THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES #16 – Arachnophobia

MAG016 – Case #0150904 – Carlos Vittery
Statement regarding their arachnophobia and its manifestations.

The Magnus Archives tells the tale of a Londoner whose severe phobia of these creatures affects their living situation and highlights some of the steps taken to try stopping the haunting presence.

Starring: The Archivist – Jonathan Sims
Writer: Jonathan Sims
Director: Alexander J Newall
Editors: Alexander J Newall, Mike LeBeau, Murray Porter

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[coreacartoonist]

I love how Jon records fully in character no matter how dumb he thinks the story is

[ambrose]

I love how this episode has a few thousand less views than the next episode. So many people took one look at this episode's title, went "Nope", and moved right on to the next one.

[pakhitou]

-choked on organic things
-wrapped in webs
Jon: He's a fool

[mrfish]

i love how the cat just decided to move house

[zinabug]

IMPORTANT: THE CAT IS FINE. Major Tom will be just fine and no harm will come to him. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE CAT!

[foodforfaeries]

Pov: you're listening to your non Australian friend describe their experience of seeing a small black house spider in the kitchen

[cryptiduprising]

The girl from episode 6 (squirm) is mentioned to to have lived on the same street this guy used to live on, and he mentioned that he didn't move very far away from that street … that worm outbreak suddenly got much more disturbing

[elliot]

Idk if this is worth mentioning but the part where the spiders remains were found on the piece of mug with an owl might be a reference to the greek goddess athena, the owl being one of her symbols. And as you may know from the myth of arachne, athena doesnt have a good history with spiders

[conandenz]

* hears the word "worms" *
* remembers ep 6 *
OH HECK NO

[Maskami]

for anyone who's not scared of spiders this is the most unintentionally hilarious episode I've ever seen.

>spider on the wall
>CHUCKS A FULL COFFEE MUG AT IT
>spider on the tv
>KICKS TV RIGHT THROUGH THE SCREEN
>cat sees all of this
>'nope. you know what? nope. i'm out. this guy gonna see a spider on my ass and punt me through a window.'

ground control to major tom, this bitch is crazy, please move out

[minty]

Podcast cats are automatically immortal, it's a law now. We got Khoshekh from Nightvale, and now Major Tom

[jonahsmith]

You just know Jon absolutely hates this statement

[TheJuliana]

"I called for Major Tom, but he didn't respond" What were you expecting???

[wakipaki]

You know, at first I felt complete disbelief that the narrator can be so dismissive and disbelieving of the events when he works at a place that specializes in spooky shite like this, but then I remember that he's also a nice buffer for the listener. We spend a lot of time getting in the headspace of the person telling this account, he brings us back to reality and reminds us that sometimes a Cigar is just a Cigar, and just because paranormal shite exists in that world doesn't mean all the weird things and evils come from a mystical place.

[s.tar.lin.g]

this is Jon’s craziest “it was probably just a coincidence”, what do you MEAN it’s perfectly natural for a corpse to be fully covered in spider webs 😭😭

[hamburgerdog]

This guy: I have a crippling fear of spiders

The orchestra: _and you will be aesthetically terrified about it_

[Oradorus]

*goes outside for a cigarette*
Spiders: "Carlos this is an intervention."

[rootoo]

jon really puts his whole archivussy into performing these stories

[soaring-comet]

damn i would agree with jonathan on a lot of these
but my dude he was encased in a web
and man i know this is all fictional but s t i l l
he was covered in webs

[aeronshade]

It’s funny how this was the first story I was actually sceptical of. Blood draining shark toothed vampire, sounds about right, a large gangly shifter that takes over your life, yeah happens all the time. But a guy haunted by ghost spiders, apparently that’s where I draw the line. I believe it comes down to the simplicity of it and because it’s more based in reality. I would describe it as too possible to be real, which I know makes absolutely zero sense