The Witch Farm

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Fiction #161Drama #59

It's 1989, rural Wales, a lonely old farmhouse in the shadow of the imposing Brecon Beacons mountains. Young, pregnant Liz Rich and her artist husband Bill rent an isolated farmhouse in the Welsh countryside, with Bill's teenage son Laurence. They're hoping for a fresh start, but the house holds dark secrets, and the family's new life becomes a terrifying ordeal that will change them forever. Their dream home has become a haunted nightmare - but what is real and what is in their minds? Written and presented by Danny Robins, creator of The Battersea Poltergeist, Uncanny and West End hit 2:22 - A Ghost Story, The Witch Farm stars Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid's Tale) and Alexandra Roach (No Offence), with original theme music by Mercury Prize-nominated Gwenno. This 8-part series interweaves a terrifying supernatural thriller set in the wild Welsh countryside with a fascinating modern-day investigation into the real-life mystery behind what has been called Britain's most haunted house.

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  • The Nameless Twin
    Great story!
    I don’t mean that as in I think it’s fiction. While skeptical, I do think there is more to the world than we see. This tale is gripping, and I want there to be more, but as with such things, it doesn’t just end. The writers in the show need to collaborate with some streaming platform that produces its own content and create a series telling the family’s story, à la Netflix’s “Haunting of Hill House,” only don’t hokey it up with a happy ending beyond the eventual escape. A tale of true good/evil where there is actual evil.
  • EssDoubleYou
    THRILLING!!!
    I absolutely LOVED listening to this story!!! Danny Robins does a phenomenal job diving into these cases, laying out the information, narrating, his attention to detail…EVERYTHING! I hope he continues blessing the world with these spooky documentary podcasts because I can promise, I’ll be here for them all!
  • silly 20
    I can’t wait
    I can’t wait for another season I hope you do it I like listen too it .
  • khsgget
    Of if he h just finished up
    Hey just wanted just give just k up front door open house number two now muddy feet buffalo
  • Food admirer
    Love!
    I’m hooked
  • historyheather
    Very Manipulative
    Entertaining at times but only a pretend “documentary” or study. Highly produced and manipulated to make the listener “believe.” The “skeptic” never asks real obvious questions, such as the dynamics of a teen stepson in a blended family with a new baby being blamed for the “haunting” and kicked out of the house, and instead constantly falls back on “sleep deprivation.” The show accepts hilarious “historical lessons,” paranormal “experts” and theories with credulity. It is very fun to predict the next part of the story as it is completely similar to more famous tales.
  • patmbaseball
    Not a fan of the Format
    I’m not a fan of this type of format for a podcast documentary, hosts comments interspersed with dramatization of “real” events. Is really annoying when the hosts act like something big has just been revealed (by actors reading a script of what supposedly happened 30 years ago. SPOILER ALERT BELOW The thing that made me think that the haunting did not occur was when the mother walks into her babies room and sees the old woman (ghost?) sitting in the chair. The mother and fathers reaction to this was to move the baby into their room. If you really thought there was a strange person, ghost or real, in your house with your baby, wouldn’t you get out of the house immediately?
  • Chicagoan_Ipod_Touch
    load of crap
    load of crap
  • (Walter55)
    GHOSTS, YEAH RIGHT!
    You’ve all lost your minds, there’s no such thing as ghost, demons, spooks, just politicians!
  • Burned By Adobe
    Critical Thinking With One Hand Tied Behind Its Back
    This show is well produced technically, and does a great job at constructing a narrative that is entertaining. However, it is irresponsible in its treatment of conspiracy theories about spirits and spooks. Although it has skeptic who offers rational explanations for the phenomenon that are described, these explanations are routinely dismissed by the host, without the details of those explanations being fairly addressed. Then, a so-called expert who is really just a practitioner of the religion of Spiritualism is allowed to come on and make declarations of “truth” about what spirits are and what they do, without ever referring to any actual research to support those claims. This is an especially irresponsible thing for a podcast to do given the increasing influence of outlandish spiritual conspiracy theories in politics and government. The same kind of sloppy thinking that this podcast contributes to is behind the QAnon conspiracy theory in the United States. The BBC ought to know better.
  • talulahqueenofthruniverse
    More please
    I Loved this and am ready to jump into the next story!!!
  • anonymousdetroit
    Soooo good
    I loved!
  • JessHynes11
    My favorite BBC pod
    Hello from Texas! I must confess- this podcast (and it’s sisters) are my absolute favorite. The blending between documentary style and theater is impeccable- it really transports you there. Please keep up the good work!!!
  • ucantbeatTCC
    Amazing!!!
    Please continue to make these wonderful podcasts! Each one has been absolutely fascinating, well acted, and thoughtful. I hope you will be willing to continue your investigations in many other locations!
  • SirRHP
    Excellent
    Danny Robins is peerless.
  • put mom on the phone...
    Too much dramatization not enough real investigation
    If you’re looking for a spooky ghost story for Halloween this might do but don’t expect any real corroboration with other eye witnesses or evidence besides a big power bill. The actual person who experienced the haunting hardly gets to describe what happened to her. Instead they use voice actors to re-enact events and lay on heavy sound effects and music to make it seem scary. A real person’s story out of their own mouth of what they experienced would have been much scarier. Missed opportunity.
  • Tuml
    Love it
    Entertaining
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