Todays prompt is ‘What Am I Scared Of’ so I decided to share a podcast that I’ve been listening to, The Magnus Archives. I first heard about it from my daughter Boo, 15 who was addicted to listening to it while we were on holiday. I decided I’d check it out because it sounded like something I would like too.
The Magnus Archives by Rusty Quill
The Magnus Archives is a weekly horror fiction anthology podcast examining what lurks in the archives of the Magnus Institute, an organisation dedicated to researching the esoteric and the weird. Join new head archivist Jonathan Sims as he attempts to bring a seemingly neglected collection of supernatural statements up to date, converting them to audio and supplementing them with follow-up work from his small but dedicated team.
Individually, they are unsettling. Together they begin to form a picture that is truly horrifying because as they look into the depths of the archives, something starts to look back…
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The Podcast has actually finished now but you can still listen to it….without having to wait a week for the next episode. I’m not quite finished yet as I’m taking a break to listen to some audio books, but I can’t wait to get back to it.
At first you are introduced to a series of statements from people from all different times that are being sorted and recorded by the head archivist of the Magnus Institute. They are all a little different and some are a little more scarier than others, you get ghostly apparitions, creepy insects, missing persons, death, bodies, in fact anything you can be scared of. It’s described as horror but it seems more like a series of supernatural events. By the end of the first series you start seeing a pattern, get to know more members of the Magnus Institute and find out that it’s a lot more than a series of seemingly unconnected statements.
As the podcast moves on it gets a little scarier and it’s all really cleverly put together. So far I am really enjoying listening to it and I don’t have far to go to the climax, I’m sure it won’t disappoint. It’s great to have something to talk to my daughter about too and discuss our theories.
This is the first Podcast I have listened too, but it’s really got me hooked now and I’ll be looking for more. There are lots more available on the Rusty Quill site. Most of them are of the horror or supernatural genre. You can listen to them on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Stitcher or download them RSS. I have been listening to The Magnus Archives on Audible Which is free for me with my subscription.
What Am I Scared of?
We all have those little fears that bug us. I’m terrified of fire, after experiencing two house fires as a child (both neighbours houses not mine) I am also scared of spiders although I have got over this quite a lot and it’s only the really big ones that scare me now. I’m afraid of flying which is why I’ve never been on a plane.
There is not much supernatural that scares me, I’m pretty sure I’ve had some ghostly experiences myself which have unnerved me but not really scared me. When my Step-Dad died at home we could still hear him and smell him around the house. Mum decided to move house. Shortly after moving in I could hear a girl crying and calling for her Mum. This was strange as I don’t have a sister. She sounded really distressed, like she was in pain. I looked all over the house but the crying stopped suddenly when I went into the bathroom. A few days later I was talking to some of the other children in the neighbourhood (I was 14) and they told me that the girl that had lived there before had died of cancer, she was taken to hospital after a fall in the bathroom and never came home. We only lived in that house for a year.
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I hate scary things like that! The podcast sounds intriguing but I’d never be able to deliberately listen to that! Iam afraid of house fires too, and always try to get a room downstairs when i go to a hotel.
I think I’m quite brave when it comes to scary things, but I don’t like violence or blood.
Ohh! This sounds interesting but not for me. I get freaked out with scary movies so a podcast would probably have the same effect. Eek!
My youngest is terrified of fire too after there was a fire in the house next door when she was little. We were fine apart from being woken by the fireman telling us to get out of the house in case it spread, it didn’t thankfully. x
Seeing a house on fire really does affect you when you are young. I remember worrying about my Barbie dolls which were lined up against the living room wall that was next to the house on fire. It was a particularly bad fire though and we had to be evacuated just in case. x
I am scared of scary things like this. LOL I have watched maybe a half of a horror movie.
Ooh, that podcast sounds amazing- right up mine and my eldest daughter’s street! I expect I will be terrified though. I loved hearing about your own supernatural experiences. I always find things like that fascinating. I can completely understand your fear of a house fire too (a local school went on fire near us just this week. Thankfully, no one was hurt but it just causes devastation). We have had huge spiders in the house recently- they are so scary! xxx
The podcast really does sound good. I’ve just popped over to audible to check it out. Spiders get me every time… there’s something ekk about how quickly they run. I can’t explain it, but it give me shivers. The spooky goings on in your houses would be enough to have me packing my bags!!! Your brave! #blogtober22
The podcast sounds super interesting, but I would be afraid of listening to it because I can’t hang with horror at all. My husband and I listen to a podcast called Get in the Trunk that involves cosmic horror and even though they approach everything with humor I still get scared sometimes! I’m also afraid of flying. I’ve done it, but I hate it.
My daughter used to talk to people that weren’t there when she was younger. She was even featured in the Daily Mirror. It was around the same time as Sixth Sense came out. Even now she just has a feeling sometimes that something isn’t right. The supernatural is an awesome thing to believe in
Wow. That’s really interesting on the ghost experiences. #Dreamteam
Popping back with the #DreamTeam.. your house story still gives me the shivers. I’m watching ‘The Watcher’ on Netflix at the moment which also has that air of spookiness going on. xx
Our fears can be big or little but still have a profound effect on our lives. I am terrified of flying and don’t think I will ever manage to get on a plane again but I’d hate my phobia to make my children reluctant to fly (although I’d prefer them on the ground with me!) Thanks for linking up with #DreamTeam and please make sure you comment on all posts