Most Haunted
The recipe was simple: take a TV presenter and a footballer-turned-medium, put them in somewhere ghostly, turn off the lights and see what happens. Oh, did I say that the presenter should be much given to screaming and the entire crew must be the most suggestible people you can find?
I personally approach Most Haunted as entertainment: I do have a dog in this fight, since I claim some psychic gifts myself and have made a few uncanny hits in my time. One thing I am certain of is that whatever entities might surround us do not respond well to the Most Haunted approach and certainly not to the confrontational way Acorah speaks to them!
Perhaps what Most Haunted was best known for was the volume of backbiting and bitching it achieved among the cast.
While Yvette Fielding consistently claimed that the show was not staged, it had a forced change of medium and Acorah hit back as well.The TV show that has spooked millions with its footage of hauntings and poltergeists has been exposed as a fake - by one its own stars.Resident parapsychologist Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe has sensationally lifted the lid on the ghosthunting series, Most Haunted ... and claims that the public are being deceived by "showmanship and dramatics."He accuses the show's medium Derek Acorah of hoodwinking viewers by pretending to communicate with spirits and obtaining information about locations prior to filming.The Mirror has also obtained unedited footage which appears to show presenter Yvette Fielding and her husband faking 'paranormal' occurrences such as ghostly bumps and knocks.Most Haunted has quickly achieved cult status since it was launched in 2002 and is LivingTV's most successful programme.Millions of viewers tune in regularly to watch Ex-Blue Peter girl Yvette and her team of ghost hunters spend the night in some of Britain's most haunted locations. Source
TELLY medium Derek Acorah has branded former Most Haunted co-star Yvette Fielding “egotistical” and “big-headed” after she tried to expose him as a fake. The controversial psychic has been involved in a bitter war of words with the ex-Blue Peter presenter who had fronted the smash-hit Living TV show with him.
Yvette previously branded Derek a “fake” after the programme’s resident skeptic, Ciaran O’Keefe, planted a note before a broadcast to test his credibility.
She said: “Ciaran left a piece of paper around with the name ‘Kreed Kafer’ on it and said, within earshot of Derek, that he was a nasty South African jailor.
“When we started filming, Derek decided to get possessed by this fake person. The name is actually an anagram of Derek Faker.
“We tell people everything is real, then it turns out he was a fake, so he had to go.”
But Derek told the Sunday Mercury he IS the genuine article and insisted he left the show because of a personality clash with the former Blue Peter girl.ion
Telly medium Derek Acorah hits out at Yvette Fielding
TELLY medium Derek Acorah has branded former Most Haunted co-star Yvette Fielding “egotistical” and “big-headed” after she tried to expose him as a fake.
TELLY medium Derek Acorah has branded former Most Haunted co-star Yvette Fielding “egotistical” and “big-headed” after she tried to expose him as a fake.
The controversial psychic has been involved in a bitter war of words with the ex-Blue Peter presenter who had fronted the smash-hit Living TV show with him.
Yvette previously branded Derek a “fake” after the programme’s resident skeptic, Ciaran O’Keefe, planted a note before a broadcast to test his credibility.
She said: “Ciaran left a piece of paper around with the name ‘Kreed Kafer’ on it and said, within earshot of Derek, that he was a nasty South African jailor.
“When we started filming, Derek decided to get possessed by this fake person. The name is actually an anagram of Derek Faker.
“We tell people everything is real, then it turns out he was a fake, so he had to go.”
But Derek told the Sunday Mercury he IS the genuine article and insisted he left the show because of a personality clash with the former Blue Peter girl.
“Yvette decided to become very egoistical, over the top and big-headed and our friendship and everything soured,” he said.
“She decided when I left the show that she didn’t want to talk to me any more. There was no need for it and it was very sad.” Source
Shirley Ghostman creator Marc Wootton has released video of the moment he stormed the stage of a Derek Acorah show.The comedian was interviewed by police after disrupting the show this time last year and challenging him to a 'psychic showdown'.Wootton was tackled tackled by security after interrupting Acorah's performance at the King's Theatre in Portsmouth.The new footage shows him being pinned to the floor as the largely grey-haired crowd chant: ‘Out, out!’ One voice is heard to say: ‘Get out, you’re not clever.’It then shows Wootton being taken to a police van outside when he says to one officer: ‘I feel your pain, I feel your shame, but you’re not to blame. You deserved that holiday. How were you supposed to know dogs can’t feed themselves?’At the time, the comedian’s publicist said the police 'interviewed Shirley and then drove a few miles away from the venue before dropping him off.’And Acorah posted on Facebook: 'Such a pity that there are idiots out there who try to spoil things for others. The police dealt with the matter perfectly and we were able to continue on as though nothing had happened.’After the incident, Wootton told Chortle, maintaining the character of Ghostman: 'Derek has been psychically taunting me for years. Ever since he threatened to sue over something I said about him in my show High Spirits. He waits until I'm relaxing and getting a bit tipsy and then telepathically projects challenges into my head. It was about time I did something about it. But he wasn't so brave when I showed up. He claimed he knew nothing about it.’Source