To be absolutely terrified after watching latest episode of Uncanny

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@Sodthesystem

Yes I agree

Dabbling with the occult and darker powers

That was the annoying thing about the show (and its follow-ups) - never a word about what happened after Julian moved, or at any point in the next 20 years or so. An important point, given that he felt it was attached to him rather than the building and followed him into town and into his car.

How about the journalist Hannah Betts, who was in one of the radio episodes?

If they were actors, wouldn't we see them in other things sometimes? Some people do just go wooden in front of cameras. And sure, the show might have attracted some people who are just attention-seekers or whatever. But I think most of them are sincere and believe they experienced what they say.

I've just watched the last episode. I am definitely team sceptic. But will also only watch in daylight and may or may not leave a night light on after certain episodes.

The Julian episode is the one that scared me least, mainly because it did seem to be the one with the most plausible explanation (his grief and metal health).

I really do think some people are more prone to experiences. My DM has many stories, and she 100% believes that every single one has happened. However, she is also more likely to look for a supernatural explanation.

I remember a time she was visiting a new home, she was wandering around the living room when she declared that a certain corner of the room felt awful and that there was a heavy "evil" smell coming from it. She was adamant there was something wrong with that corner of the room. Turns out she was smelling the strong scent of the fresh lillies on the table as she walked past 😆. If we hadn't realised this and pointed it out, she would have continued to remember and probably embellish the story as a time she sensed evil in our new home!

I should bloody well hope so 😂

That one was made up apparently.

@Xmasxrackers

Great show isn't it? I haven't listened to the podcast yet ...but here is link on BBC Sounds

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0010x7c

Just watched S2 and I enjoyed it. Where do I find his podcast? The George episode gave me goosebumps in the post mortem section

I enjoyed the TV show but the podcasts is better. Luilebet is the best.

Ooo yes, I remember that

Also the one about the woman who was went into the woods chasing after a runaway dog and got menaced by evil disembodied voices.

@PixieandDelilahsmum "I think what was really meant by suggestible actually was vulnerable."

Really? Why do you think that? Those two words aren't synonyms either!

It might be that they filter out people who say things like "oh yes, totally believe in ghosts, I live with 12 of them!" as they would be less convincing or maybe less scared themselves, which wouldn't really work for the format.

But I would like to hear from some of the people who work in places where there are renowned ghosts, like the Drury Lane Theatre ghost which lots of people are supposed to have seen. There are lots of stories/anecdotes where someone sees something and people who work there are all "Oh yeah, that's the ghost, you've seen him then" and unbothered. I'd like Danny to have a delve into one of those situations.

Well, you'd need to watch it so you post on the subject with some knowledge but I don't think any of them said they believed beforehand. Plenty of people see ghosts that previously did not believe in that kind of thing.

Most of the alleged cases of SHC had two things in common, cigarettes and alcohol.

I think what was really meant by suggestible actually was vulnerable.

@PixieandDelilahsmum you appear to
be saying that "suggestible" and "open minded" are synonyms. They aren't.

Generally speaking, people taking part in programmes like this are predisposed to belief. I haven't listened to it (I got half way through Danny Baker's book before I gave up) but I am delighted that Bridget Christie took the "this thing I currently can't explain happened to me. I don't know what it was, but the one thing I do know is that it was not paranormal" stand.

Bridget Christie on the Julian/Shadow Man episode was entirely skeptical about her own clearly-described experiences of seeing disembodied hands and having a loud sighing noise made in her ear in an otherwise empty room. She said ‘These appeared to happen, but I don’t for a moment believe they were supernatural.’

Exactly. I remember a thread on here where a poster told a story about a ghostly regiment of silent mounted figures appearing on Oxford St., and she was completely resistant to the obvious non-supernatural explanation, which was that the Household Cavalry regiments exercised at dawn in Hyde Park and returned to barracks along Oxford St.

You’re often dealing with people who desperately want their experience to have been supernatural.

No idea if they've all said that. Would be quite unusual to have 100% track record for all guests to be non-believers (as opposed to "never really thought about its") though.

Completely agree that it could and should be better. But it is an entertainment programme, not a serious investigation as each show wouldn't last an hour otherwise 😄

I don’t think it’s only ever ‘suggestible’ (or open minded) people who see ghosts, though. I’m pretty sure it’s a question the presenter asks quite early on in each show and I don’t recall any one of them saying ‘oh yes, I believed in ghosts before this experience.’ I think (if I remember correctly) that in every show I’ve watched they have all said that they didn’t believe in this kind of thing beforehand.

Uncanny could be so good, but for some reason (well, obvious reasons) instead of playing it as a balanced investigation Robins goes for the faux drama approach. He is forever failing to pick or misinterpret things that witnesses say and repeat them as facts,while the listener is shouting "...but he didn't say that...!". When he deliberately gets facts wrong about places or buildings (one of his programmes was about a local place) its obvious that its all scripted for effect. Also as other posters have said, the "witnesses" sound like they've been coached.

I'm actually open minded but BBC tat like Uncanny could be done so much better. IMO, of course.

Spontaneous human combustion was a biggie as well when I was a teenager. Everyone had a copy of that Reader's Digest 'Strange Stories, Amazing Facts'. Great fun but 99% stories. If you rely on the "we can't explain everything" get out, you're admitting you're suggestible. Anyone playing with a ouija board and believing it operates on its own is already suggestible and buying into believing whatever they want to believe.