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From ghostly phantoms to UFOs, The Battersea Poltergeist's Danny Robins investigates real-life stories of paranormal encounters.
Rebecca has lived in the same Victorian house in the seaside town of Ramsgate for her whole life. For over 30 years, members of her family have repeatedly dreamed of a little girl who bites them while they sleep. Sometimes they catch glimpses of her in the house, with a bucket and spade.
After finding the skeleton of a dog buried on their garden, they start hearing a phantom dog running around the house's corridors. Rebecca's family live happily alongside their spectral visitors, but at certain times of year a sinister male presence seems to manifest. Who are the little girl and the man, and what is the dark history of the Ramsgate house?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsResearch by Nancy BottomleyEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingFilming and editing: Robb LeechMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Thrown objects, apparent levitation, and a dead man who seems to speak through a 12-year-old girl. It can only be The Enfield Poltergeist. It's a story that made national headlines in 1977, and has caused controversy ever since. Was the phenomena genuinely paranomal, or did a 12-year-old girl somehow pull off a hoax that fooled dozens of eyewitnesses - from journalists to the police.
Danny Robins and the team look at the evidence, and talk to Graham Morris, whose iconic photographs documented activity inside the house, in a special episode recorded live at the Crossed Wires Festival in Sheffield.
Presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O'KeeffeStory sections by Victoria Lloyd & Sarah MorganResearch by Nancy BottomleyFilming and editing by SpiritlandEditing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Katherine PriddyTheme co-produced by Jennifer Ann KellerIncidental music by Evelyn SykesCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Simon Barnard and Victoria LloydA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
Peter has been experiencing strange phenomena at work - footsteps out of nowhere, motion sensors being triggered, and mugs that have been smashed in a locked room. Then his colleagues see a phantom entity in his office on a work video call. What's going on?
Ciaran O'Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow help Danny Robins sort the paranormal from the merely odd in a special episode recorded at the Hay Festival 2026.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Danny, Ciaran and Evelyn look back on the Cold Cases they covered, and catch up on stories, theories and questions sent in by the Uncanny Community. Could The Sandown Clown have been a visitor from the future? Did arsenic infused wallpaper cause the death of Scratching Fanny? And did one intrepid member of Team Believer really see Spring Heeled Jack - or something very like him - in Hyde Park in London, in 1997?
Presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O'KeeffeScript by Victoria LloydResearch by Nancy BottomleyFilming and editing by Robb LeechEditing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Katherine PriddyTheme co-produced by Jennifer Ann KellerIncidental music by Evelyn SykesCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Simon Barnard & Victoria LloydA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
Danny and the team return to Borley Rectory, where legendary ghost hunter Harry Price is also about to reopen his case files, bringing 48 researchers to investigate the increasingly violent phenomena that seem to torment everyone who spends time in the house. Kitchen implements fly through the air, rocks are thrown at the new tenants - and one of them receives horrible injuries to her face which leave her with cuts and a black eye. Borley seems to be earning its reputation as the most haunted house in England. But is Harry Price really a sceptic trying to debunk hoaxes and fakery, or a chancer looking to make a fortune?
Presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O'KeeffeStory sections by Simon Barnard & Dale ShawResearch by Nancy BottomleySpecial thanks to Sean O'Connor, author of The Haunting of Borley RectoryFilming and editing by Robb LeechEditing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Katherine PriddyTheme co-produced by Jennifer Ann KellerIncidental music by Evelyn SykesCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
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Danny and the team turn their attention to Borley Rectory, which has often been called the most haunted house in England.
It’s a sprawling, spectacular story that spans more than 60 years and features mysterious messages scrawled on the walls, unexplained noises, and at least one phantom nun.
The house became a noted paranormal hotspot soon after it was built in 1862, and was made famous by legendary ghost hunter Harry Price. But was he a meticulous paranormal researcher, or a showman who couldn't resist gilding the lily? And does the truth about Borley lie in the supernatural, or in the all-too-human stories of the families who lived there?
Presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O'KeeffeStory sections by Simon Barnard and Dale ShawResearch by Nancy BottomleySpecial thanks to Sean O'Connor, author of The Haunting of Borley RectoryFilming and editing by Robb LeechEditing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Katherine PriddyTheme co-produced by Jennifer Ann KellerIncidental music by Evelyn SykesCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
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Danny and the team travel back to Canada in the 1870s to investigate the Great Amherst Mystery - one of the most famous and perplexing paranormal cases to come to light during the Golden Age of Spiritualism.
18 year old Esther Cox is the centre of a series of inexplicable, possibly paranormal events - phantom knocking, ghostly messages, and a series of spontaneous fires that start inside the walls of her house.
But is she the victim of a possible paranormal entity, or the mastermind of a devious hoax?
Presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O'KeeffeStory sections by Sarah MorganResearch by Nancy BottomleyFilming and editing by Robb LeechEditing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Katherine PriddyTheme co-produced by Jennifer Ann KellerIncidental music by Evelyn SykesCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Simon Barnard and Victoria LloydA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Creepy texts, a ghastly apparition, and a stuffed rabbit with a box cutter.
Danny and the team dip back into the story of the South Shields poltergeist - the first big paranormal case of the digital age.
As the bizarre and terrifying events plaguing a young family in the coastal town of South Shields escalate, Danny and his experts must weigh the evidence. Could there be a rational explanation for what's happening - or is something far stranger at work?
Presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O'KeeffeStory sections by Victoria LloydResearch by Nancy BottomleyFilming and editing by Robb LeechEditing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Katherine PriddyTheme co-produced by Jennifer Ann KellerIncidental music by Evelyn SykesCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
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This week Danny and the team investigate the first big paranormal case of the digital age - the South Shields poltergeist.
It's a disturbing and well-documented possible poltergeist haunting, where a young family in the coastal town of South Shields are beset by a series of bizarre and sometimes terrifying events.
Is someone trying to frighten them, or could they be in real danger from something that's harder to explain?
Presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O'KeeffeStory sections by Victoria LloydResearch by Nancy BottomleyFilming and editing by Robb LeechEditing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Katherine PriddyTheme co-produced by Jennifer Ann KellerIncidental music by Evelyn SykesCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
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Danny Robins and the team unpack a terrifying mystery that has remained unsolved for almost 200 years - Spring-heeled Jack.
The demonic character stalked the streets of Victorian England at night, reportedly slashing his victims with sharp claws, breathing blue-white fire, and evading the police by making impossible leaps over rooftops.
But was he a real person, a supernatural entity, or the product of mass hysteria?
Presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O’KeeffeStory sections by Tom NeenanResearch by Nancy Bottomley and John WestFilming and editing by Robb LeechEditing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Katherine PriddyTheme co-produced by Jennifer Ann KellerIncidental music by Evelyn SykesCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
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It’s the mid-19th century, and HMS Asp is on a routine mission charting the British coastline for the Royal Navy. But strange sounds and a ghostly apparition unsettle the crew, far away from the safety of shore. As fear spreads among the men whispers of a haunting take hold.
Is this the strain of isolation playing tricks on the mind? Do the crew have cabin fever - or could someone, or something, be moving below decks?
Danny Robins investigates, with Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaràn O'Keeffe.
Presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O’KeeffeStory sections by Victoria LloydResearch by Nancy Bottomley and John WestFilming and editing by Robb LeechEditing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Katherine PriddyTheme co-produced by Jennifer Ann KellerIncidental music by Evelyn SykesCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
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Spring 1973, the Isle of Wight, and two young children have an truly weird encounter.
In marshland near Sandown Airport they meet a 7-foot creature with a yellow hat, three-fingered hands, and triangles for eyes.
He calls himself ‘All Colours Sam’. Was Sam an otherworldly visitor, or merely the product of a child’s imagination? And is there any connection to an epidemic of UFO sightings over the Isle of Wight at the same time?
The truth is out there - Danny, Ciaran and Evelyn investigate.
Presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O’KeeffeStory sections by Simon BarnardResearch by Ryan Whalen and Nancy BottomleyFilming and editing by Robb LeechEditing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Katherine PriddyTheme co-produced by Jennifer Ann KellerIncidental music by Evelyn SykesCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
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What happens when a ghost accuses someone of murder? Danny Robins and team investigate a haunting that rocked Georgian London.
Two dead wives, a man facing the gallows, and a possible ghost that seems hellbent on justice. But is it genuinely paranormal? That’s what Danny, and resident experts Dr Ciaran O’Keefe and Evelyn Hollow intend to find out.
Presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O’KeeffeStory sections by Joel Morris and Will MacleanResearch by Nancy Bottomley and John WestFilming and editing by Robb LeechEditing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Katherine PriddyTheme co-produced by Jennifer Ann KellerIncidental music by Evelyn SykesCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
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Danny Robins has a close encounter with the original alien abduction case.
On a quiet night in 1961, Barney and Betty Hill are driving home through New Hampshire when they see something in the sky that will change their lives forever. What they recount is a series of experiences so strange that even sceptics struggle to explain them - from missing time to vivid, seemingly impossible memories of an encounter with beings who may not be human.
Dr Ciaran O’Keefe and Evelyn Hollow are on hand as ever to help make sense of what might really have happened. It’s the OG alien abduction story - but what do the team make of it, 60 years later?
Presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O’KeeffeStory sections by Joel Morris and Will MacleanResearch by Nancy Bottomley and John WestFilming and editing by Robb LeechEditing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Katherine PriddyTheme co-produced by Jennifer Ann KellerIncidental music by Evelyn SykesCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
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Danny Robins' historical investigation into a poltergeist in 1960s Pontefract continues.
Mr Nobody has been getting the blame for everything from floating candlesticks, to teeth marks left in sandwiches, but things are about to take a darker turn. As events escalate, one member of the family finds themselves in genuine physical danger - but is it from something paranormal, or something much closer to home?
Resident experts Dr Ciaran O’Keefe and Evelyn Hollow are on hand to weigh the evidence, test theories, and guide listeners through the chilling conclusion to Britain’s most infamous poltergeist tale.
Presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O’KeeffeStory sections by Joel Morris and Will MacleanResearch by Nancy Bottomley and John WestFilming and editing by Robb LeechEditing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Katherine PriddyTheme co-produced by Jennifer Ann KellerIncidental music by Evelyn SykesCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
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Danny Robins investigates a potential poltergeist haunting in the very first episode of Uncanny Cold Cases, a new series investigating some of the spookiest paranormal events ever documented. The series kicks off with a two-part story that’s been called Britain's most violent ever poltergeist case - The Black Monk of Pontefract.
When the Pritchard family move into 30 East Drive in Pontefract, doors slam, objects fly, and the family quickly realise they're not alone in the house. They call the mischievous entity Mr Nobody. Is something supernatural stalking the Pritchards? Or can the team find a more straightforward explanation?
Presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O’KeeffeStory sections by Joel Morris and Will MacleanResearch by Nancy Bottomley and John WestFilming and editing by Robb LeechEditing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Katherine PriddyTheme co-produced by Jennifer Ann KellerIncidental music by Evelyn SykesCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
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Danny Robins and paranormal experts, hardcore sceptic Dr Ciaran O’Keeffe and writer and parapsychologist Evelyn Hollow, will tackle the nation's most thrilling historical hauntings.
They’ll explore classic cases like ghost hunter Harry Price’s investigation into Borley Rectory, and Britain’s 'most violent poltergeist', The Black Monk of Pontefract, plus some lesser-known gems from the paranormal archives - such as the Sandown Clown on the Isle of Wight, and America’s original UFO abduction story, the Barney and Betty Hill Incident.
If you have a case you'd like us to investigate, email uncanny@bbc.co.uk
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A family renovating an old house stumble upon a priest hole, a hidden chamber where Catholic priests took refuge in Elizabethan times.
But the strange discovery seems to signal a change in the atmosphere of the house. Has uncovering the priest hole unleashed something else?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Ben Machell and Dan SnowEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Danny Robins unpacks a Christmas hamper of horror with ghost fan Diane Morgan, star of Motherland, After Life and Philomena Cunk. Diane relates several of her own terrifying encounters with the paranormal, and crosses swords with sceptic Dr Ciaran O’Keeffe as they hear supernatural real-life stories from Uncanny listeners.
Written and presented by Danny Robins Experts: Diane Morgan and Ciaran O'KeeffeEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by: Lanterns on the LakeProduced by: Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
Danny Robins takes a deep dive into all the cases so far this series, with new leads, new witnesses and listeners' questions and theories.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Solicitor Kate upends her rural life in Yorkshire to move into her new partner’s house in London, but before long her new metropolitan existence is blighted by disturbing, seemingly inexplicable phenomena.
Seeking escape, she goes on holiday - but the strange occurrences just seem to follow her. Is it the house, or Kate herself, who is haunted?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Callum Cooper and Kate CherrellEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Danny brings you the creme de la creepy creme of audience stories from the Uncanny live tour.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O'KeeffeEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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1997, and a group of disaffected teenage goths move into a shared house in Newcastle, embracing the macabre and melancholic goth lifestyle. But when you look into the darkness, sometimes it looks back…
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Alasdair Beckett-King and Evelyn HollowEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Hitch a ride with Danny Robins as he explores supernatural sightings on Britain's roads. Vivid, deeply strange and often terrifying, roadside apparitions and phantom hitchhikers are some of the most frequently reported paranormal phenomena. But can they be explained?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Ian Simmons and Ciaran O'KeeffeEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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- Terry and his friend Toby are serving at a United States Air Force base in Missouri. One weekend Toby suggests they go camping just across the Arkansas border, at Devil's Den State Park. What happens that night will change Terry and Toby’s lives forever.
Danny Robins attempts to make sense of a bizarre encounter and a secret that stayed buried for 40 years. With guest experts psychologist Nilufar Ahmed and podcaster Andy McGrillen, author of Atlas of Unidentified Flying Objects.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Nilufar Ahmed and Andy McGrillenEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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12-year-old Louise lives with her mum in a remote house on the Yorkshire moors. They’re plagued by terrifying and seemingly inexplicable phenomena, but Louise’s mum resolutely refuses talk about it, and warns her not to tell anyone else. Events escalate, until even her mother can’t ignore what's happening. Who, or what, is living in the house with them?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Bridget Christie and Peter LawsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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A special hour-long live investigation recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre for Halloween. Virginia moves to a quiet street in the city of Bath with her young family. A series of strange events cause her to doubt her own sanity, until an exchange with a neighbour reveals that she's not the only one experiencing scary occurrences...
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Danny Robins is joined by paranormal experts Ciaran O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow for a special episode, recorded live at the Hay Festival 2025, featuring brand new cases to chill your spine this summer. Are you Team Believer or Team Sceptic? How do we explain them?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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After his terrifying night in the Torrelaguna house, Andy's companions admit he’s not the only one to have experienced odd occurrences.
In Part 2 of the Uncanny Summer Special, Danny Robins unravels the unsettling past of the old house - drawing us into the fascinating, dark history of Spain’s Civil War past and family secrets that refuse to stay buried.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Former soldier Andy heads to a tiny medieval town in central Spain to meet a group of friends for a fun biking holiday. But the old house in which they’re staying has a strange, uncomfortable atmosphere. And when Andy witnesses something indescribably nightmarish one night, the house’s dark secrets come tumbling out…
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Danny Robins hosts the visualised podcast for real-life supernatural encounters.
Emily’s Room is the story of Angela, who moves with her young family into a new dream house – where something terrifying apparently lurks.
Angela feels a strange sense of presence and her daughter Emily claims to see the ghost of a little girl and an old man in her bedroom. When a babysitter also seemingly witnesses this presence, things all start to feel very real – three pet hamsters are found dead, laid out in the very same place in the hall and Emily is seemingly pushed down the stairs – by, she claims, the Old Man.
Danny delves deeper into Angela's story in this extended podcast episode, uncovering fresh evidence, new leads and surprising revelations about this case.
Assisting Danny in his search for answers are principal witness Angela; regular paranormal experts Dr Ciarán O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow; and actor, writer and celebrity guest expert Charlie Cooper.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Ciaran O'KeeffeSpecial guest: Charlie CooperEditing and sound design: Nick Price and Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Gazelle TwinProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Danny Robins hosts the visualised podcast for real-life supernatural encounters.
Shadow Man is the story of Julian, and his multiple encounters over many years with a tall dark figure with no face.
Julian loses his father when he’s a young child, and his mother when he’s a teenager, and the appearance of the terrifying shadow figure and other strange events seem bound up with his grief. But why then is the Shadow Man also seen by so many other people in his life, and in so many places?
Danny Robins delves deeper into Julian's story in this extended podcast episode, uncovering fresh evidence, new leads and surprising revelations about this case.
Assisting Danny in his search for answers are regular paranormal experts Dr Ciarán O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow, who discuss the strange story of Shadow Man; witness Julian, who reveals more of his chilling encounters; and comedian and celebrity guest expert Bridget Christie, who shares her take on the story.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Ciaran O'KeeffeSpecial guest: Bridget ChristieEditing and sound design: Nick Price and Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Gazelle TwinProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Danny Robins hosts the visualised podcast for real-life supernatural encounters.
The Charity Shop Poltergeist is the story of Sybil, the manager of a charity shop in the home counties. Sybil and her fellow workers feel and hear a strange presence, objects seemingly move by themselves, and the apparition of a man is seen by staff and customers. Who is the presence that seemingly haunts the shop?
Danny Robins delves deeper into Sybil's story in this extended podcast episode, uncovering fresh evidence, new leads and intriguing revelations about this case.
Assisting Danny in his search for answers are regular paranormal experts Dr Ciarán O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow, who’ll further analyse the charity shop’s unsettling poltergeist activity; witnesses Sybil and Sophie, to share more frightening stories from their time working at the shop; and celebrity guest expert and Uncanny superfan Meera Syal, who’ll reveal her stand-out moments from the episode.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Ciaran O'KeeffeSpecial guest: Meera SyalEditing and sound design: Nick Price and Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Gazelle TwinProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Danny Robins hosts the visualised podcast for real-life supernatural encounters.
Danny Robins delves deeper into the haunting of Hollymount Farm in this extended podcast episode, uncovering fresh evidence, new leads and revelations about this chilling case. It's a case so intriguing and frightening, it demands further discussion. Is it genuine paranormal activity, or could there be a scientific explanation behind it all?
Assisting Danny in his search for answers are celebrity guest and Ghosts actor Kiell Smith-Bynoe, to discuss the stand-out moments in the episode; regular paranormal experts Dr Ciarán O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow, who further analyse the farm’s unsettling poltergeist activity; and witness Liam, who adds additional insights into this dark and disturbing story.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Evelyn Hollow and Ciaran O'KeeffeSpecial guest: Kiell Smith-BynoeEditing and sound design: Nick Price and Charlie Brandon-KingTheme music by Gazelle TwinProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Danny Robins hosts the visualised podcast for real-life supernatural encounters.
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Horror aficionado and creator of Inside Number 9 Reece Shearsmith joins Danny to discuss some brand-new listener cases, recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall at UncannyCon, a day-long festival devoted to all things supernatural.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Christmas 1973, and two young climbers experienced the most terrifying night of their lives in a bothy in the Scottish mountains. The events that took place that night would haunt one of those young men, Phil, for the rest of his life.
In 2021, Phil told Danny Robins his story, and it became one of the most popular episodes of Uncanny to date. Now, for this special Christmas episode and five decades on from Phil’s original experience, Danny is strapping on his rucksack and heading for the Highlands, to take Phil back to where it all happened.
Is whatever haunted Luibeilt still there? Will Danny survive the night?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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For the last of our chilling Halloween episodes, we return to Meadow Cottage for the gripping second half of this brand new investigation into a terrifying haunting in the Lake District that spanned two decades.
As Helen’s young son Jake grows up, events take an even more sinister turn. What is going on in that house?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingVoice of old lady: Ruth SillersMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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A brand new case for Halloween. Helen, her husband and baby son move into a 200 year-old house in the Lake District. At first all is fine, but one October morning they open their front door to find a pile of small stones on their doorstep.
The odd incident sets into motion a series of terrifying events that lasts for the next 18 years…
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeProduction manager: Tam ReynoldsCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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A special Halloween episode full of new cases to investigate. Danny is joined by Evelyn Hollow and guest expert, celebrated writer and comedian Stewart Lee, a lover of ghost stories and weird folklore. Can they explain these strange real-life stories of the paranormal?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeProduction manager: Tam ReynoldsCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Give us two minutes a day and we’ll give you a spooky scare. Every day in October, Danny Robins will release a brand new bite-size tale of terror - real-life ghost stories hand-picked from the Uncanny inbox.
We’ll hear stories of haunted houses, hotels and hospitals; of terrifying encounters with spectral soldiers, creepy children and hounds from hell: every one sent in by listeners to the podcast.
Countdown with Danny, and then get ready for some very special Halloween surprises..!
Written and presented by Danny RobinsAssistant producer and researcher: Lara MonahanResearcher: Nancy BottomleyEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeProduction manager: Tam ReynoldsCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Every day in October, Danny Robins will release a brand new bite-sized tale of terror - real-life ghost stories hand-picked from the Uncanny inbox. Countdown with Danny, and then get ready for some very special Halloween surprises...
Written and presented by Danny RobinsAssistant producer and researcher: Lara MonahanResearcher: Nancy BottomleyEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeProduction manager: Tam ReynoldsCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Every day in October, Danny Robins will release a brand new bite-size tale of terror - real-life ghost stories hand-picked from the Uncanny inbox. Countdown with Danny, and then get ready for some very special Halloween surprises!
Written and presented by Danny RobinsAssistant producer and researcher: Lara MonahanResearcher: Nancy BottomleyEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeProduction manager: Tam ReynoldsCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Give us two minutes a day and we’ll give you a spooky scare. Every day in October, Danny Robins will release a brand new bite-size tale of terror - real-life ghost stories hand-picked from the Uncanny inbox.
We’ll hear stories of haunted houses, hotels and hospitals; of terrifying encounters with spectral soldiers, creepy children and hounds from hell: every one sent in by listeners to the podcast.
Countdown with Danny, and then get ready for some very special Halloween surprises!
Written and presented by Danny RobinsAssistant producer and researcher: Lara MonahanResearcher: Nancy BottomleyEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeProduction manager: Tam ReynoldsCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Every day in October, Danny Robins will release a brand new bite-sized tale of terror - real-life ghost stories hand-picked from the Uncanny inbox
When Danny gets a call from his old friend Sarah describing a terrifying experience she had at her cousin Kerrie’s house, it leads him to Montecito, California, a beautiful coastal enclave, home to celebrities such as Oprah and Harry and Meghan. Kerrie grew up living opposite cantankerous old neighbour Arthur, and when he dies, Kerrie buys the cottage. It’s everything you could want from a home, except for one thing - Arthur is seemingly still there, and he doesn’t like Kerrie living in his house. Can Kerrie make peace with him?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Christopher French and Jeff BelangerEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeScript editor: Dale ShawDevelopment producer: Sarah PattenProduction manager: Tam ReynoldsCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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On 1st September 1969, multiple witnesses see lights in the sky above Massachusetts. Some of those witnesses, all of them children at the time, subsequently claim to have been abducted. What really happened that night?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Nick Pope and Benjamin RadfordEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeDevelopment producer: Sarah PattenProduction manager: Tam ReynoldsCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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A double bill of two haunting and intriguing new cases. An emergency responder in rural Maine receives an impossible 911 call, and a Kansas funeral home where the dead won't stay dead.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Nilufar Ahmed and Morgan KnudsenEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeScript editor: Dale ShawDevelopment producer: Sarah PattenProduction manager: Tam ReynoldsCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Myke is visited by a nightmarish apparition as a child. The experience is so troubling that he is haunted afterwards by vivid memories of what he saw that night. But as Myke grows older, he begins to wonder why the apparition appeared to him. Could the answer lie in the house they lived in?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExpert: Ciaran O'KeeffeEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeScript editor: Dale ShawDevelopment producer: Sarah PattenProduction manager: Tam ReynoldsCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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In this special case update, Danny unpacks your questions and theories about the series so far, from voodoo spirits and mangy bears to rude microwaves. And we meet a brand-new witness.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeDevelopment producer: Sarah PattenProduction manager: Tam ReynoldsCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Alaskan huntsman Fred and his cousin and uncle are trapped in a cabin in the Alaskan wilderness, seemingly surrounded by terrifying creatures, resembling the local folk stories about Bigfoot or “the Hairy Man”. Can they escape with their lives?
Also, Danny ventures to Humboldt County, site of some of America’s most famous alleged Bigfoot sightings, to talk to resident Native Americans about their ancient beliefs in these creatures and their own experiences. Is this a great American myth or could there really be a secret, undetected species living in the USA?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Deborah Hyde and Lyle BlackburnEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeScript editor: Dale ShawDevelopment producer: Sarah PattenProduction manager: Tam ReynoldsCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Tribal elder Fred and his cousin and uncle are travelling through the Alaskan wilderness when they are surrounded in their cabin by terrifying creatures resembling the “Hairy Man” legend they were always warned about as kids.
As Fred recounts the terrifying story of what happens next, Danny Robins wonders if this story could hold the answer to one of America’s most enduring mysteries – the legend of Bigfoot.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Deborah Hyde and Lyle BlackburnEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeScript editor: Dale ShawDevelopment producer: Sarah PattenProduction manager: Tam ReynoldsCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Lisa and her young family build their dream home in rural Missouri. Before they’ve even unpacked, strange events begin. Lights switch themselves on each night, footsteps echo around empty rooms, objects move by themselves.
As events escalate, is Lisa imagining things or is someone living there alongside them? And how can a brand-new house be haunted?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Ciaran O’Keeffe and Jim HaroldEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeScript editor: Dale ShawDevelopment producer: Sarah PattenProduction manager: Tam ReynoldsCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Wendy’s father Harry was a British Spitfire pilot during World War II who moved to Texas to work in espionage. When he becomes ill with cancer, he promises Wendy that if there is life after death, he will reach out to her. This isn’t that comforting, their relationship has always been difficult - Harry used many of the espionage techniques he was schooled in to control and monitor Wendy, like a real-life version of Robert De Niro’s character in Meet the Parents.
When Harry dies, Wendy moves into his house in Austin and then… her Dad’s phone begins to ring by itself. It's disconnected, what's happening is impossible, so is this Harry reaching out? And what will it take to make him let go?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: Cal Cooper and Jeff BelangerEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeScript editor: Dale ShawDevelopment producer: Sarah PattenProduction manager: Tam ReynoldsCommissioning executive: Paula McDonnellCommissioning editor: Rhian RobertsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Marcus loves visiting his eccentric Aunt Jean, the black sheep of a very religious family. She runs a witch shop in New Orleans, selling spells, candles and Ouija boards. When Aunt Jean tragically dies in Hurricane Katrina, drowned in the basement of her own flat, her possessions end up at Marcus’s granddad’s house in South Georgia.
One night Marcus and his cousin dig them out and find her prized Ouija board. What will happen if they try to make contact with her? The answer, it turns out, is that all hell breaks loose.
Danny heads to Georgia to meet Marcus and hears about the most terrifying night of his life.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeScript editor: Dale ShawProduction manager: Tamara Shilham Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Danny will be criss-crossing America, from New York to New Orleans, to interview witnesses about experiences that seem to defy logical explanation, with help from a new team of US paranormal experts and sceptics.
Danny Robins looks back at Season 3 and answers your questions and theories, and we hear some incredible new evidence and witness testimony.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Daisy May Cooper believes her house is haunted. Three years ago, the award-winning actress and writer moved to a new-build house in the Cotswolds, but within weeks odd events start to trouble Daisy and her family: phantom footsteps, objects moving by themselves and ghostly apparitions. Now she’s called on the help of Danny to investigate. Will he survive the night in Daisy’s haunted house?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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1989, and Anne moves to a new house in a new town with her husband and baby. Life seems unremarkable, until one day she’s prodded in the back and hears a refined voice in her ear… but there’s no-one there.
It happens again, and then again. Is Anne's imagination getting the better of her? Or does something want her attention?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesScript editor: Dale ShawTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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An Uncanny double bill, featuring two cases that will chill and perplex. The first features a bizarre, impossible experience on a family day out in Newcastle, the second, a life-changing moment for an unwell woman in Coventry.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Christmas 1982, and 6-year-old Elton loves playing with his younger sister's present, a toy telephone. But joy turns to fear when it starts ringing by itself.
Can an object really be haunted? Or is something unseen playing with the telephone?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesScript edtor: Dale ShawTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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1986, and three art students move into digs in Waterford, Ireland. But they discover the house seemingly disapproves of visitors, reacting to talk of student parties with lights flickering and cupboard doors banging. It’s funny at first, but not for long…
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Danny explores your theories and questions about the Uncanny TV specials - Miss Howard, The Bearpark Poltergeist and The Oxford Exorcism - and we hear brand-new new evidence.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Actor and writer Laurence Rickard, who plays caveman Robin in the BBC sitcom Ghosts, picks his favourite classic Uncanny episode.
Retired policeman Alan Godfrey tells us the story of the case that has obsessed him for his whole life. When Alan tries to solve a weird and seemingly impossible murder in the small northern town of Todmorden, it leads to a bizarre UFO sighting and then a strange and sinister government cover up that ends up affecting Alan’s life.
Danny Robins explores if there is real evidence of extra-terrestrial visits to Earth. Did Alan genuinely have an alien encounter and, if not, why were the real-life ‘men in black’ from the government so interested?
Written and presented by Danny RobinsExperts: David Clarke and Colin LyallEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Writer and actress Daisy May Cooper picks her favourite classic Uncanny episode.
Christmas 1974, and two young climbers stumble across an abandoned house in the Scottish mountains. It’s a bothy - a safe shelter for hunters and climbers out in the wilds of the highlands. But Phil and Jimmy are about to experience the most terrifying night of their lives, alone in the middle of nowhere.
Is a violent spirit determined to drive them out into the freezing night? Years later, Phil tells Danny Robins his story and about how he researched the house, discovering others had had similar experiences there. What's going on? Danny investigates.
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Actor and writer Reece Shearsmith chooses his favourite classic episode of Uncanny.
When a spirit called Harry makes contact via a Ouija board, student Will thinks his friends are playing a joke. But then Harry starts calling him…
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Tim moves from London to a 16th century coaching house in Cornwall, to find it already occupied by a long-dead previous owner - Uncle Jack.
Tim and his partner quickly adjust to the constant noise of Jack's spectral footsteps jumping from the upstairs window. But then one night, things change…
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeScript editor: Dale ShawProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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16-year-old Sarah moves to a new house in North Wales, and every night wakes to see a man standing at the end of her bed, accompanied by a terrible feeling of intense sadness. She thinks it’s a dream, but then realises she’s not the only one to see him…
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme music by Lanterns on the LakeScript editor: Dale ShawProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Danny answers your questions and theories about Season 2, and reveals some startling new evidence. And we have some big news about Season 3...
Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the Lake
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Two adventurers delve deep into the myth, legend and reality of the mysterious creature that’s said to roam the Himalayas. This documentary series from BBC Radio 4 follows amateur yeti enthusiasts Andrew Benfield and Richard Horsey as they travel across the mountain range searching for evidence that the yeti might actually exist. Available on BBC Sounds now.
Strange and terrifying events occur at a family wedding in rural France… and back in England, things escalate even further. Has a paranormal entity followed the family home?
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Script editor: Simon Jacobs Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Danny Robins is joined by writer and broadcaster David Baddiel and paranormal expert Evelyn Hollow for this special episode, recorded live at the Hay Festival 2023.
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
When a spirit called Harry makes contact via a Ouija board, student Will thinks his friends are playing a joke. But then Harry starts calling him…
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Two 17-year-olds from Northern Ireland win the chance to go on a study trip along the River Loire in France. But what happens to them there will haunt them even 40 years later. Did they really have a brush with the devil?Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeScript assistant: Leo DunlopProduced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Kitty moves into her new partner’s house, a former Victorian cobblers shop in the North West of England... but someone else is already living there with him. Someone who doesn't want her there. Someone who isn't alive.Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeScript editor: Simon JacobsProduced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
The Rendlesham Incident is the most famous and controversial case in British UFO history, a story riddled with claims and counterclaims. Danny Robins talks to one of the original witnesses and tries to piece together just what happened back in December 1980 at a US airbase in Suffolk.Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeScript editor: Dale ShawProduced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Matthew, a soldier in the Irish Defence Forces, always had a difficult relationship with his grandmother, right up until her death. So can it really be her spirit who saves him from dying in the years that follow?Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeScript assistant: Leo DunlopProduced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Danny is joined by actor and presenter Laura Whitmore and Uncanny expert Ciaran O'Keeffe to discuss some brand-new listener cases, recorded live at the first-ever Uncanny Fan Convention, a day-long festival devoted to all things supernatural. Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeProduced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Danny returns once more to Alanbrooke Hall in Belfast, and the supernatural saga of Room 611. He’s joined by former Queens University students Ken and Gary Foster to talk about the case. Recorded live at UncannyCon 2023.Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeProduced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
As the poltergeist activity ramps up dramatically, the family resort to desperate measures. Can they survive living with a vengeful poltergeist? Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeScript assistant: Leo DunlopProduced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
James moves with his parents to a new house, but the family are swiftly plunged into a maelstrom of terrifying, violent poltergeist activity which will tear the family apart. Could this be the scariest Uncanny episode yet? Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeScript assistant: Leo DunlopProduced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Danny Robins returns with a brand new season of Uncanny. Homeless, 19-year-old Marie gets a job at a working monastery in the North of England. Night after night, she hears the sound of a young boy crying in an adjacent room, but there's no-one there. What is the dark secret of Room 3? Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeScript assistant: Leo DunlopProduced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Uncanny is back... and in Season 2 Danny will continue to explore listeners' chilling tales of the paranormal, encompassing everything from poltergeists to cryptids to UFOs
Danny meets actor, writer and Uncanny fan Mark Gatiss, for this very special live episode, recorded at the London Podcast Festival 2022. The pair discuss their mutual passion for ghosts, and investigate some new real-life stories of the paranormal.Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeProduced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
It’s the season for ghost stories, and Danny Robins is back with another real-life tale of the paranormal in this special Uncanny episode that sees a family Christmas turned upside down.A young child and his mother share a council house in a Scottish village, but as objects start to inexplicably move they get the feeling that they are not alone. Who is the mysterious presence haunting their dreams? The roots of the answer lie in something that happened years before and is utterly terrifying... Written and presented by Danny RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeProduced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Danny Robins introduces his new podcast about the haunting of a remote Welsh farmhouse that has been called Britain's most haunted house.
Danny is joined by an actual Ghost - Laurence Rickard, who plays caveman Robin in the hit BBC sitcom Ghosts - for a special crossover episode. Laurence reveals the supernatural inspirations for the show, and tells Danny about his own real-life paranormal experiences.
You can also listen to Inside Ghosts, the companion podcast to the BBC hit show Ghosts, taking listeners behind-the-scenes on the brilliant new series. Each week Nathan Bryon, who plays Obi in the series, is joined by the Ghosts themselves to chat through the twists and turns of each episode, and to focus in on a particular Ghost each week.
Presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Simon Barnard
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The third part of this unholy trinity of Summer special episodes. Danny Robins is joined by paranormal experts Ciaran O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow, his co-stars on Uncanny and The Battersea Poltergeist, for an exciting live episode, recorded at the Hay Festival 2022.
They bring Uncanny’s thrills and chills to a live audience, with a selection of all-new true-life supernatural encounters and a deep-dive on some of the strange phenomena discussed in the series.
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Danny returns once more to Newfoundland, Canada and the family holiday from hell, as we hear from a new witness to the terrifying events of that night in the summer of 1998 – Scott’s Dad, Brian.
It turns out Scott and his brother were not the only family members to be menaced by a seemingly malevolent supernatural force. What happened in the rest of that lonely seaside guest house is bizarre, frightening and shocking. Talking to Brian and Scott, Danny tries to piece together the pieces of the puzzle to find out what really happened.
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Uncanny is back, with a brand-new case, in this terrifying Summer Special episode. It’s 1998 and teenager Scott goes on his first trip abroad, a summer vacation in the rugged beauty of Newfoundland in Canada. But when Scott’s family stay the night in a remote seaside lodging house, their trip of a lifetime becomes the holiday from hell as they find themselves seemingly face to face with a malevolent supernatural force.
Nearly 25 years later, Danny meets Scott to see if he can solve the mystery that has haunted him his whole life. What really happened in that lonely old house? Was it demonic or can it be explained?
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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In this season finale, Danny returns one more time to Ken's terrifying haunting in Room 611, discovering new evidence and new witnesses to the terrifying events at Alanbrooke Hall, plus there will be major revelations about some of the other cases this series. Can these supernatural mysteries be solved?
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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A young woman breaks away from her Catholic background when she attends art school. Memories of a childhood exorcism haunt her, but when it appears there is a poltergeist in her new house, she once again consider the existence of the Devil.
But does the poltergeist really mean harm or is it just trying to get a message through?
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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A young family moves into a historic seaside house converted from a once famous hotel, but when they start to see an apparition who resembles the former owner, they begin to wonder if they are really welcome. Does she want them out of her house?
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Delivery driver Amanda is driving home in the early hours when she’s involved in a terrible, life-changing accident. Or is she? Danny investigates another eerie tale of the supernatural.
He also takes a look back at the series so far, presenting some amazing new evidence and witness accounts for previous cases.
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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After young climber Phil’s terrifying night in the Scottish highlands, whatever lurks in the abandoned cottage appears to follow him home to Glasgow. He decides to return to Luibeilt to confront his fears and solve the mystery - but what happens next will haunt Phil for the rest of his life.
Danny digs further into this bizarre and scary case. Does it offer proof that ghosts exist?
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Christmas 1974, and two young climbers stumble across an abandoned house in the Scottish mountains. It’s a bothy - a safe shelter for hunters and climbers out in the wilds of the highlands. But Phil and Jimmy are about to experience the most terrifying night of their lives, alone in the middle of nowhere.
Is a violent spirit determined to drive them out into the freezing night? Years later, Phil tells Danny Robins his story and about how he researched the house, discovering others had had similar experiences there. What's going on? Danny investigates.
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Journalist Hannah Betts recounts the terrifying ghost story of her family home – a haunted house filled with paranormal activity seemingly linked to a murder that happened there in Victorian times.
Can a house really record the tragic events that took place and replay them, as this house seems to every night? Are the ghosts real or the product of tensions within Hannah’s large family?
When a chilling message is revealed to Hannah and her siblings, the haunting gets shockingly close to home.
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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Danny Robins returns to his investigation into the Todmorden UFO case to assess new evidence that has come in from listeners - and also hears from two compelling new witnesses, one in Wales and one in Africa, who both experienced UFO encounters as children.
Do their experiences shed any light on the ongoing mystery of possible alien contact with humans? Is the truth out there?
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Danny Robins talks to Tom, an NHS mental health nurse working with troubled young people. Tom starts to work with Yousuf, a teenage boy from a devoutly Muslim background. His family believe he is possessed by a djinn – an evil spirit, but Tom believes Yousuf is having a crisis of faith which has led him to the brink of suicide.
When Yousuf does tries to take his own life, he is rescued in seemingly impossible circumstances. Ardent atheist and sceptic Tom is forced to explore the possibility that he has witnessed something he cannot explain. But is it really divine intervention?
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Model and influencer Charli Howard tells her ghost story to Danny Robins.
It’s 2017 and Charli is alone in New York, trying to carve out a modelling career. She accepts a room in a shared house with a local couple, but they have not been entirely honest with her. The previous resident of the room fled in fear and Charli is about to experience her very own dose of terror at the hands of a malicious male spirit.
As objects go flying and the house resounds to terrifying noises, Charli decides to take matters into her own hands. Can she exorcise her supernatural stalker?
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Danny Robins goes deeper on the first Uncanny case, the haunting of Belfast student tower block Alanbrooke Hall in the early 1980s, and talks to new witnesses to the strange events there. Can he come any closer to solving the mystery?
Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Laura, a young woman with a wild streak, leaves home and finds a room in a flat-share where she meets Anna, who becomes her best friend. When Anna dies tragically from cancer, Laura is heartbroken, but then… Anna comes back.
As Laura tells Danny Robins her story, he explores the world of mediums (is it really possible to contact the dead?) and investigates the greatest of all mysteries – what happens to us when we die?
Written and presented by Danny Robins Experts: Chris French and Ashley Darkwood Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Retired policeman Alan Godfrey tells us the story of the case that has obsessed him for his whole life. When Alan tries to solve a weird and seemingly impossible murder in the small northern town of Todmorden, it leads to a bizarre UFO sighting and then a strange and sinister government cover up that ends up affecting Alan’s life.
Danny Robins explores if there is real evidence of extra-terrestrial visits to Earth. Did Alan genuinely have an alien encounter and, if not, why were the real-life ‘men in black’ from the government so interested?
Written and presented by Danny Robins Experts: David Clarke and Colin Lyall Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Teenager Millie moves with her family into her grandparents remote historic farmhouse in the English countryside. It is a house with a tragic past that seems to be returning to haunt the family in a way that feels dangerous and disturbing, pushing them to the edge of sanity.
Millie tells Danny Robins about her ordeal in this terrifying episode that reveals the true impact of living in a ‘haunted house’.
Featuring expert help from psychologist Chris French and The Battersea Poltergeist’s Evelyn Hollow.
Written and presented by Danny Robins Experts: Chris French and Evelyn Hollow Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Danny meets Ken, a highly respected geneticist. A man who doesn’t believe in ghosts, but cannot get over the fact that he believes he saw one 40 years ago as a student in Belfast. This is the story of a student bedroom that seems to have a mysterious and frightening impact on those who sleep in it, of poltergeist activity, sinister apparitions and a dark force that Ken describes as ‘pure evil’. What is the secret of Room 611 and is it supernatural or in the minds of its inhabitants?
Featuring expert help from parapsychologist Caroline Watt and ordained minster and paranormal writer Peter Laws.
Written and presented by Danny Robins Experts: Caroline Watt and Peter Laws Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
The Battersea Poltergeist’s Danny Robins investigates chilling first-hand stories of paranormal encounters, from ghostly phantoms to sinister folklore and UFOs.