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As we finish up Redemption Round 2, there are a few posts still open for voting -- make sure to cast your vote here! Up next will be Redemption Round 3, which will be linked here when those go live!

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Redemption Round 3 - Match 32

Revolutions vs. Time of Revelation

Revolutions

Time of Revelation

Voting ended onJun 2, 2023

It's time to rev up your voting engines for the last poll of RR3! Okay, I'll admit that that was a pretty forced pun. We have Revolutions with 152 votes from last round, up against Time of Revelation with 184 (and 315 Redemption votes total)! Two very different kinds of apocalypses (apocali?)...

MAG 165 - Revolutions | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Ruminations on identity and the lack thereof. Audio recording by the Archivist, in situ.

MAG 134 - Time of Revelation | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Adelard Dekker, taken from a letter to Gertrude Robinson.

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Redemption Round 3 - Match 31

Cracked Foundation vs. Upon the Stair

Cracked Foundation

Upon the Stair

Voting ended onJun 2, 2023

It's a battle of fucked up houses! Which of these statements has bigger House of Leaves energy? That's definitely one way you could vote in this poll! Cracked Foundation made it through with 128 votes, but can it stand up to Upon the Stair's astonishing 271 votes from RR2? (I don't remember enough from stats to say if Upon the Stair is a mathematical outlier but it definitely is colloquially)

MAG 114 - Cracked Foundation | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Anya Villette, regarding a cleaning job on Hill Top Road.

MAG 085 - Upon the Stair | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of an unknown figure, regarding an encounter they may or may not have had in their home.

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Redemption Round 3 - Match 30

The End of the Tunnel vs. The Eyewitnesses

The End of the Tunnel

The Eyewitnesses

Voting ended onJun 2, 2023

These two episodes are almost consecutive in the alphabetical order watch order (The Eye Opens falls between them)! The End of the Tunnel stuck through with 133 votes, and The Eyewitnesses comes with 167 votes from RR2!

MAG 063 - The End of the Tunnel | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Erin Gallagher-Nelson, regarding an urban exploration trip beneath St Paul’s Church West Hackney.

MAG 082 - The Eyewitnesses | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Alice "Daisy" Tonner, regarding the crimes and death of Calvin Benchley. Statement never given.

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Redemption Round 3 - Match 29

Creature Feature vs. Distant Cousin

Creature Feature

Distant Cousin

Voting ended onJun 2, 2023

We've got some creatures today! Creature Feature comes with 153 Redemption votes, and is up against a very different kind of creature in Distant Cousin, with 132 votes from last round!

MAG 110 - Creature Feature | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Alexia Crawley, regarding her time working as a cinematographer on Dexter Banks' final film.

MAG 078 - Distant Cousin | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Lawrence Moore, regarding something that was not his cousin.

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Redemption Round 3 - Match 28

Nesting Instinct vs. Thrill of the Chase

Nesting Instinct

Thrill of the Chase

Voting ended onJun 2, 2023

Two absolutely excellent episodes, if I may say so myself. Nesting Instinct, that weird French bug guy, earned 195 votes last round. It's facing off with Murder Club in Thrill of the Chase, which has earned 131 votes!

MAG 102 - Nesting Instinct | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of François Deschamps, regarding the family and presumed marriage of Benoît Maçon.

MAG 112 - Thrill of the Chase | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Lisa Carmel, regarding her involvement in a series of murders.

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Redemption Round 3 - Match 27

A Cosy Cabin vs. Thrown Away

A Cosy Cabin

Thrown Away

Voting ended onJun 2, 2023

A Cosy Cabin earned 226 votes last round, the second most votes of any episode in RR2! It's up against Thrown Away, which earned a much more reasonable 144 votes.

MAG 162 - A Cosy Cabin | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Further statements of a personal nature.

MAG 005 - Thrown Away | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Keiran Woodward, regarding items recovered from the refuse of 93 Lancaster Rd, Walthamstowe.

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Redemption Round 3 - Match 26

Lights Out vs. Squirm

Lights Out

Squirm

Voting ended onJun 2, 2023

Lights Out is here with 125 votes, up against Squirm's 113!

MAG 098 - Lights Out | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Doctor Algernon Moss regarding The Sandman.

MAG 006 - Squirm | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Timothy Hodge, regarding his sexual encounter with Harriet Lee and her subsequent death.

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Redemption Round 3 - Match 25

Burned Out vs. Web Development

Burned Out

Web Development

Voting ended onJun 2, 2023

For some reason I thought I had written these already. Burned Out comes with 121 votes, and Web Development earned 167 votes last round!

MAG 008 - Burned Out | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Ivo Lensik regarding his experiences during the construction of a house on Hill Top Road.

MAG 123 - Web Development | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Angie Santos, regarding a website developed by one Gregory Cox.

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John Gaius (The Locked Tomb) "Originally part of a team of scientists tasked with saving humanity from climate change, John was gifted strange necromantic powers by earth itself. He proceeded to use these powers to essentially start a cult. He attempts to convince various nations and companies to follow his plans for how to save the planet, but nothing works and eventually the whole thing has gone to such shit that John NUKES THE EARTH AND EVERY HUMAN STILL ON IT. He can feel them all die and uses their power to fuel himself, spending the next ten thousand years chasing after the trillionaires who escaped the planet, blaming them for the destruction of humanity. He is so afraid of Extinction that he literally causes the mass Extinction of every living thing on earth. Oh also he takes the dead, resurrected soul of planet earth and traps it in a barbie doll, and what is more Extinction than the soul of our planet trapped in plastic?"

The Final Pam (Monster Factory) "Well, you start with Fallout, already a highly Extinction-aligned game. Then, by breaking the laws of the universe, you begin to tear it apart from the inside out, bare-handed, no holds barred, accompanied only by the memories of your many husbands and sons. Then, when that is not enough, when the level of visceral destruction you have left in your wake is not enough to slake your thirst for vengeance, when the firepower of a thousand landmines is not enough, then! You ascend. You rip down the world layer by layer, until all that remains is the delicate framework that holds it all together. The world combusts and reforms, an endless, deathless realm that you are simply too great to be confined by.

This is what it is to be the Final Pam.

(For anyone not familiar with the story of Pam, Who Death Forgot, take about an hour or so and treat yourself to the three-part epic. Congratulations! You're one of today's lucky 10,000.) (CW: video game blood and violence, insects, occasional flashing lights and loud noises)"

Extinction Avatar Bracket Semifinal Bout 2

John Gaius (The Locked Tomb)

The Final Pam (Monster Factory)

Voting ended onMay 25, 2023

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all of you need to vote Pam RIGHT now

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Redemption Round 3 - Match 24

Literary Heights vs. Desecrated Host

Literary Heights

Desecrated Host

Voting ended onMay 30, 2023

Literary Heights' stats might say it's more likely to win with 190 Redemption votes, but while Desecrated Host earned 125 votes last round it's got a total of 264 Redemption votes total!

MAG 046 - Literary Heights | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Herbert Knox, regarding a repeat customer to his bookshop in Chichester.

MAG 020 - Desecrated Host | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Continuation of the statement of Father Edwin Burroughs, regarding his claimed demonic possession.

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Redemption Round 3 - Match 23

Hard Shoulder vs. Curiosity

Hard Shoulder

Curiosity

Voting ended onMay 30, 2023

Hard Shoulder comes with 122 votes from last round, and is up against Curiosity with 138 votes so far!

MAG 061 - Hard Shoulder | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Detective Alice “Daisy” Tonner, regarding the traffic stop of a delivery van on the M6 near Preston on the afternoon of 24th July 2002.

MAG 167 - Curiosity | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

An examination of Gertrude Robinson and her assistants. Audio recording by the Archivist.

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Redemption Round 3 - Match 22

Testament vs. Lost in the Crowd

Testament

Lost in the Crowd

Voting ended onMay 30, 2023

Testament earned 86 Redemption votes last round! Can it stand up to Lost in the Crowd and its 142 Redemption votes?

MAG 117 - Testament | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Various Statements regarding the eve of departure for Great Yarmouth.

MAG 048 - Lost in the Crowd | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Andrea Nunis, regarding a series of encounters in the streets of Genoa, Italy.

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Redemption Round 3 - Match 21

Chosen vs. Love Bombing

Chosen

Love Bombing

Voting ended onMay 30, 2023

It's the rest of this batch of polls! First up today is cult central! We have Chosen, with 115 votes from last round, up against Love Bombing, which got 101 votes last round!

MAG 139 - Chosen | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Eugene Vanderstock, regarding the creation of Agnes Montague, her life, care and death.

MAG 153 - Love Bombing | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Barbara Mullen-Jones, regarding her nine months with the Divine Chain cult.

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★ ROUND 1 ★

Nikola Orsinov vs. Kristen Parker

Nikola Orsinov

Kristen Parker

Voting ended onMay 27, 2023

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Redemption Round 3 - Match 20

Personal Space vs. Alone

Personal Space

Alone

Voting ended onMay 30, 2023

Because I forgot to do these until this evening, I think we'll be getting a half set for today. For our last poll of the day, we have a Lonely-off with Personal Space with 139 votes, and Alone with 127 votes from last round!

MAG 057 - Personal Space | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Carter Chilcott, regarding their time spent in isolation aboard the Space Station Daedalus.

MAG 013 - Alone | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Naomi Herne, regarding the events following the funeral of her fiancé, Evan Lukas.

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Redemption Round 3 - Match 19

Blood Bag vs. Epoch

Blood Bag

Epoch

Voting ended onMay 30, 2023

Blood Bag had another narrow victory with 115 votes (another margin of 6... interesting), and is against Epoch's 110 votes from last round!

MAG 045 - Blood Bag | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

Statement of Thomas Neill, regarding his experiences working in malarial research during the spring of 2010.

MAG 175 - Epoch | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript

An inventory of what comes after. Audio recorded by the Archivist, in situ.