Uncanny

By BBC Radio 4

What's Uncanny about?

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 Barnard A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

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Uncanny episodes:

02.14.2024
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...
12.15.2023
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...
11.29.2023
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....
11.22.2023
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...
11.15.2023
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...
11.08.2023
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...
10.31.2023
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...
10.25.2023
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...
10.18.2023
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...
10.11.2023
Classic Case: Harry Called
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...
10.04.2023
S3. Case 2: Uncle Jack
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...
09.27.2023
S3. Case 1: The Blue Man
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...
09.20.2023
S3. Uncanny is back: Season 2 Case Update
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 Robins Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns...
06.21.2023
S2. Case 12: The Ghost That Followed Us Home
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...
06.14.2023
S2. Case 11: Uncanny Live at Hay
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...
06.07.2023
S2. Case 10: Harry Called
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...
05.31.2023
S2. Case 9: The Beast of Langeais
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...
05.24.2023
S2. Case 8: The Guest Book
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...
05.17.2023
S2. Case 7: The Rendlesham UFO
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...
05.10.2023
S2. Case 6: An Angel Called Bernie
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...
05.03.2023
S2. Case 5: Uncanny Live at UncannyCon
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...
04.28.2023
S2. Case 4: Inside Room 611
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...
04.19.2023
S2. Case 3: Leave the Lights On
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 Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the...
04.12.2023
S2. Case 2: My Family's Poltergeist
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...
04.05.2023
S2. Case 1: The Boy in Room 3
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...
03.29.2023
Uncanny is back
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
12.30.2022
S1. Uncanny Live with Mark Gatiss
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....
12.21.2022
S1. Christmas Special
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...
10.18.2022
Introducing... The Witch Farm
Danny Robins introduces his new podcast about the haunting of a remote Welsh farmhouse that has been called Britain's most haunted house.
09.27.2022
Uncanny Meets Ghosts
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...
06.20.2022
S1. Summer Special Part 3: Uncanny Live
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...
06.13.2022
S1. Summer Special Part 2: The Room Next Door
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...
06.06.2022
S1. Summer Special Part 1: Canadian Horror Story
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...
05.30.2022
Coming soon... Summer Special
Danny Robins shares news of a summer special that will chill you to the bone.
01.25.2022
S1. Case 15: Bloody Hell Ken
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...
01.19.2022
S1. Case 14: The Haunting of Tanfield House
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...
01.12.2022
S1. Case 13: The Return of Elizabeth Dacre
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...
01.05.2022
S1. Case 12: Fatal Collision
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...
12.29.2021
S1. Case 11: The Curse of Luibeilt
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...
12.21.2021
Classic Uncanny - S1. Case 10: Don't Sleep in This House
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...
12.15.2021
S1. Case 9: I Will Kill You All
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...
12.08.2021
S1. Case 8: The UFO in the Playground
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...
12.01.2021
S1. Case 7: The Angel in the Bathroom
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...
11.24.2021
S1. Case 6: The Brooklyn Poltergeist
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...
11.17.2021
S1. Case 5: Return to Room 611
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...
11.10.2021
S1. Case 4: My Best Friend's Ghost
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....
11.03.2021
Classic Uncanny: S1. Case 3: The Todmorden UFO
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...
10.27.2021
S1. Case 2: The Hanging Room
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...
10.20.2021
Classic Uncanny: Case 1: The Evil in Room 611
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...
10.12.2021
Introducing Uncanny
The Battersea Poltergeist’s Danny Robins investigates chilling first-hand stories of paranormal encounters, from ghostly phantoms to sinister folklore and UFOs.

What's Uncanny about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Uncanny episodes:

Bonus Episode: Uncanny S3 Case Update

S3. Christmas Special: The Haunting of Daisy May Cooper

S3. Case 6: Good Evening

S3. Case 5: Double Trouble

S3. Case 4: Elton’s Phone

S3. Case 3: The Ghost Who Hated Parties

TV Case Updates: Miss Howard, The Bearpark Poltergeist and The Oxford Exorcism

Classic Case: The Todmorden UFO

Classic Case: Don't Sleep in this House

Classic Case: Harry Called

S3. Case 2: Uncle Jack

S3. Case 1: The Blue Man

S3. Uncanny is back: Season 2 Case Update

S2. Case 12: The Ghost That Followed Us Home

S2. Case 11: Uncanny Live at Hay

S2. Case 10: Harry Called

S2. Case 9: The Beast of Langeais

S2. Case 8: The Guest Book

S2. Case 7: The Rendlesham UFO

S2. Case 6: An Angel Called Bernie

S2. Case 5: Uncanny Live at UncannyCon

S2. Case 4: Inside Room 611

S2. Case 3: Leave the Lights On

S2. Case 2: My Family's Poltergeist

S2. Case 1: The Boy in Room 3

Uncanny is back

S1. Uncanny Live with Mark Gatiss

S1. Christmas Special

Introducing... The Witch Farm

Uncanny Meets Ghosts

S1. Summer Special Part 3: Uncanny Live

S1. Summer Special Part 2: The Room Next Door

S1. Summer Special Part 1: Canadian Horror Story

Coming soon... Summer Special

S1. Case 15: Bloody Hell Ken

S1. Case 14: The Haunting of Tanfield House

S1. Case 13: The Return of Elizabeth Dacre

S1. Case 12: Fatal Collision

S1. Case 11: The Curse of Luibeilt

Classic Uncanny - S1. Case 10: Don't Sleep in This House

S1. Case 9: I Will Kill You All

S1. Case 8: The UFO in the Playground

S1. Case 7: The Angel in the Bathroom

S1. Case 6: The Brooklyn Poltergeist

S1. Case 5: Return to Room 611

S1. Case 4: My Best Friend's Ghost

Classic Uncanny: S1. Case 3: The Todmorden UFO

S1. Case 2: The Hanging Room

Classic Uncanny: Case 1: The Evil in Room 611

Introducing Uncanny