Halloween Countdown. Case 1: A Scare Before Bedtime

Uncanny

BBC

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🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Give us two minutes a day and we’ll give you a spooky scare. Every day in October, Danny Robins will release a brand new bite-size tale of terror - real-life ghost stories hand-picked from the Uncanny inbox.

We’ll hear stories of haunted houses, hotels and hospitals; of terrifying encounters with spectral soldiers, creepy children and hounds from hell: every one sent in by listeners to the podcast.

Countdown with Danny, and then get ready for some very special Halloween surprises!

Written and presented by Danny Robins Assistant producer and researcher: Lara Monahan Researcher: Nancy Bottomley Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake Production manager: Tam Reynolds 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.
0:06.9	Hello, welcome to the uncanny Halloween Advent calendar.
0:10.2	I'll be sharing a brand new case every day until Halloween.
0:14.0	Our first story comes from Lynn, she emailed me to say,
0:16.7	Dear Danny, it was a summer of 1968,
0:19.7	and I was working with my husband in a hotel on Aldenie in the Channel Islands.
0:24.6	There are few locals still drinking in the bar, but I was told by John the manager to head up to bed.
0:29.2	Upon reaching my room, I began to get ready.
0:31.6	I was at the basin brushing my teeth when the atmosphere in the room began to change.
0:37.0	The drinking glass began to move from left to right making a sound. I then heard a spine chilling groan. As I lifted my head to look in the
0:45.0	mirror I became aware that someone was standing directly behind me. It appeared to
0:51.2	be a large man wearing a uniform.
0:55.0	I was so terrified I ran out of the room not realizing I was only dressed in my underwear.
1:00.0	I ran down three flights of stairs to the bar where somebody grabbed a table clock to cover me up.
1:05.5	I told John the manager and wait until my husband finished his shift because I didn't want to go back to my room alone.
1:13.0	The remainder of the time we spent there, nothing else happened, but when we were about to leave the hotel,
1:18.0	John, the manager, told me he believed the hotel was haunted by a German soldier. He hadn't told me before as he
1:25.5	wished us to end our contract. What did Lynn see in that mirror? How do we explain the glass
1:31.1	moving and why did she hear that groan?
1:34.0	Send me your theories to uncanny at BBC.kow.
1:37.8	I will be back tomorrow with another spooky story.

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