The BBC has produced a 10-part adaptation of Lovecraft’s The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. It’s set in the modern day and presented in the frame of a kind of Serial-style podcast investigating the weird disappearance of the title character. It’s not just the time frame that diverts from the original–they invent some additional layers of plot that I found very effective. If you know the story, you’ll know the core supernatural conceit, but you won’t know everything that is discovered.
Anyway, I listened to the whole thing and overall found it really well-done. Some voice actors are better than others. They don’t entirely stick the landing, but it’s still a satisfying ending. And some moments really make you forget what you’re listening to is fiction.
Yes thanks for the heads-up, totally hearing forward to this (if I make out what is being said, as I am still a newbie when it comes to the British pronounciation!).
Anyone know what’s going on with this podcast? I’ve gotten (2) one minute episodes in the last couple of weeks, but I can’t tell what the BBC is doing with the IP.
Listened to the first 3 episodes over the last 2 days, really enjoying it. Need to re-listen to all to catch all the names, etc as I tend to listen while driving and miss some details.
This was a very good season… until the end, I thought, when it wrapped up too quickly and ambiguously. They’re doing more than I expected to build a meta-plot across the multiple seasons. Not a bad thing overall, but it is one of the things that seemed to disrupt the ending of Whisperer in Darkness. Still, a lot of good performances, some chilling moments, and a good example of bringing Lovecraft to the modern day.
It’s very clear where they’re going next season: Shadow over Innsmouth.
Yeah, no idea. I thought, “Oh, maybe it’s an episode that plays pieces from the soundtrack. That could be kind of cool.” But it’s just the one track. And a noisy one, at that.
The new season of this is out! Fictional show host Kennedy Fischer is investigating her own ancestry in the New England township of [checks notes] Inns… mouth?
If you haven’t listened, besides updating Lovecraft’s stories to the modern day, they’ve also done the remarkable thing of tying them together into one big meta-arc. So if you’re looking for a high quality new podcast to enjoy, I’d start at the beginning with Charles Dexter Ward.
Timely bump. My wife and I listened to and enjoyed Dexter Ward earlier this year. My wife finished Whisperer a couple of weeks ago and I’m going through it now.
A new season is great news as I’m really enjoying the modern day podcast twist on the stories and the actors. I know what we are listening to next.
Here is the link collating all 3 series:
Personally, I listen to the podcast on the BBC Sounds app.
