The escape continues—but freedom is far from guaranteed. In this second chapter of The Great Escape, Wilde and Houdini descend deeper into the heart of Vármegye Tower, where reality fractures and science curdles into something far stranger. Inspired by the cosmic dread of H.P. Lovecraft, this episode blends hallucinatory peril, mythic ambition, and the slow unraveling of reason. What begins as a jailbreak becomes a confrontation with forces that defy nature—and sanity.

Part 2 of a two-part arc. Best enjoyed with the lights low and ear phones.

The Midnight Dispatch is a historical fiction anthology podcast blending real people, places and events with the strange and supernatural. Season 1 reimagines the Jack the Ripper murders through the eyes of famous figures who may be more than they seem.

Written and produced by Joe Ferguson.

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