Uncanny

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    Cold Cases: Case 6: The Haunting of HMS Asp

    2026-05-12 | 28 mins.
    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
    Research by Nancy Bottomley and John West
    Filming and editing by Robb Leech
    Editing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-King
    Theme music by Katherine Priddy
    Theme co-produced by Jennifer Ann Keller
    Incidental music by Evelyn Sykes
    Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
    Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts
    Produced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
    A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
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    Cold Cases: Case 5: The Sandown Clown

    2026-05-05 | 28 mins.
    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
    Research by Ryan Whalen and Nancy Bottomley
    Filming and editing by Robb Leech
    Editing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-King
    Theme music by Katherine Priddy
    Theme co-produced by Jennifer Ann Keller
    Incidental music by Evelyn Sykes
    Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
    Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts
    Produced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
    A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
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    Cold Cases: Case 4: The Cock Lane Poltergeist

    2026-04-28 | 31 mins.
    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
    Theme music by Katherine Priddy
    Theme co-produced by Jennifer Ann Keller
    Incidental music by Evelyn Sykes
    Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
    Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts
    Produced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
    A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
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    Cold Cases: Case 3: The White Mountain UFO

    2026-04-21 | 28 mins.
    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 what do the team make of it, 60 years later?
    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
    Theme music by Katherine Priddy
    Theme co-produced by Jennifer Ann Keller
    Incidental music by Evelyn Sykes
    Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
    Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts
    Produced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
    A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
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    Cold Cases: Case 2: Return to East Drive

    2026-04-14 | 28 mins.
    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 poltergeist tale.
    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
    Theme music by Katherine Priddy
    Theme co-produced by Jennifer Ann Keller
    Incidental music by Evelyn Sykes
    Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell
    Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts
    Produced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd
    A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
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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 BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
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