Case 7: The Angel in the Bathroom

Uncanny

BBC

Personal Journals, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Danny Robins talks to Tom, an NHS mental health nurse working with troubled young people. Tom starts to work with Yousuf, a teenage boy from a devoutly Muslim background. His family believe he is possessed by a djinn – an evil spirit, but Tom believes Yousuf is having a crisis of faith which has led him to the brink of suicide. When Yousuf does tries to take his own life, he is rescued in seemingly impossible circumstances. Ardent atheist and sceptic Tom is forced to explore the possibility that he has witnessed something he cannot explain. But is it really divine intervention? 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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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to tell you why I love podcasting.
0:04.5	I'm Sasha Johansson, I'm an Assistant Commissioner for the BBC and I work on making podcasts.
0:11.1	My real passion is discovering unbelievable unheard stories and working with the biggest
0:16.9	stars who can really bring those stories to life.
0:20.1	I love the whole process of making podcasts from the spark of an idea to hearing the final
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0:46.0	I'm just walking down the street next to where I live in Wolfenstead, East London,
0:57.9	there's a mosque just next to me and there's people leaving Friday prayers.
1:03.1	So I've always been really intrigued by the idea of belief.
1:09.1	I grew up in an entirely atheist household and I think I was fascinated by the idea that
1:13.6	there was something more out there, some kind of magic that I was missing out on.
1:18.8	Some people would have found God, I found ghosts and I would say that all of these investigations
1:23.9	I undertake and me grown up now, still trying to find that magic.
1:29.3	This episode, I think we might have found it.
1:33.0	As you know, this series is about strange encounters that change people's lives.
1:38.5	This particular case is about an encounter that saves somebody's life.
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