The Lovecraft Investigations

The Lovecraft Investigations is a supernatural audio drama podcast based on the works of the late American author H. P. Lovecraft. Created, written, and directed by Julian Simpson, it was produced by Karen Rose and Sweet Talk Productions, and released in four series between January 2019 and October 2023 The Lovecraft Investigations at Wikipedia.
==Premise==
The Lovecraft Investigations follows two podcasters, Matt Heawood and Kennedy Fisher (Barnaby Kay and Jana Carpenter, respectively), co-hosts of the true-crime podcast Mystery Machine, as they stumble across and subsequently investigate a far-reaching conspiracy involving many elements of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Each series revolves around the events of a particular H. P. Lovecraft story, with the events, characters, and locations updated to reflect a modern setting. Heawood and Fisher find themselves directly embroiled in the events of each story while conducting their investigations, and each story has been adapted to be intrinsically connected to the others; also, some of the characters are later revealed to possess some direct connections to the events through their family histories.
==Characters==
In addition to the main characters listed below, the show features a large supporting cast, comprising antagonists, expert advisors, eyewitnesses, and shadowy government agents, amongst many others.
*Matt Heawood (played by Barnaby Kay), British co-host of the Mystery Machine podcast specialising in the research aspects of the work.
*Kennedy Fisher (played by Jana Carpenter), American co-host of the Mystery Machine who works as the podcast's field investigator.
*Dr. Eleanor Peck (played by Nicola Walker), introduced as a teacher with a particular interest in the history of the supernatural, Dr. Peck later becomes the podcast's primary advisor on occult matters. She is hinted at being the Department agent Marie Lairre in the final episode of series 4.
==Series==
The Lovecraft Investigations ran for a total of four series between January 2019 and October 2023 , with each series based on and named after particular Lovecraft story. These series are:
*Series 1: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (January 2019)
*Series 2: The Whisperer in Darkness (November 2019)
*Series 3: The Shadow Over Innsmouth (November 2020)
*Series 4: The Haunter of the Dark (October 2023)
As of July 2023, it is uncertain whether the show will return for a fifth season Blog post by Julian Simpson.
==Links to Other Media==
The Lovecraft Investigations is connected to Mythos, another supernatural podcast series created by Julian Simpson, through "The Department", a secretive British government agency dedicated to combatting supernatural threats (later disbanded), and the character of Marie Lairre, a former Department agent implied to having undergone voluntary memory erasure in order to conduct a deep-cover assignment .
==External Links==
*The Lovecraft Investigations on BBC iPlayer
*Blog post by Julian Simpson on the creation and development of The Lovecraft Investigations
==References==
Category:Lovecraft Circle Audio Adaptations
Category:Julian Simpson works