Most Haunted

Anyone remember “The Watch Tower” On BBC2 Must be about 30 years ago now. An excellent account of Ghostly goings on at RAF East Kirkby. Narrated By the Late Squadron Leader Jack Currie.

….treat MH for what it is – a complete joke! Take everything they see, do, and say with a large pillar of salt. The programe is absolute c-rap!!

tim

Shouldn’t this be merged with the Haunted Airfields thread?

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We went to EK a few weeks after it opened back in 1988, and Dad became very distressed in the tower. Of course we knew nothing of the history (I was only 9) but what he described at the time “a feeling of somebody very distressed” ties up. His voice changed a little, and Dad looked close to tears, out of the tower he was his usual extrovert self. Very frightening for a small kid. but over the years he never felt anything else.

It started off good but then dropped off fast.. the one about EK was good…

I spoke to john panton after the e.k episode was show the first time and he confirmed that his arm did indeed smell of fuel and fire and that he had become unwell during the filming.He also said certain film crew members were firing bb guns and in one sequence you can quite clearly hear that type of gun being fired.Strange lights and voices in the control tower i have heard and scene my self so i dont dispute that.It was an entertainment program afterall and was supposed to be factual which it fell well short of being.The debates about it will roll on as will the repeates.

I thought that some might find the following of interest:

I’m reading “Empire of the Clouds” by James Hamilton-Paterson, published by Faber & Co. This is a very readable account of Britains post war civil and military aviation, innovation and manufacturing ability.

The author takes you thru’ a broad ranging, analytical sweep of Britains pre-eminence in world aviation from 1945 to about 1965. Of particular interest to this discussion is the revelation that after Geoffrey De Havilland Jnr. crashed in the Thames estuary while flying the DH. 108, although various pieces of wreckage were recovered along with Mr. De Havilland’s body, the rather primitive flight recorder could not be found.

Some weeks later, two women psychics contacted De Havilland’s with a message that persuaded the company to keep searching. Against all the odds De Havilland found the flight data recorder which upon examination showed a violent pitch oscillation of three cycles per second had developed resulting in the aircraft breaking up.

This episode of psychic intervention has a parallel in the story of the R101 airship that crashed pre war at Beauvais in France. Detailed technical calculations, committed to paper by an airship engineer, that could possibly reveal problems that would make a crash more likely than not, could not, at first, be found.

An account of the crash reveals that a pyschic visitation from one of the dead crew pointed to the concealment of the technical papers in a coat or garment belonging to the technician. A search was made and the papers were located exactly as had been specified.

The content pointed to the likely cause of the airship crash.

It started off good but then dropped off fast.. the one about EK was good…

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my missus is obsessed with that program. Which means I get to work on my airfix models and read this forum in peace 🙂

After the last series it got blasted for having so much fake stuff going on.I used to watch it but when things started to get silly i turned it off.Utter rubbish in the end,hope they dont let any more new series,s to be shown.

I agree. I like watching it because its hilarious. Watching them doing the scared sketches. Makes me wonder why they do it if that is the case. Its a good comedy.

After the last series it got blasted for having so much fake stuff going on.I used to watch it but when things started to get silly i turned it off.Utter rubbish in the end,hope they dont let any more new series,s to be shown.

Is this new?

No – It’s a few years old now!!

Thanks for your input very interesting. I know its all dramatized for TV entertainment. I thought it was like most episodes quite comical. 🙂

Is this new?

I live next to NEAM at Sunderland and having worked there for many years I can confirm the place to have much activity… However, ‘Most Haunted’ I found to be a load of tosh with NO accuracy at all in what was reported!!!

I was there around the time this was filmed and this is what I was told:

Whirlwind Pilot ‘Bartholomew’ – No record of this guy at all.. MH also stated that the Whirlwind flew in the Falklands… NOT TRUE!

Crashed Airman – Sgt Shaw – This is true but I was told the MH team were informed of all of the information before the ‘psychic’ came up with anything. He has actually been seen and tobacco smelt near his engine and personal belongings.

Seahawk (you mean Sea Venom) was rocked by a fellow worker while being filmed!

The spy is a true story but there is no evidence of his activity.

Oh, and I was told the sound guy was chucking stones although again, I can’t confirm this…

Nothing new there then.Just keep the crap off the box.