Cold Cases: Case 8: The South Shields Poltergeist Part 1
Uncanny
BBC
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
This week Danny and the team investigate the first big paranormal case of the digital age - the South Shields poltergeist.
It's a disturbing and well-documented possible poltergeist haunting, where a young family in the coastal town of South Shields are beset by a series of bizarre and sometimes terrifying events.
Is someone trying to frighten them, or could they be in real danger from something that's harder to explain?
Presented by Danny Robins Experts: Evelyn Hollow and Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe Story sections by Victoria Lloyd Research by Nancy Bottomley 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
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | This is a story of love and tragedy. |
| 0:10.0 | It was an absolute shock. |
| 0:12.0 | In 2014, Charmaine Spears married Erica Dusa, |
| 0:15.0 | the prophet who claimed to have a direct line with God. |
| 0:18.0 | You're not coming to church without a breakthrough. |
| 0:20.0 | Six months later, she was found dead. What really was? aim to have a direct line with God. You're not coming to church without a breakthrough. |
| 0:23.5 | Six months later, she was found dead. |
| 0:26.3 | What really happened to Charmaine? |
| 0:28.3 | Her story was never really told. |
| 0:29.8 | I want justice for my mum. |
| 0:33.5 | Disclosure investigates Charmaine and the Prophet. |
| 0:35.8 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. Hello again. How do you feel about another poltergeist case? |
| 0:41.8 | They are the most terrifying and attention-grabbing of fountings, aren't they? Where objects seem to do the |
| 0:47.2 | impossible, and sometimes the danger is palpable. We've got that right now. I want you to picture |
| 0:53.2 | yourselves in South Shields, a |
| 0:55.5 | seaside town just outside Newcastle in the northeast of England, but we're headed for a quiet |
| 1:00.8 | road called Lock Street and an ordinary two-story house where back in 2005 a family was |
| 1:08.0 | terrorized by something they could not explain. Expect haunted phones and gadgets and some truly disturbing communications |
| 1:15.6 | with something that appears to intend this young family harm. |
| 1:20.6 | Can we explain it? I'm Danny Robbins and this is uncanny cold cases. |
| 1:26.6 | What has past comes again in the cold where we lay. |
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