The Whisperer in Darkness: Episode 4

The Lovecraft Investigations

BBC

Fiction, Drama

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 38 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 Four Heawood secretively embarks upon a new investigation whilst Kennedy looks into the Rendlesham incident through Walter Brown's eyes. Did Henry carry out his own version of a Babalon Working?

Cast:

Kennedy Fisher………….………………Jana Carpenter Matthew Heawood………………...…..Barnaby Kay Eleanor Peck…………….……........….Nicola Walker Albert Wilmarth…………………………Mark Bazeley Henry Akeley……………………………..David Calder Mystery woman……………..............Nicola Stephenson Ben/Man/Cop……………………....……Ben Crowe Male voice……................……………Ferdinand Kingsley Tania/Maria……………...............……Gabrielle Glaister Contact…………..................…….….Steven Mackintosh Walter Brown……….…..........……….Karl Johnson 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.
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. What happened to Mary Glasgow?
0:33.5	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:36.7	Wednesday the 15th of May. It's coming up to a quarter past six in the evening.
0:43.0	I was out most of the day.
0:44.6	When I got home, I knew someone had been in the house.
0:48.3	Again, they hadn't taken anything that I could see.
0:53.1	But the radio was back on, and some things on
0:55.6	the desk could be moved around just a little bit, but just enough that I could tell.
1:01.4	I wonder if they'd do that on purpose, so that I know that they've been here.
1:07.9	The doors and windows are all warranted, and the proximity gizm on the front door didn't register anyone coming in, but they were here.
1:16.6	I don't know how they get past the wards.
1:20.6	I've seen that black car again a few times over the last few days.
1:25.6	But once it was parked outside the church, I'm worried about Wilmoth.
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