Post by Jacks on Jul 31, 2005 11:59:24 GMT
Yvette Fielding’s house is without water on the day of the OK photo shoot. It would make sense to blame a burst water main but seeing as we’re in one of the most haunted houses in Cheshire and Yvette is currently hosting a TV show about ghosts, maybe there’s a spookier reason for the water shortage mystery.
Yvette, who shot to fame when she became the youngest ever host of Blue Peter in 1987 at just 17, lives in the beautiful Tudor house with husband Karl Beattie and their two children Mary and William. Yvette, 36, now presents Living TV’s cult hit show Most Haunted, a program that visits Britain’s most haunted places in search of paranormal activity. Karl 40, also works on the show as cameraman and producer. They spoke to OK about the ghosts that haunt their home, the chilling experiences while making the Most Haunted series and hw Karl proposed to Yvette on live TV…..
Is your house haunted?
Yvette: While we were in America our friends house-sat for us and they were terrified. They were asleep in our room one night and the bed sheets were pulled off them. Their car keys kept being moved. Every time they went out the front door, it would slam behind them and the bolt would slide across - luckily they had the key to the back door. Sometimes when I’m up in the bathroom the latch on the door bangs up and down.
Karl: I was in the lounge watching TV and I heard people walking around in the kitchen. I got up to look but there was no one there.
Does that scare you?
Karl: David Wells, one of the mediums on the show, came over to do a reading and told us there was nothing bad there.
Yvette: We know nothing horrible has happened here. If it did get sinister then I would move. Our daughter Mary, who’s five is fine about it but our son William, who’s 11 doesn’t like it and wouldn’t leave my side when we first moved here. It worries us as parents, but we try to explain the logic behind it.
With all these strange happenings, why do you stay here?
Karl: The house is named after two prominent people who lived here hundreds of years ago called William and Mary; those are the names of our children. We have a connection to the house. We feel we belong here, almost as though we’re meant to be here.
Most Haunted is a huge hit. What’s been the scariest moment during filming?
Yvette: The most exciting paranormal activity was a show we filmed in America recently. The TV turned on and off, taps turned on and off, a glass moved around a table on its own and billiard balls flew across the room.
Were you scared?
I wasn’t actually. I know it’s a cliché but it was like being on a roller coaster ride. At the start you’re excited and a bit nervous. In the middle you’re desperate to get off. But then once it’s over you want to do it again - it’s a kick.
Some critics say you’re a ‘scaredy cat’….
Yvette: Yes, but they’re not the ones sat in a dark room doing a ouija board.
The show has an incredibly loyal fan base, doesn’t it?
Karl: Yes, tickets for a live show we did were sold on eBay for £760. We even had a girl wearing a Most Haunted t-shirt going through our bins.
So, from your experience, do ghosts exist?
Karl: I am the most sceptical person on the show but I do believe ghosts exist. What we’re trying to find out is what they are. Are they electro-magnetic field fluctuations, a product of our imagination, a spirit of a dead person or some other force we don’t understand?
How did you come up with the idea for the show?
Karl: It was a wet Sunday afternoon and we had a friend over for a drink. He told us about this haunted house he’d visited. That was it, we stayed up until 4am sketching out the idea for the show.
Yvette: The Blair Witch Project came out at the same time and we both loved that film. We thought it’d be great to do a raw TV show about ghosts.
Yvette, did you ever report ghost stories on Blue Peter?
No, we weren’t allowed. We weren’t even allowed to celebrate Halloween because it was thought to be inappropriate.
What first got you interested in ghosts?
Yvette: It was when I lived with my mum. There was some weird stuff going on in her house. I woke up one night and saw a man with no legs at the end of my bed wearing a World War Two soldier’s uniform. I screamed the house down. I talked to local historians and discovered that the house was built on the site of a graveyard with a train track nearby. I then found out that in World War Two a soldier threw himself off a train near the house and was chopped in half.
Which dead celebrity would you like to contact through a medium?
Karl: I’d have to say Elvis. I’m a massive fan.
Yvette: I’d say Marilyn Monroe. I’d love to know what happened at the end of her life.
How did you two meet?
Yvette: Six years ago we worked together on the BBC1 show City Hospital. I kept telling the show’s producers to hire Karl to work on the days I was working.
Karl: Eventually, I got pulled up by a producer who said “For God’s sake, ask Yvette out!”
How did you pop the question?
Karl: I proposed live on City Hospital. Someone had their finger on the mute button in case Yvette yelled out a swear word when I asked her to marry me!
Yvette: I wish I’d known that he was going to ask me because I would have worn something a bit nicer!
From OK Magazine - April 12, 2005
Yvette, who shot to fame when she became the youngest ever host of Blue Peter in 1987 at just 17, lives in the beautiful Tudor house with husband Karl Beattie and their two children Mary and William. Yvette, 36, now presents Living TV’s cult hit show Most Haunted, a program that visits Britain’s most haunted places in search of paranormal activity. Karl 40, also works on the show as cameraman and producer. They spoke to OK about the ghosts that haunt their home, the chilling experiences while making the Most Haunted series and hw Karl proposed to Yvette on live TV…..
Is your house haunted?
Yvette: While we were in America our friends house-sat for us and they were terrified. They were asleep in our room one night and the bed sheets were pulled off them. Their car keys kept being moved. Every time they went out the front door, it would slam behind them and the bolt would slide across - luckily they had the key to the back door. Sometimes when I’m up in the bathroom the latch on the door bangs up and down.
Karl: I was in the lounge watching TV and I heard people walking around in the kitchen. I got up to look but there was no one there.
Does that scare you?
Karl: David Wells, one of the mediums on the show, came over to do a reading and told us there was nothing bad there.
Yvette: We know nothing horrible has happened here. If it did get sinister then I would move. Our daughter Mary, who’s five is fine about it but our son William, who’s 11 doesn’t like it and wouldn’t leave my side when we first moved here. It worries us as parents, but we try to explain the logic behind it.
With all these strange happenings, why do you stay here?
Karl: The house is named after two prominent people who lived here hundreds of years ago called William and Mary; those are the names of our children. We have a connection to the house. We feel we belong here, almost as though we’re meant to be here.
Most Haunted is a huge hit. What’s been the scariest moment during filming?
Yvette: The most exciting paranormal activity was a show we filmed in America recently. The TV turned on and off, taps turned on and off, a glass moved around a table on its own and billiard balls flew across the room.
Were you scared?
I wasn’t actually. I know it’s a cliché but it was like being on a roller coaster ride. At the start you’re excited and a bit nervous. In the middle you’re desperate to get off. But then once it’s over you want to do it again - it’s a kick.
Some critics say you’re a ‘scaredy cat’….
Yvette: Yes, but they’re not the ones sat in a dark room doing a ouija board.
The show has an incredibly loyal fan base, doesn’t it?
Karl: Yes, tickets for a live show we did were sold on eBay for £760. We even had a girl wearing a Most Haunted t-shirt going through our bins.
So, from your experience, do ghosts exist?
Karl: I am the most sceptical person on the show but I do believe ghosts exist. What we’re trying to find out is what they are. Are they electro-magnetic field fluctuations, a product of our imagination, a spirit of a dead person or some other force we don’t understand?
How did you come up with the idea for the show?
Karl: It was a wet Sunday afternoon and we had a friend over for a drink. He told us about this haunted house he’d visited. That was it, we stayed up until 4am sketching out the idea for the show.
Yvette: The Blair Witch Project came out at the same time and we both loved that film. We thought it’d be great to do a raw TV show about ghosts.
Yvette, did you ever report ghost stories on Blue Peter?
No, we weren’t allowed. We weren’t even allowed to celebrate Halloween because it was thought to be inappropriate.
What first got you interested in ghosts?
Yvette: It was when I lived with my mum. There was some weird stuff going on in her house. I woke up one night and saw a man with no legs at the end of my bed wearing a World War Two soldier’s uniform. I screamed the house down. I talked to local historians and discovered that the house was built on the site of a graveyard with a train track nearby. I then found out that in World War Two a soldier threw himself off a train near the house and was chopped in half.
Which dead celebrity would you like to contact through a medium?
Karl: I’d have to say Elvis. I’m a massive fan.
Yvette: I’d say Marilyn Monroe. I’d love to know what happened at the end of her life.
How did you two meet?
Yvette: Six years ago we worked together on the BBC1 show City Hospital. I kept telling the show’s producers to hire Karl to work on the days I was working.
Karl: Eventually, I got pulled up by a producer who said “For God’s sake, ask Yvette out!”
How did you pop the question?
Karl: I proposed live on City Hospital. Someone had their finger on the mute button in case Yvette yelled out a swear word when I asked her to marry me!
Yvette: I wish I’d known that he was going to ask me because I would have worn something a bit nicer!
From OK Magazine - April 12, 2005