Halloween Countdown. Case 24: The House Where You Can't Argue

Uncanny

BBC

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🗓️ 24 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.

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	Music Radio Podcasts.
0:04.8	Hello, today's story is from Josh.
0:09.7	He says, Dear Danny, in the early 80s, my parents went to stay at my granddad's house in Somerset,
0:15.7	an old blacksmiths forge that was 200 years old.
0:18.9	They all went to the pub over the road in the evening, but my parents came back early and
0:22.2	had a massive argument.
0:24.1	My dad went upstairs to bed for a early night but my mum stayed downstairs in the meantime watching
0:28.3	telly.
0:29.7	A couple of hours later my mum went upstairs to their bedroom, and when she went into the room,
0:34.8	every single cupboard, fitted wardrobe, bedside table, draw, and even the loft hatch door were pulled
0:40.2	completely wide open.
0:42.4	My mum woke my dad up and wanted to know why he'd been so
0:44.4	bloody childish but confused. He swore to God it wasn't him. In the morning my mom told my
0:51.4	granddad about it and he simply replied calmly saying
0:54.0	This is a peaceful house. It didn't like you two fighting as if he wasn't surprised by it at all
1:01.6	my mom said each time she stayed there after that she slept with the light on and it never happened again, but I've often wondered what my granddad experienced to know what the house did and didn't like.
1:17.0	Thank you so much Josh, email me your thoughts, uncanny at BBC.coo. UK and I want to tell you there is a special full length uncanny episode in your podcast feed now featuring Stuart Lee. It's the first
1:25.2	part of our Halloween special, our trilogy of terror. Check it out on BBC Sounds. I know what so.

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