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The Magnus Archives is a weekly horror fiction anthology examining the mysteries within the archives of London based The Magnus Institute, an organization dedicated to documenting and researching the esoteric and the weird. New head archivist Jonathan Sims attempts to organize and record a collection of seemingly unconnected statements of mysteries, supernatural and the occult, converting them to audio and supplementing them with follow-up work from his dedicated archival team. Individually the statements within the archives are unsettling. Together they begin to form a clear and disturbing picture. As you look deeper in to the archives something stares back.

The eponymous Jonathan Sims is installed as the new Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute's Archives. The Magnus Insititue is a mysterious institute dedicated to the research and documenting of the supernatural, the esoteric and the weird. At the star of his career Jon is skeptical of the supernatural happenings detailed within the statements, though eventually he begins to uncover connections between the statements suggesting that the dark forces and horrors described within them are very real indeed.

Specifically, a woman named Jane Prentiss, a former New Age shop assistant, has become the host for a mass of parasitic worms that seem intent on attacking members of the archival staff and, eventually culminating in an attack upon the Archives themselves.

Season 2 begins in the aftermath of the attack Jane Prentiss mounted against the Archives, suspicion is everywhere. Head archivist Jonathan Sims is convinced that there is a greater conspiracy behind the murder of his predecessor Gertrude Robinson, and he investigates this murder alongside police officers from the strange section 31 unit to attain answers. The other archival staff begin to worry for both Jon's safety and his sanity.

Other pieces begin to move between the mysterious "Powers", and Prentiss' attack has left the Archives significantly more vulnerable than any of its staff know. Jon has spotted a figure moving within the Archives at night, and Tim is struggling with his scars, mental and physical. At least "Sasha" seems unchanged... until it is relieved that she has been replaced by a nightmare other "Not-Sasha".

As of Season 3, Jon is a now a wanted man, a person of interest not only as a suspect in the murder of his predecessor Gertruse Robinson but also in the murder of a strange old man (Jurgen Leitner) found in the many tunnels below the Institute.

The season opens with a statement from Jonathan Sims' own childhood hunting that he has been marked by the mysterious "fears" all his life.

Tim and Martin struggle to hold themselves together following the disappearance of their friend Sasha and her subsequent replacement by Not-Sasha.

The newly hired Melanie King is acting increasingly erratic, and it is beginning to dawn on the whole team that they are all far too involved with the Archives to leave now, if they ever wanted to or even could.

As a wanted man, Jon goes from hiding with friends, to being kidnapped by a sinister circus of Nikola Orsinov, to travelling the world trying to piece together what information his predecessor had put together on the mysterious ritual of "Unknowing" an apocalyptic ritual is rapidly unfolding.

As of season 4, Jonathan Sims now a being known as "The Archivist" awakes in the aftermath of the Unknowing to find a changed team. As the Archivist makes ever-greater sacrifices in the name of knowledge and those left behind, he finds himself concerned about Martin and his relationship with the strange newly acting head of the Institute.

More is changing than just relationships within the archival team - Martin is convinced that a new power is coalescing. One which, if it gets its way, could spell the end of the world.

The events of the end of season 4 are apocalyptic and one of the fears known as The Eye successfully changes the world to one of its horrific liking and influence.

As of Season 5. The world is changed...The Archivist has changed. Martin is still by his side. Now they must come to grips with their horrifying new reality. The new couple embark on a mission in hope of reversing the apocalypse in front of them.