Uncanny

BBC

From ghostly phantoms to UFOs, The Battersea Poltergeist's Danny Robins investigates real-life stories of paranormal encounters.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 BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

  • 28 minutes 31 seconds
    Case 1: The Flood

    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 Robins Experts: Evelyn Hollow and Benjamin Radford Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake Script editor: Dale Shaw Development producer: Sarah Patten Production manager: Tam Reynolds Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard

    A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

    30 April 2024, 6:00 am
  • 4 minutes 22 seconds
    Introducing Uncanny USA

    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.

    23 April 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 39 minutes 25 seconds
    Bonus Episode: Uncanny S3 Case Update

    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 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

    14 February 2024, 7:00 am
  • 42 minutes 25 seconds
    S3. Christmas Special: The Haunting of Daisy May Cooper

    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 Robins Editing and sound design: 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

    15 December 2023, 12:59 pm
  • 28 minutes 49 seconds
    S3. Case 6: Good Evening

    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 Robins Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Script editor: Dale Shaw Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard

    A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

    29 November 2023, 7:00 am
  • 28 minutes 30 seconds
    S3. Case 5: Double Trouble

    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 Robins Editing and sound design: 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

    22 November 2023, 7:00 am
  • 28 minutes 38 seconds
    S3. Case 4: Elton’s Phone

    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 Robins Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Script edtor: Dale Shaw Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard

    A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

    15 November 2023, 7:00 am
  • 28 minutes 18 seconds
    S3. Case 3: The Ghost Who Hated Parties

    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 Robins Editing and sound design: 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

    8 November 2023, 2:00 pm
  • 35 minutes 32 seconds
    TV Case Updates: Miss Howard, The Bearpark Poltergeist and The Oxford Exorcism

    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 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

    31 October 2023, 7:00 am
  • 30 minutes 18 seconds
    Classic Case: The Todmorden UFO

    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 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

    25 October 2023, 6:00 am
  • 29 minutes 57 seconds
    Classic Case: Don't Sleep in this House

    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 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

    18 October 2023, 6:00 am
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