DEREK ACORAH'S GHOST TOWNS

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Before his career as a medium, Acorah played as a footballer, and was once on the books of Liverpool, but his career was cut short by injury. Fielding, who owned the production company that made Most Haunted with her husband, Karl Beattie, said: “We tell people everything is real, then it turns out he was a fake, so he had to go.” Savage, Wayne (8 February 2011). "Acorah shares memories of his Liverpool days". East Anglia Daily Times . Retrieved 25 March 2020. As you’d expect from an inn that was built over 300 years ago, the remote and atmospheric Shipwright’s Armshas a few tales to tell. But think there aren’t some spine-tingling spooks in our very own historic market town of Faversham? Think again. As we come up to Halloween, let’s take a look at some of the town’s most haunted places and their ghostly occupants… Follow Diana’s Walk in Bysing Wood

In May 2012, Acorah claimed to have received a psychic message from Madeleine McCann via a 'spirit guide', stating that the child had died some time ago but would soon be reincarnated. [28] After widespread media outrage, Acorah used the same newspaper to publish an apology to McCann's parents. [28] When asked why it had taken him five years to offer his services, Derek insisted: "It was in my mind to go over and search for Madeleine when she first disappeared but there were already four mediums over there.In 2012 he apologised to the family of Madeleine McCann after claiming to have received a psychic message from their missing daughter saying she was dead. Acorah's first television appearance was on the satellite TV channel Granada Breeze in 1996. During his five years with the channel, he began with Livetime before later appearing weekly on Psychic Livetime. He also appeared on Predictions which started out as a showcase for various studio guests but later became a vehicle for Acorah alone and renamed Predictions with Derek Acorah. [14] [15] Next came his appearance in the Most Haunted pilot Haunting Truths (2001), followed by The Antiques Ghost Show (2003), Psychic Live (2003), Quest for Guy Fawkes (2005), Paranormal Egypt (2007), Derek Acorah (2009) and the second series of The Past Hunters (2015). In 2004 Acorah won the Variety Club of Great Britain’s Multichannel TV Personality of the Year award. These and many more haunting hotspots are covered in Griselda Cann Musset’s excellent book “ Ghost Stories from Faversham”. Fancy popping to a local pub for a Halloween pint – and getting a bit of ghoul-spotting thrown in for free?

Derek Acorah banned from driving after Southport crash". BBC News. 12 March 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014 . Retrieved 20 March 2014. a b "TV psychic Derek Acorah apologises for 'Maddie is dead' claim". The Daily Telegraph. 16 May 2012. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017 . Retrieved 4 April 2018. His fame was confirmed with a cameo appearance as himself in the 2006 Doctor Who story Army of Ghosts, about an epidemic of ghouls. He came fourth in the 2017 series of Celebrity Big Brother and was parodied by Dawn French, in the guise of Dawnie Acorah, in a 2004 episode of French and Saunders, and by Jon Culshaw in the TV series Dead Ringers a year later. a b Bainton, Roy (2013). The Mammoth Book of Unexplained Phenomena: From Bizarre Biology to Inexplicable Astronomy. Constable & Robinson Ltd. pp.120–. ISBN 9781780337968. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.She wrote: "To the vile couple who hounded him for responses to their ridiculous campaign whilst he was in Intensive Care in a coma, I hope you have the decency to hang your heads in shame. But it’s one sailor in particular – the captain of a Dutch boat in the 19th century – that makes this place a particular haunting hotspot. Celebrity Quitters - Channel 5". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015 . Retrieved 26 February 2017. I would ask the world of spirits in the area what happened and anything I found out I would pass over to police to help with their investigation. TV medium Derek Acorah dies aged 69". BBC News. BBC. 4 January 2020. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020 . Retrieved 4 January 2020.