Echoes of Insanity

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Echoes of Insanity
Big Finish Productions audio drama
SeriesDark Shadows
Release no.8
Written byD Lynn Smith
Directed byDarren Gross
Produced byStuart Manning
Jason Haigh-Ellery
Length76 minutes

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Plot

Willie Loomis has been locked up in the Windcliff Institute. He is visited by an angel who forces him to face up to his past...

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