The Battersea Poltergeist’s Danny Robins introduces a chilling excerpt from his intriguing new paranormal series, Uncanny.
Danny Robins introduces his investigation, set in the wild Welsh countryside, into the real-life mystery behind what has been called Britain's most haunted house.
The Battersea Poltergeist
Episode 1: 63 Wycliffe Road
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
Strange events start at an ordinary South London house, focused around teenage Shirley Hitchings. Is it a poltergeist? Danny Robins investigates an intriguing paranormal cold case. Show more
The Battersea Poltergeist
Episode 3: Interview with a Ghost
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
Danny explores possible links between the Battersea case and the infamous Enfield Poltergeist, and Shirley’s haunting grips the nation as journalists besiege 63 Wycliffe Road. Show more
The Battersea Poltergeist
Episode 2: Shirley
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
Danny meets the only surviving witness to the haunting – the real-life Shirley Hitchings. Back in 1956, objects appear to move of their own accord as Harold Chibbett investigates. Show more
The Battersea Poltergeist
Episode 4: The Underground Exorcist
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
A psychic offers to perform an exorcism to remove Donald the poltergeist. Will this save Shirley or put her in more danger? Danny meets a modern-day exorcist to find out. Show more
The Battersea Poltergeist
Episode 5: Strange Bones
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
Accusations are made against Shirley in a press exposé, as the haunting intensifies, putting the Hitchings family in danger. Show more
The Battersea Poltergeist
Episode 7: Dead Letters
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
The Hitchings family experience disturbing new phenomena, and the case takes a strange twist as letters appear, seemingly written by the poltergeist. How can this be possible? Show more
The Battersea Poltergeist
Episode 6: Fright Night
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
Shirley invites a journalist to spend a night with Donald, and Danny visits a house that allegedly has an active poltergeist. Show more
The Battersea Poltergeist
Episode 8: Darkness and Light
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
The investigation reaches its climax as Danny looks for answers to explain the strange events at 63 Wycliffe Road back in 1956. Was this a haunting or a hoax? Show more
The Battersea Poltergeist
Introducing... An Eye for a Killing
10 minutesFirst broadcast:
Available for years
Jack Lowden tells the true story of Scotland’s notorious serial killers, Burke and Hare. What started two former canal labourers on a mass killing spree in 19th century Edinburgh?
The Battersea Poltergeist
Introducing The Battersea Poltergeist
4 minutesFirst broadcast:
Available for over a year
A paranormal cold case, re-investigated through a thrilling blend of drama and documentary. The true story of one of Britain’s strangest hauntings, with Dafne Keen and Toby Jones.
The Battersea Poltergeist
Episode 9: Doubt and Wonder
58 minutesFirst broadcast:
Available for over a year
In a final bonus episode, Danny takes one last deep dive into the case, as he uncovers new witnesses to the strange events at Wycliffe Road and puts your questions to Shirley Show more
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In this special bonus episode, Danny discusses your questions and theories about the case so far. Can we solve the mystery of the key on Shirley’s bed? Show more
The Battersea Poltergeist
Case Update: It Follows
19 minutesFirst broadcast:
Available for over a year
In this second bonus episode, Danny discusses your questions and theories and explores the strange tapping that follows Shirley – to work, and even onto national television. Show more
The Battersea Poltergeist
Case Update: A New Witness
25 minutesFirst broadcast:
Available for over a year
In this bonus episode, Danny discusses your questions and theories about the case and uncovers another living witness to the strange events at 63 Wycliffe Road in 1956. Show more
The Battersea Poltergeist
You might like The Lovecraft Investigations
3 minutesFirst broadcast:
Available for 10 months
An investigation into witchcraft, the occult and secret government operations. From H.P. Lovecraft. Show more