Cold Cases: Case 4: The Cock Lane Poltergeist

Uncanny

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

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 justice. But is it genuinely paranormal? That’s what Danny, and resident experts Dr Ciaran O’Keefe and Evelyn Hollow intend to find out.

Presented by Danny Robins Experts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O’Keeffe Story sections by Joel Morris and Will Maclean Research by Nancy Bottomley and John West Filming and editing by Robb Leech Editing and sound design by Charlie Brandon-King Theme music by Katherine Priddy Theme co-produced by Jennifer Ann Keller Incidental music by Evelyn Sykes Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts Produced by Simon Barnard and Victoria Lloyd

A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

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0:40.7	Welcome back to uncanny cold cases.
0:44.3	Thank you so much for all your theories and comments on our cases so far.
0:48.0	Keep them coming.
0:48.7	Put them in the comments down below today for our haunting.
0:51.6	We are going all the way back to 1700s on the top floor of a small house in Smithfield here in London.
0:59.0	An audience has gathered to summon a ghost.
1:02.0	A priest calls for silence and begins to ask this is a post spirit, a list of questions.
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