Episode 9: An Ancient Evil

The Witch Farm

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Drama, Fiction

4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this exciting bonus episode of his hit Radio 4 series, Danny Robins presents a one-hour special of The Witch Farm recorded in front of a live audience at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. Danny is joined by paranormal experts Ciaran O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow to reveal startling new evidence and talk to incredible new witnesses. Can he solve some of the remaining mysteries and get to the bottom of this strange, chilling case?

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 Laurence Rich ..... Jonathan Case Eddie Burks ...... David Shaw-Parker

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

Recorded at the Wales Millennium Centre Engineered by Dave Battcock and Mark Harrison

Consultant: Mark Chadbourn, author of the book on the case 'Testimony'

A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

Transcript

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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.
0:27.6	This is The Lucan Obsession.
0:28.6	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:30.6	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:36.6	Oh, Music, Radio, Podcasts. Oh, I play, yeah, I would be thirsty. Hello, it's even a love me
1:00.0	Hello Hello!
1:14.0	Hello, hello, hello.
1:19.7	Witch farmers, we are back for a very special bonus episode recorded in front of an audience here at the Millennium Center in Cardiff, the capital of Wales.
1:43.4	It's been two months now since the last episode,
1:46.5	and we have a lot of new information to share.
1:50.8	But first, can you do something for me?
1:54.8	Close your eyes.
1:57.1	Imagine you are in that lonely farmhouse
2:00.4	at the foot of the Brecken Beacons Mountains.
2:03.6	Hail Van Gog, as we remind ourselves of this journey that we have been on.
2:10.6	Jesus, it's astronomical.
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