Video LoadingVideo UnavailableClick to playTap to playThe video will auto-play soon8CancelPlay nowGet daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inboxMore Newsletters SubscribePlease enter a valid emailSomething went wrong, please try again later.More NewslettersWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More infoThank you for subscribing!We have more newslettersShow me See OurPrivacy Notice See OurPrivacy Notice×Group 28 Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inboxInvalid emailSomething went wrong, please try again later.Sign UpNo thanks, closeWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info×Group 28Thank you for subscribing!We have more newslettersShow MeNo thanks, closeSee our
Privacy NoticeIt’s not every day you get to visit the UK’s most celebrated female ghost hunter to have a go at contacting the dead – nor can you expect to have a full-blown conversation with a loved one who’s passed on. But that’s exactly what happened when I met Yvette Fielding. The former Blue Peter presenter, I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here campmate and Most Haunted icon invited us into her quirky Cheshire home in the hope of showing us the amazing power of the spirit world. “Speaking to spirits is a blessing,” she explains, as she whips up coffees in the kitchen. “It’s so important to give people comfort that their loved ones are at peace. They’re not gone – they’re in paradise but they’re also with you.” For decades, Yvette and her husband Karl Beattie, 59, have been touring the country to find Britain’s haunting hotspots and scare the pants off viewers watching from the safety of their sofas. The show has garnered Yvette serious status within the paranormal community, evidence of which can be viewed in her downstairs loo in the form of multiple awards and accolades. “Oh yes, the house is haunted,” she chimes while pulling down balloons and banners from ancient wooden beams and urging guests to eat leftover chocolate cake. “Sorry, it was my 54th birthday. Karl, can you get the ouija board out of the van?” among the streamers and bright birthday cards sit incredible artefacts showing off the home’s centuries-old history – including a mummified cat found under the bathtub.
Yvette welcomed OK! into her home
(Image: ReachPLC/Andrew Price)
Read More
Related Articles
‘We share our home with ghost Dave, who named our baby and even plays with him’
Read More
Related Articles
Best celebrity Halloween decorations from Mrs Hinch’s flowers to Kourtney Kardashian’s skeletons
“We removed the cat once and all hell broke loose. Everything that could go wrong did. It was placed there to protect the house, so there it will stay,” Yvette states, very matter-of-factly. Other house guests include the spirit of a cavalier called Charles Deacon – murdered by the Roundheads during the English Civil War – and two small children called Master Benjamin and Elizabeth. “When we moved in 20 years ago, we’d hear knocking at the door but there’d be no one there and we’d nd the kitchen chairs stacked on top of the table in a pyramid,” recalls Yvette, who has two grown-up children. “At night we’d wake to a little voice chanting ‘Mummy’ but the kids were fast asleep. Mum won’t stay here because she was woken up by a man in black standing over her and she heard someone screaming in the utility room, trying to get out.” Yvette isn’t comfortable with being home alone either and sets a few boundaries to make sure things don’t go bump in the night.
Yvette doesn’t like being home alone
(Image: ReachPLC/Andrew Price)
“I tell them, ‘I’m on my own and you know I get freaked out, so be nice,’” she laughs. But sometimes, the cheeky spirit children have other ideas. “Recently, I was home alone watching TV and heard creaking floorboards outside the bedroom door. I whipped my samurai sword out from under the bed [thinking it was a burglar] and shouted, ‘There’s nothing for you here, go away.’” That’s when she realised it was Elizabeth. “I was so shaken and scolded her out loud. Those floorboards never creaked again. But in the next seance, the spirits tapped out ‘Elizabeth was scared, apologise.’ So I had to say sorry!” While the house does have its creepy moments, there’s no bad energy. Every spirit is good – and that includes Yvette’s late father, Alan, who died after suffering a heart attack in 2008. Yvette calls him her guardian angel, who helps spirits make contact during a seance.
Yvette lives in the home with her husband Karl
(Image: Instagram/RealyFielding)
“We set a place for him at the table on my 40th birthday and heard lots of knocking, and when we later looked back at photos taken that day, we saw a blue orb above my head. We zoomed in and we were stunned to see Dad’s face. “I know nothing bad will ever happen to me because he’s right there by my side. I often chat to him out loud and he’ll make noises in return. Once, he called me a skinny cow for dieting! He was a real character and that hasn’t changed.” The spirit world became a huge part of Yvette’s life when she signed up for Most Haunted in 2002. For 25 seasons, the spooky show followed Yvette around historic sites in the hope of catching spirits on camera and she now invites fans to special ghost-hunting events around the country. “Most Haunted scared the pants off me, too,” she admits. “I’ve always feared that a spirit might follow me home. After horrific investigations, I keep the lights on and watch a Disney movie like Mary Poppins or Winnie-The-Pooh. You’ll never catch me watching The Exorcist!”
“After investigations, I keep lights on and watch Disney. You’ll never catch me watching The Exorcist!”
(Image: ReachPLC/Andrew Price)
Yvette’s first paranormal experience happened when she was in her late twenties. She woke up at her mum’s to see a young man in a military uniform chopped in half from the waist down. “In the Second World War, the nearby railway line was used to transport troops. One lad didn’t want to fight, so he threw himself off the train and got cut in half – that’s the man I saw at the foot of the bed.” If you’re trying to contact the dead, the trick is to be open- minded, says Yvette, as spirits draw strength from our positive energy. “I believe we move to another plane, depending on how we live our lives. That’s why bad spirits might stick around – they’re scared of what awaits them,” says Yvette. “When I die, I hope I can come back and tell you all what happens. And perhaps I’ll scare the prime minister while I’m at it!” The Ripper Of Whitechapel by Yvette Fielding (Andersen Press, £7.99) is out now READ NEXT: Most Haunted star Yvette Fielding ‘burst into tears’ when she saw the footage her husband Karl Beattie captured of a ghost Mrs Hinch divides fans with bargain Halloween makeover at Farmhouse after pumpkin ‘mess’ The best celebrity Halloween costumes through the years from Holly Willoughby to Kim Kardashian ‘Freaky footsteps, flying scissors and growling spirits haunt our new build home’ For the latest real life and showbiz exclusives, sign up to our daily OK! newsletter Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnYvette FieldingInside HomesReal Life
