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🗓️ 16 October 2025
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More Halloween horrors from Danny Robins... dare you listen?
Written and presented by Danny Robins Researcher: Nancy Bottomley Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake Head of Production: Kerry Luter Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello, how are you? Our case today comes from Jasmine, who lives in Melbourne in Australia. She says, in 2008, when I was 12, I experienced my first big family loss. My uncle Abby, my favourite uncle, a musical genius, funny and charismatic. |
| 0:24.6 | One night, six months after his death, me and my mum drove to his house to drop off some tax documents for my auntie, his widow. |
| 0:32.6 | My mum asked if I could run inside and leave the paperwork as my auntie wasn't home and the door was never locked. |
| 0:42.4 | I opened the front door and put the paperwork down, but immediately it felt off. I had this nagging feeling. Someone was home. So I called out, hello, it's Jazzy. I didn't get a response, |
| 0:48.3 | but as I turned to leave, I froze. With a clear line of sight to my auntie and uncle's room, I could see the end of their |
| 0:56.1 | bed. There was someone sat there with their head in their hands. It looked like he was sobbing, |
| 1:01.4 | but I couldn't hear anything. I was so scared. The man sat upright in the most unnatural fashion, |
| 1:09.1 | and now I saw his face and the tears. |
| 1:12.6 | My Uncle Abbey, who I had never seen Cry, was sitting there. |
| 1:16.8 | The next thing I knew, I was running out the door. |
| 1:19.6 | The ride home was a whirlwind of emotions. |
| 1:21.7 | My mum must have realised because she asked me if I was upset about Uncle Abbey. |
| 1:26.8 | I didn't answer. |
| 1:29.3 | Thank you, Jasmine, for sharing this incredibly personal story. |
| 1:32.4 | What do we feel she saw? |
| 1:33.7 | Grief-based hallucination or actual ghost. |
| 1:36.5 | Email me your thoughts, uncanny at BBC.co.com. |
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