Series 1: Case 14: The Haunting of Tanfield House
Uncanny
BBC
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
A young woman breaks away from her Catholic background when she attends art school. Memories of a childhood exorcism haunt her, but when it appears there is a poltergeist in her new house, she once again consider the existence of the Devil.
But does the poltergeist really mean harm or is it just trying to get a message through?
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
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| 0:25.7 | Chapter four. |
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| 0:37.0 | So, how many animals do you have? |
| 0:39.4 | At the moment, getting on to for about 200 horses, cats, dogs, sheep, goats, alpacas, |
| 0:47.6 | emus. |
| 0:48.8 | This is Patti, she lives on a farm in Wales, which has become a bit of an animal sanctuary. |
| 0:53.6 | Rabbits, guinea pigs, lovely old hamster, Mr. Pims. |
| 1:01.1 | But before you start thinking this episode is going to be all nice and cozy, a word of |
| 1:07.2 | warning, the story that Patti is going to tell us will see her plunged into a level |
| 1:12.2 | of real physical danger, unlike anything we have seen before. |
| 1:17.4 | She will stare potential death in the face. |
| 1:22.0 | I'm Danny Robbins, and this is Uncanny. |
| 1:52.0 | Case 14, The Haunting of Tanfield House. |
| 2:02.4 | Hello, and thank you first for the huge response to Case 13, The Return of Elizabeth |
| 2:06.8 | Daker. |
| 2:07.8 | So many of you have described Grant's story as being like a real life version of the |
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