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Uncanny

Series 2: Case 1: The Boy in Room 3

Uncanny

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Danny Robins returns with a brand new season of Uncanny. Homeless, 19-year-old Marie gets a job at a working monastery in the North of England. Night after night, she hears the sound of a young boy crying in an adjacent room, but there's no-one there. What is the dark secret of Room 3?

Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Script assistant: Leo Dunlop 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

Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.

0:03.7

My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a Load of Sport Podcasts.

0:08.4

I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with a leading journalist, experienced

0:12.2

pundits and the biggest sport stars.

0:14.3

Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the players'

0:18.5

mouths.

0:19.5

But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is our unique access to the sport in world.

0:25.0

What that means is that we can bring you podcasts that create a real connection to

0:28.8

dedicated sports fans across the UK.

0:31.0

So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more.

0:35.2

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:44.7

I hear sobbing and it's a little kid and I absolutely knew that nobody else was in the house.

0:55.1

When you're reading a ghost story, however frightening it gets, you know you can always

1:02.4

close the book.

1:04.4

Turn the light on, bring back reality.

1:07.6

But what if you found yourself trapped inside your very own ghost story?

1:13.3

Oh my, I was so young and I was so scared.

1:21.8

Marie is going to tell us about an experience she had when she was 19.

1:25.4

The events take place in the beautiful isolation of the North Yorkshire Moors, a place she went

1:31.5

to rebuild her life and where she found something that would change it forever.

1:38.8

That amount of darkness, that amount of pure fright, yeah I don't know whether or not

1:47.0

I'd ever sleep in that house again.

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