Case of Charles Dexter Ward

It''s 1928. Charles Dexter Ward has escaped his mental asylum after having lived a privileged life on Rhode Island. When a doctor is sent to investigate his cell he finds a disturbing obsession with his ill-reputed ancestor and doppelganger, Joseph Curwen.

Joseph Curwen is bad news; an aristocrat, a magician and a murderer. When Charles attempts to resurrect Curwen, he risks his own doom and that ...