REVIEW: Most Haunted - Antwerp Mansion - Airdate 25/01/2019

It's that time of the week you all look forward to, no it is not your colonoscopy, or your smear test (both of which you should definitely have done if needed) no it is nothing as pleasant as either of those things, it is time for Most Haunted, and mores specifically my punishment due to crimes committed in a previous life, my review/recap of Most Haunted.

Before I start you may notice on Twitter (@TheBadPsych) I often moan about the fact that people like Karl Beattie, or his little Hauntie minnions like to brag that the show is "Trending" and I go to really small lengths to prove them wrong. And show how they are confusing UK Trends with "Trends for you". People seem to think that I do not want to admit the show is Trending, or that I am lying and so on. Well you may notice that I also use the #MostHaunted hashtag, so I am literally helping them trend. If Most Haunted does trend then that means more people will see my tweet, and read my review. I benefit, if the show really does trend. So there really is no reason for me to lie. I just want people to be honest.

The ONLY legitimate place to see if a show is trending is on Twitter itself, and specifically in the "Trending in the UK" place. Anything else is not a true Trend, but instead just things people associated with you are talking about. Learn the difference people.

Talking about imbeciles, here is the blurb for this weeks show.
"The team visits Antwerp Mansion in Manchester and are soon surrounded by unexplained activity - with at least two members of the crew pushed to their limits."

Let me start off by saying what a thoroughly nice blouse Old Yvette is wearing here. Makes a change from her Arsene Wenger coat she usually wears.

This week is a rare one off episode that is not a two or three parter.
They are at Antwerp Mansion, a place that has been a nightclub, a snooker hall, and best of all a "Gentlemen's Club"

As Old Yvette starts her first piece to camera, I notice a lot of cabling around the property, in the property, on the walls and so on. So instantly you know that any K2 Meters will be completely useless.

No sign of Watson so far which is a shame, Glen has appeared and already he has decided the place is not haunted, and he would be correct.

Yvette is already hearing tapping and banging, in this large empty building. It must be ghosts and not rats, mice, cats or other more likely living creatures.

Sadly Yvette has put her Managers coat on, and asks Glen how big his expectations are for this evening, he misunderstands, and blatantly exaggerates.

The walk-around is over and the investigation begins. And the first thing we notice is that there is no New Yvette! And instead we are stuck with Fred. I guess that means I don't have to refer to Yvette as "Old" any more. How sad. I quite liked New Yvette (Mary Beattie).

They hear a noise and run to investigate. They find nothing, and you hear quietly in the background someone say "they have security cameras here"

Yvette then reveals she is not worried about the ghosts and thinks it sounds like a real person!
So I wonder if this was an unexpected noise. Most likely an animal, but maybe a naughty human who knew they were filming. Remember Antwerp Mansion is in a busy built up area.

There is then a really weird sound, and it is revealed to be a mechanical noise coming from a security camera which the owners had told them do not work. (A likely story). So you now know nothing will happen anywhere, where the security cameras are.

Yvette in her big coat while other cast members in T-Shirts and thing cotton shirts.

They are still hearing noises, but clearly they could be anything since we now know various equipment is on. And they are also in a built up area, with traffic outside, other houses and so on.

Since Fred is in this episode, I am guessing this was either filmed before he and Karl had fallen out or after they had made up.

Karl, Stuart and Glen have a competition to see how can perform the Power Stand the best. Stuart wins, but that is mainly due to him wearing Wellies, despite being in doors.

And without even realising 19 minutes out of 45 have passed, so we are already nearly half way through the episode.

They play a replay of what they claim is a child humming, but it could be anything, it could be a crew member humming, the noise of a cat, anything.

Yvette is talking to the ghosts but not a great deal is happening other than the odd footstep.

Glen and Yvette has gone down to the cellar... ALONE.

Fred and Beardy are in another part of the basement. They are hearing noises which could easily be a cat meowing.

Karl is with Stuart, in another area. As expected there is a noise as something has been thrown OFF CAMERA.

Glen is very close behind Yvette with a filthy smirk on his face.

We cut to Stuart and Karl, and there is something dodgy going on here with the filming, I can't put my finger on what, but it doesn't seem to affect anything that happens, so I assume it was just a dodgy edit to match things up.

Yvette has found some balls on the floor left by other ghost hunters, so clearly this is a location that makes money from gullible idiots who sell ghost tours to even more gullible idiots.

They hear a hum, and Glen replicates it by getting very very close to Yvette, I can not say whether his jeans were up or down at this point as it is off camera.

Glen pulls up his trousers, and checks the laptop for EVPs.

Karl and Stuart are still hearing noises and things being thrown OFF CAMERA.

Glen has checked the laptop and it hasn't picked anything of interest up. So that was a waste of time.

Ok they go to Stuart and Karl and there is a blatant bit of fuckery going on here with the sound.
Stuart saying "It's either behind us or above us" has clearly been added in post production, as it is not on the same level as the rest of the audio, then as soon as he says it something is thrown OFF CAMERA.

My guess here is that as Stuart was throwing something, either he didn't deliver his line, or it sounded poor due to the action of throwing something hard enough to break, so they got him to rerecord it after.

Karl comes up with the ridiculous theory of "Audible Stone Tape Phenomena"

There is another noise OFF CAMERA. Stuart shouts, and then Karl is strangely silent, another dodgy audio edit there.

The problem they have is that they are in a relatively small place, so as they try to fake things, throw things etc there isn't much room to do so, and you need to be careful NOT to catch it on camera, which is making all their shenanigans come off poorly.

"It was almost something in the future" - Stuart Torevill.

Yes Stuart is alluding to ghosts making noises in the future that they are hearing in the present.

Here is a photo of Yvette for all you young teenage boys reading this.

You can have that for free!

Glen asks the ghosts to thrown a coin, and then we cut to Beardy and Fred, and suddenly coins are dropped OFF CAMERA. I assume by the cameraman who I have no idea who that is.

We get a few more bangs, steps and taps and so on, but nothing of note.

And with that the episode ends.
And what a boring investigation it was.
Nothing happened on camera. We only really got a few coins dropped by the cameraman and Stuart throwing something against a wall OFF CAMERA.

No Watson, No New Yvette. Just a very lazy episode which I imagine they filmed in about 2 hours or less. Small crew too which means more cost cutting.

I cant really give this episode even 1 point, nothing happened, and very little effort was put into faking stuff. I wonder if they were a bit worried about those security cameras which were supposed to be turned off as the only time anything did happen was in the basement where there are no security cameras.

I give this episode a 0/10

Review by Jon Donnis

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REVIEW: Most Haunted As-Live Eden Camp Museum Pt 2 - Airdate 18/01/2019

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Because I am an idiot, I have wrongly been labeling Most Haunted season numbers 1 less than what they were, For example I had labelled season 23 as season 22. Luckily a few years too late, I now realise we are on season 24. I blame UKTV since they call this current season as "Series 9" which just complicates things even more. Therefore as a protest I have decided to no longer give a season and episode number and instead I will just put the UK airdate instead.

So with that bombshell, let's take a look at the blurb for Series 9 (or 24) episode 2 (or 3 since the first was a double episode).

"The investigation into Eden Camp continues. The team split into lone vigils, soon regretting their decision when souls that plague this living museum want to be known."

Before we get started, I just had a quick look on the UKTV website and in episode 4 which seems to have not been filmed in winter for once, Yvette is looking quite fetching in tight jeans and an off the shoulder top! Something for the nerds to look forward to.

In case you forgot, this disclaimer is telling you the show is faked.
You NEVER see this disclaimer in front of a serious documentary, the news, or even drama shows. They put this here because the show PRETENDS to be a serious investigation, and by law TV stations are forced to reveal if a show is a spoof as it can cause distress in low IQ people who may think it is real.

We start off where we left off in this "Most Haunted kinda maybe sorta as live but not really because we edit it and do retakes but you know dumb people will believe us so who cares". The team are all splitting off, and Glen gleefully follows old Yvette into the dining hall area, and sets up the laptop.

New Yvette has finally got her own camera to play with, and is doing her best Mummy impression.
Straight away there is a strange audio edit, so not sure if that was to edit out her swearing, or to edit in some narration.

Amazingly New Yvette has already blocked me on Twitter, I don't recall ever speaking to her, so I am guessing she had to seek me out just to block me.

I still think she is better than old Yvette, and I will still put her "over" on this site, until she does something obviously fake.

New Yvette starts calling out to the spirits. As she does the smoke machine goes off, you remember that, the thing that Karl said was switched off, but then everyone pointed out it was not.

Bizarrely Glen is not with old Yvette and he has buggered off outside for a mooch on his own, perhaps looking for a bush to hide in.

Beardy sees his shadow, which must be the highlight of his day.

We skip from person to person and we are led to believe that everyone has gone off at the same time on their own. This is a lie, as repeatedly it has been shown they only use 2 or 3 cameras. So again this is proof that their claim the show is "as live" is a lie. As they would have filmed segments while other people sat about and had cups of tea.

Stuart knocks on a wall, and there is a slight knock back. Of course that could have been anyone, and someone sat the other side of the wall could have just knocked back.

We go to Karl, and he lets slip something here.
He questions why he is going somewhere on his own when everyone else has.... And he cuts himself off realising that the viewer has been told people are supposed to be on their own. Whoops.

God this episode has started slow. Not a good way to start an episode.

New Yvette is doing her best Blair Witch Project impression. She is getting her self scared over every little thing. I think she has been watching too many old episodes of Most Haunted.

New Yvette is starting to realise that filming her own face from below is making all her double chins come out. Maybe that will encourage her to film the area where there might be ghosts! I know it sounds obvious to us, but to some people it is like rocket science.

Karl is going back and forth from inside to outside, almost as if he is waiting for something to happen. Suddenly there is a noise, nothing immediately obvious that has happened. Definitely setting up something here.

As expected a case of some sort has found its way into the doorway, of course this happened OFF CAMERA, because you know ghosties, they hate doing anything that would prove they actually exist.

So with a decent sized case moving by itself, the first thing Karl does is check the CCTV cameras that this museum has that covers every area. He then contacts everyone else, collects as many cameras, smartphones anything he can, and sets up cameras to film every single part of the location he is in, and suddenly the bag moves again, and we have 4 different camera angles, the prove without a shadow of a doubt it was paranormal.

Oh wait he did nothing of the sort, he just carried on. Oh well. I guess it wasn't really a ghost that moved it.

We go back to Stuart and he is in what looks like a maze of corridors, he hears a noise, has a little run about and nothing is found.

Now with Old Yvette and she reveals that she has 3 marbles in her pocket that Glen gave he, she then swears and turns the camera around and says hello to a ghost that is not really there.

Remember the two ladies who were sat in front of the static cameras from episode 1, well they are nowhere to be seen.

Old Yvette chucks a marble on the floor, waiting for a ghost to chuck it back. Let's hope Karl doesn't come in, step on a marble and go flying, that would not at all be funny!

With New Yvette now and she is still filming her own face. Now as someone you would assume is not used to being in this situation, she has clearly been told to film herself, which is a strange thing to tell someone to do on a ghost investigation.

"Don't film the hallways love, just film your own face, as close as you can, trust me, it makes good TV"

With Glen and he is talking to the ghosts (remember he is supposed to be the resident skeptic), he then tells the ghosts not to pick on people, and clearly gives up his preferences, and New Yvette is the first one he tells the ghosts not to pick on, followed by old Yvette. He clearly has his sights on the new younger, fitter, stronger, sexier version of Yvette. He knows what he wants and he wont stop until he has it.

Glen has his K2 meter in his hand (makes a change), which is completely useless, and is waving it about. Luckily Stuart isn't nearby pressing the walkie talkie button, so it isn't going off.

Back with New Yvette and a door creaks behind her. She runs about, and even says she hopes she got it on camera, despite the fact she is filming her own face from about 3 inches away. And talking about 3 inches, we cross to Stuart who is still mooching about in the corridors of the museum.

Stuart whistles at the ghost and the ghost whistles back. And by ghost I mean Karl who is sat round the corner hiding, OFF CAMERA.

Finally beardy gets some camera time, and for some reason he has put the camera down to film himself doing something with his hands. He can hear tapping and dripping noises, perhaps it is a drip that is making the tapping? Now that is some out of the box thinking this show needs.

Half way through the episode and boy is this dull. Nothing has happened other than Karl moving a small empty case.

Something has flown over Karl's head. OFF CAMERA.

Karl is filming himself so you know something is about to happen. And a door has closed itself OFF CAMERA. A few unusual camera swings here and I suspect we just had an edit.

We get a few more small noises, but again nothing major, then there is a sustained noise, which to me sounds like dodgy plumbing.

Karl knocks the wall 4 times and hears 4 knocks back from the ghost.
Despite Karl trying to show the place is empty, Stuart could easily be hid away.

Back with Old Yvette and she has now lost her marbles, sorry I mean she is now chucking her second marble. It rolls about for a bit and nothing.

I would hope one of these marbles gets rolled back at her at some point, otherwise it is a waste of time.

Jenny and Louise (The camera girls who faked the door swing in Episode 1 are mentioned by Old Yvette, but we don't see them.)

This is one of those episodes you will find yourself quickly distracted by other things, it just not holding my attention at all.

No sign of the cat either from episode 1.

New Yvette still filming herself. For no apparent reason.

Under 10 minutes left and nothing of real note has happened, I really hope Karl has a decent stunt to end the episode with, otherwise it is a big fat dud of an episode.

Suddenly beardy gets scared when he sees Karl half naked and looking very freaky.

Karl asks the ghosts to do one last thing before he goes. He tries to build some tension, and we get a few minutes of him going back and forth between rooms, begging the ghosts to do something. They ignore him.

And we get our first look at the ladies watching the static cameras. This is the only sight of them the whole episode, and nothing of note is said.

Nothing happens where Karl is so we returns to everyone else, and Yvette announces they will do one last "Vidgual" around a table.

As Karl is walking back, he feels very patriotic and films the Union Jack fluttering in the sky.
He starts walking back and is talking about the dead soldiers who did so much for us. All very patriotic. I wont make fun of him here.

We cut to Old and New Yvette and they have clearly been doing the "Vidgual" at a table, but sodall has happened, so the episode ends.

This was a really poor episode, compared to the first part where they had some stunts set up, and a few obvious moments of fakery, this episode was a bit of a dud. Other than Karl moving a case OFF CAMERA, nothing happened.

No Watson, and even New Yvette has lost her sparkle. So I have no choice but to give the episode a very fair 0/10

Total waste of time.

Review by Jon Donnis

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REVIEW: Most Haunted As-Live Eden Camp Museum Pt 1 - Airdate 11/01/2019

If 2019 hadn't started off bad enough, it gets even worse with the launch of a new season of Most Haunted (And possibly the last to air on REALLY, I hear that UKTV don't want to pay for any more episodes after this run, and Antix will take the series to be an online only show)

Anyway lets jump right into the cesspool of debauchery with some filthy blurb.

"The team investigates Eden Camp. There are strange noises and something that wants to separate the team. Can they stay for the duration or will it prove too much?"

Bizarrely it seems like Yvette Fielding has her eye on the Arsenal job since Arsene Wenger has left the club. I wonder what Unai Emery will have to say about that.

We are introduced to a new suspicious team member called Mary.
Someone who looks incredibly like Yvette. Yes it is her daughter.
And just notice how Glen is looking at the new younger, fitter, stronger version of Yvette! While also holding his hands over his groin. This will not end well!

Glen is in super show off mode trying to impress new younger Yvette, and we cut to a clip of them listening to groans he recorded earlier in private. I wonder what those groans could possibly be?

How funny would it be if New Yvette (Her official new name) is better than old Yvette.

We get a quick history lesson and then despite it being very light outside we have the black and white filters on and they are walking about outside and then into the Museum.

Keep in mind this Museum has CCTV, that covers all areas. Will we see the footage from the CCTV? No of course we wont, don't be silly.

Karl has farted and old Yvette is forced to cover her face. Makes a change for it not to be Yvette.

Yvette is already talking to the German ghosts and has them tapping answers out.
1 for yes 2 for no, 3 for Nein

(The preceding joke was supplied by Pete West @petewest1966)


"Do you know you are dead, 2 for yes, 1 for no?" - Yvette Fielding.

Beardy guy is claiming the floor is moving, (it is not).

They all have very squeeky shoes on which is making a racket on the smooth floors.

Glen is staying very close to New Yvette, definitely wants to keep her safe.

They have heard some noises, yet they have admitted that there is a live cat at the premises. No sign of Watson sadly. But I am guessing New Yvette is the new shiny toy for the group, and poor Watson has been relegated.

Karl has heard footsteps, yet the outside security light had not come on, and only came on when Karl came outside. Therefore these censors cannot detect ghosts. Lets keep that in mind in case they try to use that in the future.

"Can you talk to us using your voice" - Yvette Fielding

Keep in mind that despite them claiming this is "As Live" it will actually have retakes and edits

Yvette is getting Glen to whistle to the ghosts. I wonder, if there are German ghosts present, how will they understand Yvette?

The girls watching the cams have seen something, most likely it is just a bit of fluff near the lens. We don't get any replays since we are supposedly "As Live"

New Yvette hasn't done much yet, why not give her a camera and let her do some talking.

Karl says that it is a bit smoky in the one area they are in, but admits it is a museum affect. But they should all be off. But the fact there are effects available makes things more interesting.

The smoke machine is clearly on and working, but Karl keeps claiming it is off, but it is blatantly on.

The cat is making a lot of noise, which they then follow. The cat to his credit has done more in 5 minutes than Watson has ever done.

New Yvette has clearly stolen 1980s old Yvette's curly perm.

So there is a cat present that is meowing. So literally every noise they hear could be the cat. Could be a mouse the cat is chasing.

Karl is doing his usual "hear a noise, run back and forth" routine. Which gets boring quick.

Stuart has a K2 meter, which is completely useless. Stuarts K2 meter has gone off, and then gets Glen to confirm that Stuart's iPhone 6 is switched off, as if that is proof of ghosts. Despite the fact they have cameras on them, mic packs, walkie talkies, torches and so on. Stuart is convinced there is an energy with them. Yes it is the energy in those multiple electrical devices they have on them.

We then get a ridiculous scene of Glen asking the ghosts to make the K2 meters go to the red light.

Back with New and Old Yvette, and the smoke machine goes off again. Why they don't just unplug it I don't know.

Stuart and Glen are now walking outside and their K2 meters keep going off. They are baffled by this really basic technology.

I expect one of these chairs to move later. Pretty easy to set up with some fishing wire, and the cameras wont be able to pick up the wire so job done.

Everyone meets up again, and before you know it they have split up again. Karl and Stuart team up, so you know some shenanigans should occur soon.

Finally New Yvette is getting a bit more talkative, and while talking with Beardy, she refers to Karl as Dad! I am curious if New Yvette is "in on it".

Beardy reveals that New Yvette is the replacement for Fred. And they have a bit of flirty banter.
If you followed me on Twitter @TheBadPsych you would have heard me exclusively reveal that Fred and Karl had had a falling out. I wonder if they made up for Fred to appear in future episodes?

Stuart has found a ghost cup. Ok not a ghost cup, just a cup. But it might fly later if we are lucky.

The girls in the office hear a noise, the door opened a bit and they panic. They are more entertaining than the rest of the crew.

Of course the door opens OFF CAMERA. They hear another noise and panic even more, and the dark hair lady grabs the boob of the blond lady. Yes for real.

I've just got to that bit... I bet she felt a right tit! pic.twitter.com/5b5hWoD8Kj

— Mye Opinions 🌐 (@MyeOpinions) January 11, 2019

These two are definitely more entertaining than the rest of them. Can we just watch them all night instead?

As Dawn on Twitter @happydawn1 points out, there is a lot less screaming from the likes of Yvette which is a nice change.

Stuart is asking the ghosts to move something, then on cue a bike outside the door moves by itself.

Moving bikes! I'm glad Karl checked every room in the bungalow for real people. To be fair it was obviously the cat trying to take the bike for a spin! #MostHaunted pic.twitter.com/Sinf04wbMq

— Mye Opinions 🌐 (@MyeOpinions) January 11, 2019

So how does it move? Someone in the hall simply moved it. That's the most obvious explanation.

I have watched it a few times and the bike looks like it is jerked. Most likely with string or something. When they run out, notice how they film away, most likely so the string can be removed. They are also conveniently not on camera themselves, and the audio may have been added later.

The way they film it, I believe Stuart is the one who did it.

Stuart and Karl are trying to convince each other it was a ghost and not Karl who moved the bike, meanwhile Beady and New Yvette are sat on the floor. Beardy clearly taking advantage of the sitting position.

New Yvette is just like Old Yvette and she gets scared by Beardy breathing.

Glen and Old Yvette are still looking at the laptop. Hopefully Glen has his secret folder behind a password.

Hmm a camera is set up to film the door, and low and behold just as the brown haired lady walks off camera the door swings open, almost as if someone pulled it open using a string hidden off camera.

Then, my new hero 'The Cat' was in such a strop about the bike, rushed into the bar for a nice pint of milk! #MostHaunted pic.twitter.com/1YZEbfaj9v

— Mye Opinions 🌐 (@MyeOpinions) January 11, 2019

Of course the camera is set up in such a way as to not show the full length of the door.
The doors are clearly very light and swing very easily, so would not take much to do this.

My only issue here is that these girls do seem quite genuine, but the door clearly was pulled open, and it wasn't a ghost. So it had to be them, there is no other explanation.

Karl and Stuart are still talking about the bike.

@TheBadPsych
The bike moved backwards and to the right, so @realkarlbeattie points the camera everywhere but the direction the bike moved so as not to get Stuart in shot until he had chance to move.

— Ellis Moon (@theshadowplane) January 11, 2019

Looks like Twitter thinks as I did with regards to how it was done.

Stuart and Karl are in the kitchen and there is a firm knocking which they suggest is coming from the door, but is probably Karl just knocking the table or another door OFF CAMERA.

Again they could simply set up a second camera filming both of them and instantly prove they were not behind the knocks.

I really am curious as to how anyone can believe that it is really a ghost?

Old Yvette and Glen are still at the laptop, listening to noises. They are taking it easy this evening it seems.

It is 22:23pm and I thought I would check to see if Most Haunted is trending on Twitter as you know Karl always like to claim it is, and clearly is is NOT trending. Remember Karl will always use the "Trends for you" and then screenshot that, that is NOT the same as UK Trends. Trends for you is literally trends that people who follow you are using, and of course people who follow Karl will be tweeting about Most Haunted.

Back with Karl and Stuart, and they wasting time with the K2 meters again.
Remember when in a previous As Live Karl used his walkie talkie to set off the meters. Just a clue as to how they do it.

Both of them on camera and suddenly everything goes very quiet. Strange that.

There is a noise and a door is closed OFF CAMERA while Stuart is filming in the dark at the sofa.

Suddenly Karl blatantly moves towards where Stuart is and kicks over a bike that is resting against the wall, he then moves back and claims he is at least 6 foot from it.

Absolutely. Karl clearly gets closer to the bike to push it over then moves back. #MostHaunted pic.twitter.com/hhy5YyDwuv

— Mye Opinions 🌐 (@MyeOpinions) January 11, 2019

Again I hate to repeat myself, but a second camera filming them both would instantly prove that Karl didn't just kick it over.

Karl and Stuart are now using the K2 meter to measure how haunted the house is.

They get bored and leave the little bungalow they were in and head back to the main building.

As the episode is nearly over, for some reason they are still filming in black and white despite the fact all of the lights are on.

The 2 ladies are describing their experience with the door opening. Yvette looks very suspicious. I wonder if they told her before hand what they were going to do.

Karl is describing his and Stuart's experiences and is finding it hard to keep a straight face as he tells his story of the bike moving.

They all finish telling their stories, and then describe where they will all go next. And with that the episode ends.

To be fair to them the episode did entertain, but perhaps I am blinkered since I have not seen an episode in a while.

Good points:
New Yvette is an interesting addition to the show, Yes i know it is yet another family member, but she replaces Fred so that can only be good, plus they save money as they don't have to pay her.
The two ladies watching the cams, again they are something different so I like them. Also I highly doubt they were paid, so it is more free crew members.
The cat had some fun and made some noises.
Stuart and Karl made an effort and did some half decent fakery.

Bad points:
No Watson, again Watson is relegated and kept away.
More new people inevitably means more people to fake.
Still the same old same shit type of investigating.
K2 Meters are totally pointless. As are EVPs.
No cutlery or cups were thrown.

So overall there was more good than bad.
I will give this episode a strong 3 out of 10.

Review by Jon Donnis

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REVIEW: Most Haunted - Series 22 Episode 10 (28th October 2018) - Leopard Inn Part 3

We are nearly there, one episode left, then freedom. Let's hope this is a cracker, with lots of tricks, stunts and fakery, otherwise it will just be me bored out of my head.

First up lets take a look into the dark devious world of Yvette and Karl and see what kind of blurbage they have for us.

BLURB:
In the final part at the Leopard Inn, the team experience strange sounds and ever-increasing poltergeist activity. Can they stay until the morning? Only time will tell.

"That without a shadow of a doubt has to be paranormal" - Karl Beattie

We hear Karl say this in a voice over right as the episode starts. Take a close look at those words, without a shadow of a doubt. That means every angle must be covered, there is NO DOUBT, Literally, no doubt, no other explanation.

So I wonder why they have suddenly decided to change 22 series of bad investigating techniques and suddenly do things properly? Well lets wait and see.

Titles roll and we get the usual "Previously on...." segment to fill a few minutes of air time.

We start off with the cliff hanger. Karl hears a giggle that he adds in post production, he turns around the corner and a doll has been placed on the floor OFF CAMERA.

Karl is pretending to be scared so he leaves the area, instead of setting up static cameras on the doll.

Yvette is now hearing things. Glen hears something so runs towards the stairs, asks Yvette if they should go up to investigate, Yvette gives the game away and says they need to stay where they are as Karl is upstairs.

We flit from one group to another, all are hearing noises but everything is OFF CAMERA as usual.

With Karl and a door is slammed behind him and OFF CAMERA. As he turns the camera to film himself, a door that was in front of him slams itself OFF CAMERA.

With Stuart now and something has been thrown OFF CAMERA.

Yvette is trying to get the ghost children to play, but they don't care and ignore her.

Yvette keeps chucking a doll down a hall way hoping the ghost will throw it back, SPOILER, it doesn't.

Back with Karl and more doors are slamming OFF CAMERA.
A chair is dragged behind Karl and OFF CAMERA.

Back with Stuart and there is now a hilarious scene.

There is a noise maybe a door slam, and Stuart runs into one room, and the terrified beardy cameraman runs into another shitting his pants. Its so pathetic, but it is quite funny.

Yvette has chucked the doll and is asking the ghosts to drag it into the nursery, this is the perfect shot to have a bit of fishing wire and Karl pull it from an OFF CAMERA position, will they do it?
Sadly no, they just go past the doll and check Glens laptop.

Yvette chucks the doll again and asks the ghosts to chuck it back. Nothing happens.
They check the laptop for EVPs which as we all know is a waste of time.
Straight away they have picked up a noise and Yvette admits that it sounds like a cat, we then get a few replays and Yvette now says it could be a child.

It sounds like a bird to me.

We get a good few minutes of EVP checks, all a bit boring.

Back with Karl and he admits that "nothing will show itself if it is on bloody camera"
Yes Karl we know, because you only have 2 cameras, and you are the one making the noises and throwing things!

Another door slam, cue swearing from Karl, everything OFF CAMERA of course.

About half way through the episode now and there is a definite trend of things happening OFF CAMERA. Getting boring now.

Karl is making scared noises like a small child.

Another door slams, OFF CAMERA.

Instead of investigating and setting up multiple cameras to cover the various doors, he just decides to leave.

And at this point he delivers his line about it being without a shadow of a doubt paranormal, yet he has not actually done any investigating, he has walked up and down a bit, doors have closed OFF CAMERA. So the reality is there is a HUGE amount of doubt as to the nature of the doors slamming. And to declare this as paranormal is utter amateurish nonsense.

With Stuart and Beardy, and they are still trying to convince us that we are seeing night vision, they even turn off the big light on top of the camera as if to say this is what they can see, and then puts the light back on as if that is the night vision. Sorry but the picture is too clear to be night vision. It is such a lie.

True night vision in true low light conditions is grainy. Their images are almost crystal clear, and you can even see where the light of the camera is pointing. Night vision shows everything, but their fake night vision only shows where they are pointing.

They claim that this chair has been thrown, but off course it was OFF CAMERA.

Yvette and Glen are still looking at the EVPs on the laptop, desperately trying to find anything vaguely interesting.

So far this entire episode has just been a repeat of the first two parts.

Why do idiot paranormal investigators turn all the lights off then use torches to see where they are going? Just a thought of how ridiculous this whole genre is.

Still no sign of Fred, I am sure they previewed him talking at the end of the last episode.

It amuses me how when they hear a footstep or a noise they walk in the general direction saying "hello, hello"

Karl doesn't know what to do next, eventually decides to go back and see the others. Stuart thanks the ghosts as they leave.

Yvette is with Glen and getting all scared, Glen is loving it as Yvette is creeping up all close on him.

You can tell Glen is feeling all manly right here.

Glen is now fully erect, he has not had this much close contact in years.

Yvette is convinced there is a ghost, but of course the cameraman is filming them instead of where they are looking, which means if anything did happen it would be OFF CAMERA.

Glen leads Yvette into the darkness. Where anything could happen and he could just blame the ghosts!

They finish crawling from wherever they are, and suddenly beardy makes a HUGE admission as he says "oh hello daylight"

So despite what they claim, they have now admitted this was filmed during daylight hours.
Very surprised Karl missed this in the edit.

To finish off the episode they decide to have a group seance in what was believed to be the children's nursery.

Such a small lightweight table. I am sure everyone has seen magicians do much more with much bigger tables.

The claim the table is shaking, but you cant see it on camera.
The table starts to twist ever so slightly, but you cant see everyone's feet, so could be anyone doing it.

Looks like Karl is pushing the table with his left leg which is clearly pressed against the table leg. He moves his knees back and the table the moves some more, this time it is Karl's foot moving it, if you watch really really closely you can just about make it out.

The table moves a bit but ONLY when someone is firmly touching it. And then the episode ends.

No evidence of the paranormal. Nothing caught on camera. Another waste of an episode.
More lies exposed.

I will admit it was a somewhat entertaining episode. But it got very repetitive and tedious quite quickly.
Over the 3 episodes at the Leopard Inn, the only thing of note that happens was the doll being chucked from an OFF CAMERA position. And even that was not really looked at much other than a couple of replays.

A poor ending to what has been a very poor series.
But at least now I can have a break from watching this crap. Maybe I should go do an investigation of my own!

1 out of 10.

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REVIEW: Most Haunted - Series 22 Episode 09 (27th October 2018) - Leopard Inn Part 2

Just 2 episodes left, then freedom, back to normality.
As I do not frequent the Most Haunted forums, facebook pages and so on, please let me know the general consensus of the fans with regards to the doll being thrown in the previous episode, as I am genuinely curious as to whether anyone fell for it. Since that was the single biggest event of the previous episode, they seemed to skip past it pretty quick, and then get excited about taps and knocks.

Anyway here is some filthy sticky blurbage for you

BLURB:
Still at the Leopard Inn, Yvette has a close encounter in the corridors with disembodied footsteps walking toward her and aggressive poltergeist activity plagues the team.

With 10 people present. Footsteps, taps, knocks, are NOT evidence of the paranormal, just a quick starting point for you all.

"This place is definitely haunted" - Yvette Fielding

Remember when Yvette would go on TV shows, claim to be skeptical, say that they are just showing you the evidence and letting people at home make their own minds up? Yeah well that is out of the window now.

The fact they air her saying that right after the "This show is for entertainment purposes only" is all you need to know. It is very much like they are sticking two fingers up to OFCOM knowing full well their idiot fans will believe her and ignore an official regulatory body who simply is not allowed to lie.

We get the usual "previously on MH clip" showing the doors closing on their own OFF CAMERA, as well as all of the other OFF CAMERA incidents, and the various taps and knocking which prove nothing.

Straight back into the investigation, and beardy bloke claims to have heard something in his ear, could simply be the cameraman making the noise, and beardy over reacting.

Stuart is now claiming to be struggling to breath.
Instead of calling 999, he carries on investigating.
After 10 seconds he is clearly breathing normal, which would lead me to believe he was lying for dramatic effect.

Karl and Stuart are now going up and down the corridor with only one camera, and things keep happening in the opposite direction to what they are moving in. So 100% OFF CAMERA.

Ok here we have 3 shots in one, only getting audio from the Yvette shot. But Stuart and Glen are talking, we are being lead to believe all three shots are happening at the same time. This is FALSE. This is not true. There is no satellite feed. This is not a live broadcast. All three shots were filmed and recorded independently, and perhaps at least 2 of them with the exact same camera. The Stuart shot could have been filmed one hour after the Glen shot.

As far as I am concerned shots like this are misleading and are only done to push a narrative and convince the viewer that everyone is busy and in separate parts of the location.

Question everything!

We now get a lot of running around. A chair has appeared in the middle of the corridor, apparently thrown or placed OFF CAMERA. Could just have been Stuart, walking along and he thinks "I will put this chair here for fun". That is a million times more likely than any ghost doing it, especially since the ghost refuses to do it on camera.

Because Most Haunted refuses to investigate in a credible manner, and because they have never ever not once ever presented a single piece of credibly evidence, everything on the show that is presented is presented on the understanding that the viewer trusts Most Haunted are telling the truth. Simple as that, watching this show and believing in what happens comes down to your faith in Karl and Yvette.

Yet we know Karl lied and got exposed for being a fake Samurai in the mid 2000s. He literally went on TV shows and made the claim purely because The Last Samurai movie was coming out and he wanted to get some PR from that. So we know Karl lies. We have exposed on this very site so many times when they have lied to you. So even if you ignore everything we say. I just ask you use some common sense. Even if you believe they are telling the truth, why do they investigate in such a manner that leaves them so open to accusations of fakery? Why don't they put in place the most simple of controls that would eliminate fraud?

I try to suggest how they could do this, but they never do, so ask yourself why?

"What we want is it to be seen on camera, and people ask why we don't have locked off cameras, but the thing is we do have locked off cameras, but sometimes the range, you know your little go pros, the go pros aren't strong enough" - Yvette Fielding

"Depends where you point them as well, we could have 100 and still not cover the whole place" - Beardy Bloke.

Literally after I had typed my spiel they said the above on the show.

So show us the Go Pro footage? Have they ever shown a single piece of footage from a Go Pro?
Why doesn't every crew member have a body cam, like the police, another idea for you.

Why is it that every single time something happens, we only ever have one angle, and the thing that happens is OFF CAMERA?

Where are you placing these so called Go Pro cameras you have? Why aren't you placing them in an area as soon as you claim to have activity?

You try to answer the criticisms, but you expose yourself further and your ignorance by doing so.
Some of the locations you investigate are tiny, you only work in 3 or 4 rooms.
And again where is the CCTV footage? Or do you make the owners turn the CCTV off and sign non disclosure agreements? Why do you do that? Scared that they might leak to the papers footage of Karl and Stuart setting a stunt up?

Yvette just claimed "everyone is accounted for"
Remember in a previous episode when I stated that everyone has walkie talkies and everyone knows where everyone is at all times, well Yvette just confirmed it for me.

Yvette meets up with Karl and Stuart and they compare stories, in this segment Yvette admits she could hear them upstairs. So if she could hear them so easily, that would go to suggest that if you hear taps, knocks, footsteps etc, it could simply be someone else in the location.

We cut to Glen who claims he is completely and utterly lost in the cellar.

Poor Glen and his child's scarf.

They all meet up and then split off again for solo "VIDGUALS"

So they are now claiming to have 5 broadcast quality cameras in action at the same time.
As well as the so called locked off cameras that we never see any footage from.

With Karl and suddenly the music box from the previous episode has been opened and is playing. So quickly Karl runs to the room and finds it. Of course anyone could have just opened it, as there was no camera filming it. And since they said they hoped a ghost would make it play, seems strange they didn't put a camera on it.

With Stuart and he hears running footsteps, OFF CAMERA, then as he looks down a corridor, a door slowly opens by itself ON CAMERA! Yes on camera!

There is no video edit. This is a one take scene. So how do they do it, in the room there is no second door. The trick on this is simple, notice how Stuart keeps the camera high up. This is so ghost Karl who is crouched down on the floor is out of shot, as Stuart enters the room he suspicious films towards the window meaning the area to the direct left of the door is completely hidden, a crouched down ghost Karl simply crawls out of the room at this point, and Stuart is then free to film anywhere he likes.

Now a proper investigator would have put a camera outside of the room to film the back of Stuart as he goes in, just to prove no one leaves the room craftily.

Very easy trick to do, you could practice the shot a couple of times to know where to point the camera and then do it.

But a nice scene I will give them that. And well choreographed.

Glen can hear knocking from above him, but admits it could be another team, so right there he has admitted it is easy to hear other people in the location.

Half way through the episode now.

With Stuart and another door has opened slightly. Again he goes in but leaves the space to the right of the door off camera allowing the hidden ghost Karl to creep out.

Back with Karl and the music box has started playing again, and despite this already happening once already, he STILL did not leave a static camera to film it. So instantly all of their claims are utterly debunked, they have NO GoPros, they have no common sense, and they are lying to you. He could get the smartphone out of his pocket, put it on record prop it up somewhere and leave it to film the music box.

Karl is hearing more bangs and footsteps.

Back with Stuart and he is hearing footsteps too, so he SLOWLY walks down the corridor, almost as if he is carrying something heavy with his other hand. Suddenly there is a bang and a chair drops right behind Stuart and OFF CAMERA.

No static camera shots, no secondary footage, no GoPro shots, nothing. Just Stuart walking along with one camera.

We are supposed to believe a decent sized chair has just been thrown at Stuart, yet if that happened for real to me, I would call everyone together, set up multiple cameras and wait.

Instead Stuart brushes it off as if it is nothing and carries on.

He hears a bang and as he turns around a door has opened on its own, this time I think he just kicked it.

Funnily enough, Glen who is on his own in the bar area is just chilling out and nothing has happened.
Guessing that is why we have not seen much of him these two episodes. As useless as Glen is, I do not believe he deliberately fakes anything, of course he knows the others do, and has witnessed them faking first hand, but he himself does not throw things.

10 minutes left and this cant finish quick enough, It has all got a bit silly and repetitive now.

Karl is hearing things that he will later add in post production, which is clever if you think about it.

Yvette is asking the ghosts to do something before she leaves. They ignore her.
Despite Yvette claiming the temperature is dropping quickly, there is no visible breath showing from any of the crew.

Karl claims a door has closed on it own OFF CAMERA.
He then opens the door but pretends it is really hard to do as if someone is pushing back.

We cut between all the various crew and all of them saying they are done.
Have they all forgot this is a 3 part investigation?

Glen is the only honest person in this episode with regards to the footage from his investigating, as nothing has happened, nothing at all. And the reality is if the whole crew were not faking, then they would all have the same experience.

Stuart is now claiming to have stabbing pains in the side of his chest. Of course he does not dial 999 and get paramedics to check him out, instead he just says he will carry on.

Final shot with Karl and he asks the ghosts to do something before he goes, and just as his post production edit of a child giggling is played the episode ends.

A few previews of the next episode and looks like we will get more stuff being thrown, some table tipping and some glass divination. Such joy. But also strangely we hear that Fred will be in the next episode? Unless it wasn't his voice. He hasn't appeared so far. That is a big mystery.

Episode ends.

Well much like the previous episode they have made an effort and I do appreciate that. Stuart did the best stunts with the door opening, and dropping a chair behind him.

But again the fact remains, nothing happened ON CAMERA. everything was OFF CAMERA.
This is a total fail if you look at things purely from an investigating angle.

I score this episode 1 out of 10 again, they made an effort but it was still not good enough.

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