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The Magnus Archives Official Season 1 Transcripts by Jonathan Sims

6 reviews

peacholino's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

Moderate: Cannibalism, Cursing, Stalking, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Vomit

indieandajean's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

The Magnus Archives is a horror anthology podcast/ audio drama that delves episode by episode into short-form tales of horror that feel like they can happen to just about anyone through their beginnings in mundanity. Some of the stories are striking and bone chilling, while others just don't meet the mark for me. The meta plot, that at least some of these stories are tied to the work of the archives themselves in a much more tangible manner, is the real reason to keep on listening. Connecting the dots along with Jonathan as the season goes on is fun and gives the stories more weight, but I can't help but feel occasionally like the connections were a little contrived, hopefully a function of the freshman season.

Overall I've enjoyed it thus far and am interested to see how season 2 works out.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Body horror, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Self harm

Minor: Gaslighting

emilo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, and Medical trauma

The Magnus Archives changed my life. (i don’t trust the worms anymore)

moonyleo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

to say im not obsessed would be like saying jon is not a skeptic
i love that asshole
and martin my golden retriever i wanna give him a big hug

favourite episodes:
#2 do not open
#5 thrown away
#7 the piper
#9 fathers love
#11 dreamer
#12 first aid
#14 piecemail
#15 lost johns cave
#17 the bone turners tale
#18 the man upstairs
#20 desecrated host II
#22 colony
#25 growing dark
#26 a distortion
#29 cheating death
#30 killing floor
#32 hive
#34 anatomy class
#39 investation
#40 human remains

quite the list i know

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Car accident, Medical content, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Drug use, Animal cruelty, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

revelry's review against another edition

adventurous dark relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

out of all the seasons, i like this one the best solely because of the masterful writing and beautifully crafted mystery. i loved having to dive into this without knowing what the hell is going on, and the entire concept of mundanity masking an overaching story is exactly right up my alley. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Medical content, and Mental illness

honey_pie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This isn’t a book, per say, but I think that listening to it and it having such a big overarching plot means that I can count it 🤷🏼‍♀️ This podcast is so interesting and different and I really enjoyed the first season. However, i struggle to pay attention to it and, since I’m so behind, there’s far too much of it for me to be motivated to continue 😭 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Animal death, Murder, Mental illness, Torture, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Vomit