SCP-5352: "Absence"

SCP Archives

Oct 02, 2025•23 min•Season 8Ep. 33

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Summary

This episode explores SCP-5352, the abandoned town of Murky Lake, New Mexico, designated Nexus Zero Four, where a reality TV crew mysteriously disappears. The SCP Foundation details the town's anomalous properties, including bizarre structural gaps, the inability to produce music, and a history of vanishings tied to a possible ancient ritual involving 12 figures, a modified anvil, and a unique garrotte. A Foundation team later attempts direct communication with the resident apparitions, leading to a perilous encounter.

Episode description

SCP 5352 refers to the abandoned town of Murky Lake, New Mexico– designated Nexus Zero Four.

Content Warnings: Violence and gore, ghosts, implied ritual sacrifice

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Cast & Crew

SCP Archives was created by Pacific S. Obadiah & Jon Grilz

SCP-5352 was written by Ihp

Script by Kevin Whitlock

Narrator - Jon Grilz

William Plunkett - Dexter Howard

Lacey Barker - Shelby Novak

Lauren Pierce - Kayla Temshiv

Rory Kent - Nate Dufort

Dr. Saige Owens - Nhea Durousseau

Dr. Riley Wynn - Lauren Tucker

D-23897 - Isaiah Rothstein