MAG 193 - A Stern Look

Case ########-33

An examination of Elias Bouchard.

Recorded by The Archivist in Situ.

Content warnings:

• Paranoia & anxiety
• Emotional manipulation & gaslighting
• Compulsions (supernatural)
• Spiders & arachnophobia
• Body horror & eye trauma
• Drug use (marijuana)
• Stalking
• Mentions of: death, apocalypse & mass suffering, instances of memory loss & identity crisis, blood, physical violence, human remains, classism, deceased parent, scopophobia, parental disapproval
• SFX: discordant static & chanting, flies, retching

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Edited this week by Nico Vettese, Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead, Jeffrey Nils Gardner & Alexander J Newall

Written by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J Newall

Produced by Lowri Ann Davies

Performances:

- "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims

- "Martin Blackwood" - Alexander J. Newall

- "Elias Bouchard" - Ben Meredith

Sound effects this week by Adam Wayne Gistarb, altfuture, amholma, Angel_Perez_Grandi, animatik, athenspublic, CUeckermann, daboy291, daveincamas, FractalStudios, georgisound, Joao_Janz, kemcdonald11, MAJ061785, Mortifreshman, OwlStorm, rkeato, sacredmatt, SpliceSound, sturmankin, VithorMoraes, cabuster9, dheming & previously credited artists via freesound.org

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Music

Funeral March by Chopin, from the Youtube Audio Library https://studio.youtube.com/

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