S1. Case 2: The Charity Shop Poltergeist
Uncanny
BBC
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Danny Robins hosts the visualised podcast for real-life supernatural encounters.
The Charity Shop Poltergeist is the story of Sybil, the manager of a charity shop in the home counties. Sybil and her fellow workers feel and hear a strange presence, objects seemingly move by themselves, and the apparition of a man is seen by staff and customers. Who is the presence that seemingly haunts the shop?
Danny Robins delves deeper into Sybil's story in this extended podcast episode, uncovering fresh evidence, new leads and intriguing revelations about this case.
Assisting Danny in his search for answers are regular paranormal experts Dr Ciarán O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow, who’ll further analyse the charity shop’s unsettling poltergeist activity; witnesses Sybil and Sophie, to share more frightening stories from their time working at the shop; and celebrity guest expert and Uncanny superfan Meera Syal, who’ll reveal her stand-out moments from the episode.
Written and presented by Danny Robins Experts: Evelyn Hollow and Ciaran O'Keeffe Special guest: Meera Syal Editing and sound design: Nick Price and Charlie Brandon-King Theme music by Gazelle Twin Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
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| 0:46.3 | If you are here, you've hopefully watched Case 2 of the new TV series Van Canney, |
| 0:51.6 | the charity shop Paltkeyes. If you haven't, go and watch it on |
| 0:55.1 | EyePlayer now quick. It was a story of how Sybil, Sophie and the other staff of a charity shop |
| 1:00.4 | in Buckinghamshire came face to face with what just might have been, the ghost of a former |
| 1:06.1 | resident. Are you feeling team believer or team sceptic on this one? We have so much to talk about. |
| 1:11.8 | So let's get this paranormal after party started. |
| 1:14.8 | I'm Danny Robbins, and this is uncanny postmortem. Hello, how are you? |
| 1:34.3 | This is a second episode of Uncanny Postmortem, the show where we can get together to discuss these strange, scary cases in more detail. |
| 1:42.6 | I am hoping that you are full of questions and theories on case |
| 1:46.6 | to the charity shop Paltkegeist. We will be hearing more from our witnesses. We have new evidence, |
| 1:52.6 | new leads and that biggest of all questions. Who was George? To help us wade through all of this |
| 1:59.8 | exciting new evidence, we have a celebrity guest expert. |
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