The Lovecraft Investigations

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward: Episode 1

Jan 2, 2019
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ANECDOTE

Locked Room Mystery

  • A man disappeared from a locked room in a psychiatric hospital.
  • The police investigated but found no explanation, initially leaving the case unsolved.
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Willett's Arrest

  • The psychiatrist of the missing man, Dr. Jonathan Willett, was later imprisoned for murder in London.
  • This connection prompted the podcasters to reinvestigate the disappearance.
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Ward's Ancestry

  • Charles Dexter Ward was interested in his ancestry and felt different from his family.
  • He found his grandfather's birth certificate with a different name than expected: Joseph Curwen.
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