The Battersea Poltergeist is a 7 part radio series that blends drama and documentary to explore intriguing real-life paranormal cold cases.
As we hear the original haunting brought to life, host Danny Robins begins his own present-day investigation – what really happened to terrify the Hitchings family 65 years ago?
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Top New BBC Mystery-Solving Podcast Jan 2021
Presenter: Danny Robins | Podcast categories: Mystery, Investigation, Docu-drama, 1950s London | First Episode Released: 21 January 2021, Final Episode (7): 24 February 2021.
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The Battersea Poltergeist
Description: 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…
Available from BBC Sounds, BBC (Radio 4) iPlayer, iTunes and other podcast platforms.
Podcast Episode List
The Battersea Poltergeist paranormal cold case, re-investigated through a thrilling blend of drama and documentary. The true story of one of Britain’s strangest hauntings, starring Dafne Keen and Toby Jones.
Episode 1: 63 Wycliffe Road is an ordinary house on a quiet South London street, but in 1956 it becomes famous as the site of an alleged poltergeist. The strange events focus around teenager Shirley Hitchings – but is it a haunting or hoax? Ghost hunter Harold Chibbett arrives to investigate. This series blends drama and documentary to explore an intriguing paranormal cold case. As we hear the original haunting brought to life…
Episode 2: Danny meets the only surviving witness to the haunting – the real-life Shirley Hitchings. What was it like living with a poltergeist? Back in 1956, Harold Chibbett begins his investigation of 63 Wycliffe Road, learning more from the family about the shocking events, as objects appear to move of their own accord.
Episode 3: Interview with a Ghost – Danny explores possible links between the Battersea case and the Enfield Poltergeist, a famous alleged haunting from 1977. He meets two reporters who covered the case, one of whom claims to have been attacked by the poltergeist. We hear more from the real-life Shirley Hitchings as, back in 1956, teenage Shirley appears to communicate with Donald the Poltergeist, and her story becomes front page tabloid news, gripping the nation. [Source: Apple Podcasts]
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