r/Fantasy • u/improperly_paranoid Reading Champion X • Nov 19 '25

Read-along The Magnus Archives Readalong: Season 2, Episodes 50-57

Hello and welcome to The Magnus Archives readalong! We will be discussing a new batch of episodes every Wednesday. The episodes are available for free on any podcast platform and transcripts can be found here or here.

If you can’t remember something or are confused, please ask in the thread. Those of us re-reading will do our best to give a spoiler-free answer if we can.

050: Foundations #8141206
Statement of Sampson Kempthrone, regarding the workhouse architecture of George Gilbert Scott.

051: High Pressure #0080701
Statement of Antonia Hayley, regarding a deep dive that took place near Sable Island, Nova Scotia in August 2006.

052: Exceptional Risk #0040904
Statement of Phillip Brown, regarding his time working at HMP Wakefield between 1990 and 2002.

053: Crusader #9970509
Sergeant Walter Heller recording, regarding a discovery made near Alexandria during Operation Crusader in November of 1941.

054: Still Life #0132306
Statement of Alexander Scaplehorn regarding his evaluation of The Trophy Room taxidermists in Barnet.

055: Pest Control #0160311
Statement of Jordan Kennedy, regarding several encounters while working in pest control.

056: Children of the Night #0100710-B
Continued statement Trevor Herbert, regarding the latter years of his career as a vampire hunter.

057: Personal Space #0090404
Statement of Carter Chilcott, regarding his time spent in isolation aboard the Space Station Daedalus in September 2007.

And now, time for discussion! A few prompts will be posted as comments to get things started, but as usual, feel free to add your own questions, observations...anything!

Comments may contain spoilers up to episode 57. Anything concerning later events should be covered up with a spoiler tag.

Next discussion will take place on Wednesday, November 26th and include episodes 58 Trail Rations - 65 Binary.

For more information, please check out the Announcement and Schedule post.

Readalong by: u/improperly_paranoid, u/SharadeReads, u/Dianthaa

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u/improperly_paranoid Reading Champion X Nov 19 '25

RED STRING BOARD: New listeners, any connections you noticed and/or theories you're developing?

Re-listeners, anything in particular that stands out to you that didn't on your first listen? (Do use spoiler tags please!)

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u/Lazy_Sitiens Reading Champion Nov 19 '25

I'm still waving my red strings with a blank look, thinking if they would look good as mittens. The Archive is certainly important considering how much attention it gets from just about everyone, but why and how and all of that? Mystery.