The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward; the only full-length work of fiction by cult American author H P Lovecraft, – Stephen King: “the twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of horror,” – gets a twenty-first century makeover by award winning UK-based writer/director Julian Simpson.

Simpson takes his cue from investigative podcasts like Serial and Tanis, presenting the story as a truly terrifying ten-part modern mystery podcast, hosted by Matthew Heawood and his roaming researcher Kennedy Fisher.

At the heart of their investigation is Charles Dexter Ward, a young man from a prominent family who is incarcerated in a locked room in a mental asylum whence he subsequently vanishes without trace.

Where did he go? Interviewing a range of people who knew him including a former teacher and a childhood friend, Kennedy and Heawood’s investigations, which have more twists than a Chubby Checker dance off, takes them across the Atlantic to Providence and New York, and finally into the heart of darkness.

Characters
Kennedy Fisher (Jana Carpenter)

Matthew Heawood (Barnaby Kay)

Ezra Whedon (Alun Armstrong)

George Shepley (Adam Godley)

Dr. Eleanor Peck (Nicola Walker)

Dr. Jonathan Willett (Mark Bazeley)

Charles Dexter Ward (Samuel Barnett, Harry Kay (younger))

Barbara Sayers (Penny Downie)

Dr. Lyman (Steven Mackintosh)

Rushmore/Maitre d’ (Madeleine Potter)

Lucy Hawthorne (Phoebe Fox)

Al Treggore (Nathan Osgood)

Sylvester Birtwhistle (Nathan Osgood)

Alice (Samantha Dakin)

Waitress (Samantha Dakin)

Akuma/Nurse (Cherrelle Skeete)

Tyler Green (Alex Lanipekun)

Amelia Fenner (Susan Jameson)

Godfrey Tillinghast (Richard Cordery)

Warden/Guard/Contact & others (Ben Crowe)