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Well, it's up! Finally haha hopefully you all enjoy the first case file for the prequel episode (2019 Live Show) and the Pre-Launch/Launch Trailers.

Link to the PDF: The Magnus Archives - Physical Case Files - MAG 000.1-3 and 176.1 - Preliminary Recordings.pdf

Link to the Google Drive Repository: The Magnus Archives Transcripts - Physical Case Files

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:

So this first lot was tricky. As this is the prequel episode made in MAG 176.1 (The 2019 Live Show), the live format made it a bit of a project to incorporate into something cohesive with the others. I have made a number of changes to the original transcript to cut out a lot of the ‘Ums and Ahhs’ of a live show and tried to replicate the more serious but occasionally jovial tone (read: British) of the regular episodes. I’ve also removed large amounts of the statements of MAG 001 Anglerfish and MAG 002 Do Not Open from this set of transcripts as they work a lot better in their own episodes and in the regular format in my opinion. The fact that Jon made these digitally first gives a lot of leeway with them not recording properly and being corrupted so I ran with that. Please do let me know if I’ve missed any mistakes or there are any formatting issues I’ve left in. I hope you all enjoy!

Credits:

All credit goes to the below:

Rusty Quill and all associated employees and crew involved in producing the Magnus Archives, which has been an incredible piece of long form, collective artwork that would not be possible without the hundreds of creatives involved in its creation and continued growth.

Jonathan Sims for his unique vision, captivating style, and incredible talent in bringing his greatest nightmares to life. Also in addition to creating a series with arguably the best, most empathetic representation of LGBTQ+ people in a time where that kind of visibility is sorely needed.

The multitude of voice actors who gave their all to present a captivating and frankly terrifyingly real nightmare frontier for us all to immerse ourselves in.

The official transcribers for each episode of the podcast, for giving their time and effort to make their work as accessible as possible for those of us with disabilities, in addition to freely providing the transcripts themselves.

To Snarp and all the other transcribers over at https://snarp.github.io/magnus_archives_transcripts/ for improving on the transcripts even further, making them more readable, accurate and accessible than the originals. I have used their transcripts (edited for minor changes by myself) as a base and template for this whole transcription process.

The artists at Rusty Quill for providing all the incredible art for the series but specifically for the ‘All-Seeing Owl’ logo used as the cover logo for these transcripts.

For the creators of the fonts Elegant Typewriter (Lukas Krakora), MSung PRC Light (Monotype HK) and Proxima Nova S Semibold (Mark Simonson) for providing their fonts with Free for Non-Commercial Use Licenses. Their fonts have helped give these transcripts are real grounded feeling.

To the fans and fan communities of the Magnus Archives who support this great series and those who make incredible fan works for the rest of us to enjoy. The artist harvo has made an incredible concept album called Panopticon, which is based on each of the fears outlined by Robert Smirke and it formed a great soundtrack when putting these transcripts together. You can find it on bandcamp here: https://harv0.bandcamp.com/album/panopticon

And lastly, if not most importantly (to me), my friends and family. Specifically, my partner Phoebe and two of my closest friends Kristen and Rose, for whom have all supported me and my obsession with the Magnus Archives and endlessly indulge my hyper-focuses <3

Thank you all,
Autumn.