The Battersea Poltergeist
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The Battersea Poltergeist
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. Presented by Danny Robins.
Recent Episodes
13 episodes
Episode 9: Doubt and Wonder
In a final bonus episode, Danny takes one last deep dive into the investigation, as he explores more of your theories, examines some of the most puzzl...
Episode 8: Darkness and Light
Who wrote the letters?
How can the seemingly impossible happen in front of multiple witnesses?
Is this a haunting or a hoax?
In th...
Case Update: A New Witness
In this bonus episode, Danny discusses your questions and theories on the investigation after the shock developments of Episode 7, and, in a new twist...
Episode 7: Dead Letters
The Hitchings family experience strange new phenomena, as drawings appear on the walls and rooms are violently trashed, but strangest of all are handw...
Episode 6: Fright Night
After the press backlash, the Hitchings family fight to prove the haunting isn’t a hoax.
They invite young journalist Joyce Lewis to spend a ni...
Case Update: It Follows
In this second bonus episode, Danny discusses your theories about this supernatural cold case and answers some of your questions. Delving deeper into...
Episode 5: Strange Bones
After the exorcism, Shirley’s fame increases, but as she’s drawn into a press expose by two journalists, the world wants to know – is this a haunting...
Episode 4: The Underground Exorcist
A psychic medium offers to perform an exorcism to remove Donald the Poltergeist.
Broken by sleepless nights and constant fear, the Hitchings fa...
Case Update: The Key
A special bonus episode, answering your questions about this thrilling investigation. In our first case update, Danny discusses your theories about th...
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 reporte...
Episode 2: Shirley
Danny meets the only surviving witness to the haunting – the real-life Shirley Hitchings.
What was it like living with a poltergeist?
Ba...
Episode 1: 63 Wycliffe Road
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...
Introducing The Battersea Poltergeist
A paranormal cold case, re-investigated through a thrilling blend of drama and documentary. The true story of one of Britain’s strangest hauntings, wi...