that did?

y does this remind me of the time that Satan was lowkey in Sam's head and was messing with him?

Oh shit, same delivery company as the coffin.

maybe I should worry, that I found the case with the guy from above really gross beyond redemption, but am compleatly ok with the cannibalism in this oneand just pity the priest here, but still likeing the story, for it is well written and "complex"

poor baby, never have felt bad for a priest before, but that one really calls for sympathy . . .

Ok heres what i can remember so far 1. Breekon and Hope from (Ep 2) 2. Jurgen Leightner (Ep 4) ? 3. Gerard Keay ( Ep 4) 4. (Episode 8 and 19/20 are together) 5. Graham (from ep 3?) 6. The Lukas Family 7. Gertrude's Death? 8. Meat Flesh sentiment? 9. Rituals? This is quite a lot of lore, and im only 20 episodes in.