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Uncanny

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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 RobinsEditor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-KingMusic: Evelyn SykesTheme Music by Lanterns on the LakeProduced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

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BBC Radio 4

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Society

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www.bbc.co.uk

Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Series 2: Trailer 29.03.2023

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

Series 1: Uncanny Live with Mark Gatiss 30.12.2022

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 Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced...

Series 1: Christmas Special - The Woman on the Bed 21.12.2022

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 dream...

Series 1: Uncanny Meets Ghosts 27.09.2022

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 br...

Series 1: Summer Special, Part 3: Uncanny Live 20.06.2022

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-d...

Series 1: Summer Special, Part 2: The Room Next Door 13.06.2022

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, frig...

Series 1: Summer Special, Part 1: Canadian Horror Story 06.06.2022

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 malevole...

Series 1: Case 15: Bloody Hell Ken 25.01.2022

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: Ev...

Series 1: Case 14: The Haunting of Tanfield House 19.01.2022

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: Charl...

Series 1: Case 13: The Return of Elizabeth Dacre 12.01.2022

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...

Series 1: Case 12: Fatal Collision 05.01.2022

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 M...

Series 1: Case 11: The Curse of Luibeilt 29.12.2021

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 pre...

Series 1: Case 10: Don't Sleep in This House 21.12.2021

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 t...

Series 1: Case 9: I Will Kill You All 15.12.2021

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 chill...

Series 1: Case 8: The UFO in the Playground 08.12.2021

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 presente...

Series 1: Case 7: The Angel in the Bathroom 01.12.2021

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 seemingl...

Series 1: Case 6: The Brooklyn Poltergeist 24.11.2021

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...

Series 1: Case 5: Return to Room 611 17.11.2021

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 Robin...

Series 1: Case 4: My Best Friend's Ghost 10.11.2021

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 happ...

Series 1: Case 3: The Todmorden UFO 03.11.2021

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-terrestria...

Series 1: Case 2: The Hanging Room 27.10.2021

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 h...

Series 1: Case 1: The Evil in Room 611 20.10.2021

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’. Wh...

Series 1: Trailer 12.10.2021

The Battersea Poltergeist’s Danny Robins investigates chilling first-hand stories of paranormal encounters, from ghostly phantoms to sinister folklore and UFOs.

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