Has anyone watched Most Haunted?

Question

What do you think real or not?

Answer 1

It's been debunked many many times.

Complete and utter rubbish.

At least with dopey derek the faker, it was laughably unbelievable. Now it doesn't even have the laughs.

Answer 2

I first got interested in Most Haunted when it started a couple of years ago. It is an interesting idea - take a film crew, a self-proclaimed "parapsychologist" and "spiritualist medium" to some of the country's allegedly "Most Haunted" locations for a night and see what happens. This show has quite a strong following here in the UK, where it is probably the No. 1 programme on the Living TV channel which, given its programme lineup would be more accurately described as the "Psychic Telly Channel".

I have to say that I now suspect that all is not quite as it seems here folks. Presenter Yvette Fielding and husband Karl Beattie (also the "director" on this show) are behind the production company that make this programme. As I see more of these shows I've come to realise that this is purely populist entertainment chasing ratings rather than a vehicle for serious investigation of the possibility of real paranormal behaviour. Nothing wrong with that really I suppose - those ratings show that there is a market for this stuff and that is what commercial TV is all about. This is a product, and originally it was quite cleverly packaged and presented and even had a certain (limited) seriousness attached to it.

But the game is up I think. Most of the time the crew seem to be intent on scaring themselves by poking around in dark corners with all the lights deliberately turned out because "the ghost's prefer the dark". Yeah right - and it adds atmosphere for the viewer's at home doesn't it?. The crew seem to be trying to recreate a kind of "Blair Witch lite" on primetime TV". Yvette may be a likeable enough TV presenter, but she's a totally hopeless investigator of the paranormal. She (and most of the rest of the crew) seems to get completely freaked out by the smallest noise and at the first signs of any real possible activity they run in the opposite direction. What is this, a serious investigation or some kind of live action Scooby Doo? If you are seriously looking for evidence of the paranormal, you don't run away from it when you find a few hints that it may exist. "Spiritualist medium" Derek Acorah is generally unconvincing. I don't believe him and I find it hard to believe that he is not briefed in advance by the production crew before he arrives at the "haunted" locations. After all, the purpose of this show is to generate ratings and so they need their "medium" to "produce the goods" in order to make it all look convincing. Sorry if that sounds cynical people, but nothing in this program is done scientifically, no matter how may "EMF meters" get waved about. This show is not investigative - it is entertainment and that is all.

You only have to watch one of the (increasingly frequent) Most Haunted Live shows to make you suspicious that things could very well be engineered behind the scenes of this programme. These live shows are "Dumb TV" at its very worst. Painful viewer phone-ins of "weird" events at home - stopped clocks, barking dogs etc. Stage psychics doing "automatic drawings". Webcams on which online viewers report seeing things for which there is no subsequent evidence. Yvette supposedly complaining about why she has to go poking around in the dark (possible answer: for the money honey?) Sending the "sceptical scientist " Matthew out into the cold and dark as some kind of "punishment" while the audience brays... this is Trash TV.

As for their "evidence" - it also doesn't really seem to have occurred to anyone that those "orbs" (visible only on night-vision video cameras, and the only "evidence" that the crew ever find) could be due to the way that these cameras operate. Anyone ever think of trying some simple tests like putting two cameras side by side and see if you get the same result on both? No. Or put two cameras at different angles focused on the same area and see if they both pick up the same thing. No. Never happens. A few noises and air draughts in buildings that are many hundreds of years old does not constitute evidence for the paranormal no matter how much Derek, Yvette et al may try to play it up. This is showbiz folks - the 21st century, satellite TV equivalent of telling ghost stories around the camp fire. Watch with a healthy dose of scepticism and don't accept at face value everything, or indeed anything that you see here. Remember the objective of these programme makers is to sell their product at the highest possible price. These people are salesmen, not scientists.

Answer 3

In general I don't believe in this rubbish...however....here's a technically mundane but rather bizarre scenario I'll share with you

A friend of mine used to do the PR for Derek Accorah and was buying a house. After a meeting Derek suddenly put his hand on his arm and said, that decision you're trying to make about the floor, don't worry about it - you'll make the right choice.

My friend was buying a new house and had to tell the builders whether he wanted carpet or laminate flooring and couldn't decide. So deeply dull that of course he hadn't told anyone about it - so how did Derek know? Very strange

So who knows about those ghosties?

PS Although he knew about the flooring, dear Derek was completely wrong - my friend chose laminate and it drove him INSANE

Answer 4

The fact there are people going to reported haunted locations to attempt proof of the paranormal, that is real. However, I do think it is getting a little over done how they react to phenomon that cannot be seen or heard on TV. I wish they would cut back on the "drama" of such menial actions and focus more on staying quiet and aware as to catch activity on camera or microphone.

Answer 5

If this is the show on the Travel Channel with Brits as guides... well... I think it is so full of $HIT. I watched it yesterday because there was nothing else on, and because it is Halloween season. I also wanted to give it another chance but I was disappointed again.
Yes I think it is real... real fraud.

Answer 6

I ALWAYS WATCH MOST HAUNTED I HAVE ALL THEIR DVDS AND I'M LEANING MORE TO THE BELIEVER SIDE I CANT BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT TO STUART AND JOHN THOSE CUTS WERE NO WAY MAKE UP. AS FOR ALL YOU PEEPS OUT THERE IF YOU ARE UP TO DATE DEREK HASN'T BEEN IN THE SHOW FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS NOW. BUT SOB SOB SOB I'M HAVING PROB WATCHING SKY SO MIGHT MISS TONIGHT'S SHOW. SO WHAT THE HELL BRING ON THE NEXT MOAT HAUNTED LIVE

Answer 7

I dont think its real but only watched it when Derek Acorah was on. I love him, he makes a fabulous story teller, but did crap myself a couple of times!

Answer 8

I want to believe but I can't be sure.... would someone inflict that kind of pain on themselves for the sake of a tv programme, those scratches were nasty.
Love it either way though

Answer 9

Apparently if nothings happening the camera man or someone in the room makes a sound or something.

really liked French and Saunders take on it ;;'Pam, whats that pam
?!)

Answer 10

I think it is more real then Celebrity Paranormal Project on VH1