Just a quick entry.

As many of know, I am fascinated with the living TV program "Most Haunted".

The program is now in it's second series and this year they have altered things slightly.

They now have Phil Whyman as the scientist/expert and Richard Felix as the "onsite" historian, which is good as it gives added credence to the "readings" of the programs Spirit Medium, Derek Acorah, and then finishing the program with an expert "sceptic" commenting on what had happened in that particualr program.

The first three programs have been fairly good, with the program from Tutbury Castle being particularly good.

However the program last night, from Londons' The House of Dentention, Clerkenwell. This is, or was, and underground detention centre for prisoners before they were moved onto other places. The site, although now deserted, is over 300 years old, and has been the site of many a foul deed and misdemeanor. It has a history of investigations being left incomplete because the people involved felt compelled to leave. Derek had already described several incidents, explosions and spirit contacts. And then the program got a little disturbing (or rather a lot). From the start, it was obvious that this place had a forbidding atmosphere, something obviously was wrong.

Derek picked up a malevolent spirit that went round threaten to harm the whole team. Parts of the investigation had to be cut out because it could not be transmitted because it was so graphic. This was getting really nasty. And then one of the group (Karl who is one of the program producers) appeared to have been physically hit. You could see him fall forward, although there was no one near him - he even had a mark on his head where he had been "struck".

I know this is "just" a TV program - but this was something else.