REVIEW: Most Haunted - Series 22 Episode 06 (24th October 2018) - Ruthin Castle Part 2

At the end of what was the worst episode of Most Haunted in history, we were promised that Part 2 of the investigation at Ruthin Castle would include people passing out and all manner of craziness, so that and that alone has encouraged me to keep going and review another episode. I have taken 5 Vicodins, and downed half a bottle of Jack Daniels and it is only 11am, but I think it will be enough to get me through.

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So with that, I look down and see I have some nasty sticky blurbage on the bottom of my shoe, What does it say?

BLURB:
Spook-searching. The team continue their investigation into Ruthin Castle and one of team is hit hard and has to leave. The others search for whatever is lurking there.

I can only hope all the filler for part 1 was purely so they could have all the entertaining stuff in part 2. If we get more filler, I may be forced to repeatedly flush my own head in the toilet.

They start off with the "Last time on Most Haunted" clip. Really shouldn't be more than 10 seconds. But they seem to stretch it for a few minutes. You literally get the entire part 1 in 2 minutes. You do not need to watch that episode at all.

We start off and we are back with Karl and Stuart in the room where they thought they heard a bang.
Karl claims that something is moving stuff yet instead of setting up 10 cameras covering every angle, which if all of this was real would get 100% proof, they instead stick with the one camera method, and Karl has his crappy little torch.

Stuart decides to put the camera down, and as he is doing that there is a bang. But nothing is caught. The camera is set on a table, which means they can now easily edit things or do camera trickery with little effort needed.

We cross to Yvette, Glen and Fred, who are in what looks like the restaurant area, so many plates, knives and forks to be thrown, but so far nothing. (Spoiler: Nothing is thrown in this room, and Yvette admits that she doesn't want anything thrown as they don't want a big bill at the end of the night)

Fred is keeping his hands in his large pockets.

Back with Stuart and Karl, and with them both on camera, a door round the corner that is OFF CAMERA supposedly slams. Of course we do not see it slam, and we have no idea if it was open or closed, or if someone was hiding round the corner, again a quick reminder that footage is all edited after, so for all you know Yvette could have been stood round the corner and just slams the door. The way they edit it, makes you think she or the rest of the crew are all in different places at the same time, the truth is we have no idea who is where and when, and any time a camera is set down for a shot, you know something dodgy will happen.

Again a simple smartphone or two left to film all angles would shut me up in a moment.

Stuart makes the comment he is feeling light headed. I wonder if this is a set up for something later?

10 minutes in and all we have had is a door closing, OFF CAMERA.

We have new teams put together, and Karl, Yvette and Glen are now going up to the room above Room 222.

Yvette comes up the stairs and claims she feels dizzy, so again another pre-cursor to what is to come, this is all a bit too scripted for me.

"Can you make a noise with your voice please" - Yvette Fielding.

As opposed to your what??? Your arse?

We get a shot of some dumb meter, but they turn the filter off which totally exposes how light the location is. They try to tell us it is pitch black, and they cant see where they are going, but clearly its pretty well lit up.

And here is the light bulb at the top of the stairs!

Yvette is crouching down after claiming she is gonna pass out.

Now with Fred and he is claiming to be feeling weak and that something is draining his energy.

I imagine the script meeting before filming went something like this.

Karl - Ok guys tonight one of us needs to pass out.
Stuart - I'll do it, done it a few times before I know how to fall.
Fred - I can give it a go Karl, although I need to watch out for my dodgy hip.
Yvette - If I do it does that mean I get an extra donut when we finished?
Lou - I refuse, I do not want to risk damaging my bum bag, it's got my fags in it.
Glen - Well I am not falling over, but I will play along and say I feel a bit light headed if you like.
Karl - Ok, during the filming, everyone when you get chance, just claim to be dizzy, or tired, you know the drill, I will give an instruction later as to who will take the fall.

Suddenly we are with Fred and his camera goes off and we get the above message on screen.
Guessing Fred pressed the off button by mistake. That or all of science is wrong and a ghost did it.

Here we get a glimpse of how Glen will approach a woman in the club to chat her up.

Stuart gets excited when he realises he can see his own breath.

We are about 25 minutes in and nothing has really happened.
So if you add that 25 minutes with the 45 from the first part, that is 70 minutes of Prime Time TV where nothing has happened. These 70 minutes could easily have been condensed into maybe 5 minutes. No wonder UKTV don't want to pay more for Most Haunted.

Karl has buggered off to set up the next stunt leaving Glen and Yvette on their own. Just what Glen wanted.
Glen is faking some ghost breaths to make Yvette scared, and get her to snuggle up to him all scared, all very crafty.

Glen admits he has got really hot and bothered. I wonder why. Even Glen says he is feeling light headed now.

Stuart and the other bloke have a worthless K2 meter, and are talking to the ghosts and watching various lights come on and off. A complete waste of time and evidentially worthless, but you know what idiot ghost hunters are like, if they haven't got a gimmicky piece of equipment with lights on that they don't understand how to use, they don't feel like they are working hard enough.

Seriously guys wave a banana in the air, when it comes to science, the results of waving a banana about is worth as much as any K2 meter.

Stuart admits that it is electrical energy that sets the K2 meter off, as he holds it by the ELECTRICAL CAMERA, not to mention the Mobile Phone in each of their pockets, the various mic packs and torches as well.

But no, it cant be any of that, it must be the ghosts right?

Suddenly we cut to this shot.

We hear Karl's voice, and we realise that Fred is on the floor, supposedly unconscious.

But I thought his camera had turned off? HUGE plot hole here. The camera is clearly working. But was turned off so that Fred could carefully position himself on the floor to pretend to have passed out, but not before switching the camera back on. That or he did the stunt but it looked crappy in the edit room so they decided to cut it out.

At least when Stuart would pretend to pass out he would do it on camera.

Karl then runs to find Yvette to get First Aid, instead of just calling an ambulance straight away. Fred is an old man, if this was real he could have had a heart attack, a stroke or anything, but instead of checking him, checking his pulse, his breathing, and calling 999 straight away, Karl wonders off to find Yvette, who is upstairs. Not Lou who will be downstairs in a kitchen area watching monitors etc. He goes to get Yvette so they can film them all running down to where Fred is. Karl reveals that Fred is unconscious, Yvette's first thought is "maybe it is this place", only later does she say we need to call an ambulance.

Her first thought was ghosts.

This is how you know it is all set up.

They pick up Fred's camera which had supposedly turned itself off, but is now on, and make sure to film Fred, who is now waking up.

Yvette in voice over claims that Fred was checked over by paramedics, and his night investigating was over, and so they carried on. At no point did they show any ambulance, or paramedics, which lets be honest would make great TV. There was no marks on Fred, no cuts, no bruises.

My guess here is that he performed the fall, but it looked really crap on film, so they edited it out and put that dumb notice on screen which makes no sense, hoping no one would realise the huge flaw that the camera never stopped recording since it was on when Karl found him.

Really badly thought out stunt here, poorly executed, and I am sure they wish that Stuart would have been chosen to do it, as he would have made it all much more dramatic. I could even imagine him having a concealed razor blade and "juicing" himself like they do in Pro Wrestling so that you get real blood poor down your face.

Karl, Stuart and Yvette go to the area where Fred was knocked out by evil spirits, to see if anything else will happen.

With all the junk, old furniture and so on dotted about the place, open floor boards etc, any noises could easily be put down to rats, cats, foxes, any kind of small animal.

Glen is playing on his laptop. An interesting Avatar pops up, making an unusual gesture to it's lady garden, How very strange, I managed to grab an image, you might need to zoom in to see it properly.
Glen then asks the camera man to leave him alone in the room, as he has some private work he needs to take care of.

Yvette, Stuart and Karl are off investigating an area and can hear rustling and noises, a bit like a rat or small animal. Yvette is convinced it is a ghost. Suddenly something right next to where Stuart is standing is knocked over OFF CAMERA. Yvette screams and panics, so I am guessing Stuart never told her before hand he was gonna do it. So obviously him.

"I challenge you to attack me" - Karl Beattie to the Ghosts

Yvette is not happy with Karl for challenging the ghosts, Has she forgotten Karl is a fake Samurai?

"I challenge you to attack Stuart" - Karl Beattie to the Ghosts

Other than a few noises and shadows OFF CAMERA, nothing happens.

Karl hears a ghost rat and jumps, which pisses off Yvette who then bites her tongue. No blood.

Yvette has now seen a face in the dark. OFF CAMERA.

Yvette hears something, gets scared and admits she is becoming hysterical and wants to leave.

And with that the episode ends.

Compared to Part 1, this was much improved, but still realistically nothing actually happened.
The big stunt of Fred passing out was completely messed up.

And other than a few of the usual bangs OFF CAMERA and Stuart knocking something over, this was another waste of an episode.

The previous episode (Part 1) go a NO SCORE. This episode I will be kinder and give it 1 out of 10.

That 1 is purely for Stuart getting excited when he realised he could see his breath.

Other than that another easily missable episode, perhaps only the Fred passing out cock up is the only thing worth seeing, just so you can realise how badly they did with this stunt.

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REVIEW: Most Haunted - Series 22 Episode 05 (23rd October 2018) - Ruthin Castle Part 1

3 days and 3 reviews, what is wrong with me! Why do I punish myself like this?
Could it be because it bring visitors to my site? Could it be because Karl Beattie himself pays me big money to promote the show? Could it be that I am a glutton for punishment?

Well who knows the real reason why, but what I do know is that I have found some dirty blurb for you for tonight's episode!

Blurb:
More supernatural shenanigans. Ruthin Castle in Wales pushes Yvette's team of ghost hunters to the limit and at least one of them doesn't make it to the end. But who?

Please let it be Karl, please let it be Karl. (Spoiler: EVERYONE makes it to the end of this episode)

So we are at Ruthin Castle in Wales, and yes it is another two parter, and another attempt for them to save money and pay the crew half but get twice as many episodes.

Yvette is giving a voice over of the local stories of the Castle and guess what? WE HAVE A GREY LADY! How very original.

Another glamorous location for Yvette as you can see. But where the hell is Watson? I am guessing after he kept fetching things that Karl and Stuart thew in the previous episode, he has been left at home.

I suspect this episode is gonna be a bore fest with a lot of things happening OFF CAMERA. Feel free to skip to the end of my review to see the final score I give. But then skip back, if I have to suffer through watching this crap then the least you can do is suffer through reading it.

Glen has appeared and even he is mocking the claims of there being a Grey Lady. Yvette insists she is real.

This is a suspiciously long conversation between Yvette and Glen at the start of the show, we are nearly ten minutes in and all they have done is walk in a few rooms and talked about what anyone could find out off wikipedia, I am guessing this is classic filler.

After 10 minutes of filler they finally put the black and white filters on and start the investigation.

Yvette has a crappy wind up torch. Antix are struggling with the budget these days it seems.

Outside with Fred, Stuart and Glen, and Fred is talking Latin to an old rock. Yes really.

Karl is on his own in what used to be a mortuary, but now is just a load of old boxes with files in them.

Worth noting that Yvette does not put on as much eye makeup as she used to.

15 minutes in and nothing of note has happened. Like nothing at all.

Fred is trying to summon Lucifer Prince of Darkness.

God I hope this is not one of those episodes whereby the deliberately don't fake anything so that their idiot fans can claim this is proof they don't fake things. (Spoiler: It is just that)

It says something when the highlight so far of this series was the Producer's Bum Bag.
Oh those were the days.

As I am watching this and nothing is happening all I can think is "have I ever given a minus score before?"

Down with Karl and there is a bang, as usual he is down in a cellar like area, I am guessing those ghost rats are back.

In other news Karl's receding hairline is getting further back on his head. Although to be fair I am not one to talk, My hair is currently in a race against itself, either to turn white or fall out.

Yvette is still trying to push her "call back phenomena", she then explains what it means to the ghosts. Its a bit like when you are a kid and you try to give yourself a cool nickname and keep using it in the hope others will start using it for you, but it never catches on and you just look like a fool.

Did you know that at school I was known as "The Body Adonis". True story. Honestly.

This episode reminds me of a football game that ends 0-0, with no shots on target, no incidents, and no fouls.

Karl is doing his best to kick some things OFF CAMERA to make noises, but with it not really making good TV he decides to leave the cellar area.

Glen - "Where shall I put this"
Yvette - "Just stick it in there"

The highlight of Glen's day right there people!

Karl has met up with Stuart and they have gone to Room 222 which is supposedly haunted.

Suddenly with Yvette, Glen and Fred there is the sound of a little whimper, it is clearly a cat. No doubt about that, but we get endless replays and enhanced sound.

30 minutes in and nothing has happened, other than a cat whimpering, Karl kicking a box, and Fred asking for Lucifer to turn up.

Even Stuart and Karl have sat down now as they are so bored.

Suddenly there is the sound of footsteps upstairs so they jump up and run upstairs. A door closes. Finally a bit of excitement. Ok excitement is a stretch, but it is better than nothing.

Karl declares proudly "That's paranormal" because there was no one upstairs when they had a look.

Worth noting that the sound of someone walking could easily have been added in post production.

Karl and Stuart then mess about in a room for 5 minutes, opening and closing doors.

This episode is 100% proof of why you shouldn't try to stretch these investigations into two part episodes, as it means you have to have so much filler. This episode is the perfect example of why the ratings for most Haunted are in the toilet. compared to 10 years ago.

10 years ago Most Haunted specials would regularly get over 500 thousand viewers.

Glen's body language here will be matching every viewer watching this tonight.
Even the biggest of fans will be disappointed in tonight's episode, but sadly they will also use it as proof that Most Haunted is real as they even show investigations whereby nothing happens, therefore they must be legit.

After Glen tries to have a thought of his own, Yvette puts him back into his place with a swift slap round the side of his head. Not surprisingly after she assaults him, he starts walking a bit awkwardly, almost as if he is trying to hide something that has grown in his jeans.

Karl whistles and gets S̶t̶u̶a̶r̶t̶  the ghost to whistle back.

And mercifully the episode ends.
We get a short preview from next weeks episode, and we are done.

This was the single worst episode in the history of Most Haunted.
Truly awful. How this ever got cleared to be aired is beyond me.

I will give this episode a special NO SCORE, it does not even deserve the dignity of getting a minus score.
If you read this article before watching the episode, trust me you will miss nothing.



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REVIEW: Most Haunted - Series 22 Episode 04 (22nd October 2018) - Bate Inn - Part Two

I hate myself, I want to punish myself, I despise myself. And the only way I have found to correctly deal with my self hatred is to force myself to watch and then review episodes of Most Haunted. It is my version of self flagulation.

And with that said, here is my review for Part 2 of the Bate Inn investigation.

Blurb:
Scary stuff! The team continue to investigate Macclesfield's oldest pub and are soon under fire from poltergeist activity. Glen's scepticism is put fully to the test.

Don't you just hate it when they say things like that? "hey are gonna put Glen's Skepticism to the test". Yet we all know he is fully aware the show is faked, he knows what goes on, and he doesn't care because he picks up a pay check. (Spoiler: Nothing happens when he is present that would stump even a passing skeptic)

Anyway we start with a preview of what is to come, hopefully to wet the whistle of the viewer, but the truth is it will only make people roll their eyes and probably turn over. We also get a recap of the previous episode, for a true recap click on the Most Haunted tab on the menu and go read my review.

Also at 10pm tonight on Ch4 is "Celebrity Call Centre for Stand Up to Cancer", it is for charity so definitely worth watching. I watch Most Haunted so you don't have to!

Seems that they are trying to fill as much time as they can. A good 5 minutes of each episode is either a recap or a preview of what is to come.

Not even joking, here we are at 4 minutes 30 seconds + and they are still on the "Last time on..." screen.

Fred was pretty quiet in part 1, I wonder if he will have more to do in part 2.
We start off and he is talking to Yvette.

"I am not a psychic but I have a vision of children" - Fred Batt

Stuart is excited about a door opening and closing downstairs, there is no sound of the hinges, which would go to show there is very little friction on the door, and if not locked any kind of breeze or air pressure would easily make the door move.

We get a good few minutes of the door moving a bit and Stuart getting excited. At no point does anyone go down stairs to look at the door, to check if anyone is there, to set up a camera. No they just look down from the stairs.

Karl is still talking to the ghost rats in the cellar as they scratch and run about by the barrels.
Again despite having his iPhone in his pocket, he just walks around with his main camera pointing at him.
Why not set up your mobile to film you from the opposite side of the cellar, to prove it is not you chucking stones etc. There are electricity outlets down there, so the phone could be plugged in, so no bullshit claims of the battery draining.

Glen is talking to his laptop, perhaps hoping he will "accidentally" connect to one of the special web chat videos he is a regular on.

"Are there any spirits here in this bar...?" - Glen

Yes Glen there are, Johnnie Walker and Jim Bean to name just a couple.

I assume this was filmed early in the year, looks like Glen has put on some timber after having a good Christmas!

Back with Stuart and Yvette on the stairs and they spot a shadown down below, which is clearly the shadow of whoever is down there fannying about with the door.

Remember Ghosts do not have physical form, so they would not, if real cast a shadow, only a real person could.

If we are saying ghosts have physical form, then why is there not a single piece of credible footage anywhere, in history? This is the problem with idiot ghost hunters, they cant even make their minds up one what it is they think they believe in.

Stuart says there is definitely a shadow down there!
I wonder what could possibly be causing a shadow down there, especially when the cameraman has a big strong light on his camera which is lighting up the back of Stuart as he waves his hands about.

I half expect him to say
"Look the shadow is waving back at me just as a wave at him"

To be fair it is not Stuart who is causing the shadow to move, there is someone down there OFF CAMERA moving about, it is plain to see. Probably Karl. Remember this show is filmed out of order, so just because they cut to an edit of Karl in the cellar does not mean that he was in the cellar as they cut away from Yvette. This is television folks. Trust nothing!

Finally after 5 minutes of doing nothing, Stuart is told to go and investigate, he does NOT take a camera with him, which makes him investigating completely pointless.

Also during this scene, notice that Yvette is pointing a strong torch down the stairs too, so another way to create shadows.

The ONLY correct way to investigate this would be to put ALL of the lights on, set up 3 cameras at the bottom of the stairs covering all angles, and then wait.

Riveting footage of Karl claiming that the noises in the cellar that he is hearing are "not natural". Poor ghost rats might take offence at that.

Notice how they use 3 shots in one here to convince you that all three shots happened at the same time.

Yvette is now singing again, she is really pushing the ghost children angle. They hear a sound downstairs and they all run to see. The door is open again, of course no camera was put down there. And a ball has appeared. Remember how they said in Part 1 that they would put a camera on the ball. Clearly they did not.

Glen is seeing things and seems incapable of debunking a very simply thing.
He claims there is no source for some lights that appeared on a wall. Yet he has his laptop open and the light on his camera.

Karl is now claiming that barrels are moving, yet he didn't think to leave a camera filming them.
I expect he is doing some basic edits here, and moving them himself and adding in the sounds later.

Glen has picked up a whisper on his laptop. Could be anything, so worthless as evidence.

20 minutes in and this episode is dragging. A lot of filler much like the first episode.

Yvette doesn't want her photo taken by Glen, she knows all to well what he will do with that photo later!
Straight in the special "Yvette Folder"

Now a barrel has moved, two easy options for this, when he was filming the opposite way, he simply kicked it with his foot and it rolled a bit. Or the audio has been recorded later and Karl hidden off camera simply moved it. Either way because there is only one shot it is impossible to eliminate fraud.

Stuart is now complaining about the battery draining on his camera. Think they need to buy a new battery.

Funny how the batteries on their mic packs, watches, mobiles etc never seem to run low.

Glen finally gets some skin to skin contact with Yvette, but it is only a finger tip. But better than nothing.

Karl and Stuart are now on the stairs again, some interesting audio edits here whereby they go completely silent. Something very dodgy here, I am guessing they cut some audio of Karl directing Stuart what to do next, so I am expecting a stunt here or something.

As expected there is a noise and some panic.

Then as Stuart pans to the staircase again, there is a bang and a blatant video edit. And a door that was stood up is now lying flat on the floor. Then the ball from earlier is suddenly thrown down the stairs.

The video edit to look for is at exactly 30m38s if you watch through the UKTV website.

They have used this editing trick before to move things that cant be done quickly.
100% fakery at this point. The ball is chucked by Stuart most likely, who would have it in his hand.
Again there is only 1 camera filming all of this. A simple cellphone plugged into a wall filming them both from across the way would be able to instantly debunk all of my criticisms, but we all know that everything I am saying is true.

Also this pub has CCTV, did Most Haunted ask them to turn off the CCTV? If not, then lets have a look at it!

Notice before the edit Stuart is not out of breath, after the edit he can hardly catch his breath, almost as if he had been running about, moving heavy doors and so on.

The biggest problem with the door stunt was the setup wasn't detailed enough. Poor planning.

Yvette decides to gather everyone together for a group "vidgual".

Time for some glass divination.
No controls put in place.

And as you would expect with lots of people touching the glass, it starts to move. Clearly being pushed by the people touching it.

Again a simple control here would be to place a single marble or small ball on top of the glass, and then a flat piece of wood on top of that, and everyone put their fingers on that.

Another simple control is a small thin piece of smooth cloth just on the top of the glass and people put their fingers on that, if anyone is pushing then the cloth would move.

This is basic stuff that an 8 year old could think of to prevent fraud.

Remember when Yvette once tried to do this with gloves on, and got caught pushing the glass?
Go look for it on Youtube.

Glen is now insulting the ghosts using all the insults that Yvette has called him over the years.

Fred spouts some Latin sounding bullshit.

Thankfully only about 10 minutes left now.

There is a noise and the door is open, Yvette claims to see shadows, note that everyone is pointing their torches down there as well as the light from the cameras.

Another bang and a small stool has been thrown OFF CAMERA.

Yvette acts all surprised.
Remember she is a trained actress you know!

The glass is moving about on the very very smooth table. Now Yvette is asking the ghost of Fred's foot to knock to spell out its name. "William" She is asking the ghost to look at her mobile to help her spell out his name. The idea that a ghost would even know what a smartphone is is ridiculous.

The name is William Harris and he died in 1862.
Fred checks his notes and amazingly there was someone who was there called William Harris who was a servant and he worked there in 1851. I wonder if they forgot the year when they were doing the knocks?

Apparently the ghost is happy and doesn't need their help. Yet we are supposed to accept that this ghost hangs about an old pub for the past 160+ years.

And thankfully that is the end of the episode.

This might very well be one of the worst episodes I have ever seen of Most Haunted.

There was no Watson in this episode, and Lou's bum bang was not shown on camera, therefore I am forced to give it a 0.5/10

The 0.5 is only awarded since they did make an effort to do a video edit to put the door on the floor, but the set up was so poor that it just didn't work very well at all.


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REVIEW: Most Haunted - Series 22 Episode 03 (21st October 2018) - Bate Inn - Part One

Well I managed to avoid watching the first two episodes of what is inconceivably the 22nd series of Most Haunted, and I have little interest watching them. HOWEVER I have decided to give episode 3 a go since it is airing tonight and I have a few hours spare (and it is only 45 minutes long). So yes I am back, and this is my newest review of
MOST HAUNTED OFF CAMERA!

Cue music.

And begin.

BLURB
Yvette and the team travel to the oldest pub in Macclesfield, famous for ghost stories and strange occurrences. Whatever is there makes itself known quickly and violently.

Well this episode is at the Bate Inn in Macclesfield, a place I have actually frequented many a time in the past as a drinker. SPOILER ALERT it is NOT Haunted.

I want to make it very clear, this disclaimer that appears at the start of every episode is due to a ruling by OFCOM that stated that Most Haunted is NOT a serious investigation. It is a spoof, it is for fun, it is not real, it is edited, scenes will be staged and so on. However with that said I have to write my reviews in a certain style that is aimed at people who do not understand this, who do not get that the show is faked, is just entertainment, sadly a lot of people still think the show is real. Yes grown adults, people who have jobs and children actually think this is all real, and to them I feel pity. But I hope upon reading my reviews you will not only laugh, you will also understand what is really going on.

Great to see the welcome return of the most credible member of the Most Haunted crew, the legendary Watson! - Follow him on Twitter at @WatsonMHBulldog

He often reveals some behind the scenes gossip.

They show some highlights of the episode, and sadly it seems like it is the same old crew, and bunch of fakers. I had heard rumours that the First Lady of Most Haunted the great Mel Crump was returning. I can only hope, but alas I suspect my hopes will be dashed, much like when Watson thought he was getting a real steak for his dinner, but instead got some nasty Turkey Steak stick.

Carrying on from one of last seasons methods, they are now showing "ghostly" footage supposedly from before the investigation has begun. The idea here is that they want the viewer to believe these ghostly events happen all the time and not just when they start filming, this is to further push against accusations of fraud, now the fact that they are still filming, and as usual everything happens OFF CAMERA, it seems that the believers still take this as evidence that it is all real, so as soon as the episode starts we see Yvette running through her opening speech and there is suddenly a bang OFF CAMERA.

Reminder, EVERYONE on that crew and there is easily 10+ members, all have smart phones, those smart phones all have decent cameras, and all could be plugged in and left to record, so any idea that they do not have enough cameras to cover every area is utter nonsense.

"Stu have you got that up there on that camera?"

So yes Stuart is alone upstairs exactly where the bang happened, and of course he did NOT have it on camera.

Despite it being in the middle of the day and clearly light outside they still have the black and white filters on to give the impression of night vision, remember we are supposed to believe that none of this was set up, the filming proper hadn't started and they were just running through Yvette's opening speech.

This in itself would be enough to tell even a low IQ person that the show is faked and set up.

We get an early shot by Stuart that showed the room was empty, and that the wooden plated that Yvette is holding in the shot above was thrown there. I wonder by who? A ghost? A Stuart? A pretend Samurai who was humiliated after being exposed by actual Japanese experts?

Who knows, maybe Watson threw it.

Before you know it something else is thrown from up above, exactly where Stuart is, and of course it is OFF CAMERA. After just one item was thrown any real investigator would position 5 cameras in that exact area covering all angles. Instead the Most Haunted crew do nothing.

If you were wondering why so many episodes are now in 2 or 3 parts this is purely a budgetary issue. UKTV pay pennies for each episode, so it makes sense for MH to try and get as much footage out of a location as possible. It also means they only have to pay crew for one nights work and then get two episodes out of it.

Last I heard UKTV only pay about £5000 for an episode, in TV terms this really is peanuts.

Watson is by the door, he clearly wants to go outside for a dump or a pee, but instead of letting him out, Yvette is claiming he is scared and wants to leave.

They are really dragging out this opening shot. So far they have got 10 minutes out of this. And nothing has been caught on camera, Stuart threw a wooden plate, and there have been a few bangs.

Yvette finally gets through her opening piece to camera, and starts her next piece, and now a bulb has been thrown OFF CAMERA. Stuart is busy tonight.

Yvette claims that because Watson wanted to go outside that means they are in for one hell of a night.

Now a ball has rolled down the stairs OFF CAMERA.

If any of you thought they would have any new ideas you are sorely mistaken.

We get an interview with the Landlady who tells a bullshit story, claims she was strangled by a ghost, but if you listen clearly to her when she tells the story she didn't even notice when it happened! And only realise after when someone told her she had some marks on her neck.

She is a nice enough woman, but clearly she is telling porkies here in the hope other idiot Ghost groups will pay to investigate the place, and even help boost tourism.

Just for a moment imagine her story was true and she had been strangled by a ghost, would she stay there? or would she quit, and leave straight away?

I think you can figure out the truth here using common sense.

With nearly 18 minutes wasted, they now bring Glen on the show, as usual he is looking very smug, but he does not have his hands in his pockets, instead here he is gesturing towards Yvette's bosom, why? Only he knows.

CORRECTION:
Glen has his hands in his pockets.

Glen and Yvette has now seen a shadow but they think it is a ghost, of course it is all OFF CAMERA.

Of course we now hear that there was a witch that was hanged on the top of the staircase. Well of course there is. Any old haunted location must have a witch story attached to it.

Yvette is being a tad skeptical here, which leads me to believe other ghost groups have investigated here and made some claims, and Yvette wants to put them down.

Yvette and Glen's conversation isn't half dragging. There is so much filler in this show. Realistically this could all be condensed into 25 minutes.

Remember that little ball, it has just come down the stairs again, do you think they left a camera to film it? No of course they didn't, that would be basic investigating protocol. So yet again it happens OFF CAMERA and leaves us with ZERO evidence.

Now Yvette decides they need to put a camera on the ball. A bit late now. (Spoiler, the ball doesn't move again this episode)

Great to see Lou, if only briefly, she is no Melanie Crump but she is still more credible than almost everyone else on the show (except Watson)

Special shout out goes to Lou's bum bag.

We then hear a faint squeeky fart. Yvette desperate to cover it up claims it was a child screaming, we then get endless replays of the fart. This is "Evidence"

Suggestion to any Ghost Hunters. wear soft slippers on investigations that make little to no noise when you walk. Instantly you can then dismiss those involved if you hear hard footed footsteps.

Yvette is now quietly singing a nursery rhyme. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, she has clearly convinced herself (according to the script) that the ghosts are children and she is running with it.

Glen is now whispering the song too. I don't really get any of this. 

Yvette is asking the ghost child questions, and the child is answering back by banging Stuart's foot OFF CAMERA! Apparently the child is naughty.

Suddenly something is thrown and hits Karl on the back of his head. unfortunately he is still conscious.

There is no lump, no mark, no blood.

Yvette decides to shout at the ghost who threw it.

We then get an insight into what Yvette sounds like when shouting at her own kids. Those poor kids.

"Bet you think that's funny dont you?" - Yvette Fielding to the ghosts.

All the ghosts in unison reply
"Yes, yes we do"

Yvette claims Karl has a lump on his head the size of an egg.

There is no lump.

You will also notice that a crew member who is usually behind the scenes will NEVER get hit with anything. It will always be someone who is in the inner circle, usually Karl or Stuart.

Clearly the ghosts are well aware of the modern lawsuit and health and safety rules and don't want ANTIX to get sued, so pick their targets carefully.

You know when you are about to do an epic fart and you try to get everyone's attention so they can all hear it.

The team now split up, so that further shenanigans can occur.

Watson has smartly buggered off, he is so tired of this crap.

Remember the whole idea of bringing him on the show was to show how a dog and it's impressive senses would pick up on things humans couldn't. The fact Watson doesn't give a shit and does nothing, proves there are no ghosts present.

We hear a faint sound, could be anything, remember this pub is on a main road. Noises could be anything from people outside, to a cat whimpering.

Yvette then hums, and claims she could hear a child humming.

We cross to Karl who is in the cellar on his own.

He hears a noise, keep in mind he is in the cellar of a pub, any noises could easily be put down to a rat etc.
We hear some sounds by one of the barrels. Again could easily be a rat, or even Karl himself, or something added in post production.

Glen is in the bar trying to pick up EVP (Waste of time, evidentially worthless etc)
If I was him I would pull a pint and relax since the Bate Inn is NOT haunted.

Thankfully the episode ends, with Part 2 airing next week I expect lots of things to be thrown off camera, and no actual evidence to be found.

This was a poor episode.
Summary:
Good - Lou made an appearance and showed off her bum bag. And Watson had a mooch about and did nothing.

Bad - Everything else.

Awful episode.
If you read this, don't waste your time watching.
I give this episode a 1/10 (That's half for Lou and half for Watson.


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