Jun 2, 202628 min
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...
About this Podcast:
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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What is Uncanny about?
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
What has Uncanny covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Cold Cases: Case 9: The South Shields Poltergeist Part Two" (2 June 2026, 28 minutes), "Cold Cases: Episode 8" (26 May 2026, 28 minutes), and "Cold Cases: Case 7: Spring-heeled Jack" (19 May 2026, 28 minutes).
How often does Uncanny publish?
Uncanny publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across 94 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Uncanny?
Booking probability for Uncanny is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Uncanny requires a Pod Score of 82 or higher.
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Uncanny is a society podcast with 94 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Cold Cases: Episode 8
May 26, 202628 minDanny Robins takes a deep dive into a classic supernatural case from the past. 🚨 WARNING: THE FOOTAGE THE BBC WAS LEGALLY FORCED TO CUT... 🚨 The story you just heard is missing the most terrifying part. We’ve secured...
- May 19, 202628 min
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...
- May 12, 202628 min
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...
- May 5, 202629 min
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...
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- Apr 28, 202632 min
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...
- Apr 21, 202628 min
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...
- Apr 14, 202628 min
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...
- Apr 7, 202628 min
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...
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Cold Cases: Trailer
Mar 31, 20264 minDanny 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...
- Dec 30, 202529 min
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...
- Dec 23, 202558 min
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...
- Dec 16, 202539 min
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...
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Series 5: Case 7: The Magnet
Dec 9, 202529 minSolicitor 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...
- Dec 2, 202529 min
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...
- Nov 25, 202530 min
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...
- Nov 18, 202534 min
Hitch a ride with Danny Robins as he explores supernatural sightings on Britain's roads. Vivid, deeply strange and often terrifying, roadside apparitions and phantom hitchhikers are some of the most frequently reported...
- Nov 11, 202528 min
1977. Terry and his friend Toby are serving at a United States Air Force base in Missouri. One weekend Toby suggests they go camping just across the Arkansas border, at Devil's Den State Park. What happens that night...
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Series 5: Case 2: Old Jim
Nov 4, 202528 min12-year-old Louise lives with her mum in a remote house on the Yorkshire moors. They’re plagued by terrifying and seemingly inexplicable phenomena, but Louise’s mum resolutely refuses talk about it, and warns her not to...
- Oct 31, 20251h 8m
A special hour-long live investigation recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre for Halloween. Virginia moves to a quiet street in the city of Bath with her young family. A series of strange events cause her to doubt her own...
Recent guests
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Evelyn Hollow
paranormal psychologist
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Dan Snow
Berkeley PhD and Harvard Business School professor turned BYU educator, Snow Collective
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Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe
Associate Professor of Education and Head of the School of Human & Social Sciences at Bucks New University
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Alasdair Beckett-King
Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum
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