Case 5: Rio the Poodle

Uncanny

BBC

Personal Journals, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Every day in October, Danny Robins will release a brand new bite-size tale of terror - real-life ghost stories hand-picked from the Uncanny inbox.

Written and presented by Danny Robins Researcher: Nancy Bottomley Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake Head of Production: Kerry Luter 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

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:05.6	Your time starts now.
0:07.2	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast.
0:09.4	Absolutely right.
0:11.5	So, you might like to know that the BBC makes loads of other podcasts.
0:15.6	Really?
0:16.4	Wow.
0:17.2	Many of them are very funny.
0:19.1	Which I think means...
0:20.3	A hatful of ha-hars. And energy. Even if you do say so ourselves. I agree 100% to that. Find them all on BBC Sounds. Just tell us a joke. Come on, tell us a joke. Tell us a joke. Come on, tell us a joke. Just search comedy on BBC Sounds. I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in.
0:43.1	Today's case comes from Elizabeth, an attorney from California.
0:50.2	She says, Dear Danny, I had taken my dog champ to a park for years, and he had his little dog friends there.
0:52.3	One was Rio, a white poodle.
0:55.8	Rio's dad would always put a neckerchief on him for every season.
1:01.0	For Christmas, a Santa neckerchief for Halloween, witches, witches and pumpkins. Over a few years,
1:06.4	I've got to know Rio well. To get to the dog play area, you need to walk down a hill with a fence covered with ivy. One sunny afternoon, Champ and I walked down from within the ivy against the fence.
1:12.6	I see Rio wearing his holiday neckerchief. He's pretty far from the play area, so I call him to come out.
1:18.8	He takes a few steps forwards, but then backs into the ivy and basically disappears.
1:23.9	I'm puzzled and call him again, and this time he comes back out, but then again moves backwards,
1:28.4	almost like he's being pulled into the ivy.
1:31.7	When I move him closer, I can't see a sign of him.
1:34.7	But now, Champ wants to play and is pulling, so I figure I'll find Rio's dad to get him.
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