Halloween Countdown. Case 13: The Strange Man

Uncanny

BBC

Personal Journals, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

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.
0:04.7	Hello, today's story comes from Cindy.
0:09.6	She says hello Danny.
0:11.2	My husband works for a road marking company. One day he came home and told me that his
0:15.3	colleague Tom had a really bizarre experience. Tom and another man were working the night shift.
0:20.7	At around 3 a.m. a guy appeared on the pavement below their wagon. He was mid-30s
0:25.1	scruffly dressed with long straggly hair, a couple of teeth missing and bloodshot eyes. He just
0:30.3	stood there watching them. After a while, Tom went over and said,
0:34.0	what do you want, mate?
0:35.0	The man smiled and said,
0:36.8	nothing, I'm just waiting for my bus home
0:38.0	because I haven't got my bike.
0:40.0	At that moment, something felt even more off
0:42.0	because Tom knew there were no buses around that time of night so he and his colleague got in the cab of the wagon locked the doors and drove further down the road away from the man.
0:50.0	At the end of their shift they've made their way a few miles down the road and were packing up when Tom noticed a piece of A4 paper and a plastic wallet on a lamppost opposite.
0:59.0	There staring back at Tom was a photograph of the weird guy who'd been watching them.
1:06.0	A much better looking healthier and sparkling eyes with a wide smile revealing perfect teeth all present and correct and long hair neatly combed and fresh looking.
1:15.0	The writing beneath the photo told of the guy's name and age and that he was knocked off
1:20.0	his bike and killed on the way home from work just a few weeks previously.
1:26.4	Thank you, Cindy, a really unsettling moving story there.
1:29.4	Email me your thoughts, uncanny at BBC.kow.
1:32.0	UK, I'll see you tomorrow.
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