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Hi folks, Billy Hindle here, the voice of Alice Dyer in The Magnus Protocol. Today I just wanted to take some time to run you through some of the exciting Magnus merchandise, as well as affiliate links, a brand new way to support the show. You can find affiliate links in the description of all new episodes. If you are based in the UK, be sure to check out Phantom Peak, a unique, immersive, open world adventure in London. Use the link in the show notes or code RUSTY to get 15% off tickets.
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The GLAAD girl group coming at you with a throwback jam. That was GLAAD Force Flex Drawstring Trash Bags featuring Pine Sol Original Scent. And that's better than all good. It's all GLAAD. Oh, Jesus Christ. Hey, Sean? Hold it open. Oh, shit. Sorry. Thanks. Thank you. No, no problem. Sorry. Oh, one more coming through. Oh, here. Cool. Cool.
Present and accounted for. Emily, I presume? Nice to meet you. Yeah, same to you. Um, Harlan's just behind me. He got distracted by something. Only for a moment. Hey, I'm Alex. This is Sean. Hey, I know Cole from last year. The asylum too cliche again? God, what was Dylan thinking with? It was the easiest way for sure, but I think some of the others were looking at a sewer. But you know what? Fuck that.
Hey, Alex. Hey. Emily? Sean? A sewer versus a fence. Do they not realize sewer covers are very heavy? How many are we waiting for? Uh, like six or so? No, no way. They're not in there, are they? Hello? Well, it's either them or the Ninja Turtles. What an entrance. I did not...
Sign up for that. Hey, man. Let me help you up. Hey, Harlan. Nice to meet you, man. Come on. It smelled down there. I told you. Could have taken the fence. The fence was easier, if not a bit sharp. Gross. I prefer the asylum. Hey, Jess. Hey, Cole. Ah, cowabunga, dudes. How many times has he said that? Like 13 in the tunnels themselves. Hey, Ray. Glad you made it this year. Me too.
Wow, this place is crazy. Yes. Welcome, everyone, to Darklight Carnival. Abandoned in 1983 after a series of mysterious deaths. All the rides are defunct now, but everything else remains weirdly untouched. There's no graffiti on anything? Oh, you're right. Hey, Kevin. Glad you could come.
Yeah, because of how secluded it is. Few people have been out here, apparently. That makes it all the more unsettling. Like a spooky, unopened time capsule from 1983. I wonder if there's an unopened Teddy Ruxpin somewhere in there. I'd kill for an unopened Emperor's Royal Guard. Or a rub-a-dub doggie. That's just an owl. I've never even heard of the Darklight Carnival.
What was so mysterious about the deaths? I'm sure Dylan can fill us in. Where is Dylan, anyway?
Was he not with you? We figured trouncing through the sewers was less his bag. Is this the same deal as last year? We all tell stories? Yeah, what exactly happened last year? I heard you all got trapped in an asylum and then Kevin scared everyone. My face helped. We all told stories. True stories. Stuff that we all had experienced. Like an are you afraid of the dark episode? That's what I kept saying. No, no, no. Nothing like that. A bit like that.
Okay, it was a bit like that. We all told stories to terrify. Dylan had us all meet at an asylum, and each of us took turns sharing a bit of our history and sometimes, truths that we'd have a tough time forgetting. But he's not here. Not yet. Dylan? There you are, you old so-and-so.
I was waiting in the parking lot, but then got nervous I was being scoped. Scoped? This is my favorite jacket. It is nice. We were about to start without you, oh brave host. Host? Everyone was just saying how you brought them out last year to the asylum, and personally, I'm dying to know why you picked this place. There's definitely an air about it. Something sinister.
You okay, Vincent? Better than okay. Literally, the best way to spend Halloween. So spill, Dylan. What's the deal with this place? I don't know what to tell you all, but I didn't bring us here. What? You said- I didn't ask us here. This wasn't me. Who brought us here, then? What the hell? What the hell?
Good evening, friends. This is the Darklight Carnival. A place of honour, of renown, of passion. Truths have been uncovered here, birthed of stories long since forgotten. Told on the narrow paths that tread between what is real and what is not. Words that echo all but once in a place such as this.
The Ferris wheel, unmoving since the decapitation of Beverly Strum in the summer of 1983, is only one public reason for the park's current state. The others? Well, you'll just have to find out for yourself. Tonight I've invited you all here for the chance to join in a tradition. A tradition that has been passed down since the first stories were told. A tradition that marks the start of something for many of you. Perhaps the end for many others.
A story is all that is asked of you, and a chance to tell it is all that I offer. But... every story starts with a choice. You all find yourselves at a crossroads, a path that leads both left and right. To the right, the ferris wheel where poor Beverley died. A real death, once soaked in misery and truth. A tangible, physical act that ruined countless lives and stained many more. This is to your right. To your left, however...
is the Funhouse. A place of mirrors, not just those that reflect the stretched and distorted view of ourselves, but mirrors that see beyond what exists in the physical. In this place, you will not find the horrors of the real world, the visceral, clawing fear of death, no. Instead, you will find the faded view of those creatures that may walk in both realms. Things that have no heartbeat, yet yearn for the taste of it.
This is a place of horrors beyond the physical world. And so, you must choose. Of which are you most afraid? The terrors of the real world, or the horrors of our dreams?
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