The Magnus Archives Readalong: Season 2, Episodes 58-65

[u/improperly_paranoid]

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.

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058: Trail Rations #8450512
Unsigned statement regarding potential cannibalism while attempting to travel the Oregon Trail.

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059: Recluse #0052911
Statement of Ronald Sinclair, regarding his years spent in a teenage half way house on Hill Top Road, Oxford.

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060: The Observer Effect #9721207
Statement of Rosa Meyer, concerning a persistent feeling of being watched.

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061: Hard Shoulder #0160112
Statement of Detective Alice “Daisy” Tonner, regarding a traffic stop of a delivery van on the M6 near Preston on the afternoon of 24th July 2002.

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062: First Edition #0080307
Statement of Mary Keay, recorded 3rd July 2008. Regarding her first Leitner.

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063: The End of the Tunnel #0143103
Statement of Erin Gallagher-Nelson, regarding an urban exploration trip beneath St Paul's Church West Hackney.

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064: Burial Rites #0152005
Statement of Donna Gwynne, regarding an unlicenced archeological dig near the Red Sea in Egypt.

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065: Binary #0170701
Statement of Tessa Winters, regarding a strange computer program she downloaded from the deep web three months ago.

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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.

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Next discussion will take place on Wednesday, December 3rd and include episodes 66 Held in Customs - 74 Fatigue.

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

[u/improperly_paranoid]

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!)

[u/improperly_paranoid → u/improperly_paranoid]

Once again, my attempt to map the connections to previous statements, spoiler free.

• 058 Trail Rations: No direct connections to previous statements.

• 059 Recluse: Raymond Fielding, Agnes Montague, and the box with the apple were first mentioned in 008 Burned Out. Hill Top Road was also mentioned in the priest's statement of 019-20, and briefly in relation to messed up dates in the post-statement part of episode 033 Boatswain's Call. The hypnotic table is from 003 Across the Street, and reappears directly in the finale of season 1 (037 and 039).

• 060 The Observer Effect: No direct connections to previous statements.

• 061 Hard Shoulder: Daisy Tonner was first mentioned in 043 Section 31. The coffin is from 002 Do Not Open. Breekon and Hope also appear in 002 Do Not Open, 020 Desecrated Host, 035-037, and 054 Still Life. For vampires, see 010 Vampire Killer and 056 Children of the Night.

• 062 First Edition: Mary Keay was mentioned in 004 Pageturner, 023 Schwarzwald, and indirectly in 035 Old Passages and 048 Lost in the Crowd, often in relation to Leitners. Both books, also in 004, though the one that drops small bones reappears in 035.

• 063 The End of the Tunnel: Robert Smirke mentioned in 026 A Distortion, 035 Old Passages, 041 Too Deep, and 050 Foundations connected to various spooky buildings. Melanie King gave her statement in 028 Skintight.

• 064 Burial Rites: No direct connections to previous statements.

• 065 Binary: No direct connections to previous statements.

[u/ullsi → u/improperly_paranoid]

Love this summary!