The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

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The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by HP Lovecraft: Episode 5

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, by HP Lovecraft

Episode 5

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by HP Lovecraft

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Podcasters Heawood and Kennedy investigate the disappearance of Charles Dexter Ward.

Has Heawood found a connection between Lucy’s murder and Charles’ disappearance? Starring Barnaby Kay and Jana Carpenter.

Has Heawood found a connection between the murder of Lucy Hawthorne and the disappearance of Charles Dexter Ward?

Julian Simpson's HP Lovecraft-inspired universe as seen through the prism of podcasters Matthew Heawood and Kennedy Fisher.

The story began with a missing-person investigation; Charles Dexter Ward has vanished from a secure psychiatric hospital in Rhode Island. Two months later his psychiatrist Doctor Willett murders a woman in Highgate, England. Are the two events connected?

Matthew Heawood …… Barnaby Kay
Kennedy Fisher ...... Jana Carpenter
Ezra Wheedon …… Alun Armstrong

Sound Recordist and Designer: David Thomas
Music by Tim Elsenburg

Producer: Karen Rose 
Director/Writer: Julian Simpson 

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018.

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A 21st century makeover for the cult American author's only full-length work of fiction.

The only full-length work of fiction by cult American author HP Lovecraft gets a 21st century makeover by award winning UK-based writer/director Julian Simpson.

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