The Wicked and the Dead

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The Wicked and the Dead
Big Finish Productions audio drama
SeriesDark Shadows
Release no.7
Written byEric Wallace
Directed byDarren Gross
Produced byStuart Manning
Jason Haigh-Ellery
Length68 minutes

Dark Shadows: The Wicked and the Dead is a Big Finish Productions original dramatic reading based on the long-running American horror soap opera series Dark Shadows .

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Plot

Reverend Gregory Trask has been locked up alive in the walls of Collinwood. As he descends into madness, he is visited by the ghost of Carl Collins.

Cast

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