Uncanny

Dec 19 2024 64 ep. 30 mins 10.3k
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From ghostly phantoms to UFOs, Danny Robins investigates real-life stories of paranormal encounters. So, are you Team Believer or Team Sceptic?

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

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Christmas Special: Uncanny Live with Reece Shearsmith

Dec 19 2024 57 mins  
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 Robins Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake Commissionin

Christmas Special: Return to Luibeilt

Dec 12 2024 57 mins  
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 episod

Halloween Special: Meadow Cottage Part 2

Nov 06 2024 29 mins  
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 Robins Editing and sound design:

Halloween Special: Meadow Cottage Part 1

Oct 30 2024 28 mins  
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 Robins Editing

Halloween Special with Stewart Lee

Oct 23 2024 38 mins  
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 Robins Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme musi

S4. Case 10: Arthur’s House

Jul 01 2024 28 mins  
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

S4. Case 9: The Labor Day UFO

Jun 24 2024 28 mins  
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 Robins Experts: Nick Pope and Benjamin Radford Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme music by Lanter

S4. Case 8: What Lies Beyond

Jun 17 2024 28 mins  
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 Robins Experts: Nilufar Ahmed and Morgan Knudsen Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake Script editor: Da

S4. Case 7: The Burnt Man

Jun 10 2024 28 mins  
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 Robins Expert: Ciaran O'Keeffe Editing and sound design: Charl

S4. Case 6: Case Update

Jun 03 2024 29 mins  
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 Robins Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake Development producer: Sarah Patten Production manager: Tam