THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES #66 - Held in Customs 

okay but I think one of the scariest thing about this podcast is that, for something based on the supernatural, it is terrifyingly realistic. The people who give statements are almost never acting stupidly in their situation. It isn't like a horror movie where you scream at the characters for being so idiotic. They're all normal people who do what most of us would do in their experiences, but yet things still don't usually turn out well for them. And that is pretty frickin Scary to me

Have we agreed to collectively ignore the fact that Salesa and Lukas placed a bet on whether that man survived? Is that what happened? What is this? Lukas: bruh sick u were right Salesa: ay brovah. U owe me 20 Lukas: a shiet

This is the most fucked up telling of Madagascar ever

Gertrude: Elias I need this suspicious amount of things that go boom or cause flames. Elias: Seems like a legit purchase for an archivist who spends their day surrounded by paper.

"I can't blame it all on drugs anymore :(" -John Spooky

salesa: "you were mildly bureacratic with me, you now have to stay in the box for a few weeks"

The most comforting thing about this horror podcast is that there is always a solution or a way out for these people. If they were able to leave the statement at the very least they were able to survive, and I think that's what contributes to me being able to listen to this podcast without freaking out too much. The post statements are always so matter of the fact that even if they end up dead like a week later its okay lmao

another mention of sasha not being able to use digital technology, just like how the "real" statements cant get recorded by digital means!

"Holy shit he's alive, Mikaele! You owe me 20 quid!"

Saw the title and thought "What has Jon done now?"

John season 1: No evindece. Sounds fake bruh John season 2: IT IS TOO SCARY AND WEIRD, SO IS ALL FUCKING TRUE I GUESS!!!

Don't like that antique dealer, but the fact he seemed concerned for this dude made me warm up to him a teensy bit.

I like to think Salesa was this regular illegal antiques dealer who found out about supernatural shit; so he's partly concerned about these people who touch his crazy objects but also he's not gonna try to fight or help against unknown supernatural shit.

Quick tip for a scenario like this: *Do. Not. Scream.* Try your best not to hyperventilate. This will use up precious oxygen and make you delirious and/or faint :)

You know, we only have unreliable narrator Martin's word that Gertrude died of bullet wounds. What if he just saw small holes? Mr hallway labyrinth demon Michael has long spindly fingers doesn't he? And Gertrude was found in the tunnels right? Also I have a theory on the disarray. What if that thing the old soldier encountered under Alexandria was some sort of library spirit, and it can appear/has power in places where large collections of knowledge are kept organized (normally this would only be libraries but the Archives would also qualify)?If Gertrude knew about it and knew what it was she might have taken steps to prevent against it.

The real question, why killed Gertrude?

Too tight, I cannot move. Too deep, I cannot scream. Too dark, I cannot see. Too close, I cannot breathe.

As someone working in the health system, all I can think about is "I really hope he wore compression socks. My guy is probably going to get thrombosis."

Interesting how the team can go anywhere around the world if they want to, but they can't quit their jobs. What if they just decide not to go back to work? Would something subconsciously make them return there?

I thought about how it's only been 66 episodes and we're starting to get a bigger picture... and then I realized that in my mind I said "ONLY 66 episodes". Time really has flown by and it's because of the amazing voice acting and story. I'm emotionally attached to a lot of characters already. Thank you so much for this series. Also, I knew Gertrude had made a mess of her files on purpose!!! =D

"Don't fall asleep... Don't.. fall... asleep...." --Yoda, Bad Lip Reading

I really need to stop listening to these at night. I get paranoid after dark if I consume spooky media. Luckily, watching cosplay tutorials calms me down a bit.

It's like the opposite of a tardis, it's smaller on the inside

So Gertrude went around destroying Archives?

Lukas?!?! Is that the Lukas family!?

My theory from this episode and what we know so far: The box had rules, like the coffin of "do not open" has rules too. For this box, the rules are to not touch its inside, maybe even not touch it at all. Salesa even tried to warn him afterwards, "don't fall asleep", so it truly was an accident, he didn't want for the witness to suffer like he did. But after he touched the box, Salesa was now in front of an opportunity to make a deal out of it, and the deal was with Lukas. I believe the witness's Alzheimer and the money Lukas gave to Salesa are connected, 'cause once the witness touched the box he became a potential object for sale as well, and whether he was indeed worth of a trade or not was solely dependent on whether he would survive the box's curse or not. I don't know what the thing of him that Lukas bought could have been though. Now, as I said the box has rules. You can't touch it. Once you do, the next time you fall asleep you then end up inside it. Since there are parallels with the coffin, I believe that the reason he shouldn't have fallen asleep was because, once he did, he actually sleepwalked towards the box and inside of it, like the witness in the first season almost did lots of times and how daisy's partner went inside the coffin willingly after he opened it. Once you enter the box, it works as a portal and you're in a different dimension; the fact that the witness has spend 4 days inside and his clock was working just fine with him while, in our dimension, it was only one night, proves it. What I don't know is why the witness was left out. Did he pass a "test" and was deemed to be released? Or did Salesa and Lukas freed him themselves in order to make the deal between them? From what he hear in this episode, I believe that there was a process going on in order for the box to fully "eat" him, like, the box wanted for the witness to reach a certain state or certain point, and only after that to fully "own" him, but Salesa and Lukas interrupted the process, which resulted in us thinking they saved him, but actually they just did it for their own personal goals. As for Gertrude, we were hinted that she was the one trying to find and buy the Leitner books from the first episode were they were mentioned, because that's where he heard for the first time the nickname "grbookworm1818". But that and her buying all these explosive items make us question whether she was trying to do good by obtaining the books so no bad guy will and using the materials to burn and destroy locations of the bad guys, or if she was trying to obtain power from the books and using the materials to destroy the ones who would be in her way. We also don't know if she was getting the books and the explosive materials as a pawn of a supernatural entity or as a player herself.

I thought it was gonna be sleep paralysis for a second there. So glad it wasn't º¤º

So I'm standing here listening to the podcast heating up some mac and cheese and my sister is standing next to me waiting for the microwave when suddenly at the point he said "two shots of vodka" I hear her say "dumbass"

It kinda takes me out of another plane of consciousness when I remember the characters can’t die because they have to survive to write these letters (only the writers, everyone else can die)

Seems like Salesa didn't want Vincent Yang to go through the horror of being in the box, he even warned him not to fall asleep. I hope we learn more about Salesa soon, does he hate putting innocent people through hell but is forced to?

Did Salesa actually put him in the box or was it Lukas? The was Salesa acted after, and the warning against falling asleep makes me wonder if he just knew what was coming, rather than being the one who caused him to be put in there. Edit: I'm also VERY curious about whether his brush with... whatever that box was, is what caused Vincent to get hit with the Alzheimers, or if it's just natural...

thanks! I have claustrophobia now

Wasn’t the GR Bookworm 1818 name brought up earlier on? Like in season 1 at the beginning?

box go nom nom

So Salesa has a creepy box and the moving men have a creepy coffin. Wonder if the two are related? I also wonder if Selasa might be with the Other. The mysterious mercant who sells you your doom? Sounds a bit like that guy from episode 2.

The one dislike is from Gertrude’s ghost

hello.. im a huge fan of your work.. hope more people will find this amazing stuff

I'm sorry did he say Gertrude traveled to WICHITA

(Spoilers for the supplemental) I don't usually comment, since anything I'd point out is already there, but I haven't seen anyone else mention Gertrude's ordering of petrol.iirc at the end of The Observer Effect, the person who gave the statement murdered a delivery driver from a company that *usually* delivers things like paper to the Magnus Institute, stole the truck, and went driving (presumably to the Institute, at least by Jon) with a truck *full of petrol*. Was the petrol already in the truck, because Gertrude ordered it? Was she involved in that in some way? Or Two completely separate, coincidental incidents of petrol being delivered to the institute?

So Gertrude buyed these books? So cool to get to know more about her and her dark secrets

Glad someone thought outside of the box

Your mystery comment for the day Buried

Confirmed, She has the Leitner books, before those were taken from her, probably one of the stolen stuff when she was murdered. In burial rites, as an immortal, shots in the heart will end it. So the same goes for the archivists...???

The box shrinks, the time stretches. I'm wondering if there's some sort of dimensional conservation principle at work.

So wait he got kidnapped in his sleep or teleported into the box/coffin? Wonder if this is the coffin from before and if the destination of it can change? 👀

Key of Solomon? Yeahhhhhh! Gosh I love it

As someone who lives near Wichita, why would she go to Wichita.

Spoilers for MAG 181 It is very interesting to rewatch these episodes that deal with Mikaele Salesa (probably misspelled sorry) now that he's made an appearance in-podcast. He has a very different personality than I had originally pictured, but it fits quite well! I am sure he would enjoy being named alongside god and the devil as the third party.

This statement was given a day after my birthday.

Spoilers I guess... - Heat - claustrophobic , box get smaller - artefact / Silesa? - coffin from the street daisy ?

Gertrude went to Nairobi? I don't think we heard that statement.

"mymurderer.avi"

The Buried with some elements of The Dark

I was brushing my teeth while listening to the ending and literally did a spit take when I heard her ordering... [Spoiler] Litner Novels

The box is shape shifting on the inside??? Weird...

good guy salesa warning him what not to do at least

This video's single dislike is from Michael

I don't have claustrophobia, but after this many episodes of being trapped in small spaces I might have developed it

Look at that! I'm from Nairobi. Now what was Gertrude doing here.

Samoa Joe should play Salesa in the inevitable TV adaptation.

i want to get salesa drunk and listen to all his stories because shawty probably has some trauma

Not even a minute in and I know this one's gonna be a nightmare. Customs is no joke. Not as bad as immigration but it's definitely up there.

Seven minutes in and I am not sleeping tonight 😭😂

What a flex to stand there in the cold like that. Man is a menace

haha fucking Peter Lukas easter egg

Literally, I mostly don't have an issue with being pressed in on all sides, but being stuck in an uncomfortable position without being able to move is something I've always hated with a passion

I remember reading a two sentence short story of someone waking up in a coffin and being buried alive. 😊

I notice that Yang said he prayed to God, then the devil, and then Salesa. I feel like that foreshadow that Salesa may be some sort of entity of his own 👀

so captain lukas could have gotten his whistle from salesa gotchu

is "disorientate" how folks in the UK say disorient or something? it throws me off every time and they say it so much in this series lol.

1:10 ALRIGHT SO WE ARE JUST GOING RIGHT INTO THE DEEP END GOT IT

You lost me at "I could see my watch" after describing him in his pajamas in this one. Nobody wears their watch in bed, way too easy to either hurt yourself in your sleep.

interesting The 19th of January the day she got out of the box was the same day I got cut out of a womb

Remind me when wad salesa mentioned before??

wow a magical getting shipped in a crate to china simulator

Wichita? That’s exotic?

accidently open box. :| the box comes back for revenge 0.o BRUH SILAZER AND MYSTERIOUS GUY REALLY JUST BET ON WHETHER OR NOT VINCENT WOULD FRICKEN LIVE

"Near my head, near my head."

i was reading the transcript for pageturner after mary keay's statement and i noticed grbookworm1818 mentioned there and i was like omg gertrude robinson?????? AND I WAS RIGHT

Lmao my birthday’s January 19th

Wait... Is this the same crate the only smart guy had in his appartment? The one with the orange juice?

She was trying to buy WHAT??? 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

Man it sickens me that people record themselves playing games and it gets millions more views than this amazing stuff you guys put so much effort into

12:51

WICHITA MENTION WOOOOO

Wichita?

Encomenda simulator

Start 1:05

Here's to another ruined career

Anyone listening in 2024? 😊

I think this might be the first episode I have to skip for content reasons. 😅

Geez, not a good title. Feelings of extreme boredom over here. Ah heck

IM IMAGINING GETRUDE TYPING IN GRBOOKWORM1818 AS HER USERNAME IM CRYING

So Salesa has a creepy box and the moving men have a creepy coffin. Wonder if the two are related? I also wonder if Selasa might be with the Other. The mysterious mercant who sells you your doom? Sounds a bit like that guy from episode 2.