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The Lovecraft Investigations

Ep. 2 – The Whisperer in Darkness

The Lovecraft Investigations

BBC

Fiction, Drama

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

An unexpected phone call turns Matthew Heawood’s attention to a mystery in the gloom of Rendlesham Forest; folklore, paranormal, otherworldly? Up for debate, but fertile ground for a new investigative podcast, that’s for sure. One question still lingers, will our host be re-joined by his roaming researcher, Kennedy Fisher? The duo’s last update patched together frantic updates from Baghdad, as they pursued suspected occultists in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Very little hope lingered of solving the mystery, and maybe even less that Kennedy would return home safe… But for now, a new investigation calls. Following the success of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, Radio 4 commissions a return to this HP Lovecraft-inspired universe. Once again, the podcast embraces Lovecraft’s crypt of horror, braving the Sci-Fi stylings of The Whisperer in Darkness. Cast: Kennedy Fisher.........................Jana Carpenter Matthew Heawood....................Barnaby Kay Henry Akeley.............................David Calder Albert Wilmarth.........................Mark Bazeley Perry..........................................Robert Glenister Peniston....................................Ben Crowe Child's voice..............................Edie Simpson Producer: Karen Rose
 Director/Writer: Julian Simpson
 Sound Recordist and Designer: David Thomas Production Coordinators: Sarah Tombling & Holly Slater
 Music by Tim Elsenburg A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts Sunday the 5th of May 2019 it's about 8 o'clock

0:11.2

we're actually 807 in the evening just getting dark. They won't be coming for a while

0:19.3

yet if they come at all tonight. I won't know until I hear the dogs they can smell them

0:26.2

or sense them and they start growling and barking. I went back to the police today and

0:33.0

once again they took down all the details and said they'd look into it but they're

0:37.0

humoring me. They think I'm soft in the head. They won't do anything. So I'm leaving

0:44.0

this account of my own and I'm doing it all on a no tape machine because nothing digital

0:50.0

seems to survive proximity to my visitors. The only one I just know is Will Moth or the

1:02.1

others. I either think I'm mad or they know I'm not because they've been co-opted by these

1:07.3

things. Walter Brown watches me every time I leave the house. I think he's been trying

1:13.2

to get in that night with the others and the broadcast is back. It switches frequency

1:22.7

every few days so someone must be manipulating it. I tried to play it to Will Moth but it

1:28.8

wasn't broadcasting when he came. I'm going to record it if it comes on again. I told

1:35.5

the police about that as well and they said they'd look into it meaning that they'll do

1:40.4

nothing. I suppose I should cam myself lucky they haven't sent them many white coats

1:45.5

around. I'm going to feed the dogs and then secure the house for the night. This is Henry

1:52.6

A. Clee. May the fifth, over and out.

1:59.8

If you're just joining us I recommend you go back to episode one of this series and

2:03.7

start at the beginning. I'm not going to promise if it will all make sense but it might

2:07.6

at least give you some context for what you just heard and what comes next. At the end

2:12.6

of the last episode Kennedy Fisher and I went back into Henry A. Clee's house. Despite

2:18.8

our misgivings about the circumstances of his disappearance and his apparent connection

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