"Statement regarding a.... (paper noises) ...blanket?" I could feel Tim's soul leaving his body.

"What did she look like?" "Who am I even sad for?" This is... heartbreaking

Melanie is the first one to ACTUALLY whisper when theres supposed to be whispering, my respect for her has grown

"The blanket never did anything" is one of the most chilling lines in all the statements. Good job.

Martin including sexy waterfall photos and Melanie concluding the sexiness of waterfall man is hilarious

"He wasn't bad looking... _huh_ " Melanie I'm *quaking*

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.

not one comment mentioning how sad "what did she look like" was??

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

I like how melanie claps before the statement starts because she's used to working with digital formats

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.

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.

remember when tim was the cheery kool aid man? well but who can blame him for being so bitter now.

me, afraid of the dark, laying in bed: this is fine

Has anyone else noticed that Jon is trying to protect everyone except himself through all this?

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)

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.

It’s kinda funny how the only time people knock is when jon isn’t in the room

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

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.

"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

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.

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.

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 :(

“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 😭

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”

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

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

“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

The little clap was actually really adorable, like she was mimicking a clap board.

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.

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.

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

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

HOW AM I GONNA SLEEP NOW

I really can't wrap my head around why Elias would be bringing Jonathan statements.

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

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

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.

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"

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