Classic Movies Live – Season 5, Episode 14: Ghostwatch
On October 31st, 1992, BBC1 aired a special news program about a haunting. It would air only once. Ghostwatch is often held up alongside War of the Worlds as one of the most successful pranks in the history of broadcast entertainment. An hour and a ha
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On October 31st, 1992, BBC1 aired a special news program about a haunting. It would air only once.
Ghostwatch is often held up alongside War of the Worlds as one of the most successful pranks in the history of broadcast entertainment. An hour and a half television movie starring famous newscasters aired as a special report, Ghostwatch successfully fooled many in the UK into believing they'd just witnessed a real haunting. How did it work? Would it still work today? Was it a morally ok thing to do in the first place?
This week on Classic Movies Live!, our hosts break down Ghostwatch! Joining us today is Calum Macnab of Scaretroducing! Calum was most recently heard on Season 4, Episode 48: Year in Review 2023, and before that all the way back in 2022 on Kickin' It With Kendrick, Episode 25: The Day Shall Come. For more of Calum, check out Scaretroducing on Twitter, Instagram, and Spotify, among other places!