Most Haunted Live!

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Most Haunted Live!
File:Most Haunted Live.JPG The Most Haunted Live! title/logo, which is sometimes altered to reflect the theme of the event.
Created by	Yvette Fielding Karl Beattie
Developed by	Antix Productions
Starring	Yvette Fielding Dr. John Callow Ciarán O'Keeffe Karl Beattie Paul Ross Julian Clegg Brian Shepherd
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	30 Events 3 Events (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Yvette Fielding Karl Beattie
Producer	Mike Morrissey
Running time	Varies
Original release
Network	Living
Release	31 October 2002 – present

Most Haunted Live is a spin-off of the paranormal reality television series Most Haunted and is also produced by Antix Productions. The show consists of paranormal investigations broadcast live over a period of one or more nights, usually with interactive sections that involve the viewer.

The first episode of Most Haunted Live was broadcast on October 31, 2002 from Dudley Castle and was produced jointly by Antix and Hanrahan Media. The next seven live events were produced by Hanrahan; however the eighth was produced by Antix, as Hanrahan had changed large amounts of the format, replacing the original Most Haunted music cues with their own versions and changing the styles of cameras and editing, making them inconsistent with the Most Haunted episodes. Antix's first solo production of Most Haunted Live was a grand affair with a large set, the original Most Haunted music and all the crew involved (Hanrahan only involved Yvette, Derek and Phil from the episode team). The first Most Haunted Live show aired for only one night but now are usually broadcast over a period of three nights. The first exception was the Halloween 2005 show in London, which was broadcast for four nights. Since then there have been live shows which have lasted five nights (Halloween 2007 & Turin 2008), seven nights (Halloween 2008 and Liverpool 2009)and eight nights (Lancashire Halloween 2009).

This table shows a list of the current team members and their role in the live shows. Most of these are investigators and are part of the investigation team on location, whereas others are based in the hub.

The live events are based on specific paranormal themes, the two most common themes being Halloween and the summer solstice which are reputedly the two most paranormally active periods of the calendar. Some themes are based on well known historical figures such as Dick Turpin, William Shakespeare, Jack the Ripper and Dracula. Other themes include Pirates Curse a live event which took place over a weekend in May 2007. For Halloween 2007, the team embarked on a five night investigation. They traveled around the country in the shape of an inverted pentagram. For Halloween 2008, the Most Haunted Live team undertook a record seven night investigation in the Welsh town on Denbigh, investigating the disused Asylum in the village. A further seven night investigation is taking place over a week in January 2009 in Liverpool, where the team investigate each night a different aspect of the paranormal.

"The Hub", as it is known, is the centre of communications where the audience and main studio is set up. The presenter, Paul Ross, historian, Dr. John Callow and demonologist expert Fred Batt work from. As do the interactive team and its leader, Julian Clegg. The hub is also the location of the gallery and production offices.

The show is also interactive. There are 4 webcams that run live during the event which viewers can access online. Viewers can send in text messages or report happenings observed online which are read out by the host.

Most Haunted Live made its debut in 2002, with their first ever live investigation at Dudley Castle. At the time it was the first ever live ghost hunt on British television.

During the Dick Turpin episode at New Year 2003/4, Derek came up with the quote 'Mary Loves Dick'. Footage leaked onto the internet recorded off the satellite feed from the location back to the studio shows the team falling about laughing after handing back to Dr David Bull in the hub.

In February 2004 the team visited Stratford upon Avon, where a spoon was thrown in Yvette's direction, terrifying her. Derek was possessed.

Derek's possessions continued at their next investigation in Essex, where he was possessed twice in one night.

For Halloween 2004, the team visited Pendle Hill in Lancashire. It is regarded widely as one of the most terrifying investigations so far, with many members of the crew collapsing, being sick with some escorted outside. Furthermore an ouija board was spinning out of control constantly answering to all questions cultimating in the glass flying off the table and smashing on the floor and the table itself collapsing.

In June 2005, the Most Haunted team visited the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire. Here, Fielding chose to do a lone vigil on the stage at Wakefield theatre, and whilst exiting the stage a series of large moans and groans were heard and Yvette suddenly broke down into tears on the stage. Also in Wakefield at the National Coal Mining Museum, Derek Acorah was supposedly pulled down the mine shaft by a spirit. Most Haunted Live in Wakefield was the most watched programme on television that night.^{[citation needed]}

The 17th edition of Most Haunted Live took place for Halloween 2005 in London. It was, at the time, the longest live to date and marked the end of an era as fans bid farewell to medium Derek Acorah and the original Most Haunted Live presenter, David Bull who both left at the end of the 4th and final night.

Most Haunted Live returned for its 19th edition in May 2006 where Yvette Fielding and the team spent 3 nights investigating haunted locations in Portsmouth including an experiment in which 2 crew members were buried alive. The show changed considerably as everyone welcomed their new presenter Paul Ross and historian Lesley Smith. While Ross is still involved, Smith has said on her personal myspace page that, after the death of her mother she has decided to pull out of Most Haunted indefenetly.

However, Paul Ross wasn't originally the choice for David Bull's replacement. The team gave Jamie Darling a chance to present the show when Most Haunted Live spanned 3 nights in Liverpool at the end of 2005; however, he proved not to be such a success.

Halloween 2006 saw the team investigate the series of underground vaults beneath Edinburgh that had been visited in a previous episode in Series 3. This is considered as another of the more unnerving investigations. On the second night, 3 members of the crew were violently slashed by an unseen force on their backs and legs resulting in excessive bleeding causing the team to cancel the investigation early.

On 23 February 2007, for the first time in a live programme, the team visited an overseas location. This investigation was held in Hunyad Castle in Transylvania, Romania. The team attempted to make contact with the spirit of Vlad III the Impaler thought to be the inspiration behind the legend of Dracula. David Wells did pick up on the entity of Vlad but however he said he only haunts the castle as a residual energy. Yvette Fielding also slapped her husband, Karl, live on air as she thought he was possessed and he was getting out of control. Over the three nights only a small amount of activity was caught however there was footage of an apparent manifestation although this is yet to be proved unanimously.^[1]

On June 1, 2007, Most Haunted Live joined forces with the Travel Channel in the USA to broadcast a live show from Eastern State Penitentiary in Pennsylvania. The format was also changed from the usual three night, three hour format to be a one night special lasting seven hours through to the early hours of June 2. Because of the time differences the show was not broadcast in the UK and viewers in the USA were the sole target audience.^[2]

Antix Productions then broadcast live for 5 nights for their Most Haunted Live on Halloween 2007. The studio was set up in Tatton Park, Cheshire. The team visited multiple sites across the country beginning in Northern England and ending on Halloween in Wales with the locations plotted out to the 5 points of a satanic pentagram (one point down, 2 points up).

The 25th UK audience event also lasted 5 nights and was broadcast from Turin in Italy, starting on 26 March 2008. It was the team's third event broadcast from an overseas location. The theme of the event was based on Turin's historic nickname of "Satan's City."^[3] With the departure of David Wells, Brian Sheperd a guest medium during series four/five of Most Haunted, served as medium for this show. An American medium, Patrick Matthews, also appeared in the hub to give more guidance and views.

On 29 August 2008, the Most Haunted Live team contributed to the celebration of 15 years of the channel LIVING by conducting the first ever continuous 3 day and 3 night paranormal, underground investigation. The theme of the live event was Total Darkness. Over the three day period, the team visited the London Tombs, Aldwych tube station (featured in Series 1, 2002) and finished off in the Cabinet War Rooms at the end of the month.

During a webchat, in reply to a question about the show going off air at midnight, Beattie stated: "We are looking at something special for Halloween as we want to do longer investigations in the UK" ^[4]. Indeed the halloween event was their biggest show to date broadcasting from Saturday 25 October until Friday 31 October making it 7 nights long. The team investigated a derelict Asylum in Denbigh, North Wales. After Most Haunted televised at the asylum, the hall that was used as the studio has been completely destroyed by a fire ^[5].

Most Haunted Live returned on 10 January 2009 for another week long investigation where each night the Most Haunted team, led by Yvette Fielding, looked for the 7 manifestations of evil. Each night was shot at various locations around Liverpool with the studio based at St. George's Hall in the City Centre. During this event both mediums Brian Shepard & Billy Roberts alleged an evil spirit called Jake was following the team on their vigiles. During a seance the group allegedly made contact with the spirit of Jake, whom Brian expressed concerns over, believing the entity to be more of a demon than a mere spirit. On Night Five the team encountered Jake once again at Salmesbury Hall. During an experiment, Stuart Torevell was seated in a room alone in front of a mirror with a dummy stood behind, then later kicked the mirror shouting "evil bastard". Stuart had apparently frozen in fear just before the incident and later told of how the dummy behind him had developed a face with an evil grin but as he rose, the face changed back to normal. After this, the sound man also conducted a solo vigile in the room and reported witnessing the same thing as Stuart, startled by what he had allegedly seen he shouted for backup. Later on that evening, the crew experienced numerous banging noises around Salmesbury Hall. During the sixth night whilst conducting a seance, the team allegedly made contact with the spirit of Jake's father and it was then that Karl realised the name Jake is another name for the devil, confirmed by historian Lesley Smith & demonologist Fred Batt.

Halloween 2009 saw Most Haunted Live return after an 8 month wait. It was an eight night investigation broadcast from Morecambe, with the team travelling (usually) to Lancaster.

During the 3rd night on the January 2010 live, entitles 'The Silent Town', Yvette Fielding and Ciaran O' Keeffe had an on-air arguement, due to Ciaran claiming tapping noises were simply members of the crew clicking their toes. Fielding completely dismissed the idea, with Paul Ross defending the Most Haunted team, on the basis that Ciaran was trying to be too sceptical

As of January 2010 Most Haunted Live has broadcast 104 live episodes and 34 live events. 30 have been broadcast for a UK audience and 3 to a USA audience.

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
1	31 October 2002	Dudley Castle	Dudley, West Midlands		Halloween
2	22 December 2002	Dover Castle	Dover, Kent		Christmas

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
3	1 April 2003	Midland Grand Hotel.	London		Peril in St. Pancras[disambiguation needed]
4	21 June 2003	Woodchester Mansion.	Gloucestershire		The Treasure that time forgot Summer Solstice
5	31 October 2003	Beaulieu Abbey.	Hampshire		Halloween
6	29 December 2003	Hampstead Heath, Spaniards Inn.	London		Dick Turpin
	30 December 2003	Epping Forest.	Essex
	31 December 2003	Knavesmire.	York

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
7	28 February 2004	Avon Riverbank, Falstaff Experience Museum, New Place.	Stratford-Upon-Avon		William Shakespeare
	29 February 2004	Hall’s Croft, Clopton House and Well.
8	9 April 2004	Graveyard of St. Nicholas Church, Crossroads.	Canewdon, Essex		Matthew Hopkins
	10 April 2004	Seafield Bay, The White Hart, Manningtree Green.	Manningtree, Essex
	11 April 2004	Mistley Towers, The Thorn Hotel, Mistley Pond and Hopping Bridge, Church Ruins.	Mistley, Essex
9	19 June 2004	House of John Flamsteed, The Silk Mill, The Old Dophin Inn.	Derby		Summer Solstice
	20 June 2004	McClusky's Nightclub, Derby Gaol, The Friary.
	21 June 2004	Elvaston Castle.
10	11 September 2004	Maes Artro Heritage / RAF Llanbedr.	Llanbedr, Gwynedd		Spirits in the Skies
	12 September 2004
	13 September 2004
11	30 October 2004	Clitheroe Castle, Church Brow, Trinity Youth Centre.	Pendle Hill, Lancashire		Pendle Hell Halloween
	31 October 2004	Lower Well Head Farm, Bull Hole Farm, Tynedale Farm.
	1 November 2004	Waddow Hall.
12	12 December 2004	Blackpool Pleasure Beach.	Blackpool		Christmas
	13 December 2004	Blackpool Tower.
	14 December 2004	Winter Gardens Theatre.

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
13	12 March 2005	Lupton House.	Brixham, Devon		Terror at Torbay
	13 March 2005	The Globe Hotel, Brixham Heritage Museum, The Smugglers' Haunt.
	14 March 2005	Berry Pomeroy Castle.
14	6 May 2005	Elstree Film and T.V. Studios.	Elstree, Hertfordshire		Nightmare on Elstree
	7 May 2005	Waggon and Horses, Allum Hall, Holybush Pub.
	8 May 2005	Gate Studios
15	19 June 2005	Rutland Mill Complex.	Wakefield		Summer Solstice
	20 June 2005	Wakefield Theatre Royal & Opera House.
	21 June 2005	Caphouse Colliery.
16	2 September 2005	Staircase House.	Manchester		The Asylum
	3 September 2005	Barnes Convalescent Hospital.
	4 September 2005	Brannigans Night Club.
17	28 October 2005	Tower Bridge.	London		Jack The Ripper Halloween Eerie in the East End
	29 October 2005	Commercial Tavern.
	30 October 2005	Clink Prison Museum.
	31 October 2005	The Blind Beggar Pub.
18	9 December 2005	Bluecoat Chambers.	Liverpool		Mayhem on Merseyside
	10 December 2005	Royal Court Theatre.
	11 December 2005	Wirral Museum	Birkenhead

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
19	5 May 2006	Wymering Manor.	Portsmouth		Panic in Portsmouth
	6 May 2006	Southsea Castle.
	7 May 2006	Royal Marines Museum.
20	24 June 2006	Parc Howard Museum.	Llanelli, Carmarthenshire		Summer Solstice
	25 June 2006	Llanelly House.
	26 June 2006	Kidwelly Castle.
21	29 October 2006	Blair Street Vaults.	Edinburgh		Halloween
	30 October 2006	Niddry Street Vaults.
	31 October 2006	Mary King's Close.

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
22	23 February 2007	Transylvanian Room, Desert Tower, The Hanging Gallery, Do not be Afraid Tower.	Corvin's Castle, Transylvania		Dracula
	24 February 2007	Guards Passage Way, Old Gate Tower, White Tower, Bethlen Wing.
	25 February 2007	Painted Tower, New Gate Tower, Torture Tower, Knights Hall.
23	5 May 2007	Blackbeard's House.	Bristol		Pirates' Curse
	6 May 2007	Redcliffe Caves.
	7 May 2007	Llandoger Trow.
24	27 October 2007	Wheler Priory. (Not Real Location Name)	Yorkshire		Inverted Pentagram Halloween
	28 October 2007	The Leopard Inn.	Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
	29 October 2007	Towneley Park.	Burnley, Lancashire
	30 October 2007	Bolsover Castle.	Derbyshire
	31 October 2007	Plas Teg.	Flintshire

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
25	26 March 2008	San Pietro in Vincoli.	Turin, Italy		Satan's City
	27 March 2008	Lucedio Abbey Church & Priest's House.
	28 March 2008	Lucedio Abbey Monastery.
	29 March 2008	Pietro Micca Tunnels.
	30 March 2008	Moncalieri Castle.
26	29 August 2008	London Tombs.	London		Total Darkness
	30 August 2008	Aldwych tube station.
	31 August 2008	Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms.
27	25 October 2008	South East Wing	Denbigh Asylum, Denbigh		Village of the Damned Halloween
	26 October 2008	Nurses' Quarters
	27 October 2008	South West Wing
	28 October 2008	Isolation Wards & Mortuary
	29 October 2008	North West Wing
	30 October 2008	Cellars
	31 October 2008	Chapel & Mortuary

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
28	10 January 2009	St. George's Hall	Liverpool, Merseyside		The Search For Evil
	11 January 2009	Liverpool Empire Theatre
	12 January 2009	Stanley Dock
	13 January 2009	Central Library
	14 January 2009	Samlesbury Hall	Preston, Lancashire
	15 January 2009	Bidston Hall	Birkenhead, Merseyside
	16 January 2009	St. George's Hall Basement	Liverpool, Merseyside
29	24 October 2009	Morecambe Winter Gardens	Lancashire		Eight Faces of Evil Halloween
	25 October 2009	Palatine Hall & Lancaster Town Hall
	26 October 2009	Alhambra Building: Morecambe Antiques Centre & Carleton Nightclub
	27 October 2009	Ashton Hall
	28 October 2009	Judges Lodgings
	29 October 2009	The Three Mariners Inn & Ashton Memorial
	30 October 2009	Lancaster Maritime Museum & Snatchems Golden Ball
	31 October 2009	Morecambe Winter Gardens & Gallows Hill

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
30	9 January 2010	The Control Tower	RAF West Raynham, Norfolk		The Silent Town
	10 January 2010	The Armoury & Hangar 3
	11 January 2010	The Guards House and Chapel
	12 January 2010	The Sargents Mess
	13 January 2010	Base HQ
	14 January 2010	The Officers Mess
	15 January 2010	The Hospital and Deacon

Most Haunted Live will return from Saturday 9th January 2010 - Friday 15th January 2010. This was confirmed by Yvette Fielding during a recent live, ANTIX productions and TV listings. On 11 December 2009, SRO Audiences announced that Most Haunted would return for 7 nights from RAF West Raynham. The main show will be broadcast on LIVING from 9pm-12am. Most Haunted Live: Post Mortem, broadcast on LIVINGit (formally LIVING2) 8pm-9pm each night before the main show, returning to the previous format of having a supplemental show on LIVINGs second channel. Presented by Julian Clegg 'Most Haunted Live: Post Mortem' will "analyse the data collected by the investigation team and take a close look at the highlights from the previous night's action."

It is rumoured that this live will feature the largest audience to date, the current record being 1000, it is estimated that the aircraft hangar in which the audience will be based will fit up to 1300 fans each night. If this is the case, some 9100 fans of the show will be lucky enough to attend this special 30th Live event which will also include the 100th live episode.

The following special live events were aired live in the USA only. Eastern State Penitentiary, (filmed in June 2007.)This live was actually shown on UK TV on 25 December 2007. Winchester Mystery House (filmed in October 2007) was shown in the UK on February 12, 2008 on LIVING. This was a two hour heavily edited version of the seven hour investigation achieved mostly through tight editing, removing parts of the show where little happened and the removal of all interactive parts of the show. Most Haunted Live! USA returned in October 2008 from Gettysburg.

#	USA Airdate	UK Airdate	Location			Theme
1	1 June 2007	25 December 2007	Eastern State Penitentiary	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		Death Row
2	19 October 2007	12 February 2008	Winchester Mystery House	San Jose, California		Mystery House
3	10 October 2008	TBA 2010	Gettysburg	Pennsylvania		Civil War

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