News imageUncanny, Series 5, Case 10: The Priest Hole

Uncanny

Series 5

Case 10: The Priest Hole

30 December 2025

29 minutes

Available for over a year

A family renovating an old house stumble upon a priest hole, a hidden chamber where Catholic priests took refuge in Elizabethan times.

But the strange discovery seems to signal a change in the atmosphere of the house. Has uncovering the priest hole unleashed something else?

Written and presented by Danny Robins

Experts: Ben Machell and Dan Snow

Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King

Music: Evelyn Sykes

Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake

Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell

Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts

Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard

A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4