The ghost in the living room

摘要

Twenty years ago, a Halloween television programme was introduced with these dramatic words: 'No creaking gates, no gothic towers, no shuttered windows... Yet for the past 10 months this house has been the focus of an astonishing barrage of supernatural activity' For 90 minutes there followed a dramatised investigation of 'the most haunted house in Britain' led by a team of well-known television presenters. Viewers of Ghostwatch were taken into an unexceptional three-bedroomed terraced house in Northolt, compelled to watch as paranormal phenomena gradually began to overwhelm its residents and investigators. Presented as 'live' television (although you can watch the continuity announcement at www.ghostwatchbtc.com), the BBC's switchboard was swamped with thousands of calls from viewers unaware it was drama not reality.