55 episodes
Uncanny BBC Podcasts
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- Society & Culture
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4.7 • 215 Ratings
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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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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 -
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.
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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 -
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 -
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
Customer Reviews
Disappointed
I hate to say this but agree with a few other reviewers that season 3 so far disappointing. This was literally my favourite podcast love Danny, experts are ok most of the time although the sceptics are clutching at straws at times 😀the stories are fantastic in season 1 and 2, I couldn’t wait for season 3 and so far not impressed, I’m in Australia so couldn’t watch the TV show and was hanging waiting for new episodes but instead we got repeated stories. Sorry Danny love your work, but can you go back to original format please 😉
Entertaining Podcast
Entertaining podcast. I’m yet to hear anything that’s shifted me from team skeptic- anecdotes aren’t data- but the podcast’s well done and the stories are spooky enough. Stone Tape theory gets mentioned a lot like it’s an actual scientific theory and that makes me smile every time.
I was disappointed one episode was all about the TV show. Im Australian and a podcast subscriber- the TV show isn’t available here, so I felt a bit ripped off. Hopefully the podcast and TV show will be kept separate in future.
I am grateful for the introduction to the haunting theme song- which isn’t about ghosts, by the way.
Meh
There’s interesting stories here but not the ones Danny is telling. By blaming ghosts they are ignoring stories of trauma, mass hysteria, and deep loneliness. It’s a shame as the real story is so much more interesting than what’s presented.