The Torrelaguna House Part 2

Uncanny

BBC

Personal Journals, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

After his terrifying night in the Torrelaguna house, Andy's companions admit he’s not the only one to have experienced odd occurrences.

In Part 2 of the Uncanny Summer Special, Danny Robins unravels the unsettling past of the old house - drawing us into the fascinating, dark history of Spain’s Civil War past and family secrets that refuse to stay buried.

Written and presented by Danny Robins 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	Why do some big successful brands go bust?
0:05.0	Toast is back for a new series, taking a look at the decisions that often left investors burnt.
0:11.0	I'm Sean Farrington, a BBC business journalist. I'll be hearing about the hype.
0:15.0	They're going to do the deal that makes them the most money at that point of time.
0:19.0	And I'm picking what went wrong,
0:21.6	talking to owners and employees to ask,
0:24.2	what can we learn?
0:25.4	It was being undercut by similar rivals.
0:28.5	It just couldn't survive.
0:30.3	Toast. Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:34.9	BBC Sounds, music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:40.3	I saw a shape on the bed, and I can only describe it as a sort of matted, horrible dog.
0:51.9	And I was completely freaking out.
0:56.0	Welcome back to part two of the uncanny summer special last episode.
1:00.9	We heard from former soldier to an offshore robot submarine pilot Andy about his trip with
1:07.7	his friends, Paul and Julio, to Julio's family home in Toro Laguna,
1:12.8	a tiny town near Madrid in central Spain.
1:15.9	Andy described that terrifying experience
1:18.4	that he had in a bedroom there,
1:20.5	witnessing what he felt was an apparition,
1:23.3	seemingly of a dog.
1:24.5	He actually used the word beast.
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