Series 5: Case 4: Road Ghosts

Uncanny

BBC

Personal Journals, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Hitch a ride with Danny Robins as he explores supernatural sightings on Britain's roads. Vivid, deeply strange and often terrifying, roadside apparitions and phantom hitchhikers are some of the most frequently reported paranormal phenomena. But can they be explained?

Written and presented by Danny Robins Experts: Ian Simmons and Ciaran O'Keeffe Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake 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.
0:06.5	The party is raging.
0:09.8	Drinks flowing, laughter echoing.
0:12.8	But this isn't your standard night out.
0:17.0	It's all happening inside prison.
0:20.2	Join me, Amber Hack, for a shocking case of forbidden love, hidden corruption and a million pound drug boss.
0:28.7	You don't think it can happen to you, but it does.
0:31.0	Gangster presents sex, drugs and cell block parties.
0:35.7	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:45.8	I'm on a bridge standing directly above the A229 Road in Kent.
0:49.2	It doesn't feel like the classic setting for a ghost story.
0:56.5	But this episode, we are investigating an intriguing aspect of the paranormal. We've never talked about on Uncanny before, the phenomenon of road ghosts, because not all hauntings happen indoors. These are sightings
1:03.8	that people have whilst driving. They're often incredibly vivid, sometimes terrifying,
1:09.4	and undoubtedly deeply strained. We have not one but two
1:13.6	witnesses to hear from. And we will also be doing our own live investigation right here
1:19.6	of one of the UK's most famous road ghost stories. So do you dare to hitch a lift with me?
1:25.6	Because I'm Danny Robbins and this is uncanny.
1:30.3	When we experience this, it really blew both our minds because it was out of this world.
1:37.5	Even though we both saw it, we still sometimes look at each other if we drive over that area and say,
1:42.9	we did see it. We did, didn't we?
1:45.7	I have this thought it knocks on walls inside my mind. I know what I saw. I know what I saw
2:03.6	I know what I saw. Case 4, Road Ghosts.
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