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Uncanny

by BBC Radio 4
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About the show

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

Latest episodes

  • Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 3: The Blue Haze

    October 3, 2026 · 2 min

    Written and presented by Danny Robins Research: Lara Monahan & Nancy Bottomley Sound recording: Pete Moor Filming: Howard Mills Director & video editing: Christopher Poole Stills photography: Sarah Louise Bennett Editing and sound design…

  • Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 2: A Phantom Farmer

    October 2, 2026 · 2 min

    Written and presented by Danny Robins Research: Lara Monahan & Nancy Bottomley Sound recording: Pete Moor Filming: Howard Mills Director & video editing: Christopher Poole Stills photography: Sarah Louise Bennett Editing and sound design…

  • Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 1: Emily and Ollie

    October 1, 2026 · 2 min

    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…

  • Summer Specials 2026: Little Biter

    July 21, 2026 · 37 min

    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…

  • Summer Specials 2026: Cold Cases Live: The Enfield Poltergeist

    July 14, 2026 · 45 min

    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…

  • Summer Specials 2026: Live from Hay Festival 2026

    July 7, 2026 · 34 min

    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…

  • Cold Cases: Case Update

    June 30, 2026 · 41 min

    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…

  • Cold Cases: Case 12: Borley Rectory, Part 2

    June 23, 2026 · 30 min

    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…