4.6 • 832 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Danny meets our star witness – the real-life Liz Rich, to learn more about the frightening reality of living inside what has been called Britain's most haunted house. Back in 1989, we hear how the haunting intensifies, as Bill and Liz feel a sinister presence that appears to be taking over their lives, but is it real, or is it in their heads?
The Witch Farm reinvestigates a real-life haunting – a paranormal cold case that has been unsolved for nearly 30 years - until now. Set in in the beautiful, remote Welsh countryside, this terrifying true story is told through a thrilling blend of drama and documentary. Written and presented by Danny Robins, creator of The Battersea Poltergeist, Uncanny and West End hit 2:22 – A Ghost Story, The Witch Farm stars Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) and Alexandra Roach (No Offence), with original theme music by Mercury Prize-nominated Gwenno. This 8-part series interweaves a terrifying supernatural thriller set in the wild Welsh countryside with a fascinating modern-day investigation into a real-life mystery. Cast: Bill Rich ..... Joseph Fiennes Liz Rich ..... Alexandra Roach Wyn Thomas ...... Owen Teale Laurence Rich ..... Jonathan Case Mr Jones ..... Ioan Hefin Written and presented by Danny Robins Experts: Ciaran O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow Sound design by Charlie Brandon-King and Richard Fox Music by Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Gwenno Researcher: Nancy Bottomley Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard Directed by Simon Barnard Consultant was Mark Chadbourn, author of the book on the case 'Testimony' A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
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0:00.0 | On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation. |
0:07.0 | It was an extraordinary news story. |
0:09.0 | The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny, |
0:14.0 | mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared. |
0:18.0 | One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for Lucan. |
0:21.6 | It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime. |
0:25.6 | I'm Alex von Tundselman. |
0:26.6 | This is The Lucan Obsession. |
0:28.6 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
0:30.6 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
0:36.6 | So that is it. That is it. That is the gate to Yovanovna. Outside it now, can you feel that |
0:45.9 | fear again? Yeah. Sometimes when it comes face on at you like it is just now, you kind of think |
0:53.0 | shit. There were exorcisms in there. |
0:56.9 | Were there times when you felt like you'd never escape this place? |
0:59.5 | Yeah, because I couldn't work out out. |
1:02.0 | How do you feel right there? |
1:03.0 | I don't like it. I do not like it. |
1:06.6 | With all my cases, the thing that hooks me in is often not what the witness says, |
1:12.6 | but how they say it. |
1:14.3 | A quality in their voice that tells me, they are still scared. |
1:19.7 | I'm watching now, you're kind of rubbing your hands together. |
1:22.3 | I feel like you've got quite uncomfortable since we're right. |
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