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Uncanny

Series 1: Case 11: The Curse of Luibeilt

Uncanny

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

After young climber Phil’s terrifying night in the Scottish highlands, whatever lurks in the abandoned cottage appears to follow him home to Glasgow. He decides to return to Luibeilt to confront his fears and solve the mystery - but what happens next will haunt Phil for the rest of his life.

Danny digs further into this bizarre and scary case. Does it offer proof that ghosts exist?

Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard

A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, let me ask you, sir, have you heard George's podcast?

0:06.1

Me and Ben Brick are back with a blast, this time with stories from Africa's past.

0:11.0

Not too distant, unsolved mysteries, unsung heroes from untold histories, I'm trying

0:16.9

to make sense of the present day, join me on this journey by pressing play.

0:24.4

I didn't sleep without the light on for six months, I became increasingly terrified

0:45.7

of going anywhere on my own.

0:48.2

Last episode we heard what happened to Phil McNeil as a young climber at an abandoned

0:52.4

cottage called Louis Belt in the Scottish Highlands in 1973, but that night was just

0:59.1

the beginning.

1:00.2

What happens next is bizarre, terrifying, and has haunted Phil for the rest of his life.

1:07.2

I felt I was being followed.

1:10.0

I had this feeling that this presence was somewhere wherever I was.

1:17.8

I'm Danny Robbins, and this is Uncanny.

1:47.8

KC-11, The Curse of Louis Belt.

1:58.9

Thanks for all your questions and theories on the case so far, it's on the most intriguing

2:03.0

and frightening we've heard, I think, but the way it develops this episode, it throws

2:07.9

up some massive, deep, deep questions.

2:10.0

We're going to hear Phil return to Louis Belt to confront his demons, and we'll also

2:14.9

hear how maybe those demons confronted him, but first I'm rejoined by our experts,

2:20.8

parapsychologists, Kirin O'Keefe and Evelyn Hollow.

2:25.0

Evelyn a huge response to this case so far, there are so many weird aspects to it, but one

2:30.1

really caught people's imagination was the way Louis Belt had been seemingly abandoned

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