The Whisperer in Darkness: Episode 1

The Lovecraft Investigations

BBC

Fiction, Drama

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 30 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.

Episode One

Henry Akeley, an ex-student from Dr Eleanor Peck’s folklore and witchcraft course, has gone missing, and Heawood and Kennedy decide whether or not to investigate. But first, there are threads to tie up from their last mystery podcast 'The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward.' Cast:

Kennedy Fisher.........................Jana Carpenter Matthew Heawood....................Barnaby Kay Eleanor Peck.............................Nicola Walker Henry Akeley.............................David Calder

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

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:07.0	An abandoned psychiatric hospital.
0:10.7	As if staff had simply walked out one day and never returned.
0:14.3	And the unexplained death of a nursing assistant.
0:17.8	Mary Glasgow 35 had died when on Judy.
0:20.8	It wasn't just an altercation. The room was wrecked.
0:23.2	The curtains were on the floor.
0:24.9	She didn't just die at her workplace.
0:27.0	Something strange happened.
0:29.9	Assume nothing.
0:31.1	What happened to Mary Glasgow?
0:33.5	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:36.0	Hi, you're through to the offices of the Mystery Machine podcast.
0:39.4	We're taking a break for the moment, but we'll be checking messages, so please speak after the tone.
0:45.4	Hey, it's me. Sorry to take off without, you know, weird times.
0:51.0	Anyway, Ezra and I are in Baghdad. I know, right? But we've tracked down Melody Cartwright. She's here with Barb Sares and some other guy who's all covered in bandages. We've been watching them for a couple of days and they've mostly stayed inside their hotel, but this morning they headed out in a pickup with all their luggage and a local guide. We think they're headed up to Mosul to the ruins of Nineveh. We're going to go out after them, but I need you to get me some
1:14.0	recording equipment. luggage and a local guide. We think they're headed up to Mosul, to the ruins of Nineveh.
1:11.6	We're going to go out after them, but I need you to get me some recording equipment,
1:14.6	carried out to Mosul because my machine just gave up the ghost, and I can't find anything reliable here.
1:19.6	Call me back on this number as soon as you get this. I'm running out to meet a guide.
1:23.6	Ezra wants a word with you. Okay? Uh, I'll be back. I'll be back in an hour.
1:31.3	Mr. Hayward, it's Ezra Whedon.
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