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🗓️ 28 November 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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As the terrifying phenomena reach extreme heights, Bill and Liz are at their most desperate and scared. David Holmwood has convinced them it is the work of the Devil, but do the answers lie in the mysteries of the past? Danny learns about a violent murder that occurred 150 years ago – could it be linked to the events at Heol Fanog? The Witch Farm reinvestigates a real-life haunting – a paranormal cold case that has been unsolved for nearly 30 years - until now. Set 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 David Holmwood …… Guy Henry Liz Jones ..... Laura Dagleish Laurence Rich ...... Jonathan Case Ben Rich ...... Tom Barnard
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: 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 | I'm standing in my hotel room in Brecon and I am slightly worried. |
0:44.4 | It currently resembles the sort of room that the FBI burst into and find in serial killer movies. |
0:49.4 | There are scrawled notes, photos and newspaper cuttings pinned to every wall currently as I'm trying to take stock |
0:55.9 | of this complex, confusing, unsettling investigation. So much drama last episode. Haunted baby |
1:05.4 | monitors, kamikaze owls, and that shocking alleged possession of Liz. |
1:11.4 | Do you believe that Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior? |
1:16.7 | No, nothing to do with me. |
1:21.9 | So many questions, so many mysteries, and now we have a new one to add into the mix. |
1:29.2 | Courtesy of local historian Bethan Morgan. |
1:32.0 | You might be living on the site of Brecken's most notorious axe murder. |
1:38.8 | I've got that very newspaper article that Bethan dug up right here. |
1:41.8 | The headline is robbery and murder near Brecon. |
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