Evelyn Hollow is a Scottish author, parapsychologist and TV and radio presenter. Most people know her as the resident “believer” on the BBC’s Uncanny, the person who takes a ghost story seriously while a sceptic pushes back.

If you’re here, you probably want a clear picture of her career, a simple explanation of her ideas, or straight answers to the questions people keep searching. Those are Evelyn Hollow’s age, whether she’s married, and the odd Academy Award line in some of her bios. This guide covers all of it, and where something isn’t confirmed, it says so.

Evelyn Hollow at a glance

Profession	Paranormal psychologist, writer, TV and radio presenter
From	Scotland (Edinburgh is her home town)
Known for	Uncanny, The Battersea Poltergeist, The Witch Farm, Spooked Scotland
Books	Atlas of Paranormal Places; Hollow’s Hauntology
Education	Master of Research in Paranormal Psychology; former psychology lecturer
Next release	Hollow’s Hauntological Handbook, listed for 2026

Her age, height and marital status aren’t publicly confirmed. More on that in the personal life section below.

Where to start with Evelyn Hollow

New to her work? Try these three:

• Watch: Uncanny on BBC Two. It’s the easiest way to see how she works. The TV series opened with an episode called “Miss Howard”.
• Read: Atlas of Paranormal Places, her first book. It’s easy to dip into one location at a time.
• Listen: a long podcast interview, like her chat on Television Times with Steve Otis Gunn. She talks about growing up in Scotland and how that shapes the way she thinks about the unexplained.

Once you’ve tried those, the rest of this guide fills in the background.

Who is Evelyn Hollow?

Background and career

She is a former psychology lecturer and holds a Master of Research degree in Paranormal Psychology. New Internationalist places her home town as Edinburgh.

She built a writing career before TV. Her official bio says she was a resident author at Esoterica Zine and the occult columnist for Corvid Culture. It also lists articles for HAUNTED magazine, the 2015 Lonely Planet Travel Writing Scholarship, and The Baer Archive, which she created. On screen, she appears in the Warner Bros. TV shows Spooked Scotland and Spooked Ireland.

Not to be confused with…

Search results can get messy. IMDb lists her as an actress, with a few credits alongside Uncanny. But her main public work is as a writer, paranormal psychologist and TV expert. You’ll also see unrelated people with similar names in the results. A quick test is to look for Uncanny, Atlas of Paranormal Places or paranormal psychology on the page. If none of them appear, it’s probably not her.

Evelyn Hollow on Uncanny: the believer on the team

What Uncanny is

Uncanny is a BBC radio and television series created by Danny Robins, first broadcast in 2021. The radio version runs on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. It later came to BBC Two as a TV show.

It grew out of The Battersea Poltergeist. Evelyn told New Internationalist that so many people wrote in with their own experiences that Danny was overwhelmed, and that’s how Uncanny got made. She also appears as an expert on BBC shows like The Battersea Poltergeist and The Witch Farm.

Believer vs sceptic: her role opposite Ciarán O’Keeffe

The format is simple. Evelyn is the “believer”, paired with the “sceptic” Ciarán O’Keeffe, who is also a good friend and fellow psychologist.

She says they’re both paranormal psychologists, but Ciarán is a hardcore sceptic while she’s more open-minded. Her job is to ask a specific question. If something is paranormal, what kind of phenomenon is it, and how does it fit with what we already understand about the supernatural? She has also said the Miss Howard case feels the most unsettling because it keeps shifting direction just when you think you’ve understood it.

What a paranormal psychologist actually does

In simple terms, it’s psychology applied to strange experiences: what people report, what might explain it, and what it means to them. In a 2022 interview she discussed her psychological and scientific approach to the paranormal, and the role of consciousness in hauntings and poltergeists. She has also said the value of an experience can lie in personal comfort rather than scientific proof.

Evelyn Hollow’s ideas, explained

Here’s what she has said publicly about four of her big topics, based on her own interviews.

Sleep paralysis and the “Night Night Man”

On the Television Times podcast, she talked about her own struggle with sleep paralysis and what it taught her about the edges of consciousness. She also spoke about her sightings of the “Night Night Man”. Sleep paralysis itself is a well-known sleep experience where you wake up unable to move for a short time, sometimes with frightening visions.

The “lunar lunacy” effect

A New Internationalist profile from December 2024 has her talking about debunking the “lunar lunacy effect”. That’s the popular belief that the full moon changes how people behave. It shows she’s the “believer” on Uncanny but also willing to take a popular myth apart. Her full argument is in the interview, so read it there.

AI and “digital necromancy”

The same podcast episode covers “digital necromancy”, meaning AI and the uncomfortable questions it raises for anyone who studies what happens after death. It’s a newer topic than ghosts and hauntings, and the episode is the best place to hear her take.

The quantum physics of anomalous phenomena

Her official bio says she gives guest talks on paranormal history, folklore and the quantum physics of anomalous phenomena. A podcast page for an earlier interview says she sees connections between the paranormal and the quantum world. That’s her view, not an established scientific conclusion, so treat it as one person’s theory.

Evelyn Hollow’s books

Atlas of Paranormal Places

Her first book was published worldwide by Ivy Press, part of Quarto Publishing Group, in September 2024. It’s part of the Unexpected Atlases series.

It covers 100 haunted locations, including the Island of the Dolls in Mexico, St. Augustine Lighthouse in Florida, Iceland’s Gunnuhver Mud Pool and Turkmenistan’s Door to Hell. For each place, it explains what happened, what continues to happen and what might explain it.

On Goodreads, it averages around 4 out of 5 from several hundred ratings. It suits readers who like armchair travel and dark stories and want the explanations too. It’s easy to dip into.

Hollow’s Hauntology and the 2026 handbook

Amazon lists Hollow’s Hauntology as another Quarto title. Public details on it are thin, so check the publisher’s page before buying.

Her agency’s page says she is working on Hollow’s Hauntological Handbook, to be published in 2026 by Ivy Press. Check the publisher’s site for the latest release status.

Where to watch, hear and see Evelyn Hollow

Her voice: podcasts, radio and talks

Many people first met her through her voice. Uncanny started as a radio series and podcast, and she’s a regular podcast guest. Podchaser lists her as a guest on Uncanny, The Witch Farm, Haunted History Chronicles, The Ghoul Club and The Battersea Poltergeist. Good places to start are Some Other Sphere (June 2022) and Television Times with Steve Otis Gunn (October 2025). Both are long, relaxed conversations, and they’ll give you a feel for how she talks and thinks.

Live and festival appearances

Her official site promotes the Uncanny: Fear of the Dark UK tour, listed as 2025/2026. A short video posted in June 2026 shows her doing a book haul in the Hay Festival bookshop. Check her website for current tour dates before you plan anything.

Evelyn Hollow’s personal life: what’s known and what isn’t

Everything here comes from what she has said publicly. Where there’s nothing, we say so instead of guessing.

Evelyn Hollow age, real name and height

Evelyn Hollow’s age isn’t publicly confirmed. The bios and interviews we read don’t give a date of birth, and they don’t mention her height either. As for her real name, Evelyn Hollow is the name on her books, website and TV credits. We found no source that gives a different legal name or calls it a stage name.

Is Evelyn Hollow married? Partner and relationship

Is Evelyn Hollow married? It isn’t publicly known. She hasn’t talked about a husband, wife or partner in any bio or interview we found, so there’s nothing reliable to report about her relationship status. We’d rather leave it there than repeat rumours.

Evelyn Hollow sexuality

Evelyn Hollow hasn’t spoken publicly about her sexuality in anything we found, and it’s not our place to guess. If she ever chooses to talk about it, we’ll update this page.

Evelyn Hollow’s Academy Award claim, investigated

What the bios say

Some bios call her a “double Academy Award-winning” writer and paranormal psychologist. A December 2025 book review repeats that line, and so does a podcast page from January 2024. One profile site says it comes from a publisher biography. None of them names which academy, which categories or which prizes.

How we checked

We looked for the claim in the places you’d expect. Her official site bio doesn’t use it, and her agency and Amazon profiles describe her without mentioning any award. Here’s where things stand:

Claim	Status	What we found
“Double Academy Award-winning”	Unconfirmed	Repeated in some third-party bios, with no academy, category or year named
“Dr Evelyn Hollow”	Not supported	She holds a Master of Research. We found no source giving her a doctorate
Master of Research in Paranormal Psychology	Stated by her	In her official bio and repeated in interviews
2015 Lonely Planet Travel Writing Scholarship	Stated by her	Listed in her own bio
Age / date of birth	Not found	Not in her bio or the interviews we read

The safest way to describe her

Until someone names the awards and who gave them, the safest description is “Scottish writer, paranormal psychologist and TV presenter.” If you want to say more, stick to what she lists herself: her Master of Research, her TV work and her books.

“Academy Award” usually means the Oscars, but we found nothing connecting her to them. Please don’t turn that phrase into “Oscar winner.”

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