In 1992, BBC ran a fake live ghost hunt and freaked out viewers
by Ellsworth Toohey from Boing Boing on (#77BHS)
On Halloween night in 1992, BBC1 broadcast what looked like a live investigation of a haunted house in a London suburb, with Michael Parkinson anchoring from the studio and Sarah Greene reporting from the family's living room. Ghostwatch was scripted drama, recorded weeks earlier, but it used real presenters, actual BBC camera operators, and the network's standard call-in number - the one viewers knew from Saturday morning children's shows. - Read the rest
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