Classic Uncanny: Case 1: The Evil in Room 611

Uncanny

BBC

Personal Journals, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Danny meets Ken, a highly respected geneticist. A man who doesn’t believe in ghosts, but cannot get over the fact that he believes he saw one 40 years ago as a student in Belfast. This is the story of a student bedroom that seems to have a mysterious and frightening impact on those who sleep in it, of poltergeist activity, sinister apparitions and a dark force that Ken describes as ‘pure evil’. What is the secret of Room 611 and is it supernatural or in the minds of its inhabitants? Featuring expert help from parapsychologist Caroline Watt and ordained minster and paranormal writer Peter Laws. Written and presented by Danny Robins Experts: Caroline Watt and Peter Laws 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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0:05.6	It's informed, but informal.
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0:12.4	We use our colleagues in the newsroom and
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0:28.3	Newscast, listen on BBC Sounds.
0:31.4	BBC Sounds. B. C Sounds, music radio podcasts. It's a rainy night out there. I'm Danny Robbins and earlier this year I made a series called The Battersea Potter Ghost.
0:55.7	It told a real life ghost story and as part of it I asked people listening to send me their
1:01.0	own experiences. Hundreds of people sent me stories of their own
1:05.2	strange encounters, things that have haunted them for the rest of their lives. So this new
1:10.9	series lets these people tell their stories, but are they genuinely supernatural,
1:16.6	or can they be explained? Each episode is a new case that I'll be trying to solve.
1:21.9	We'll hear from the person it happened to, and then I'll be trying to solve. We'll hear from the person it happened to and then I'll explore their story of a team of experts.
1:27.0	And it's not just ghosts. We'll also explore stories of other strange encounters.
1:31.0	UFOs, mysterious beasts and dark folklore come to life.
1:37.2	This is the biggest investigation into the paranormal ever. So are you team believer or team skeptic? Is the impossible possible?
1:47.8	Dim the lights if you can because our first story is a tale of sinister apparitions,
1:54.1	poltergeist forces, and a dark power that may or may not
1:59.6	have come back from the grave.
2:01.6	This is uncanny. walls and set my mind. I know what I saw. I know what I saw. I know what I saw.
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