#Lost Johns' Cave

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Magnus Archives Relisten 15, MAG 15 Lost John's Cave, Spoiler-Free Version

Top 10 Reasons to Never Go Spelunking (Number 8 Will Shock You!)

MAG 15 analysis, spoiler-free!

Facts: Statement of Laura Papham, regarding her experience in the Three Counties cave system with her sister Alena Sanderson. Statement given November 9, 2014.

Statement Notes: The "safe until you aren't" trope is a TMA staple and this episode is a great example. Nothing in the cave is particularly strange or frightening, until it all is. If you aren't already afraid of the dark or tight spaces--which neither Alena nor Laura are--then you have no reason to be afraid. The area's mapped out, the women have done explorations before, they're entirely safe. Until Alena's missing. Until there's a thing reaching out for Laura. Until she's found by the cave rescue team. Until she's begging, "take her not me."

I really enjoy this horror trope/structure because I find it to be very true to life. Personally, most of the dangerous situations I've ended have started entirely normal, and it is only in hindsight that I am able to see how things became unsafe. It's fine for fans to mock the protagonists going into haunted basements or picking up befriending the creepy motel owner, but we need put ourselves in the characters' shoes. If the fun hobby you do every year with sister seemed a little weird, would you back out right away or would you wait it out?

This episode also utilizes another recurring TMA phenomenon; alternative reality. In several episodes, the horrors seem to create an alternate reality specifically for their victim. In this episode specifically, Laura Papham seems to be experiencing the world in an entirely different way than her sister, husband, and cave rescue. The cave dive goes on for hours for her, but only lasts a few seconds for her sister. The malevolent light she sees morphs into an exit only after she turns away from it. Additionally, she is absolutely sure she burst out of the cave screaming, but cave rescue found her still inside.

One thing that struck me as odd is the emphasis Alena Sanderson places on the fact that two people went missing in the original story of Lost Johns' Cave. This insinuates that the creature/horror within the cave intended to take both Sanderson and Popham, but it very clearly lets Laura go. She doesn't escape, she is simply found by someone else. Either the discovery of Popham broke her out before the creature could take her, or her begging work and Sanderson was taken in her place.

Character Notes: Martin doesn't investigate this case because he's "a bit claustrophobic." Funny on its own, this insinuates that Jon was fully intending on sending Martin into the demon cave. What a dynamic.

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Favourite Episode Masterlist

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Round One Part Five - Match 45

Fun fact! The first episode my family listened to was Lost Johns' Cave! I forced them to listen to it on the drive home after we went to a cave in Missouri :] Anyway it's only like 9:00 and I'm already really feeling that MAG 74: Fatigue.

MAG 015 - Lost Johns' Cave | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Laura Popham, regarding her experience exploring the Three Counties System of caves with her sister Alena Sanderson.

MAG 074 - Fatigue | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Lydia Halligan regarding her insomnia.

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3 more of the patch ideas for my jacket.

Season 1 has so many good episodes, I mean it's a no brainer that the one with Ex Altiora is. But I have a special place in my heart for the confusion of an episode that Thrown Away was/is.

perhaps clichéd but I love Lost Johns' Cave alot it's still one of only like three episodes that actually gives me the chills even relisting to it. I hate caving and Cave diving it was just a bad combo for me. It makes me happy even though the Buried don't get that much attention, it does at least still have some banger episodes.

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A drawing I did a while back for my favorite Magnus Archives episode, Lost Johns' Cave

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none of the TMA episodes scaring me:

Lost John’s Cave:

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365 Days of Writing Prompts: Day 205

Adjective: Overflowing

Noun: Cavern

Definitions for those who need/want them:

Overflowing: flooding or flowing over a surface or area; (of a container) so full that the contents go over the sides

Cavern: a cave, or a chamber in a cave, typically a large one; used in similes and comparisons to refer to a vast, dark space

[vorpalmuchness]

Lost Johns' Cave is one of the episodes that always gets me at the end

[berenjennart]

Day 3. TMA 015: Lost Johns’ Cave

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Round Two Part Five - Match 40

Trevor Herbert's second statement is against that fucked up cave! Lost Johns' Cave (and yes, I do insist upon spelling it like that) got 204 votes last round!

MAG 056 - Children of the Night | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Continued statement of Trevor Herbert, regarding the latter years of his career as a vampire hunter.

MAG 015 - Lost Johns’ Cave | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Laura Popham, regarding her experience exploring the Three Counties System of caves with her sister Alena Sanderson.

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Kellin Brakish-Tea Lost Johns' cave confirmed?

reblog this post with what fear op gives the vibe of

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I’m starting an official bracket to discover the top rated TMA episodes (i made the pairings based on episode ratings through imdb and personal opinion). Episodes will be linked below the break for easy review

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TMA episode sketch: Episode 15, Lost John's Cave

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do u guys think that tim and danny stoker are urban exploring together in tmagp or what

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kinda gay to get lost in john's cave