Hello and welcome to this bonus episode of Real Life Ghost Stories. As you would have

seen from the title, this episode is a conversation with Danny Robbins. In case you don't know who

Danny is, I'm going to give you a bit of information from his bio to catch you up.

Danny Robbins is an award-winning British writer, broadcaster and journalist. He created

the Battersea Poltergeist, a podcast series for the BBC that combined drama and documentary to

tell a real-life ghost story. It became a global phenomenon, the number one drama podcast across

the whole world, with more than 4 million downloads and counting, sparking a bidding war for the

TV rights. Danny is now adapting it with Hollywood producers Blumhouse. Danny's BBC podcast

series on Cany tells individual stories of paranormal encounters from ghosts to UFOs and is

another multi-million download hit. As well as all of this, Danny's play 222 A Ghost Story,

a contemporary set modern supernatural thriller, opened in the West End in August 2021,

playing to full houses and rave reviews. It returned for a second run in December 2021 and is still

running today starring Tom Felton. He is currently working on an immersive theatre experience which

tells the story of Guy Fox called the Gunpowder Plot, which also stars Tom Felton.

To be honest, I was a little bit fan-girly, pre- and post this chat, and it was absolutely wonderful

to talk to Danny. I am a massive fan of his and all the work that he puts out.

And as this was recorded remotely, please beware that the audio quality is different to the main

podcast. And as always, links to Danny's various projects will be in the description of this episode.

So let's get into it.

Okay, so we're going to go right back to the beginning and I'm aware that I just really sounded

like your therapist. What sparked your interest in the paranormal and spooky things in general?

Well, yeah, it's a good question. I think that the roots are kind of indirect. I think I grew up

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