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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?

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 28 min
Latest: 7 Oct 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026 · 2 minNew

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 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…

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Earlier episodes 29 most recent

6 Oct 2026 · 2 minNew

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 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…
5 Oct 2026 · 2 minNew

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 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…
4 Oct 2026 · 2 min

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 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…
3 Oct 2026 · 2 min

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 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…
2 Oct 2026 · 2 min

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 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…
1 Oct 2026 · 2 min

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 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…
21 Jul 2026 · 37 min

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 house's corridors. Rebecca's family live happily alongside their spectral visitors, but at certain times of year a sinister male presence seems to manifest. Who are the little girl and the man, and…
14 Jul 2026 · 45 min

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 and the team look at the evidence, and talk to Graham Morris, whose iconic photographs documented activity inside the house, in a special episode recorded live at the Crossed Wires Festival in…
7 Jul 2026 · 34 min

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 Festival 2026. 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…
30 Jun 2026 · 41 min

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 London, in 1997? Presented by Danny Robins Experts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe Script by Victoria Lloyd Research by Nancy Bottomley Filming and editing by Robb Leech Editing and sound…
23 Jun 2026 · 30 min

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 which leave her with cuts and a black eye. Borley seems to be earning its reputation as the most haunted house in England. But is Harry Price really a sceptic trying to debunk hoaxes and fakery, or a…
16 Jun 2026 · 29 min

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 legendary ghost hunter Harry Price. But was he a meticulous paranormal researcher, or a showman who couldn't resist gilding the lily? And does the truth about Borley lie in the supernatural, or in the…
9 Jun 2026 · 28 min

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 walls of her house. But is she the victim of a possible paranormal entity, or the mastermind of a devious hoax? Presented by Danny Robins Experts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe Story sections by…
2 Jun 2026 · 28 min

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 what's happening - or is something far stranger at work? Presented by Danny Robins Experts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe Story sections by Victoria Lloyd Research by Nancy Bottomley Filming…
26 May 2026 · 28 min

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 that's harder to explain? Presented by Danny Robins Experts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe Story sections by Victoria Lloyd Research by Nancy Bottomley Filming and editing by Robb Leech…
19 May 2026 · 28 min

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 product of mass hysteria? Presented by Danny Robins Experts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O’Keeffe Story sections by Tom Neenan Research by Nancy Bottomley and John West Filming and editing by Robb Leech…
12 May 2026 · 28 min

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, be moving below decks? Danny Robins investigates, with Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaràn O'Keeffe. Presented by Danny Robins Experts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O’Keeffe Story sections by Victoria Lloyd…
5 May 2026 · 28 min

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 Isle of Wight at the same time? The truth is out there - Danny, Ciaran and Evelyn investigate. Presented by Danny Robins Experts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O’Keeffe Story sections by Simon Barnard…
28 Apr 2026 · 32 min

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 and Dr Ciaran O’Keeffe Story sections by Joel Morris and Will Maclean Research by Nancy Bottomley and John West Filming and editing by Robb Leech Editing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-King…
21 Apr 2026 · 28 min

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 encounter with beings who may not be human. Dr Ciaran O’Keefe and Evelyn Hollow are on hand as ever to help make sense of what might really have happened. It’s the OG alien abduction story - but…
14 Apr 2026 · 28 min

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 to home? Resident experts Dr Ciaran O’Keefe and Evelyn Hollow are on hand to weigh the evidence, test theories, and guide listeners through the chilling conclusion to Britain’s most infamous…
7 Apr 2026 · 28 min

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, doors slam, objects fly, and the family quickly realise they're not alone in the house. They call the mischievous entity Mr Nobody. Is something supernatural stalking the Pritchards? Or can the team…
31 Mar 2026 · 4 min

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 archives - such as the Sandown Clown on the Isle of Wight, and America’s original UFO abduction story, the Barney and Betty Hill Incident. If you have a case you'd like us to investigate, email…
30 Dec 2025 · 29 min

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: Evelyn Sykes Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard A Bafflegab and Uncanny…
23 Dec 2025 · 58 min

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'Keeffe 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…
16 Dec 2025 · 39 min

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 Barnard A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
9 Dec 2025 · 29 min

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 Cooper and Kate Cherrell Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell Commissioning editor: Rhian…
2 Dec 2025 · 29 min

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 Barnard A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
25 Nov 2025 · 30 min

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 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

About Uncanny

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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Latest episode: 7 Oct 2026
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Uncanny

Latest episode

Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 7: The White Walker

Earlier episodes 29 most recent

Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 6: Anne's Hand

Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 5: Vanishing Vikings

Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 4: The Room We Don't Sleep In

Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 3: The Blue Haze

Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 2: A Phantom Farmer

Halloween Countdown 2026: Case 1: Emily and Ollie

Summer Specials 2026: Little Biter

Summer Specials 2026: Cold Cases Live: The Enfield Poltergeist

Summer Specials 2026: Live from Hay Festival 2026

Cold Cases: Case Update

Cold Cases: Case 12: Borley Rectory, Part 2

Cold Cases: Case 11: Borley Rectory, Part 1

Cold Cases: Case 10: The Great Amherst Mystery

Cold Cases: Case 9: The South Shields Poltergeist, Part 2

Cold Cases: Case 8: The South Shields Poltergeist, Part 1

Cold Cases: Case 7: Spring-heeled Jack

Cold Cases: Case 6: The Haunting of HMS Asp

Cold Cases: Case 5: The Sandown Clown

Cold Cases: Case 4: The Cock Lane Poltergeist

Cold Cases: Case 3: The White Mountain UFO

Cold Cases: Case 2: Return to East Drive

Cold Cases: Case 1: The Black Monk of Pontefract

Cold Cases: Trailer

Series 5: Case 10: The Priest Hole

Series 5: Case 9: Christmas Casebook with Diane Morgan

Series 5: Case 8: Revenants and Revelations

Series 5: Case 7: The Magnet

Series 5: Case 6: Impossible Encounters

Series 5: Case 5: The Goth Poltergeist

About Uncanny

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