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Uncanny

Series 3: Case 1: The Blue Man

Uncanny

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

16-year-old Sarah moves to a new house in North Wales, and every night wakes to see a man standing at the end of her bed, accompanied by a terrible feeling of intense sadness. She thinks it’s a dream, but then realises she’s not the only one to see him…

Written and presented by Danny Robins Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake Script editor: Dale Shaw 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

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0:08.0

I started to wake a regular basis,

0:11.4

and every time in that moment of waking,

0:14.1

I would see the man standing in the corner.

0:16.8

Many times on Uncanny, we have talked about

0:19.2

that strange no man's land between sleep and waking,

0:23.2

where reality and illusion blend in the dark depths of night.

0:29.0

But what happens when your nightmares enter your reality?

0:34.7

I thought it was an anxiety dream

0:37.1

for the whole time this was happening

0:40.1

until other people started to tell me about the man.

0:46.3

When you realise you are not the only one

0:49.7

seeing these visions that perhaps is not a dream after all.

0:55.5

And at that moment in time, everything became real,

1:00.8

and I was scared absolutely witless.

1:04.5

We have a new case to investigate,

1:05.9

I'm Danny Robbins, and this is Uncanny Season 3.

1:25.5

I know what I'm so...

1:41.5

Case 1, The Blue Man.

1:48.5

Welcome to a new season of Uncanny.

1:50.8

Brace yourselves for more strange stories.

1:54.1

Each one has been emailed to me by somebody

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