nothing but respect for my notebook-eating king

Love how Amy is pretty critical of Graham’s weirdness and then she fucking starts stalking him.

Lady: But what if he stalks me! Also Lady: *Obsessively watches and observes him to the point that she knows what food he eats regularly*

that's just his boyfriend, also named graham

He just sounds like an artist, hella notebooks, paranoia, drastic changes in little to no time, and no friends

"we were walking in the same direction" are we sure there's not just a secret entity called the Awkwardness

i was more unsettled by the person telling the story shamelessly making a hobby out of stalking a weird stranger than anything else lol

I know i am so very late to the party but i am in love with the last line realization that poor graham might have been acting weird too ENCOURAGE amy to keep staring at him, because he knew something would sneak into his house the second she looked away. I was so confused about how all the little details tied together untill that line. Incredible.

Amy: *talks about the creature entering Graham's house* Me, hearing a weird creaking sound from the walls as I lay down in a blanket in the sitting room: haha im in danger

Is no one going to mention in the beginning when she visits his house, and looks out the window, she thinks that she saw hooks, but in reality that was probably not Graham's fingers 😱😱😱

Plot twist: The real monster of this story is the girl fucking stalking a poor shy dude. So the dude and his boyfriend started acting weird on purpose to freak out the damn stalker.

Seems poor Graham knew he was being stocked by not-Graham, as well as Amy ofc. Eating the notes was probably an anxiety induced breakdown.

That new dude, starring out the window every night at her flat. He really pulled an uno reverse

My man's out here eating notebooks Respect I used to eat paper aswell

I would ask people who already listened to the rest of the series to please not spoil things in the comments. I'm not sure what it means, but catching a glimpse of you talking about not!people and the like gave me more clues about the overall series than I want in god damn episode 3. I'd rather not know which episodes are monster-of-the week and which are Arc episodes

Gosh darnit. I was listening to this while going to bed and his voice is so dang calming I fell asleep and woke up 10 episodes later. EDIT: 5 months later I have finished season 4 and am emotionally destroyed thanks guys

Not going to spoil anything, but man, is it amazing to listen back to these episodes after finishing the series, and connecting all the dots, all the hints & stories that form part of the whole story.

Sooo.... did Graham act weird deliberately because he knew the statementgiver was watching and thought their watching would keep him safe? After all, he just wrote "keep watching" over and over.

"apparently he was a gay" HELP 😭 LMFAO

I like how she calls him boring but has nothing better to do other than watching him.

lmfao i pictured bill hader as graham and i couldnt really be creeped out cos the mental image of bill hader slowly eating paper is hilarious

I just realized he was probably acting this way so she'd keep watching cause he knew it was all that was keeping him safe.....

19:43 That's when gotta do a power move and smile back.

jon read a statement about the not!them in SEASON ONE and then forgot. king of not connecting shit.

Tbh whenever he talks about Graham I can only picture the nerd ass animal crossing hamster

Three episodes in, and I’m hooked. This guy’s voice is ridiculously calming. Between this and Nightvale, I definitely have a podcast “type” lol.

Few things really get me scared, but just imaging that unfamiliar person looking back and smiling through the window really got me, yikes

Part of me wants to blame the table for all of the creepy shenanigans, but I'm not convinced. Regardless, Graham and Not!Graham pose quite an unsettling story.

Sounds like Graham knew he was being followed. He stayed in public places as long as he could to be safe and alert, then went home and was panicked.

SPOILERS I really do believe that the keep watching comment is for her to keeep watching the real Graham, is for her to either save him by saying something, or to be a sort of witness to everything, to be a prove of his existance, for someone to remember him as him, not as the way the creature shows himself. Its kimda sad

keep watching holy shit. that wait/payoff was worth it. keep watching.

well I think it's safe to say I'll be having nightmares about Graham tonight

I'm snuggled completely down in my blankets, I have my comfort plushie, I'm in the safest corner of the room, I have F A R too many pillows, I'm in a comfy fetal position, it's the middle of the night so.. Yeah the perfect time to listen to a horror podcast.

the most unlikely thing of this whole story is the person with a concussion watching tv the day of the concussion. cuz its almost impossible to watch electronics or most sensory things with a concussion. other than that really good.

it’s not the podcast that scares me, it’s the ads spooking me at full volume

Okay, I have only just found out about this series tonight, and I have some thoughts. I have seen none of what’s to come but this is my thinking: I think this is connected to the anglerfish somehow. In episode 1, it mentions the swaying figure and the possibility that a hand is at least part of its real body. In this one, we have a swaying long hand. Not a lot to go off of, but I think these are creatures of the same species or the same creature altogether. They also both have to do with fake identity, the anglerfish making a fake body and this creature assuming someone else’s identity. No clue what the truth is, but this must be part of it!

Ok but her stalking graham but doing everything so he doesn't see her is soo eye coded

I am new to the series so i dont know how well this sentence will last but shout out to Tim for pulling us through at the end of every episode. A real homie

The first two had me vaguely creeped out, the first more than the second, but this one finally managed to get me full on spooked. I’m already totally hooked on these lmao. Spent the last hour and a half listening while the cold winter wind howls outside my apartment window at 5am. Very atmospheric

oh hey, my name is graham!

"There was no windowbox." Creeped me out so fuckin much upon a relisten jesus christ

"Isn’t it funny, Amy, how you can live so near and never notice. I’ll need to return the visit someday.” I find it funny that I've never heard you say her name until now, ya creepy...blizzard!

Me: "I love horror! It's my favorite genre!" Also me after watching anything remotely scary: "Well, looks like I'm not sleeping this week!"

this is by far the scariest episode as of yet. I close my eyes I see him standing there at his window, staring at me with his blank expression and cold calculating eyes piercing right into me. Those eyes scream you're next and I will get you.

Amy would make a great Eye avatar ngl

Haha that’s exactly what I do to my neighbour I catch staring in to my flat sometimes- I just stare back and smile until he gets freaked out and stops 😂

God relistening to these once you're caught up makes you notice so many things that felt like one-off details! This is the first appearance of the Not!Them! Amazing! Such early foreshadowing!

Guys the music scares me more than the podcast itself no joke Like why so intense ╥﹏╥

She who stares into the Graham long enough, will find the not-Graham staring back at her.

How was she able to see so clearly into his flat, given that she was across the street from him? She even knew what the toppings were on his pizzas!

ooh boy this one got me. the description of this monster, spindly enough to be mistaken for pipe, shifting like a magic eye picture instead of moving is so vivid to me. i can't really think of what the connection would be between the notebooks, the table, and the creature would actually be? but whatever changeling type creature got graham, it seemed like it knew that amy had witnessed it, and was almost gleefully sinister in letting her know that. very creepy that there only appear to be a few old photos left showing the real graham.

My oldest daughter, 18, just introduced me to this. She & I enjoy true crime podcasts, we've never listened to any like this. But, alas, we're both hooked.

imagine: the creature climbs in the window, the lights go out, and then the amogus drip song starts blaring from the apartment

"I can't stress enough how much this was NOT!Graham." Yeah, it surely was Not!Graham.

So... He was making her watch him? Through some kind of supernatural biz?

I only know about the magnus archives through tumblr, and I figured I would give in and start listening to them. The first two episodes, while creepy, game me a sense of calm while listening that almost put me to sleep. hearing about the limbs climbing in through the windows was creepy, but not as creepy as what could've been in the coffin then I realized that this graham was wrong, that he was a not!Graham. I can honestly say I've never broken out in a cold sweat before in my life until now. the realization of what had happened is still making me shiver

Relistening to this episode after finishing the entire podcast is crazily amazing. The first time I was more scared now I'm sad for the guy but also more terrified in a worried way? I wonder how Graham knew the not!him is about to replace him, like obviously he knew because of the table but I wonder how. Also L for the person who commented asking for people to stop making spoilers lol I am deeply sorry.

graham and not-graham are both my boyfriends and we love each other. graham was just on vacation and not-graham was just watching his house tbh. just started the podcast today and it is so good

dude jon sounds so much different in season 3

So, I feel that this entity obviously stole Grahams identity, my question is how did Graham know that he was being stalked by whatever the other entity was? I just started listening to this podcast so no spoilers please!

This genuinely scared me so much that I could not fall asleep. It was horrible but also pretty cool

Nothing says "Howdy Neighbor" like wide eyes and a big toothy grin. Directly at you.

Hearing this the second time, so much just clicks into place it's so satisfying

Oh so this is an early example of a "not them" replacing someone. Surprised Jon didn't mention it at all later.

"Again"- Tim really

Graham is a mood and a half Edit: holy crap today is April 7th

This is the episode that got me hooked

listening to this at like midnight for the first time, hope this wont make me fear for the rest of my life that bad

I’m a re listener. First found this out during the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. And I decided to come back to it. SPOILERS BELOW *SPOILERS BELOW* Holy crap now after listening to the whole thing for the first time I can like distinctly file this as a classic case of the not-them. Or something linked with the web.

I've been on eage when I've been listening and I swear I'm gonna have a heart attack from these ad's

the "hooks" for the "flower box" make a lot more sense now, thinking about it.

I just want to give Amy a business card with an eye on it and directions to a website that's basically an ad for The Eye

I havent had anytbing creep me out this bad in a long long time. The voice, the atmosphere, the stories all combined make this something truly chilling. And this is only the 3rd episode. Im in for a wild ride.

Thought Graham was spelled Greyham for the longest time. I have a pet worm named Greyham, this realization has killed me 🧍‍♀️

I'm going on a road trip next week I have a feeling that I am going to binge listen to these for quite some time (The trips around 2 maybe 4 hours I believe)

Ooooh, shiver me timbers, he reorganized his notebooks!! *gasp* 😮😮😮

I listen to these when I'm trying to fall asleep and it works well. Sometimes it makes me unsettled, but his voice is so calming it sends me into a slumber lol

Never been inclined to listen to a podcast, TikTok gets me curious, now I'm hooked

This screams Skinwalker to me. From the table with the patterns to the guy's appearance changing to the thing crawling on the window.

Poor Graham :(

Okaaaay that was next level creepy. When the notebooks content was presented i got really creep out my thinking is that whatever the holy fuck was that thing it hunted Graham to take his place and poor Graham was under somehow aware of it and was kept an eye for it until that fateful night he failed witch resulted in things stealing it identity and memories. Also it seem aware that Amy was watching Graham throughout and that she send police... Overall slow burnish but shit got real at the ending part

Sir, i would really like to tell that you voice is AMAZING, and also very calming, thank you.

I love the twist at the end of the notebook just saying "keep watching", like he was aware she was doing this and he knew this was going to happen eventually so he wanted to make sure she saw it when it happened

A friend recommended your channel to me with the knowledge that I appreciate spooky tales with a Lovecraftian flavor to them. Playing catch up on your episodes now and have thanked my friend for sending me here. Take my subscription!

major, series ending, world shattering spoilers ahead: So on a rewatch of this series I've come to appreciate the INSANE foreshadowing going on, and I may have put something together here: In a later episode we learn that the "Not Them" was trapped by the Web, and it's obvious that the narrator here is at least partially influenced by the Eye. So what if the Web KNEW Magnus was gonna try ending the world, and had this lady's neighbor replaced so she'd report it to the Magnus Institute, thereby tempting them to find and store the table. WHY? because the Web WANTED Jon dead because it also also knew Jon was the lynch-pin in Magnus' plan. And HOLY SHIT the recording and storing of Jon's voice for the ep 199 plan was PLAN B. They were SO FAR AHEAD, that the ENTIRE series is just the web preparing it's backup plan incase Anabelle, or the Not Them fails to kill Jon. Hell, let's go even further, maybe it tried killing him ITSELF when he was a kid? There's no telling how far it can see into the future, but holy shit is this amazing writing

I just started this series and I would like to say that from the last episode. THAT ESCALATED VERY QUICKLY. I think this episode just got me hooked on the series.

he ate his note books? I guess that's one way to digest all that information *ba dum tss*

Imagine they went back to this interview this person again and they're just like... :)

Dude’s just an artist that likes weed and eating paper leave him alone SARAH #justartistthings ✨

Is it a good idea to be listening these for the first time at 1am

spoilers, kinda . . . . i think it's really interesting how the Stranger and specifically the avatar 'Not-Them' work because only people who aren't really close to someone prior to their bodies being taken can tell that they are not the same person afterwards examples: this episode (they aren't close friends), melanie with sasha, that one statement of a girl with her mother (they aren't that close), etc.

This creature certainly has more complicated rules to who can and can't remember who they were before

Ok this ep was a bit confusing in my opinion, because there's a lot of lore going on and there's two sides i really need to know. Im still new with this so im gonna have to come up with theories (so no spoilers please) But seriously, poor Graham. Imagine just chilling and trying to enjoy your day, but you cant because there's not one, but two stalkers stalking you. One your neighbor/classmate and two, a monster. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it was happening twice.

After finishing entire TMA things make more sense

On the topic of eating paper, Avengers: Endgame was long enough for me to eat my entire straw wrapper

why does everyone drink in these stories

Ok so while listening to this as she’s describing the thing I just thought ha ha that’s not a pipe and that made me think of ceci n’est pas une pipe, and I’d heard of the painting and thought to look it up and the treachery of images and man it really seems to fit the whole concept of I don’t know you and while the pipe part isn’t even the main focus how interesting is that? I wonder if that wording was out there on purpose or just a glorious coincidence but I love it and I’d recommend looking into ceci n’est pas une pipe for more weird shit

17:57 Leaving this time stamp for myself because I’m genuinely too scared to continue right now. I know I’m ruining the pacing. That’s the point.

I don't know why this one creeped me tf out so much, but it did. I got the chills

Gratitude for a thing well done and shared freely.