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Category:Psychic and Tarot

2026-07-22T01:13:26Z

GaryJJSpate:

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'''Psychic and Tarot''' gathers case files and phenomenon pages concerning claimed psychic ability — including mediumship, clairvoyance, telepathy, precognition, and divinatory practices such as tarot reading. It sits alongside [[:Category:Ghosts and Hauntings|Ghosts and Hauntings]], [[:Category:Cryptids and Folklore|Cryptids and Folklore]], and [[:Category:UFOs and Sightings|UFOs and Sightings]] as one of the four phenomenon types under [[:Category:Reported Phenomena|Reported Phenomena]].

Start with [[Psychic Ability]] for a general overview of the subtypes covered here.

== What belongs here ==
* Case files documenting a specific claimed psychic reading, mediumship session, or divinatory event
* General phenomenon pages about a type of psychic ability (using {{tl|PhenomenonInfobox}}), such as [[Psychic Ability]] and [[Precognition]]

== What doesn't belong here ==
* Pages about a specific '''person''' known for psychic ability — mediums belong in [[:Category:Psychic Mediums|Psychic Mediums]] (see [[Derek Acorah]]); presenters and producers of psychic-themed TV belong in [[:Category:TV Personalities|TV Personalities]] instead (see [[Yvette Fielding]]), both under [[:Category:People|People]]
* Pages about a TV series or other production covering psychic subject matter — those belong in [[:Category:Television|Television]] under [[:Category:In The Media|In The Media]] (see [[Most Haunted]])
* The academic or investigative study of psychic phenomena as a discipline — that belongs in [[:Category:Parapsychology|Parapsychology]]

== Filing conventions ==
* Case and phenomenon pages here should carry only this category — not also Reported Phenomena or The Vault

[[Category:The Vault]]

Clairsentience

2026-07-22T01:12:47Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{PhenomenonInfobox |name=Clairsentience |type=Psychic ability claim |field=Parapsychology |also_known_as=Clear feeling |notable_case=Psychic detectives (claimed use of psychometry in criminal investigations) |status=Unverified }} '''Clairsentience''' ("clear feeling") is the claimed ability to acquire psychic knowledge primarily through physical or emotional sensation — a felt impression rather than a seen image or heard voice. It is the third of "the clairs" alongsi..."

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|field=Parapsychology
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|status=Unverified
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'''Clairsentience''' ("clear feeling") is the claimed ability to acquire psychic knowledge primarily through physical or emotional sensation — a felt impression rather than a seen image or heard voice. It is the third of "the clairs" alongside [[Clairvoyance]] and [[Clairaudience]].

== Psychometry ==
The best-known specific technique associated with clairsentience is ''psychometry'' — the claimed ability to gain information about an object's history or previous owner by holding or touching it, sometimes described by practitioners as sensing residual "energy" left on the object. The term was coined in 1842 by American physician Joseph Rodes Buchanan, from the Greek ''psyche'' ("soul") and ''metron'' ("measure"). Buchanan's early experiments involved having medical students hold sealed letters or autographs without seeing their contents, and asked them to describe the character or traits of the writer.

== Psychic detectives ==
Clairsentience and psychometry are the abilities most commonly claimed by self-described "psychic detectives," who purport to assist criminal investigations by handling an object connected to a case or a victim, or otherwise sensing details about a crime. A range of other claimed abilities are sometimes invoked alongside it, including [[Clairvoyance]], [[Telepathy]], and dowsing. While individuals have claimed credit for assisting police investigations, there is a documented lack of independent police corroboration for these claims, and no psychic detective has been shown under controlled conditions to provide information they could not have obtained through ordinary means.

== Scientific perspective ==
As with the other subtypes gathered under [[Psychic Ability]], clairsentience has not been demonstrated to a standard accepted by mainstream science. Its reliance on subjective feeling rather than a specific, checkable image or piece of information makes it especially difficult to test formally, and claims are generally regarded as explainable through cold reading, prior research, or coincidental correspondence with publicly available details about a case.

== Related concepts ==
* [[Psychic Ability]], the umbrella page for this and related claimed abilities
* [[Clairvoyance]] and [[Clairaudience]], the other two of "the clairs"
* [[Mediumship]], which may also draw on clairsentient impressions

[[Category:Psychic and Tarot]]

Clairaudience

2026-07-22T01:11:58Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{PhenomenonInfobox |name=Clairaudience |type=Psychic ability claim |field=Parapsychology |also_known_as=Clear hearing |notable_case=Eileen Garrett (tested by J. B. Rhine, 1933, and Samuel Soal, 1937) |status=Unverified }} '''Clairaudience''' ("clear hearing") is the claimed ability to perceive sounds, voices, or messages by paranormal means, without a physical source audible to others. It is one of "the clairs" alongside Clairvoyance (clear seeing) and clairsentien..."

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'''Clairaudience''' ("clear hearing") is the claimed ability to perceive sounds, voices, or messages by paranormal means, without a physical source audible to others. It is one of "the clairs" alongside [[Clairvoyance]] (clear seeing) and clairsentience (clear feeling), and is closely associated with [[Mediumship]], where a medium may describe clairaudience as the specific sense through which they receive a spirit's communication.

== Historical claims ==
Clairaudience has been claimed since ancient times, most famously in the case of Joan of Arc, who described hearing the voices of saints instructing her. Within Spiritualism, mediums have long distinguished between an "inner voice" understood as a form of internal spiritual communication and a claimed externalised voice, comparable to an ordinary physical sound heard by the ear.

== Testing ==
Clairaudience has proven especially difficult to test under laboratory conditions, since most claimed instances are spontaneous rather than reproducible on demand. One of the best-documented test subjects across multiple claimed abilities, including clairaudience, was British medium Eileen Garrett. J. B. Rhine tested Garrett with Zener cards at Duke University in 1933; she performed at chance level and later argued that the cards themselves lacked what she described as the "energy stimulus" needed for her ability to function outside a natural setting. A further, larger series of over 12,000 trials conducted by parapsychologist Samuel Soal at University College London in 1937 likewise found no result above chance.

== Distinguishing clairaudience from auditory hallucination ==
Proponents distinguish claimed clairaudience from auditory experiences associated with mental health conditions on the basis that clairaudience is said to convey specific, externally verifiable information the person had no ordinary way of knowing — rather than by the character of the auditory experience itself. This is a claim made by proponents rather than a finding accepted by the clinical or scientific community, and mainstream psychology and psychiatry do not treat clairaudience as a distinct or verified phenomenon.

== Scientific perspective ==
As with the other subtypes gathered under [[Psychic Ability]], clairaudience has not been demonstrated to a standard accepted by mainstream science. Its resistance to controlled testing — given its typically spontaneous, non-reproducible nature — has made it one of the harder psychic claims to formally investigate at all, compared to more structured protocols like the ganzfeld experiments used for [[Telepathy]].

== Related concepts ==
* [[Psychic Ability]], the umbrella page for this and related claimed abilities
* [[Mediumship]], with which clairaudience is most closely associated
* [[Clairvoyance]] and [[Telepathy]], the other subtypes documented so far

[[Category:Psychic and Tarot]]

Category:Magazines

2026-07-22T01:10:25Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{CategoryInfobox |name=Magazines |scope=Magazines and other periodicals covering paranormal subject matter |parent=In The Media }} '''Magazines''' gathers pages about paranormal-themed print periodicals, as distinct from the television productions covered under Television. Category:In The Media"

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'''Magazines''' gathers pages about paranormal-themed print periodicals, as distinct from the television productions covered under [[:Category:Television|Television]].

[[Category:In The Media]]

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2026-07-22T01:09:59Z

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Chat — It's Fate

2026-07-22T01:09:44Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{PublicationInfobox |name=Chat — It's Fate |type=Monthly psychic and paranormal magazine |publisher=TI Media Limited |frequency=Monthly |status=Active }} '''Chat — It's Fate''' is a British monthly magazine covering psychic and paranormal subject matter, including reader-submitted true-life ghost stories, psychic advice columns, and features on tarot, astrology, and mediumship. == Format == The magazine's content centres on paranormal "true life" stories, many sub..."

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'''Chat — It's Fate''' is a British monthly magazine covering psychic and paranormal subject matter, including reader-submitted true-life ghost stories, psychic advice columns, and features on tarot, astrology, and mediumship.

== Format ==
The magazine's content centres on paranormal "true life" stories, many submitted by readers describing their own experiences, alongside regular columns from psychics offering readings and advice on topics ranging from love and dreams to past lives and spirit guides. Recurring features have included a haunted-locations column and astrology and tarot sections.

== Contributors ==
[[Phil Whyman]], the paranormal investigator best known for ''[[Most Haunted]]'' and ''[[Are You Haunted..?]]'', has written as a monthly columnist for the magazine.

== See also ==
* [[Phil Whyman]]

[[Category:Magazines]]

Buckinghamshire

2026-07-22T01:08:50Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{CategoryInfobox |name=Buckinghamshire |scope=County-level hub gathering Buckinghamshire's individual hauntings, sightings, and local hub pages |parent=Hub Pages }} '''Buckinghamshire''' is a county in South East England, bordering Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Hertfordshire. Its dense concentration of country houses, market towns, and Civil War history has produced one of the more extensively documented collections of local ghost stories in the home counties. == Hughen..."

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'''Buckinghamshire''' is a county in South East England, bordering Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Hertfordshire. Its dense concentration of country houses, market towns, and Civil War history has produced one of the more extensively documented collections of local ghost stories in the home counties.

== Hughenden Manor ==
The country house is said to be haunted by Benjamin Disraeli, the Victorian Prime Minister who once lived there, reportedly seen walking its corridors.

== Claydon House ==
Claydon House's most enduring legend concerns Sir Edmund Verney, a Royalist standard-bearer killed at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642 while refusing to surrender the King's colours. His severed hand, still gripping the standard, was recovered and returned to Claydon, and his ghost is said to haunt the house in search of it.

== West Wycombe and the Hellfire Club ==
West Wycombe was home to Sir Francis Dashwood's 18th-century Hellfire Club, whose members reportedly held secretive gatherings at nearby Medmenham Abbey and beneath the Hellfire Caves. From 1781, Dashwood's servants and estate workers began reporting sightings of poet Paul Whitehead, a club member, said to haunt the house and gardens after his death.

== The Flincher — Taplow ==
Taplow was once the site of the Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital, which treated soldiers returning from the First World War, many of whom died there. A winged black beast known locally as "The Flincher" is said to haunt the site.

== Dinton ==
Dinton is associated with the legend of the "Dinton Hermit," said to be the ghost of a royal executioner believed to have carried out the execution of Charles I, and reportedly still lingering at a property in the village bearing his name.

== Notable people ==
Parapsychologist [[Ciarán O'Keeffe]] grew up in High Wycombe and attended school there; he is currently based at Buckinghamshire New University, also in High Wycombe.

== External links ==
* [https://www.buckinghamshirelive.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/haunted-houses-buckinghamshire-terrifying-tales-7716861 Buckinghamshire Live — Haunted houses in Buckinghamshire and the terrifying tales behind them]
* [https://www.buckinghamshirelive.com/news/history/eight-spooky-tales-buckinghamshires-most-5095237 Buckinghamshire Live — Eight spooky tales about some of Buckinghamshire's most haunted places]

[[Category:Hub Pages]]

Are You Haunted..?

2026-07-22T01:07:25Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{ShowInfobox |name=Are You Haunted..? |type=Paranormal investigation web series |network=Facebook, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video |presenter=Phil Whyman, Sara Whyman |first_aired=December 2018 |status=Ongoing }} '''Are You Haunted..?''' is a British paranormal investigation web series created by Phil Whyman and his wife, Sara Whyman, first released on Facebook in December 2018 before expanding to YouTube and Amazon Prime Video. == Format == Each episode f..."

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'''Are You Haunted..?''' is a British paranormal investigation web series created by [[Phil Whyman]] and his wife, [[Sara Whyman]], first released on Facebook in December 2018 before expanding to YouTube and Amazon Prime Video.

== Format ==
Each episode follows the team as they investigate a different reportedly haunted venue across the UK, deciding whether they find proof of an actual haunting. The show takes a deliberately "back-to-basics" approach compared to much of the genre — high-tech equipment is used sparingly, communication devices such as [[Ouija Board|ouija boards]] and glass [[divination]] are avoided, and the team relies primarily on direct observation and their own senses. The series is produced by [[DoubleYew Productions]], based in [[South Yorkshire]].

Sara Whyman leads the show alongside Phil, who had previously appeared as paranormal investigator on ''[[Most Haunted]]'' for several series in the 2000s. The wider team has included fellow investigators Jane Carrigan, Tim Wagstaff, Dale Dickinson, and Ben Woodward, with guest investigators such as Miki York and Adam Morgan appearing in later episodes.

== Notable investigations ==
The first episode investigated the [[Mother Shipton Inn]], a 16th-century coaching inn in [[Knaresborough]], [[North Yorkshire]], with a long-reported history of paranormal activity including unexplained figures and moving objects. Later episodes have covered a range of [[United Kingdom|UK]] venues, including a historic performance venue in [[Derbyshire]] and a former textile mill in [[West Yorkshire]].

== See also ==
* [[Phil Whyman]]
* [[Most Haunted]]

[[Category:Television]]

Telepathy

2026-07-22T01:04:25Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{PhenomenonInfobox |name=Telepathy |type=Psychic ability claim |field=Parapsychology |also_known_as=Thought-transference |notable_case=The ganzfeld experiments (Maimonides Medical Center, 1970s–present) |status=Unverified }} '''Telepathy''' is the claimed direct transfer of thoughts, feelings, or impressions from one living mind to another, without using any recognised sensory channel. The term comes from the Greek ''tele'' ("distant") and ''pathos'' ("feeling"), and..."

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|notable_case=The ganzfeld experiments (Maimonides Medical Center, 1970s–present)
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'''Telepathy''' is the claimed direct transfer of thoughts, feelings, or impressions from one living mind to another, without using any recognised sensory channel. The term comes from the Greek ''tele'' ("distant") and ''pathos'' ("feeling"), and was coined in 1882 by classical scholar Frederic W. H. Myers, one of the founders of the Society for Psychical Research — it quickly overtook the earlier term "thought-transference" in general use.

Telepathy is distinguished on The Vault from [[Clairvoyance]] (perceiving information about an object or place rather than another person's mind) and from [[Mediumship]] (communication specifically with the dead).

== The ganzfeld experiments ==
The most sustained and closely studied line of telepathy research is the ''ganzfeld'' technique (German for "whole field"), developed by parapsychologist Charles Honorton at the Maimonides Medical Center in the early 1970s and formally introduced by the American Society for Psychical Research in 1974.

In a typical ganzfeld session, a "receiver" sits in a relaxed, mildly sensory-deprived state — halved ping-pong balls placed over closed eyes with a red light shone on them, and headphones playing white or pink noise — while a separate "sender" in another room concentrates on a randomly selected image or video clip, attempting to mentally transmit it. The receiver describes any impressions out loud during the session, and is afterwards asked to pick the correct target from a small set of options.

Ganzfeld studies have repeatedly reported "hit rates" in the region of 30–33%, against a chance expectation of 25% for a four-option choice — a small but, proponents argue, statistically meaningful effect across dozens of studies and dedicated meta-analyses. Critics, most prominently psychologist Ray Hyman, have argued that the results can be explained by methodological weaknesses such as "sensory leakage" (unintended cues passing between sender and receiver) rather than genuine telepathy, and independent replication under increasingly tightened controls has remained inconsistent.

== Scientific perspective ==
As with the other subtypes gathered under [[Psychic Ability]], telepathy has not been demonstrated to a standard accepted by mainstream science. The ganzfeld debate in particular is often cited as parapsychology's best case for a small, statistically real effect — and, by critics, as an example of how a modest, hard-to-eliminate methodological flaw can produce a result that looks meaningful without actually reflecting the phenomenon being tested for.

== Related concepts ==
* [[Psychic Ability]], the umbrella page for this and related claimed abilities
* [[Clairvoyance]] and [[Mediumship]], the two other subtypes documented so far
* [[:Category:Parapsychology|Parapsychology]]

[[Category:Psychic and Tarot]]

Category:Investigators

2026-07-22T01:03:28Z

GaryJJSpate:

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'''Investigators''' gathers pages about people notable for conducting paranormal investigations directly — visiting reportedly haunted locations, using equipment to document activity, and organising or leading investigation events — as distinct from [[:Category:Researchers|Researchers]] (formal academic study), [[:Category:Psychic Mediums|Psychic Mediums]] (claimed ability), and [[:Category:TV Personalities|TV Personalities]] (presenting and producing without an investigator role themselves).

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Category:Investigators

2026-07-22T01:03:12Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{PersonInfobox |name=Phil Whyman |born=13 January 1971, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire |occupation=Paranormal investigator, author, musician |known_for=Most Haunted (2003–2005), Scream Team (2002) |status=Living }} '''Phil Whyman''' (born 13 January 1971) is an English paranormal investigator and author, best known for his role as paranormal investigator on ''Most Haunted'' during series two to four. == Early career == Before his television career, Whyman worked as..."

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'''Phil Whyman''' (born 13 January 1971) is an English paranormal investigator and author, best known for his role as paranormal investigator on ''[[Most Haunted]]'' during series two to four.

== Early career ==
Before his television career, Whyman worked as an IT consultant in Nottingham, having developed a long-standing interest in the paranormal following childhood experiences. In 2002, he was selected from over 1,000 applicants to join ''Scream Team'', a Living TV series following six young investigators travelling to reportedly haunted locations across the UK.

== Most Haunted ==
Whyman joined ''[[Most Haunted]]'' as paranormal investigator for series two and three, replacing original investigator Jason Karl, and continued into series four. He left the show at the end of series four, and was replaced by [[Ciarán O'Keeffe]], who initially reviewed investigation footage remotely before joining the team on location.

== Later work ==
In 2007, Whyman published his first book, ''Phil Whyman's Dead Haunted: Paranormal Encounters and Investigations'', introducing readers to different forms of reported paranormal activity and guidance on conducting an investigation. He has continued organising public ghost-hunting events, including a series called Dead Haunted Nights, and has written as a columnist for ''Chat — It's Fate'' magazine. He also appeared on the paranormal series ''Are You Haunted..?''.

== See also ==
* [[Most Haunted]]
* [[Ciarán O'Keeffe]]

[[Category:Investigators]]

Phil Whyman

2026-07-22T01:02:58Z

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'''Phil Whyman''' (born 13 January 1971) is an English paranormal investigator and author, best known for his role as paranormal investigator on ''[[Most Haunted]]'' during series two to four.

== Early career ==
Before his television career, Whyman worked as an IT consultant in [[Nottingham]], having developed a long-standing interest in the paranormal following childhood experiences. In 2002, he was selected from over 1,000 applicants to join ''[[Scream Team]]'', a Living TV series following six young investigators travelling to reportedly haunted locations across the UK.

== Most Haunted ==
Whyman joined ''[[Most Haunted]]'' as paranormal investigator for series two and three, replacing original investigator [[Jason Karl]], and continued into series four, working alongside presenter [[Yvette Fielding]], director [[Karl Beattie]], and medium [[Derek Acorah]]. He left the show at the end of series four, and was replaced by [[Ciarán O'Keeffe]], who initially reviewed investigation footage remotely before joining the team on location.

== Later work ==
In 2007, Whyman published his first book, ''[[Phil Whyman's Dead Haunted: Paranormal Encounters and Investigations]]'', introducing readers to different forms of reported paranormal activity and guidance on conducting an investigation. He has continued organising public ghost-hunting events, including a series called [[Dead Haunted Nights]], and has written as a columnist for ''[[Chat — It's Fate]]'' magazine. He also appeared on the paranormal series ''[[Are You Haunted..?]]''.

== See also ==
* [[Most Haunted]]
* [[Ciarán O'Keeffe]]
* [[Derek Acorah]]
* [[Yvette Fielding]]
* [[Karl Beattie]]

== External links ==
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1489583/ Phil Whyman on IMDb]
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/841819.Phil_Whyman_s_Dead_Haunted ''Phil Whyman's Dead Haunted'' on Goodreads]

[[Category:Investigators]]

Category:Researchers

2026-07-22T00:59:40Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{CategoryInfobox |name=Researchers |scope=Academics and researchers whose work involves the formal study of paranormal claims |parent=People }} '''Researchers''' gathers pages about academics and investigators whose notability comes from the formal, often sceptical, study of paranormal claims — as distinct from claiming the abilities themselves or presenting them on screen. == What belongs here == * Academics, parapsychologists, and investigators notable for studyin..."

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'''Researchers''' gathers pages about academics and investigators whose notability comes from the formal, often sceptical, study of paranormal claims — as distinct from claiming the abilities themselves or presenting them on screen.

== What belongs here ==
* Academics, parapsychologists, and investigators notable for studying or testing paranormal claims
* Both believing and sceptical researchers — this category is about the role, not the conclusion someone reaches

== What doesn't belong here ==
* People known primarily for claimed psychic ability — those belong in [[:Category:Psychic Mediums|Psychic Mediums]] instead
* Presenters and producers of paranormal television who aren't themselves researchers — those belong in [[:Category:TV Personalities|TV Personalities]] instead
* The discipline of parapsychology itself, as a field — that's [[Parapsychology]] and [[:Category:Parapsychology|Category:Parapsychology]], not this category

[[Category:People]]

Category:Ghosts & Hauntings

2026-07-22T00:59:05Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{CategoryInfobox |name=Ghosts and Hauntings |scope=Spirits, apparitions, and haunted locations |parent=Reported Phenomena }} '''Ghosts and Hauntings''' gathers case files concerning apparitions, residual hauntings, poltergeist activity, and other phenomena associated with the presence of the dead at a specific location. It sits alongside Cryptids and Folklore, UFOs and Sightings, and :Category:Psych..."

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'''Ghosts and Hauntings''' gathers case files concerning apparitions, residual hauntings, poltergeist activity, and other phenomena associated with the presence of the dead at a specific location. It sits alongside [[:Category:Cryptids and Folklore|Cryptids and Folklore]], [[:Category:UFOs and Sightings|UFOs and Sightings]], and [[:Category:Psychic and Tarot|Psychic and Tarot]] as one of the four phenomenon types under [[:Category:Reported Phenomena|Reported Phenomena]].

== What belongs here ==
* Case files documenting a specific reported haunting, apparition sighting, or poltergeist incident
* General phenomenon pages about a type of haunting (e.g. residual hauntings, or a recurring figure like a "grey lady"), once enough case files exist to justify one

== What doesn't belong here ==
* Pages about a specific '''person''' known for mediumship or ghost investigation — those belong under [[:Category:People|People]] instead (see [[:Category:Psychic Mediums|Psychic Mediums]] and [[:Category:Researchers|Researchers]])
* Pages about a TV series or other production covering hauntings — those belong in [[:Category:In The Media|In The Media]] instead (see [[Most Haunted]])
* A '''place''' where multiple different phenomena are reported (ghosts alongside UFOs, cryptids, and so on) — that's a Hub Page, not a Ghosts and Hauntings entry; see [[:Category:Hub Pages|Hub Pages]]
* Claimed communication with the dead as an ability in itself, rather than a specific haunted location — that belongs in [[Mediumship]] under [[:Category:Psychic and Tarot|Psychic and Tarot]]

== Pages in this category ==
''None yet — this category is ready and waiting for its first case file.''

== Filing conventions ==
* Case and phenomenon pages here should carry only this category — not also Reported Phenomena or The Vault

[[Category:The Vault]]

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Mediumship

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{{PhenomenonInfobox
|name=Mediumship
|type=Psychic ability claim
|field=Parapsychology
|also_known_as=Channelling
|notable_case=The Fox sisters and the founding of Spiritualism (1848)
|status=Unverified
}}

'''Mediumship''' is the claimed ability to communicate with the spirits of the dead, and to relay messages or impressions from them to the living. It is the psychic ability most closely associated with the wider [[Ghosts and Hauntings|ghosts and hauntings]] tradition, since a medium's claimed contact is specifically with the deceased, distinguishing it from clairvoyance or telepathy, which don't require a spirit intermediary.

== Origins: the Fox sisters and Spiritualism ==
Modern Western mediumship traces back to 1848, when two young sisters, Margaretta ("Maggie") and Catherine ("Kate") Fox, reported mysterious rapping sounds in their family's home in Hydesville, New York, which they attributed to a communicating spirit. Their older sister, Leah, began managing public demonstrations, and the "Rochester rappings" quickly became a sensation, sparking the religious movement known as Spiritualism across the United States and Europe. The sisters toured for decades as professional mediums, and prominent contemporaries — including Mary Todd Lincoln, who reportedly held séances in the White House hoping to contact her late son — took part in the wider craze that followed.

In 1888, Margaretta publicly confessed that the rappings had been produced by cracking her joints, and demonstrated the technique on stage. Despite the confession, Spiritualism continued to grow, and mediumship remained a popular practice well into the 20th century.

== Types of claimed contact ==
Mediums typically describe their perceptions using one or more of several claimed senses, sometimes referred to as "the clairs":

* '''[[Clairvoyance]]''' (clear seeing) — visual impressions
* '''[[Clairaudience]]''' (clear hearing) — auditory impressions, such as hearing a spirit's voice
* '''[[Clairsentience]]''' (clear feeling) — physical or emotional sensations attributed to a spirit's presence

Mediumship is also sometimes divided into ''mental mediumship'' (impressions, messages, and communication) and the largely discredited ''physical mediumship'' popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries, which claimed physical manifestations such as table movement, materialised objects, or ectoplasm during a séance — effects investigated at length, and frequently exposed as fraudulent, by early organisations such as the Society for Psychical Research.

== Notable example: Derek Acorah ==
[[Derek Acorah]] is one of the best-documented modern examples of a professional medium, through his long-running role on ''[[Most Haunted]]''. His case also illustrates the standard sceptical test applied to mediumship claims: in 2005, he was fed fabricated details about entirely fictitious spirits by the show's parapsychologist, [[Ciarán O'Keeffe]], and went on to describe contact with them as though genuine.

== Scientific perspective ==
Mediumship has never been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the scientific community. The most commonly proposed non-paranormal explanation is cold reading — the use of vague, high-probability statements, careful observation of a subject's reactions, and general statistical likelihood (common names, common causes of death, common family structures) to construct an apparently specific reading that the subject supplies most of the meaning for themselves. Deliberate prior research into a subject, sometimes called hot reading, has also been documented in cases of exposed fraud, including several associated with the original Spiritualist movement.

== Related concepts ==
* [[Psychic Ability]], the umbrella page for this and related claimed abilities
* [[Derek Acorah]], under [[:Category:Psychic Mediums|Psychic Mediums]]
* [[:Category:Parapsychology|Parapsychology]]

[[Category:Psychic and Tarot]]

Mediumship

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{{PhenomenonInfobox
|name=Mediumship
|type=Psychic ability claim
|field=Parapsychology
|also_known_as=Channelling
|notable_case=The Fox sisters and the founding of Spiritualism (1848)
|status=Unverified
}}

'''Mediumship''' is the claimed ability to communicate with the spirits of the dead, and to relay messages or impressions from them to the living. It is the psychic ability most closely associated with the wider [[Ghosts and Hauntings|ghosts and hauntings]] tradition, since a medium's claimed contact is specifically with the deceased, distinguishing it from clairvoyance or telepathy, which don't require a spirit intermediary.

== Origins: the Fox sisters and Spiritualism ==
Modern Western mediumship traces back to 1848, when two young sisters, Margaretta ("Maggie") and Catherine ("Kate") Fox, reported mysterious rapping sounds in their family's home in Hydesville, New York, which they attributed to a communicating spirit. Their older sister, Leah, began managing public demonstrations, and the "Rochester rappings" quickly became a sensation, sparking the religious movement known as Spiritualism across the United States and Europe. The sisters toured for decades as professional mediums, and prominent contemporaries — including Mary Todd Lincoln, who reportedly held séances in the White House hoping to contact her late son — took part in the wider craze that followed.

In 1888, Margaretta publicly confessed that the rappings had been produced by cracking her joints, and demonstrated the technique on stage. Despite the confession, Spiritualism continued to grow, and mediumship remained a popular practice well into the 20th century.

== Types of claimed contact ==
Mediums typically describe their perceptions using one or more of several claimed senses, sometimes referred to as "the clairs":

* '''Clairvoyance''' (clear seeing) — visual impressions
* '''Clairaudience''' (clear hearing) — auditory impressions, such as hearing a spirit's voice
* '''Clairsentience''' (clear feeling) — physical or emotional sensations attributed to a spirit's presence

Mediumship is also sometimes divided into ''mental mediumship'' (impressions, messages, and communication) and the largely discredited ''physical mediumship'' popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries, which claimed physical manifestations such as table movement, materialised objects, or ectoplasm during a séance — effects investigated at length, and frequently exposed as fraudulent, by early organisations such as the Society for Psychical Research.

== Notable example: Derek Acorah ==
[[Derek Acorah]] is one of the best-documented modern examples of a professional medium, through his long-running role on ''[[Most Haunted]]''. His case also illustrates the standard sceptical test applied to mediumship claims: in 2005, he was fed fabricated details about entirely fictitious spirits by the show's parapsychologist, [[Ciarán O'Keeffe]], and went on to describe contact with them as though genuine.

== Scientific perspective ==
Mediumship has never been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the scientific community. The most commonly proposed non-paranormal explanation is cold reading — the use of vague, high-probability statements, careful observation of a subject's reactions, and general statistical likelihood (common names, common causes of death, common family structures) to construct an apparently specific reading that the subject supplies most of the meaning for themselves. Deliberate prior research into a subject, sometimes called hot reading, has also been documented in cases of exposed fraud, including several associated with the original Spiritualist movement.

== Related concepts ==
* [[Psychic Ability]], the umbrella page for this and related claimed abilities
* [[Derek Acorah]], under [[:Category:Psychic Mediums|Psychic Mediums]]
* [[:Category:Parapsychology|Parapsychology]]

[[Category:Psychic and Tarot]]

Clairvoyance

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{{PhenomenonInfobox
|name=Clairvoyance
|type=Psychic ability claim
|field=Parapsychology
|also_known_as=Second sight, remote viewing (a related but more specific technique)
|notable_case=Stargate Project (CIA/DIA remote viewing programme, 1970s–1995)
|status=Unverified
}}

'''Clairvoyance''' is the claimed ability to perceive information — about an object, event, person, or place — through means beyond the ordinary senses and without contact with the dead, distinguishing it from [[Precognition]] (which specifically concerns future events) and mediumship (which specifically concerns the dead). The term comes from the French for "clear seeing."

== Remote viewing ==
The most rigorously tested modern form of clairvoyance is ''remote viewing'' — the practice of attempting to describe a distant or hidden target using only extrasensory perception. The term is generally credited to physicists Harold Puthoff and Russell Targ at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI), where research began in 1972, though Targ has said the phrase was first suggested by remote viewer Ingo Swann during an earlier 1971 experiment.

=== The Stargate Project ===
Remote viewing became the basis of a real, government-funded research programme, eventually consolidated under the codename Stargate, run by the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency from the 1970s until 1995. Motivated by concerns that the Soviet Union was investing in psychic research, the programme recruited a small number of viewers — among them Ingo Swann, Pat Price, and Joseph McMoneagle — to attempt to describe distant or concealed sites and objects for potential intelligence use.

The programme was terminated in 1995 after an independent scientific review found no evidence that remote viewing had produced usable intelligence value, and its records were subsequently declassified. It remains one of the best-documented real-world case studies in parapsychology specifically because it was run and funded by a government intelligence agency rather than a university parapsychology lab, giving it an unusually thorough paper trail for a psychic-ability claim.

== Scientific perspective ==
As with the other subtypes of [[Psychic Ability]], mainstream science does not recognise clairvoyance as an established phenomenon. Remote viewing sessions in particular have been criticised for vague, elastic descriptions that can be retroactively matched to a target, a lack of properly blinded controls in many early trials, and an absence of independent replication under tightened experimental conditions.

== Related concepts ==
* [[Psychic Ability]], the umbrella page for this and related claimed abilities
* [[Precognition]], the future-oriented counterpart to clairvoyance
* [[:Category:Parapsychology|Parapsychology]]

[[Category:Psychic and Tarot]]

Parapsychology

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{{PhenomenonInfobox
|name=Parapsychology
|type=Academic discipline
|also_known_as=Psychical research
|notable_case=Society for Psychical Research; Rhine Research Center
|status=Fringe science — not recognised by mainstream academia
}}

'''Parapsychology''' is the study of purported psychic phenomena — including [[telepathy]], [[clairvoyance]], [[precognition]], [[psychokinesis]], and [[mediumship]] — using the methods of experimental science. It sits outside mainstream academic psychology, but has maintained a continuous tradition of formal, peer-reviewed research since the late 19th century.

== History ==

=== Early psychical research ===
Formal, organised study of these claims began in 1882 with the founding of the [[Society for Psychical Research]] (SPR) in London, the first learned society of its kind. Its founders included classicist [[Frederic Myers,]] physicist [[Oliver Lodge]], philosopher and economist [[Henry Sidgwick]], and psychologist and philosopher [[William James]], and its stated purpose was to investigate mesmeric, psychical, and spiritualist phenomena "in a purely scientific spirit" — including rigorous efforts to expose fraudulent mediums.

=== The Rhine era ===
The centre of activity shifted to the [[United States of America|United States]] in the 1930s with botanist [[J. B. Rhine]]'s work at Duke University. Rhine founded a dedicated Parapsychology Laboratory there in the early 1930s, and in 1934 published ''[[Extra-Sensory Perception (Scholarly work)|Extra-Sensory Perception]]'', a monograph summarising six years of card-guessing experiments using Zener cards that became a landmark, and highly controversial, moment in the field's history. Rhine went on to found the ''[[Journal of Parapsychology]]'' in 1937 and the Parapsychological Association — still the field's main professional body — in 1957. His laboratory later became the independent Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man, a precursor to today's Rhine Research Center.

== Methods ==
Parapsychological research has generally followed mainstream experimental psychology's own methods and standards, rather than developing entirely separate ones — Rhine's card-guessing protocols and later presentiment studies measuring physiological arousal before a random stimulus are both close adaptations of standard laboratory technique. [[Precognition]] gives a fuller account of specific experimental traditions, including Zener card testing and Daryl Bem's contested 2011 "Feeling the Future" studies.

== Reception and criticism ==
Despite adopting mainstream scientific methods, parapsychology has not achieved broad acceptance within academic psychology. Recurring criticisms include the field's history of failed independent replication, the file-drawer effect (unsuccessful studies being less likely to be published or noticed than successful ones), and statistical or procedural flaws identified in specific high-profile studies. Rhine's own laboratory acknowledged several cases of researcher unreliability in its published record, and more recent controversies — such as the reception of Daryl Bem's 2011 work — have made parapsychology a recurring case study in broader discussions about research standards and the replication crisis across psychology as a whole.

== Notable organisations ==
* Society for Psychical Research (founded 1882, London)
* Parapsychological Association (founded 1957)
* Rhine Research Center (successor to Rhine's original Duke laboratory)

== See also ==
* [[Psychic Ability]]
* [[Precognition]]
* [[Ciarán O'Keeffe]], a contemporary researcher who has worked in the field

Parapsychology

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{{PhenomenonInfobox
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|type=Academic discipline
|also_known_as=Psychical research
|notable_case=Society for Psychical Research; Rhine Research Center
|status=Fringe science — not recognised by mainstream academia
}}

'''Parapsychology''' is the study of purported psychic phenomena — including telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis, and mediumship — using the methods of experimental science. It sits outside mainstream academic psychology, but has maintained a continuous tradition of formal, peer-reviewed research since the late 19th century.

== History ==

=== Early psychical research ===
Formal, organised study of these claims began in 1882 with the founding of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) in London, the first learned society of its kind. Its founders included classicist Frederic Myers, physicist Oliver Lodge, philosopher and economist Henry Sidgwick, and psychologist and philosopher William James, and its stated purpose was to investigate mesmeric, psychical, and spiritualist phenomena "in a purely scientific spirit" — including rigorous efforts to expose fraudulent mediums.

=== The Rhine era ===
The centre of activity shifted to the United States in the 1930s with botanist J. B. Rhine's work at Duke University. Rhine founded a dedicated Parapsychology Laboratory there in the early 1930s, and in 1934 published ''Extra-Sensory Perception'', a monograph summarising six years of card-guessing experiments using Zener cards that became a landmark, and highly controversial, moment in the field's history. Rhine went on to found the ''Journal of Parapsychology'' in 1937 and the Parapsychological Association — still the field's main professional body — in 1957. His laboratory later became the independent Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man, a precursor to today's Rhine Research Center.

== Methods ==
Parapsychological research has generally followed mainstream experimental psychology's own methods and standards, rather than developing entirely separate ones — Rhine's card-guessing protocols and later presentiment studies measuring physiological arousal before a random stimulus are both close adaptations of standard laboratory technique. [[Precognition]] gives a fuller account of specific experimental traditions, including Zener card testing and Daryl Bem's contested 2011 "Feeling the Future" studies.

== Reception and criticism ==
Despite adopting mainstream scientific methods, parapsychology has not achieved broad acceptance within academic psychology. Recurring criticisms include the field's history of failed independent replication, the file-drawer effect (unsuccessful studies being less likely to be published or noticed than successful ones), and statistical or procedural flaws identified in specific high-profile studies. Rhine's own laboratory acknowledged several cases of researcher unreliability in its published record, and more recent controversies — such as the reception of Daryl Bem's 2011 work — have made parapsychology a recurring case study in broader discussions about research standards and the replication crisis across psychology as a whole.

== Notable organisations ==
* Society for Psychical Research (founded 1882, London)
* Parapsychological Association (founded 1957)
* Rhine Research Center (successor to Rhine's original Duke laboratory)

== See also ==
* [[Psychic Ability]]
* [[Precognition]]
* [[Ciarán O'Keeffe]], a contemporary researcher who has worked in the field

Parapsychologist

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Ciarán O'Keeffe

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{{PersonInfobox
|name=Ciarán O'Keeffe
|born=21 March 1971, Norwich, Norfolk
|occupation=Psychologist, [[parapsychologist]], academic
|known_for=[[Most Haunted]], Buckinghamshire New University
|status=Living
}}

'''Ciarán James O'Keeffe''' (born 21 March 1971) is a British psychologist specialising in [[parapsychology]] and forensic psychology, best known for his role as the resident sceptical investigator on ''[[Most Haunted]]''.

== Early life ==
O'Keeffe was born in [[Norwich]] to a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] mother and an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] father, and grew up in [[Norfolk]], [[Somerset]], and [[High Wycombe]], [[Buckinghamshire]]. He has cited Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft among his favourite authors, and named the television series ''Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World'' and the ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' films as early influences on his interest in the paranormal.

== Academic career ==
O'Keeffe studied music and psychology at Washington College in Maryland, before completing a master's degree in investigative psychology at the University of Liverpool and a PhD in psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, supervised by [[Richard Wiseman]] and Julia Buckroyd. He previously lectured in psychology at Liverpool Hope University, and is currently an associate professor at Buckinghamshire New University. He is a member of the Society for Psychical Research and an advisor to The Ghost Club.

== Most Haunted ==
O'Keeffe joined ''[[Most Haunted]]'' as its parapsychologist, replacing [[Phil Whyman]], and became known for providing a sceptical, evidence-based counterpoint to the show's on-camera investigations. In 2005, he devised a test in which he fed [[Derek Acorah]] fabricated background details about entirely fictitious spirit entities — "Kreed Kafer" and "Rik Eedles," anagrams of "Derek Faker" and "Derek Lies" — before an investigation. Acorah went on to describe contact with them on camera as though they were real, and O'Keeffe's exposure of the test became one of the best-known moments in British paranormal television.

O'Keeffe later said he had been misquoted in press coverage of the incident, clarifying that his test had been aimed specifically at Acorah rather than at the programme or its wider team.

== Research ==
Outside television, O'Keeffe has been involved in academic investigations seeking natural explanations for reported hauntings, including studies into the physiological effects of low-frequency infrasound and a multi-researcher investigation of Hampton Court Palace. He co-authored the 2003 paper "An investigation into alleged 'hauntings'" in the ''British Journal of Psychology'' alongside Richard Wiseman and others, and has published further research on the environmental correlates of [[poltergeist]] and haunting experiences. He also co-authored the book ''[[Ghost Hunters: A Guide to Investigating the Paranormal]]'' with [[Yvette Fielding]].

== See also ==
* [[Most Haunted]]
* [[Derek Acorah]]
* [[Yvette Fielding]]

[[Category:Researchers]]

Cheshire

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{{CategoryInfobox
|name=Cheshire
|scope=County-level hub gathering Cheshire's individual hauntings, sightings, and local hub pages
|parent=Hub Pages
}}

'''Cheshire''' is a county in North West England, bordering Merseyside, Greater Manchester, and Wales. Its mix of historic market towns, country halls, and Civil War battle sites has produced a long-running collection of local ghost stories, several of which are documented below.

== Crewe Arms Hotel ==
A grey lady is reported moving along a corridor of the hotel, seen and, according to some accounts, heard as she passes.

== Lyceum Theatre, Crewe ==
The theatre's stage door is said to be haunted by an actor murdered by a jealous rival performer. A second apparition, a ballet dancer who died by suicide, has been reported dancing on stage in a white period dress, with witnesses noting a lingering smell of perfume.

== Marbury Hall ==
One of Cheshire's better-documented hauntings, first recorded in print by parapsychologist Peter Underwood in his 1978 book ''Ghosts of North West England''. Later research into the case has questioned how far the popular version of the story can genuinely be traced back, making it a useful example of how a haunting's retelling can drift from its original source over time.

== Bunbury ==
A phantom horseman is said to gallop down College Lane before disappearing as suddenly as he appears — a recurring type of sighting across Cheshire's rural lanes.

== Rowton Moor ==
The site of the Battle of Rowton Moor on 14 September 1645, one of the bloodiest engagements of the English Civil War in the region, and consequently one of the county's most-cited sites for reported paranormal activity tied to a specific historical event.

== Notable people ==
Television director and producer [[Karl Beattie]] and presenter [[Yvette Fielding]], both associated with ''[[Most Haunted]]'', live in Cheshire.

== External links ==
* [https://www.paranormaldatabase.com/cheshire/chesdata.php Paranormal Database — Cheshire]

[[Category:Hub Pages]]

Most Haunted

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{{ShowInfobox
|name=Most Haunted
|type=Paranormal documentary / reality series
|network=Living (2002–2010), Really (2014–2019)
|presenter=Yvette Fielding
|first_aired=25 May 2002
|status=Ended
}}

'''Most Haunted''' is a British paranormal documentary reality series that followed a team investigating locations reputed to be haunted across the UK. Created by presenter [[Yvette Fielding]] and her husband [[Karl Beattie]] through their production company [[Antix Productions]], it first aired on Living TV on 25 May 2002 and became one of the channel's highest-rated original shows.

== Format ==
Each episode followed the team — typically including a presenter, a [[parapsychologist]], and a resident [[medium]] — as they carried out an overnight investigation of a single location, using night-vision cameras, EVP recordings, and on-camera "readings" from the medium to document reported activity. [[Derek Acorah]] served as the show's original resident medium from its launch until 2005, when he was replaced by [[David Wells]]; [[Ciarán O'Keeffe]] became the show's semi-regular parapsychologist during this period, having replaced [[Phil Whyman]].

== The 2005 controversy ==
In 2005, the show's on-set parapsychologist tested Acorah by feeding him fabricated background details about entirely fictitious spirit entities before an investigation. Acorah went on to describe contact with them on camera as though they were real, and the incident — widely reported at the time — became one of the best-known controversies in British paranormal television. Ofcom later reviewed the programme in connection with the episode, describing it as one where "techniques are used which mean the audience is not necessarily in full possession of the facts." Acorah left the show shortly afterwards.

== Broadcast history ==
The original run ended on Living (by then rebranded Sky Living) on 21 July 2010, with the channel confirming in 2011 that it would not be recommissioned. After a four-year gap, Fielding and Beattie brought the show back on the UKTV channel Really in 2014, continuing for several further series. A companion live event format, ''Most Haunted Live!'', ran alongside the main series for much of its history, including a well-known three-night Merseyside investigation in 2005.

== See also ==
* [[Derek Acorah]]

[[Category:Television]]

Karl Beattie

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|born=2 April 1963, [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]]
|occupation=Television director, producer, cameraman
|known_for=[[Most Haunted]], [[Antix Productions]]
|status=Living
}}

'''Karl Beattie''' (born 2 April 1963) is an English television director, producer, and cameraman, best known as co-creator, director, and executive producer of ''[[Most Haunted]]''.

== Career ==
Beattie began his television career as a camera assistant on the BBC's ''Parallel 9'', before training as a cameraman and working on a range of British programmes including ''Gladiators'', ''Blind Date'', and ''Robot Wars''.

In 2002, Beattie and his wife, [[Yvette Fielding]], founded [[Antix Productions]], whose first commission was ''[[Most Haunted]]'' for Living TV. Beattie served as the show's director and executive producer throughout its run, and also appeared on screen during investigations, often handling technical equipment and filming alongside the rest of the team. He went on to create, produce, and direct ''Ghosthunting With...'' for ITV2 in 2006, and in 2008 he and Fielding launched [[The Paranormal Channel]], later renamed [[The Unexplained Channel]].

In 2015, Beattie publicly rejected claims from some viewers that a ''[[Most Haunted#Most Haunted Live!|Most Haunted Live!'' broadcast had been staged, and later filmed a reconstruction responding to the allegations.

== Martial arts and "samurai" reports ==
Beattie holds dan-level ranking in Ryukyu Kempo and Wado Ryu karate, and has trained in several other disciplines including Iaido and Wing Chun. In 2004, media coverage described him as "the only living samurai outside Japan," a title he has since downplayed, though he has said the distinction was passed to him informally by his martial arts instructor rather than through any formal modern samurai class, which was abolished in Japan in 1868.

== Personal life ==
Beattie has been married to [[Yvette Fielding]] since 1999. They have a daughter together, and Beattie is stepfather to Fielding's son from her first marriage. They live in [[Cheshire]].

== See also ==
* [[Most Haunted]]
* [[Yvette Fielding]]
* [[Antix Productions]]

[[Category:TV Personalities]]

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font-family: 'Space Grotesk', sans-serif !important;
}

#content, .mw-body, #bodyContent {
background-color: var(--void) !important;
color: var(--cream) !important;
border: none !important;
}

/* ---------- HEADINGS ---------- */
h1, h2, h3, h4, .firstHeading, .mw-first-heading {
font-family: 'Bungee', system-ui, sans-serif !important;
color: var(--cream) !important;
text-shadow: 0 0 16px rgba(166,255,63,0.25);
letter-spacing: 0.02em;
}

h1.firstHeading, .mw-first-heading {
border-bottom: 2px solid var(--panel-edge) !important;
padding-bottom: .5rem;
}

h2 {
border-bottom: 1px solid var(--panel-edge) !important;
color: var(--violet) !important;
text-shadow: none;
margin-top: 1.8rem;
}

/* ---------- LINKS ---------- */
a {
color: #8fd9ff;
}
a:visited {
color: var(--muted);
}
a:hover {
color: var(--acid) !important;
}
a.new {
color: #ff6161 !important; /* red links stay clearly visible against dark bg */
}

/* ---------- SIDEBAR / NAVIGATION ----------
Cosmos uses its own rail/header structure, not Vector's
#mw-panel sidebar — base colours for these are set via
LocalSettings.php config variables instead (see
LocalSettings-Cosmos-colours.php). Fine per-element tweaks
for Cosmos specifically live in MediaWiki:Cosmos.css. */

/* ---------- TOP BAR / SEARCH ----------
Cosmos's search box styling is handled in MediaWiki:Cosmos.css
since its markup differs from Vector's #p-search. */

/* ---------- TABLES / WIKITABLES ---------- */
table.wikitable {
background-color: var(--panel) !important;
color: var(--cream) !important;
border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge) !important;
}
table.wikitable > tr > th,
table.wikitable > * > tr > th {
background-color: var(--panel-edge) !important;
color: var(--acid) !important;
font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace !important;
letter-spacing: 0.04em;
}
table.wikitable > tr > td,
table.wikitable > * > tr > td {
border-color: var(--panel-edge) !important;
}

/* ---------- CATEGORY BADGES / FOOTER ---------- */
#catlinks, .catlinks {
background-color: var(--panel) !important;
border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge) !important;
color: var(--muted) !important;
}
#catlinks a, .catlinks a {
color: var(--violet) !important;
}

/* ---------- VAULT CUSTOM COMPONENTS (used by templates) ---------- */

.vault-hero {
text-align: center;
padding: 2rem 1rem;
border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
border-radius: 10px;
background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% 0%, rgba(179,74,255,0.15) 0%, var(--panel) 70%);
margin-bottom: 1.8rem;
}
.vault-hero .vault-title {
font-family: 'Bungee', system-ui, sans-serif;
font-size: 2.2rem;
color: var(--cream);
text-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(166,255,63,0.4);
margin: 0;
}
.vault-hero .vault-title span { color: var(--acid); }
.vault-hero .vault-tagline {
font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
font-size: 0.75rem;
letter-spacing: 0.2em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--muted);
margin-top: .6rem;
}

.vault-portal-grid {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(200px, 1fr));
gap: 1rem;
margin: 1.5rem 0;
}
.vault-portal-card {
background: var(--panel);
border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
border-radius: 8px;
padding: 1.3rem;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
transition: 0.2s;
}
.vault-portal-card:hover {
border-color: var(--acid);
transform: translateY(-3px);
}
.vault-portal-card .icon { font-size: 1.6rem; }
.vault-portal-card .label {
font-family: 'Bungee', system-ui, sans-serif;
font-size: 0.95rem;
color: var(--acid) !important;
margin: 0.5rem 0 0.4rem;
display: block;
}
.vault-portal-card .desc {
font-size: 0.82rem;
color: var(--muted);
line-height: 1.5;
}

.vault-featured {
background: var(--panel);
border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
border-left: 4px solid var(--acid);
border-radius: 6px;
padding: 1.4rem 1.6rem;
margin: 1.5rem 0;
}
.vault-featured .vault-eyebrow {
font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
font-size: 0.68rem;
letter-spacing: 0.16em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--amber);
display: block;
margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
}
.vault-featured .vault-featured-title {
font-family: 'Bungee', system-ui, sans-serif;
font-size: 1.3rem;
color: var(--cream);
margin: 0 0 0.6rem;
}

.vault-dyk {
background: var(--panel);
border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
border-radius: 6px;
padding: 1.2rem 1.6rem;
margin: 1.5rem 0;
}
.vault-dyk ul { margin: 0.4rem 0 0 1.2rem; padding: 0; }
.vault-dyk li { margin-bottom: 0.5rem; color: var(--cream); opacity: 0.9; }

.vault-infobox {
float: right;
width: 280px;
margin: 0 0 1rem 1.5rem;
background: var(--panel);
border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
border-radius: 6px;
overflow: hidden;
}
.vault-infobox .vault-infobox-header {
background: var(--panel-edge);
font-family: 'Bungee', system-ui, sans-serif;
font-size: 0.9rem;
text-align: center;
padding: 0.7rem;
color: var(--acid);
}
.vault-infobox .vault-infobox-row {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 95px 1fr;
gap: 0.5rem;
padding: 0.5rem 0.8rem;
border-top: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
font-size: 0.8rem;
}
.vault-infobox .vault-infobox-k {
font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
color: var(--muted);
font-size: 0.66rem;
letter-spacing: 0.03em;
}
.vault-infobox .vault-infobox-v { color: var(--cream); }
.vault-infobox .vault-infobox-status { color: var(--acid); font-weight: bold; }

.vault-cta-strip {
text-align: center;
background: var(--panel);
border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
border-radius: 8px;
padding: 1.6rem;
margin: 1.8rem 0;
}
.vault-cta-strip .vault-btn {
display: inline-block;
font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
font-size: 0.78rem;
letter-spacing: 0.06em;
text-transform: uppercase;
padding: 0.7rem 1.3rem;
border-radius: 4px;
margin: 0.3rem;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none !important;
}
.vault-btn-primary { background: var(--acid) !important; color: var(--void) !important; }
.vault-btn-vault { background: var(--violet) !important; color: var(--cream) !important; }
.vault-btn-outline { background: transparent !important; color: var(--cream) !important; border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge); }

.vault-tag {
display: inline-block;
font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
font-size: 0.68rem;
letter-spacing: 0.06em;
text-transform: uppercase;
background: rgba(179,74,255,0.12);
color: var(--violet) !important;
border: 1px solid rgba(179,74,255,0.35);
padding: 0.25rem 0.7rem;
border-radius: 999px;
margin: 0.2rem 0.3rem 0.2rem 0;
text-decoration: none !important;
}
.vault-tag:hover { background: rgba(179,74,255,0.25); }

.vault-stats-footer {
text-align: center;
font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
font-size: 0.8rem;
color: var(--muted);
padding: 1rem 0;
border-top: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
margin-top: 1.5rem;
}

/* ==========================================================
THE VAULT — CONTRAST FIXES

WHY THIS IS NEEDED:
Cosmos sets text colour directly on specific containers
rather than letting it inherit from <body>, and several
distinct systems are involved:

1. .mw-parser-output / #mw-content-text — the article body.
2. #editform and related edit-page chrome (summary field
wrapper, edit-page notices, copyright warning).
3. OOUI widgets — the edit page's checkboxes ("minor edit",
"watch this page") and field labels are rendered via
MediaWiki's OOUI component library, which ships its own
hardcoded colours (#000 / #222 / #D5D4D4) on classes like
.oo-ui-labelElement-label.
4. Codex message boxes (.cdx-message) — notices, warnings,
and errors. These always render on their own light
background regardless of skin, and ship readable dark
text (#202122) by default — they must NOT be forced to
cream like the rest of the page, or light text ends up
on a light background instead of dark-on-dark.

Because body{color:var(--cream) !important} never reaches
any of these, each needs its own explicit rule. The .vault-*
custom components above already set their own colours
directly and are more specific selectors, so none of this
touches them.
========================================================== */

/* --- Article body text --- */
.mw-parser-output,
.mw-parser-output p,
.mw-parser-output li,
.mw-parser-output dd,
.mw-parser-output dt,
.mw-parser-output blockquote,
.mw-parser-output td,
.mw-parser-output th,
.mw-parser-output caption,
#mw-content-text {
color: var(--cream) !important;
}

.mw-parser-output a {
color: #8fd9ff !important;
}
.mw-parser-output a:visited {
color: var(--muted) !important;
}
.mw-parser-output a:hover {
color: var(--acid) !important;
}
.mw-parser-output a.new {
color: #ff6161 !important;
}

.mw-parser-output h1,
.mw-parser-output h2,
.mw-parser-output h3,
.mw-parser-output h4 {
color: var(--cream) !important;
}
.mw-parser-output h2 {
color: var(--violet) !important;
}

/* --- Edit page chrome: summary field, options, notices --- */
#editform,
#editform label,
#editform p,
#editform .editOptions,
.mw-editTools,
#editpage-copywarn,
.editnotice-area {
color: var(--cream) !important;
}

#editform a,
#editpage-copywarn a,
.editnotice-area a {
color: #8fd9ff !important;
}
#editform a:visited,
#editpage-copywarn a:visited {
color: var(--muted) !important;
}

/* --- OOUI widgets on the edit page (checkboxes, field labels) --- */
.oo-ui-fieldLayout-header,
.oo-ui-labelElement,
.oo-ui-labelElement-label,
.oo-ui-labelWidget.oo-ui-inline-help,
.editOptions {
color: var(--cream) !important;
}

/* --- Codex message boxes (notices/warnings/errors) ---
Deliberately kept dark-on-light, not forced to cream. */
.cdx-message {
color: #202122 !important;
}

.vault-notice {
border-left: 4px solid var(--amber);
background: var(--panel);
border-radius: 6px;
padding: 0.9rem 1.2rem;
margin: 0 0 1.5rem 0;
}
.vault-notice-header {
font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
font-size: 0.78rem;
letter-spacing: 0.05em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--amber);
font-weight: bold;
margin-bottom: 0.4rem;
}
.vault-notice-body {
font-size: 0.88rem;
color: var(--cream);
opacity: 0.9;
}

Category:Pages Needing Translation

2026-07-22T00:38:09Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{CategoryInfobox |name=Pages Needing Translation |scope=Pages flagged as needing translation into another language |parent=Vault Maintenance }} '''Pages Needing Translation''' collects every page flagged by {{tl|Translatable}}. Pages here should be reviewed and removed from this category once translated. Category:Vault Maintenance"

{{CategoryInfobox
|name=Pages Needing Translation
|scope=Pages flagged as needing translation into another language
|parent=Vault Maintenance
}}

'''Pages Needing Translation''' collects every page flagged by {{tl|Translatable}}. Pages here should be reviewed and removed from this category once translated.

[[Category:Vault Maintenance]]

Template:Translatable

2026-07-22T00:37:49Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "<includeonly><div class="vault-notice"> <div class="vault-notice-header">⚠ Translation needed{{#if:{{{language|}}}| — into {{{language}}}}}</div> <div class="vault-notice-body"> {{#if:{{{note|}}}|{{{note}}}|This page needs translating and hasn't been reviewed for accuracy in another language yet.}} </div> </div>Category:Pages Needing Translation</includeonly><noinclude> == Template:Translatable == Flags a page as needing translation help. Adds a banner at the top..."

<includeonly><div class="vault-notice">
<div class="vault-notice-header">⚠ Translation needed{{#if:{{{language|}}}| — into {{{language}}}}}</div>
<div class="vault-notice-body">
{{#if:{{{note|}}}|{{{note}}}|This page needs translating and hasn't been reviewed for accuracy in another language yet.}}
</div>
</div>[[Category:Pages Needing Translation]]</includeonly><noinclude>
== Template:Translatable ==
Flags a page as needing translation help. Adds a banner at the top of the page and files it into [[:Category:Pages Needing Translation|Pages Needing Translation]] for tracking. Remove the template once the page has been translated.

'''Usage:'''
<pre>
{{Translatable
|language=Welsh
|note=Needs a Welsh version for the Kent hub pages.
}}
</pre>

Place at the very top of the page, above any infobox.

=== Parameters ===
* '''language''' — optional. Which language it needs translating into
* '''note''' — optional. Any extra context. Defaults to a generic message if omitted
[[Category:Vault Templates]]
</noinclude>

Category:Vault Maintenance

2026-07-22T00:37:15Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{CategoryInfobox |name=Vault Maintenance |scope=Categories about running the wiki itself, rather than documenting paranormal subject matter |parent=The Vault }} '''Vault Maintenance''' gathers categories concerned with the wiki's own upkeep — templates, translation flags, and similar organisational matters — as distinct from every other branch under The Vault, which covers actual subject matter. == Subcategories == * :Category:Vault Templ..."

{{CategoryInfobox
|name=Vault Maintenance
|scope=Categories about running the wiki itself, rather than documenting paranormal subject matter
|parent=The Vault
}}

'''Vault Maintenance''' gathers categories concerned with the wiki's own upkeep — templates, translation flags, and similar organisational matters — as distinct from every other branch under [[:Category:The Vault|The Vault]], which covers actual subject matter.

== Subcategories ==
* [[:Category:Vault Templates|Vault Templates]] — the wiki's template library
* [[:Category:Pages Needing Translation|Pages Needing Translation]] — pages flagged by {{tl|Translatable}}

[[Category:The Vault]]

Category:Production Companies

2026-07-22T00:33:20Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{CategoryInfobox |name=Production Companies |scope=Companies that produce paranormal-themed television, film, or other media |parent=In The Media }} '''Production Companies''' gathers pages about the companies behind paranormal-themed productions, as distinct from the productions themselves (Television) or the people who run them (People). Category:In The Media"

{{CategoryInfobox
|name=Production Companies
|scope=Companies that produce paranormal-themed television, film, or other media
|parent=In The Media
}}

'''Production Companies''' gathers pages about the companies behind paranormal-themed productions, as distinct from the productions themselves ([[:Category:Television|Television]]) or the people who run them ([[:Category:People|People]]).

[[Category:In The Media]]

Antix Productions

2026-07-22T00:32:48Z

GaryJJSpate:

{{OrganisationInfobox
|name=Antix Productions
|type=Television production company
|founded=2002
|founders=Yvette Fielding, Karl Beattie
|known_for=Most Haunted
|status=Active
}}

'''Antix Productions''' is a British television production company founded in 2002 by [[Yvette Fielding]] and her husband, [[Karl Beattie]]. Its first commission was ''[[Most Haunted]]'' for Living TV, which became one of the channel's highest-rated original series and established the company's ongoing focus on paranormal-themed television.

== History ==
Fielding and Beattie set up Antix Productions specifically to produce ''Most Haunted'', drawing on Fielding's background as a television presenter and Beattie's role as director. The company went on to produce the live event spin-off ''[[Most Haunted#Most Haunted Live!|Most Haunted Live!]]'' alongside the main series throughout its various broadcast runs.

== See also ==
* [[Most Haunted]]
* [[Yvette Fielding]]
* [[Karl Beattie]]
* [[Derek Acorah]]

[[Category:Production Companies]]

Antix Productions

2026-07-22T00:32:07Z

GaryJJSpate:

Antix Productions

2026-07-22T00:31:36Z

GaryJJSpate:

Antix Productions

2026-07-22T00:31:03Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{OrganisationInfobox |name=Antix Productions |type=Television production company |founded=2002 |founders=Yvette Fielding, Karl Beattie |known_for=Most Haunted |status=Active }} '''Antix Productions''' is a British television production company founded in 2002 by Yvette Fielding and her husband, Karl Beattie. Its first commission was ''Most Haunted'' for Living TV, which became one of the channel's highest-rated original series and established the company's ongo..."

{{OrganisationInfobox
|name=Antix Productions
|type=Television production company
|founded=2002
|founders=Yvette Fielding, Karl Beattie
|known_for=Most Haunted
|status=Active
}}

'''Antix Productions''' is a British television production company founded in 2002 by [[Yvette Fielding]] and her husband, Karl Beattie. Its first commission was ''[[Most Haunted]]'' for Living TV, which became one of the channel's highest-rated original series and established the company's ongoing focus on paranormal-themed television.

== History ==
Fielding and Beattie set up Antix Productions specifically to produce ''Most Haunted'', drawing on Fielding's background as a television presenter and Beattie's role as director. The company went on to produce the live event spin-off ''Most Haunted Live!'' alongside the main series throughout its various broadcast runs.

== See also ==
* [[Most Haunted]]
* [[Yvette Fielding]]

[[Category:In The Media]]

Template:OrganisationInfobox

2026-07-22T00:30:44Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "<includeonly><div class="vault-infobox"> <div class="vault-infobox-header">{{{name}}}</div> {{#if:{{{type|}}}|<div class="vault-infobox-row"><span class="vault-infobox-k">TYPE</span><span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{type}}}</span></div>}} {{#if:{{{founded|}}}|<div class="vault-infobox-row"><span class="vault-infobox-k">FOUNDED</span><span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{founded}}}</span></div>}} {{#if:{{{founders|}}}|<div class="vault-infobox-row"><span class="vault-infobox-k"..."

<includeonly><div class="vault-infobox">
<div class="vault-infobox-header">{{{name}}}</div>
{{#if:{{{type|}}}|<div class="vault-infobox-row"><span class="vault-infobox-k">TYPE</span><span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{type}}}</span></div>}}
{{#if:{{{founded|}}}|<div class="vault-infobox-row"><span class="vault-infobox-k">FOUNDED</span><span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{founded}}}</span></div>}}
{{#if:{{{founders|}}}|<div class="vault-infobox-row"><span class="vault-infobox-k">FOUNDERS</span><span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{founders}}}</span></div>}}
{{#if:{{{known_for|}}}|<div class="vault-infobox-row"><span class="vault-infobox-k">KNOWN FOR</span><span class="vault-infobox-v">{{{known_for}}}</span></div>}}
{{#if:{{{status|}}}|<div class="vault-infobox-row"><span class="vault-infobox-k">STATUS</span><span class="vault-infobox-v vault-infobox-status">{{{status}}}</span></div>}}
</div></includeonly><noinclude>
== Template:OrganisationInfobox ==
Renders the right-hand infobox card on a page about a company, production house, or investigative organisation — as distinct from a person ({{tl|PersonInfobox}}), a place ({{tl|CaseInfobox}} as a Hub Page), or a specific production ({{tl|ShowInfobox}}).

'''Note:''' requires the ParserFunctions extension for the <code>{{#if:}}</code> conditionals, same as the other infoboxes.

'''Usage:'''
<pre>
{{OrganisationInfobox
|name=Antix Productions
|type=Television production company
|founded=2002
|founders=Yvette Fielding, Karl Beattie
|known_for=Most Haunted
|status=Active
}}
</pre>

Place at the very top of the page, before the article text.

=== Parameters ===
* '''name''' — required
* '''type''' — recommended
* '''founded''' — recommended. Year or full date
* '''founders''' — recommended
* '''known_for''' — recommended
* '''status''' — recommended. e.g. Active, Defunct, Dissolved
[[Category:Vault Templates]]
</noinclude>

Category:Ghosts and Hauntings

2026-07-22T00:29:35Z

GaryJJSpate:

{{CategoryInfobox
|name=Ghosts and Hauntings
|scope=Reports of spirits, apparitions, and haunted locations
|parent=Paranormal
}}

'''Ghosts and Hauntings''' is the core category for filed reports involving spirits, apparitions, and locations with a recurring haunting reputation — the largest and oldest category on this wiki, and the one most individual case files (villages, buildings, single sites) will sit under directly.

Where a haunting report has a cryptid, folkloric, or aerial element running through it, cross-reference the relevant category rather than duplicating the page — see Cryptids and Folklore and UFOs and Sightings for where those lines are drawn.

{{VaultTag|Ghosts}} {{VaultTag|Hauntings}} {{VaultTag|Category}}

== What belongs here ==
* Individual case files for a haunted site, building, or village (using {{tl|CaseInfobox}})
* Recurring apparition types tied to a specific location (grey ladies, phantom monks, headless figures, and so on)
* County or regional hub pages, where hauntings form part or all of the page's content (cross-referenced under Hub Pages as well)

== What doesn't belong here ==
* Reports where the phenomenon is a creature rather than a spirit or apparition (filed under Cryptids and Folklore)
* Aerial sightings with no ghost or entity component (filed under UFOs and Sightings)
* Folklore or legends with no haunting attached (filed under Cryptics and Folklore)

== Filing conventions ==
* Distinguish between a named, recurring apparition (with its own consistent description across multiple witnesses) and a one-off or vaguely described sighting
* Note the earliest traceable written source for a haunting where possible, rather than treating "it's always been said" as sufficient — Pluckley's page is the model for this
* Where a site has more than one distinct haunting attached to it, use subsections rather than splitting into multiple pages, unless one entry grows large enough to warrant its own file

== Pages in this category ==
{{PAGESINCATEGORY}}

[[Category:Paranormal]]

Category:Ghosts and Hauntings

2026-07-22T00:29:13Z

GaryJJSpate:

{{CategoryInfobox
|name=Ghosts and Hauntings
|scope=Reports of spirits, apparitions, and haunted locations
|parent=The Vault
}}

'''Ghosts and Hauntings''' is the core category for filed reports involving spirits, apparitions, and locations with a recurring haunting reputation — the largest and oldest category on this wiki, and the one most individual case files (villages, buildings, single sites) will sit under directly.

Where a haunting report has a cryptid, folkloric, or aerial element running through it, cross-reference the relevant category rather than duplicating the page — see Cryptids and Folklore and UFOs and Sightings for where those lines are drawn.

{{VaultTag|Ghosts}} {{VaultTag|Hauntings}} {{VaultTag|Category}}

== What belongs here ==
* Individual case files for a haunted site, building, or village (using {{tl|CaseInfobox}})
* Recurring apparition types tied to a specific location (grey ladies, phantom monks, headless figures, and so on)
* County or regional hub pages, where hauntings form part or all of the page's content (cross-referenced under Hub Pages as well)

== What doesn't belong here ==
* Reports where the phenomenon is a creature rather than a spirit or apparition (filed under Cryptids and Folklore)
* Aerial sightings with no ghost or entity component (filed under UFOs and Sightings)
* Folklore or legends with no haunting attached (filed under Cryptics and Folklore)

== Filing conventions ==
* Distinguish between a named, recurring apparition (with its own consistent description across multiple witnesses) and a one-off or vaguely described sighting
* Note the earliest traceable written source for a haunting where possible, rather than treating "it's always been said" as sufficient — Pluckley's page is the model for this
* Where a site has more than one distinct haunting attached to it, use subsections rather than splitting into multiple pages, unless one entry grows large enough to warrant its own file

== Pages in this category ==
{{PAGESINCATEGORY}}

[[Category:Paranormal]]

Category:UFOs and Sightings

2026-07-22T00:28:38Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{CategoryInfobox |name=UFOs and Sightings |scope=Aerial phenomena and unexplained sightings — unidentified flying objects and, in more recent terminology, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) |parent=Reported Phenomena }} '''UFOs and Sightings''' gathers case files and phenomenon pages concerning unidentified flying objects and other unexplained aerial sightings, from lights in the night sky to close-encounter narratives. It sits alongside :Category:Ghosts and Haunt..."

{{CategoryInfobox
|name=UFOs and Sightings
|scope=Aerial phenomena and unexplained sightings — unidentified flying objects and, in more recent terminology, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP)
|parent=Reported Phenomena
}}

'''UFOs and Sightings''' gathers case files and phenomenon pages concerning unidentified flying objects and other unexplained aerial sightings, from lights in the night sky to close-encounter narratives. It sits alongside [[:Category:Ghosts and Hauntings|Ghosts and Hauntings]], [[:Category:Cryptids and Folklore|Cryptids and Folklore]], and [[:Category:Psychic and Tarot|Psychic and Tarot]] as one of the four phenomenon types under [[:Category:Reported Phenomena|Reported Phenomena]].

== What belongs here ==
* Case files documenting a specific reported sighting, encounter, or aerial phenomenon
* General phenomenon pages about a type of aerial phenomenon (e.g. a recurring light formation or encounter pattern), once enough case files exist to justify one

== What doesn't belong here ==
* Pages about a specific '''person''' associated with ufology or investigation — those belong under [[:Category:People|People]] instead
* Pages about a TV series, film, or other production covering UFO subject matter — those belong in [[:Category:In The Media|In The Media]] instead
* A '''place''' where multiple different phenomena are reported (ghosts, UFOs, and cryptids together) — that's a Hub Page, not a UFOs and Sightings entry; see [[:Category:Hub Pages|Hub Pages]]

== Pages in this category ==
''None yet — this category is ready and waiting for its first case file.''

== Filing conventions ==
* Case and phenomenon pages here should carry only this category — not also Reported Phenomena or The Vault

[[Category:The Vault]]

Category:Cryptids and Folklore

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GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{CategoryInfobox |name=Cryptids and Folklore |scope=Unconfirmed creatures and enduring local legends, from big cats and water monsters to humanoid figures reported in the countryside |parent=Reported Phenomena }} '''Cryptids and Folklore''' gathers case files and phenomenon pages concerning creatures whose existence isn't recognised by mainstream zoology, along with the wider local legends these reports often grow out of or feed into. It sits alongside :Category:Ghos..."

{{CategoryInfobox
|name=Cryptids and Folklore
|scope=Unconfirmed creatures and enduring local legends, from big cats and water monsters to humanoid figures reported in the countryside
|parent=Reported Phenomena
}}

'''Cryptids and Folklore''' gathers case files and phenomenon pages concerning creatures whose existence isn't recognised by mainstream zoology, along with the wider local legends these reports often grow out of or feed into. It sits alongside [[:Category:Ghosts and Hauntings|Ghosts and Hauntings]], [[:Category:UFOs and Sightings|UFOs and Sightings]], and [[:Category:Psychic and Tarot|Psychic and Tarot]] as one of the four phenomenon types under [[:Category:Reported Phenomena|Reported Phenomena]].

Cryptids and folklore are kept together deliberately, rather than split the way Psychic and Tarot's subtypes eventually might be — most cryptid case files are folklore, tied to a specific local legend rather than standing apart from one, so separating them would mean constantly cross-filing the same page in both places.

== What belongs here ==
* Case files documenting a specific reported creature sighting or sustained local legend
* General phenomenon pages about a type of cryptid (e.g. a big cat, lake monster, or humanoid category) or a recurring folkloric figure, once enough case files exist to justify one

== What doesn't belong here ==
* Pages about a specific '''person''' associated with cryptid research or investigation — those belong under [[:Category:People|People]] instead
* Pages about a TV series or other production covering cryptid subject matter — those belong in [[:Category:In The Media|In The Media]] instead
* A '''place''' where multiple different phenomena are reported (ghosts, UFOs, and cryptids together) — that's a Hub Page, not a Cryptids and Folklore entry; see [[:Category:Hub Pages|Hub Pages]]

== Pages in this category ==
''None yet — this category is ready and waiting for its first case file.''

== Filing conventions ==
* Case and phenomenon pages here should carry only this category — not also Reported Phenomena or The Vault

[[Category:The Vault]]

Category:Psychic and Tarot

2026-07-22T00:27:14Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{CategoryInfobox |name=Psychic and Tarot |scope=Psychic ability claims, mediumship, clairvoyance, and divinatory practice such as tarot reading |parent=Reported Phenomena }} '''Psychic and Tarot''' gathers case files and phenomenon pages concerning claimed psychic ability — including mediumship, clairvoyance, telepathy, precognition, and divinatory practices such as tarot reading. It sits alongside Ghosts and Hauntings, :Category:..."

{{CategoryInfobox
|name=Psychic and Tarot
|scope=Psychic ability claims, mediumship, clairvoyance, and divinatory practice such as tarot reading
|parent=Reported Phenomena
}}

'''Psychic and Tarot''' gathers case files and phenomenon pages concerning claimed psychic ability — including mediumship, clairvoyance, telepathy, precognition, and divinatory practices such as tarot reading. It sits alongside [[:Category:Ghosts and Hauntings|Ghosts and Hauntings]], [[:Category:Cryptids and Folklore|Cryptids and Folklore]], and [[:Category:UFOs and Sightings|UFOs and Sightings]] as one of the four phenomenon types under [[:Category:Reported Phenomena|Reported Phenomena]].

Start with [[Psychic Ability]] for a general overview of the subtypes covered here.

== What belongs here ==
* Case files documenting a specific claimed psychic reading, mediumship session, or divinatory event
* General phenomenon pages about a type of psychic ability (using {{tl|PhenomenonInfobox}}), such as [[Psychic Ability]] and [[Precognition]]

== What doesn't belong here ==
* Pages about a specific '''person''' known for psychic ability — mediums belong in [[:Category:Psychic Mediums|Psychic Mediums]] (see [[Derek Acorah]]); presenters and producers of psychic-themed TV belong in [[:Category:TV Personalities|TV Personalities]] instead (see [[Yvette Fielding]]), both under [[:Category:People|People]]
* Pages about a TV series or other production covering psychic subject matter — those belong in [[:Category:Television|Television]] under [[:Category:In The Media|In The Media]] (see [[Most Haunted]])
* The academic or investigative study of psychic phenomena as a discipline — that belongs in [[:Category:Parapsychology|Parapsychology]]

== Pages in this category ==
* [[Psychic Ability]] — general overview
* [[Precognition]] — the most fully documented subtype so far

== Filing conventions ==
* Case and phenomenon pages here should carry only this category — not also Reported Phenomena or The Vault

[[Category:The Vault]]

Yvette Fielding

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{{PersonInfobox
|name=Yvette Fielding
|born=23 September 1968, [[Stockport]], [[Cheshire]]
|occupation=Television presenter, producer, actress, author
|known_for=Most Haunted (2002–present), Blue Peter
|status=Living
}}

'''Yvette Paula Fielding''' (born 23 September 1968) is an English television presenter, producer, and paranormal investigator, best known as the creator and presenter of ''[[Most Haunted]]''.

== Early career ==
Fielding began her television career as a child performer, and became the youngest ever presenter of the BBC's ''Blue Peter'' in 1987 at the age of 18.

== Most Haunted ==
In 2002, Fielding and her husband, [[Karl Beattie]], established their own production company, [[Antix Productions]], whose first commission was ''[[Most Haunted]]'' for Living TV. Fielding has presented the series throughout its run, across its original broadcast on Living, its later run on Really, and the accompanying live event format ''[[Most Haunted#Most Haunted Live!|Most Haunted Live!]]''. The show established Fielding as one of British television's most recognisable figures in the paranormal genre.

Fielding has said in interviews that she came to believe the 2005 [[Derek Acorah]] "Kreed Kafer" incident on the show involved a fake possession.

== Other work ==
Beyond ''Most Haunted'', Fielding has presented and produced ''Ghosthunting With...'' for ITV2, and has appeared in other British television programmes including ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''.

== Personal life ==
Fielding was previously married to Barry Sweeny; she has been married to Karl Beattie since 1999, with whom she has two children.

== See also ==
* [[Most Haunted]]
* [[Derek Acorah]]

[[Category:TV Personalities]]

Category:TV Personalities

2026-07-22T00:24:52Z

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{{CategoryInfobox
|name=TV Personalities
|scope=People known primarily for presenting, producing, or appearing in paranormal-themed television, as distinct from claimed psychic ability
|parent=People
}}

'''TV Personalities''' gathers pages about presenters, producers, and other on-screen figures whose notability comes from paranormal television work itself, rather than from a claimed psychic ability — as distinct from [[:Category:Psychic Mediums|Psychic Mediums]].

[[Category:People]]

Psychic Ability

2026-07-22T00:23:09Z

GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{PhenomenonInfobox |name=Psychic Ability |type=Umbrella term for claimed extrasensory abilities |field=Parapsychology |also_known_as=Extrasensory perception (ESP), psi ability |notable_case=Derek Acorah and other televised mediums |status=Unverified }} '''Psychic ability''' is an umbrella term for a range of claimed extrasensory abilities — knowing, sensing, or influencing something through means that fall outside the recognised five senses and cannot be explained by..."

{{PhenomenonInfobox
|name=Psychic Ability
|type=Umbrella term for claimed extrasensory abilities
|field=Parapsychology
|also_known_as=Extrasensory perception (ESP), psi ability
|notable_case=Derek Acorah and other televised mediums
|status=Unverified
}}

'''Psychic ability''' is an umbrella term for a range of claimed extrasensory abilities — knowing, sensing, or influencing something through means that fall outside the recognised five senses and cannot be explained by ordinary inference. It covers several distinct claimed abilities, which are treated as separate subtypes on The Vault rather than a single unified phenomenon.

== Subtypes ==
Psychic ability is generally broken down into several distinct claimed abilities:

* '''[[Mediumship]]''' — claimed communication with the spirits of the dead, most often through what a medium describes as messages, impressions, or direct contact
* '''[[Clairvoyance]]''' — claimed perception of information (objects, events, people) beyond the ordinary senses, without contact with the dead being involved
* '''[[Telepathy]]''' — claimed direct perception of another living person's thoughts or feelings
* '''[[Precognition]]''' — claimed knowledge of a future event before it happens, most often through dreams or a sudden sense of dread (''presentiment''). See the full [[Precognition]] page for its documented cases, including the Aberfan disaster and the British Premonitions Bureau, and for the scientific record around it, including J. B. Rhine's early card-guessing experiments and Daryl Bem's contested 2011 "Feeling the Future" studies
* '''Tarot and other divination''' — the use of cards, objects, or ritual practice as a tool for reading or insight, sometimes framed by practitioners as intuition-guided rather than supernatural

Each of these may eventually become its own page and category under [[:Category:Psychic and Tarot|Psychic and Tarot]] as case files accumulate; for now they're treated as facets of psychic ability generally, with Precognition the first to have grown into its own full entry.

== Notable example: Derek Acorah ==
[[Derek Acorah]] is one of the best-documented real-world examples of a public figure whose career centred on claimed psychic ability, specifically mediumship, through his long-running role on ''[[Most Haunted]]''. His case is also one of the most closely scrutinised: a 2005 on-set test, in which he was fed fabricated details about entirely fictitious spirits and went on to describe contact with them as real, is widely cited in discussions of how psychic claims can be tested and where they've failed under controlled conditions.

== Scientific perspective ==
As with precognition specifically, mainstream science does not recognise psychic ability as an established phenomenon. Laboratory testing going back to J. B. Rhine's Zener card experiments in the 1930s has repeatedly failed to produce results that hold up under tightened controls, and high-profile claimed successes — such as Daryl Bem's 2011 studies — have generally not survived independent replication. Proposed non-paranormal explanations for individual reported cases include cold reading (structuring vague, high-probability statements so a subject supplies the specific detail themselves), confirmation bias (remembering hits and forgetting misses), and, in televised or performance contexts, deliberate research into a subject beforehand.

== Related concepts ==
* [[Precognition]], the most fully documented subtype on The Vault so far
* [[:Category:Parapsychology|Parapsychology]], the field most associated with formal testing of psychic claims
* [[Derek Acorah]] and other pages under [[:Category:Psychic Mediums|Psychic Mediums]]

[[Category:Psychic and Tarot]]

Psychic

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#REDIRECT [[Psychic Ability]]

Category:Reported Phenomena

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GaryJJSpate: Created page with "{{CategoryInfobox |name=Reported Phenomena |scope=Umbrella category for four types of reported phenomena: ghosts and hauntings, cryptids and folklore, UFOs and sightings, and psychic phenomena |parent=The Vault }} '''Reported Phenomena''' gathers every case file and phenomenon-type page concerning something reported — as distinct from the discipline that studies such reports (Parapsychology), the people associated with them (:Category:Pe..."

{{CategoryInfobox
|name=Reported Phenomena
|scope=Umbrella category for four types of reported phenomena: ghosts and hauntings, cryptids and folklore, UFOs and sightings, and psychic phenomena
|parent=The Vault
}}

'''Reported Phenomena''' gathers every case file and phenomenon-type page concerning something reported — as distinct from the discipline that studies such reports ([[:Category:Parapsychology|Parapsychology]]), the people associated with them ([[:Category:People|People]]), their coverage in broadcast and print media ([[:Category:In The Media|In The Media]]), or the places and cross-referencing overviews built around them ([[:Category:Hub Pages|Hub Pages]]).

This category was previously named "Paranormal." That term was dropped because it doesn't accurately describe two of its four children — ufology and cryptozoology/folklore both have their own separate traditions distinct from the psychical-research sense of "paranormal" — whereas "Reported Phenomena" covers all four without stretching the word past its normal meaning.

== Subcategories ==
* [[:Category:Ghosts and Hauntings|Ghosts and Hauntings]] — spirits, apparitions, and haunted locations
* [[:Category:Cryptids and Folklore|Cryptids and Folklore]] — unconfirmed creatures and enduring local legends
* [[:Category:UFOs and Sightings|UFOs and Sightings]] — aerial phenomena and unexplained sightings
* [[:Category:Psychic and Tarot|Psychic and Tarot]] — psychic ability claims, mediumship, clairvoyance, and divinatory practice

== What belongs here ==
* Case files documenting a specific reported incident, sighting, or haunting
* General phenomenon-type pages (using {{tl|PhenomenonInfobox}}), such as [[Precognition]]

== What doesn't belong here ==
* Pages about a specific person — file those in [[:Category:People|People]] instead
* Pages about a place — file those in [[:Category:Hub Pages|Hub Pages]] instead
* Pages about a TV series, film, or other media coverage — file those in [[:Category:In The Media|In The Media]] instead
* The academic or investigative study of these phenomena as a discipline — file that in [[:Category:Parapsychology|Parapsychology]] instead

[[Category:The Vault]]

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Believer, skeptic, or just here for the stories — dig in.

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Believer, skeptic, or just here for the stories — dig in.

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}}



== Did You Know? ==

{{DidYouKnow
|Kent has the second-highest number of official UFO sightings of any county in the UK, behind only London?
|the ghost story at Reculver Towers was later confirmed by an actual archaeological find beneath the ruins?
|Pluckley's "Screaming Woods" get their name from reports of disembodied screams heard by visitors for decades?
}}

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== Contribute a Case ==

Got a story, a local legend, or a sighting that belongs in The Vault? Post it in the Facebook Group and we'll help turn the best member stories into full entries — or, if you have an account here, start a page yourself. Please read the '''[[Vault:Style Guide|Style Guide]]''' first so new entries stay consistent with the rest of the archive.

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'''The Vault''' is the root category for the entire archive. It has no parent — every other category on the wiki either sits directly beneath it or descends from one that does.

The Vault splits into two broad kinds of thing: content about paranormal subject matter itself, and the categories that organise cross-references between pages rather than representing a subject in their own right.

== Subcategories ==
* [[:Category:Reported Phenomena|Reported Phenomena]] — ghosts and hauntings, cryptids and folklore, UFOs and sightings, and psychic phenomena
* [[:Category:Parapsychology|Parapsychology]] — the academic and investigative study of paranormal phenomena
* [[:Category:People|People]] — mediums, researchers, investigators, and TV personalities
* [[:Category:In The Media|In The Media]] — television, film, radio, and newspaper coverage of paranormal subject matter
* [[:Category:Hub Pages|Hub Pages]] — county, regional, and thematic overview pages that cross-reference the case files above

== Filing conventions ==
* This is the only category on the wiki with no `|parent=` value in its infobox and no `[[Category:...]]` tag at the bottom — every other category page should have both
* New top-level subject areas (a sixth branch alongside the five above) get filed here directly; anything narrower belongs under one of the five instead

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