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The Battersea Poltergeist

BBC

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.

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...

57:38Apr 19, 2021

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 this final e...

28:00Mar 4, 2021

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...

25:11Mar 2, 2021

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...

31:46Feb 24, 2021

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...

33:44Feb 18, 2021

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 de...

19:23Feb 15, 2021

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...

30:40Feb 11, 2021

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...

30:56Feb 4, 2021

Case Update: The Key

A special bonus episode, answering your questions about this thrilling investigation. In our first case update, Danny discusses your theorie...

15:25Feb 1, 2021

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 repo...

31:10Jan 28, 2021

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? Back i...

29:06Jan 21, 2021

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. T...

30:57Jan 21, 2021

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 hau...

3:44Jan 14, 2021