We’re back and we’re peering into wells. Perhaps it’s not unusual to find dead things in wells, but they aren’t generally this animated. Maybe the poor things would lie down and die if there was room for them to do so. Or maybe its just that gnawing hunger that keeps them going. Either way, we suppose they wouldn’t really be ye liveliest awfulness without being lively…







Main Topic: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 4







We are continuing our investigation into HP Lovecraft’s novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, heading deep into the catacombs below Pawtuxet. This section contains some of the most horrific scenes Lovecraft wrote, as well as a brief introduction to Grecian pottery. Every day is an education with Howie.







This episode brings us to the end of the story itself, but we shall return next time to discuss the various ways in which The Case of Charles Dexter Ward has been adapted for the screen, audio dramas, and Call of Cthulhu.







Links







Things we mention in this episode include:









* A Dreamer and a Visionary: HP Lovecraft in His Time by ST Joshi







* I Am Providence: The Life and Times of HP Lovecraft by ST Joshi







* Lord of a Visible World: An Autobiography in Letters by HP Lovecraft, ST Joshi, and David E Schultz







* Lovecraft and a World in Transition by ST Joshi







* The New Annotated HP Lovecraft, edited by Leslie Klinger







* “The Thing on the Doorstep” by HP Lovecraft







* Yog-Sothoth







* HP Lovecraft Historical Society reading of Lovecraft’s complete fiction, including The Case of Charles Dexter Ward







* At the Mountains of Madness by HP Lovecraft







* The Return of the Living Dead (1985)







* Dan O’Bannon







* The Resurrected (1991)









Groined ceiling







* “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” by HP Lovecraft







* “The Call of Cthulhu” by HP Lovecraft







* <a href="https://blasphemoustomes.