The Whisperer in Darkness: Episode 7
The Lovecraft Investigations
BBC
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
The Whisperer in Darkness
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 Seven Heawood and Kennedy are up against the clock, as whatever plot Henry believed he was trying to stop reaches its conclusion.
Cast:
Kennedy Fisher………….………………Jana Carpenter Matthew Heawood………………...….Barnaby Kay Albert Wilmarth…………………………Mark Bazeley April Marston...............................Rebekah Staton Parker..........................................Phoebe Fox Henry Akeley……………………………..David Calder Policeman/Slide……................……Ferdinand Kingsley Contact.......................................Steven Mackintosh Isabelle.......................................Nicola Stephenson Receptionist................................Gabrielle Glaister
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. The curtains were on the floor. |
| 0:24.9 | She didn't just die at her workplace. Something strange happened. |
| 0:29.9 | Assume nothing. What happened to Mary Glasgow? Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:37.0 | This story started with a man going missing from his house in the Suffolk countryside. |
| 0:42.3 | Despite all the different threads we have uncovered, the various investigative strands we've followed, |
| 0:49.3 | we still don't know where Henry Akeley is. |
| 0:53.3 | What we do now know |
| 0:55.7 | is that we have about 18 hours |
| 0:58.6 | before whatever plot Henry believed he was trying to stop |
| 1:01.7 | reaches its conclusion. |
| 1:05.8 | I'm Matthew Hayward, |
| 1:07.9 | and this |
| 1:08.7 | is the whisperer in darkness. |
| 1:21.0 | I've just arrived at Walter Brown's house to find the place swarming with cops. |
| 1:25.8 | Apparently Walter put a shotgun in his mouth and blew his brains out about three hours ago. |
| 1:30.6 | I'm keeping my distance because at some point the Ipswich police might show up, |
| 1:34.1 | and if they recognize me as the person who was with Tanya Ratcliffe when she jumped off the cliff, |
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