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, with sound design by Charlie Brandon-King and music by Evelyn Sykes. A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4.
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Series 6: Case 1: The Cliffsend Haunting
Lindsey and her family move to a new-build house on the Isle of Thanet in Kent. For years they live there happily, but then suddenly their quiet lives are rocked by a series of terrifying events: repeated footsteps every night, door handles that move by themselves, and the appearance of a cloaked, hunched shadowy figure. Who is the figure? Could the answers lie beneath their feet?
Written and pr
Series 6: Uncanny Series 6 - Trailer
Danny Robins returns with a chilling new season of ghost stories, poltergeist encounters, haunted homes and eerie workplaces. Settle in for spine-tingling tales perfect for long winter nights. So, are you Team Believer or Team Sceptic?Listen on BBC Sounds, Watch on iPlayer every Tuesday from 10 November 2026.A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
Halloween Countdown 2026: Uncanny Halloween Special
This Halloween, Danny Robins takes his paranormal partners-in-crime Ciaran O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow on an after dark excursion to allegedly one of the most haunted locations in Britain - the Tower of London.This is a place soaked in some of Britain’s bloodiest history, where Anne Boleyn was beheaded, Guy Fawkes was tortured, and the Princes in the Tower were said to have met a grisly end. There
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 31: The Haunted Lock-in
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher Poole
Stills photography: Sarah Louise Bennett
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
Commissioning editor:
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 30: Great Aunt Gertie
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher Poole
Stills photography: Sarah Louise Bennett
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
Commissioning editor:
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 29: Give Me My Clothes Back
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher Poole
Stills photography: Sarah Louise Bennett
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
Commissioning editor:
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 28: The Tabby & the Timeslip
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher Poole
Stills photography: Sarah Louise Bennett
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
Commissioning editor:
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 27: The Secret on the Sideboard
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher Poole
Stills photography: Sarah Louise Bennett
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
Commissioning editor:
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case Update 3 & Case 26: Terrier of Terror
It's time for another case update! Uncanny Community, you have sent a bumper bag of comments and theories on the cases so far, and in this update Danny Robins will share a selection that will spook you to the marrow. Expect scintillating speculation from Team Sceptic, and some brilliant brainwaves from Team Believer too. And if that's not all - we also have a new case from our witness, Ian. Wr
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 25: Shadows in Cliffords Tower
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher Poole
Stills photography: Sarah Louise Bennett
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
Commissioning editor:
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 24: My Elastic Legs
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher Poole
Stills photography: Sarah Louise Bennett
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
Commissioning editor:
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 23: A Message From Nan
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher Poole
Stills photography: Sarah Louise Bennett
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
Commissioning editor:
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 22: The Back of Me
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher Poole
Stills photography: Sarah Louise Bennett
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
Commissioning editor:
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 21: The Rigi Dragon
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher Poole
Stills photography: Sarah Louise Bennett
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
Commissioning editor:
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 20: Strangers on a Train
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher Poole
Stills photography: Sarah Louise Bennett
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
Commissioning editor:
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case Update & Case 19: The Black Mass
It's time for another case update, as Danny Robins opens the inbox to share your thoughts, comments and theories on the cases so far. And there have been lots of them - from a mysterious ring of feathers to a pair of possibly paranormal false teeth. And if that's not enough we have a brand new case for you too, from our witness, Suzanne. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bott
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 18: A Hand on My Shoulder
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher Poole
Stills photography: Sarah Louise Bennett
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
Commissioning editor:
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 17: The Ship's Ghost
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher Poole
Stills photography: Sarah Louise Bennett
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
Commissioning editor:
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 16: Night Nurse
Every day in October, Danny Robins will share a short, real-life, possibly paranormal story sent in by you - the Uncanny community.Expect gruesome ghosts, haunted hotels and even a pair of phantom false teeth. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher P
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 15: The Ghost Who Saved My Sister
Every day in October, Danny Robins will share a short, real-life, possibly paranormal story sent in by you - the Uncanny community.Expect gruesome ghosts, haunted hotels and even a pair of phantom false teeth. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher P
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 14: The Cyclist, and the UFO
Every day in October, Danny Robins will share a short, real-life, possibly paranormal story sent in by you - the Uncanny community.Expect gruesome ghosts, haunted hotels and even a pair of phantom false teeth. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher P
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 13: Say My Name
Every day in October, Danny Robins will share a short, real-life, possibly paranormal story sent in by you - the Uncanny community.Expect gruesome ghosts, haunted hotels and even a pair of phantom false teeth. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher P
Halloween Countdown 2026: Countdown Catch Up and Case 12: Beckoned Towards the Light
It's finally here - the first catch up of the 2026 Halloween Countdown. We've had phantom farmers, ghostly babysitters, and even a possibly paranormal Keanu Reeves - but what did you make of them, Uncanny Community? Danny Robins opens the inbox to share your thoughts, comments and theories on the cases so far. And if that's not enough there's a brand new case too. Was our witness Jacki Beckoned
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 11: A Ring of Feathers
Every day in October, Danny Robins will share a short, real-life, possibly paranormal story sent in by you - the Uncanny community.Expect gruesome ghosts, haunted hotels and even a pair of phantom false teeth. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher P
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 10: The Falling Lady
Every day in October, Danny Robins will share a short, real-life, possibly paranormal story sent in by you - the Uncanny community.Expect gruesome ghosts, haunted hotels and even a pair of phantom false teeth. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher P
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 9: Dad's Front Teeth
Every day in October, Danny Robins will share a short, real-life, possibly paranormal story sent in by you - the Uncanny community.Expect gruesome ghosts, haunted hotels and even a pair of phantom false teeth. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher P
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 8: A Glitch in the Matrix
Every day in October, Danny Robins will share a short, real-life, possibly paranormal story sent in by you - the Uncanny community.Expect gruesome ghosts, haunted hotels and even a pair of phantom false teeth. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher P
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 7: The White Walker
Every day in October, Danny Robins will share a short, real-life, possibly paranormal story sent in by you - the Uncanny community.Expect gruesome ghosts, haunted hotels and even a pair of phantom false teeth. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher P
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 6: Anne's Hand
Every day in October, Danny Robins will share a short, real-life, possibly paranormal story sent in by you - the Uncanny community.Expect gruesome ghosts, haunted hotels and even a pair of phantom false teeth. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher P
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 5: Vanishing Vikings
Every day in October, Danny Robins will share a short, real-life, possibly paranormal story sent in by you - the Uncanny community.Expect gruesome ghosts, haunted hotels and even a pair of phantom false teeth. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher P
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 4: The Room We Don't Sleep In
Every day in October, Danny Robins will share a short, real-life, possibly paranormal story sent in by you - the Uncanny community.Expect gruesome ghosts, haunted hotels and even a pair of phantom false teeth. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher P
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 3: The Blue Haze
Every day in October, Danny Robins will share a short, real-life, possibly paranormal story sent in by you - the Uncanny community.Expect gruesome ghosts, haunted hotels and even a pair of phantom false teeth. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher P
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 2: A Phantom Farmer
Every day in October, Danny Robins will share a short, real-life, possibly paranormal story sent in by you - the Uncanny community.Expect gruesome ghosts, haunted hotels and even a pair of phantom false teeth. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher P
Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 1: Emily and Ollie
Every day in October, Danny Robins will share a short, real-life, possibly paranormal story sent in by you - the Uncanny community.Expect gruesome ghosts, haunted hotels and even a pair of phantom false teeth. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Research: Nancy Bottomley
Assistant Producer: Lara Monahan
Sound recording: Pete Moor
Filming: Howard Mills
Director & video editing: Christopher P
Summer Specials 2026: Little Biter
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
Summer Specials 2026: Cold Cases Live: The Enfield Poltergeist
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
Summer Specials 2026: Live from Hay Festival 2026
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 Festiv
Cold Cases: Case Update
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 L
Cold Cases: Case 12: Borley Rectory, Part 2
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 whi
Cold Cases: Case 11: Borley Rectory, Part 1
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 legenda
Cold Cases: Case 10: The Great Amherst Mystery
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 wal
Cold Cases: Case 9: The South Shields Poltergeist, Part 2
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
Cold Cases: Case 8: The South Shields Poltergeist, Part 1
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
Cold Cases: Case 7: Spring-heeled Jack
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 produ
Cold Cases: Case 6: The Haunting of HMS Asp
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, b
Cold Cases: Case 5: The Sandown Clown
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 I
Cold Cases: Case 4: The Cock Lane Poltergeist
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 Robins
Experts: Evelyn Hollow a
Cold Cases: Case 3: The White Mountain UFO
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
Cold Cases: Case 2: Return to East Drive
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
Cold Cases: Case 1: The Black Monk of Pontefract
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, door
Cold Cases: Trailer
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 a
Series 5: Case 10: The Priest Hole
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 Robins
Experts: Ben Machell and Dan Snow
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music:
Series 5: Case 9: Christmas Casebook with Diane Morgan
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'Ke
Series 5: Case 8: Revenants and Revelations
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 Robins
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA
Series 5: Case 7: The Magnet
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 Robins
Experts: Callum
Series 5: Case 6: Impossible Encounters
Danny brings you the creme de la creepy creme of audience stories from the Uncanny live tour.Written and presented by Danny Robins
Experts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA
Series 5: Case 5: The Goth Poltergeist
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 Robins
Experts: Alasdair Beckett-King and Evelyn Hollow
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake
Commissi
Series 5: Case 4: Road Ghosts
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 Robins
Experts: Ian Simmons and Ciaran O'Keeffe
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music:
Series 5: Case 3: The Devil's Den UFO
1977. 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 Nil
Series 5: Case 2: Old Jim
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 Robins
Expert
Series 5: Case 1: The Haunted Street (Halloween Special)
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 Robins
Editing and sound design: Charl
Summer Specials 2025: Uncanny Live from Hay Festival 2025
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 Robins
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme music by Lanterns on the L
Summer Specials 2025: The Torrelaguna House, Part 2
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 Robins
Editin
Summer Specials 2025: The Torrelaguna House Part 1
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 Robins
Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-K
Summer Specials 2025: Trailer
Uncanny is back with three spine chilling episodes to haunt your long summer evenings.
Post Mortem: Case 4: Emily's Room
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 th
Post Mortem: Case 3: Shadow Man
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 the
Post Mortem: Case 2: The Charity Shop Poltergeist
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?Dann
Post Mortem: Case 1: The Haunting of Hollymount Farm
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 exp
Post Mortem: Trailer
Danny Robins hosts the visualised podcast for real-life supernatural encounters. Alongside celebrity guests, witnesses and experts, Danny brings you exclusive unseen content.Also available to watch on BBC Two and iPlayer.
Uncanny Christmas: Christmas Special: Uncanny Live with Reece Shearsmith
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
Commissioning executive: Pau
Uncanny Christmas: Christmas Special: Return to Luibeilt
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 decad
Halloween: Trilogy of Terror: Halloween Special: Meadow Cottage, Part 2
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: Charlie Brandon-K
Halloween: Trilogy of Terror: Halloween Special: Meadow Cottage, Part 1
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
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Halloween: Trilogy of Terror: Halloween Special with Stewart Lee
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 music by Lanterns on
Series 4: Case 10: Arthur’s House
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 Megan. 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, ex
Series 4: Case 9: The Labor Day UFO
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 Lanterns on the Lake
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Series 4: Case 8: What Lies Beyond
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: Dale Shaw
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Series 4: Case 7: The Burnt Man
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: Charlie Brandon-King
Series 4: Case 6: Case Update
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 Reynolds
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