1975: Meet THE GHOST HUNTERS | Classic BBC Documentaries | BBC Archive

[@dogstar5927]

My roommate thinks my house is haunted, but I haven’t seen anything unusual in the 275 years that I’ve been here…

[@pupskin123]

That's brilliant 😅😂😅😂x

[@FrithonaHrududu02127]

That was good.

[@malcolmdaniel4462]

😂😂😂😂

[@BeesWaxMinder]

@@dogstar5927 😜

[@kirstm.2215]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MichaelShafer-td8ew]

PLEASE, keep the classic (pre-1980s) paranormal documentaries coming. Fantastic!

[@bradpaul8576]

British eccentricity at its finest. I was fascinated by ghosts as a child in that era. The world was still full of mystery and wonder.

[@gwheregwhizz]

That comb over is terrifying. If I was a poltergeist, I would see lifting it as a challenge.

[@The_Moonstone321]

😂

[@JJONNYREPP]

1975: Meet THE GHOST HUNTERS | Classic BBC Documentaries | BBC Archive 20.11.24 0847AM looks like robert robinson - arch irate chap who is probably responsible for the poltergeist activity his lookalike is investigating. a case of the man who haunted himself...

[@ClearLight1967]

Good to see this again nearly fifty years on, those of us who grew up in the sixties and seventies were lucky to live in a more mysterious world thanks to programmes like this.

[@FrithonaHrududu02127]

I'm not generally a big believer in anything but I did have one experience that I absolutely can't explain away. And there are at least 3 other people who experienced it with me. It was absolutely the creepiest thing I've ever experienced and it has a really strange sequel and addendum.

[@davidmccann9811]

​@@FrithonaHrududu02127 You don't believe in anything?

[@FrithonaHrududu02127]

@davidmccann9811 all I meant was that I'm not a person that necessarily believes in the afterlife. I haven't been waiting my whole life to see a ghost

[@FrithonaHrududu02127]

@davidmccann9811 why do you ask? I do believe in God. Belief in God makes mathematical sense

[@grahamt19781]

Pretty sure there's an abundance of this bogus ghost hunting media on tap in this day and age if you really want it.

[@Jab7581]

I was born August 1975, god I really wish we could turn the clocks back to those times the world was such a better place back then .

[@Lab4Official]

These are gold, well done BBC Archive.

[@BeesWaxMinder]

About 14 minutes in… These were the days when unaccompanied children could just wander over to some guy's house they've never met; knock on the door and be shown "murder weapons" and be told that their clubhouse is haunted! Ah those simple times are long gone and nowadays we're too busy protecting our kids😂

[@HarryLoveTV]

It’s the BBC… that’s probably quite normal in their circles

[@BeesWaxMinder]

@@HarryLoveTV🤭 I shouldn't laugh but it's very true -probably you're right🫣

[@PrivateBenjamin-vw8xy]

I'm just at that part and couldn't quite believe it!

[@tinamartin8890]

I'm with you there. I remember 1974 wandering into my nans house when she was sitting round a table with a few other family members openly playing the ouija board, never mind a 7 year old has just walked in 🤣

[@moominmay]

@@BeesWaxMinderjokes aside, it’s so lovely to see actually. I was an 80s baby but I recall people and neighbours just talking more to each other then. I remember knocking on the door of a retired couple a few doors down in the terraced street I lived in because they had the prettiest garden I’d ever seen and was curious as to what their house was like inside. So I took myself down there and asked like a little madam haha to be shown around- and they did! I was only about 6! 😅

[@DarrenNormalParanormal]

I think you should make a special 50 anniversary of the documentary and revisit all these places with modern day ghost hunters and the occupants without telling them about the original documentary and see if they have the same answers to the same questions 50 years on.

[@Sapphireice8]

Great idea 💡

[@kevster2171]

Yeah, I'm sure the spirits of the 1970s ghost hunters would be happy to show up to prove themselves right!

[@DarrenNormalParanormal]

i think you miss read comment.

[@kevster2171]

@@DarrenNormalParanormal No, I just added my own interpretation. It would be interesting for modern ghost hunters to summon the spirits of their predecessors in the same locations

[@darrenpearce6617]

Everything was spooky on BBC in those days. Denholm Elliot in The Signalman, The Exorcism with Clive Swift, MR James at Christmas, Robin Redbreast, Leap Into the Dark, Menace, Louis Jordan as Dracula, Westcountry Tales, A Christmas Carol with Michael Hordern, Supernatural with Billie Whitelaw as Countess werewolf's wife, Brimstone and Treacle.

[@Potionette81]

Not forgetting 'The Stone Tape'!

[@incredibleflameboy]

​@@Potionette81not sure if you've seen it but Nigel kneale wrote a series called beasts which on KZbin. Every episode deals with a different "beast" but during Barry's party is by far my favourite.

[@darrenpearce6617]

@@incredibleflameboy Watched that one only a week ago and Elizabeth Sellars was brilliant in it.

[@PaulH-hl5hw]

now bbc itself is creepy..as it attempts to brainwash the sheep

[@lucyw.7597]

we still have MR James at xmas... i loved that Dracula...the only one that's ever bettered it was the most recent BBC one.

[@swanvictor887]

less than a minute in and I was amused to see the cameraman change his position to get a clearer look....of Vicky! lol. Don't blame him lol.

[@lucyw.7597]

Marvellous green 70's eyeshadow!

[@darkmysterytemple]

The people were all very articulate with beautiful accents. What happened ? Now its all swearing with poor grammar.

[@jjboswell5043]

*It's *what happened? (No space)

[@sianwarwick633]

Place is falling to bits and they blame poltergeists. Oh god, the negative ion pistol. Imagine people saying that today

[@derrickstott5231]

Of all the paranormal video's on youtube, this is the only one - the only one - that is genuine.

[@JamesLMason]

"I'm just going to tap on this wall for no reason at all to fill some time whilst you're talking"

[@marilynn76]

My 2nd great grandparents lived in Leeds in the 1890s/1900's, and they used to wander around the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey and frighten each other.

[@Abertaweman]

This is excellent. Thank you BBC Archive. Please can you upload Hugh Burnett's other paranormal BBC docs including "Out of this World" from 1977

[@1minigrem]

I remember watching this as a child, I have thought about it on and off for years, wishing I could see it again. Thank you for putting it on your channel.

[@ksay7649]

i was very tiny when this was shown, it scared the life out of me !

[@teddy1066]

If ghosts can flicker lights and move stuff around, they can vacuum and use a mop. My place is filthy.

[@RinpochesRose]

Chap’s shirt at 39mins is truly Supernatural.

[@76ToneCrome]

Who ya gonna call...not these.

[@Noblerot1830]

😅😅

[@michaelturner4457]

ROFL!!

[@jasonayres]

(21:15) ...Ghost buses?

[@julianhill8840]

I remember seeing this as a child and I have never forgotten it.

[@dieselgav]

A book, "The World of the Unknown: Ghosts," published by Usborne in the early 1980s, adorned most school libraries during that period. I was doing seances aged 8 with a homemade board!

[@MountainRaven1960]

12:42 Bill Nighy lookalike! Even sounds and behaves like him! 28:04 “it’s extremely tame’ says the woman about the butterfly. What was she expecting, a vicious butterfly?!?

[@JJONNYREPP]

1975: Meet THE GHOST HUNTERS | Classic BBC Documentaries | BBC Archive 0849am 20.11.24 i seem to be watching this again. it would seem... as much as i pooh pooh this - i don't believe, sir. i do find people who do immensely interesting, though. the mind is an odd cove and can do amazing things - such as have you believe the otherworld exists... and ve have folk come to blows re: believing and not believing. only liberal minds need interact with this dude, sir.

[@moominmay]

*THANK YOU* BBC Archives - we’ve been asking for full episodes alongside the little snippets and you’ve delivered! 🙂

[@leederbazoid]

@ about 31 minutes…” a Priest can be identified by his special habit “ …me “i bet he could “ !

[@gillygillyyt55]

😆😅😂🤣😭

[@gillygillyyt55]

Dirty habit 😂

[@bugandbay]

Those mains powered vibrators are powerful & noisy things, I remember the neighbours would always be complaining about the wife’s 🤡

[@Resilio67]

Great old documentary about ghosts 👍 Thanks for uploading.

[@Cameraman61]

It's the living you need to be scared of - not the dead.

[@Tony_7791]

Load of bollocks. But the real question is, how did Mr Benson 'tatty' Herbert manage to get that hot assistant Vicki to work with him?

[@philiphuntley8277]

@14.14. Amazed that he hasn't dug up the spot to find out.

[@JohnRyan-f2n]

Ohh oh , when I saw those young boys appear in that house and I realised that this is a BBC production, I got the creeps.

[@johnturner1073]

lol 😂

[@seanoconnor5737]

I was expecting jimmy Savile to appear from behind the door. "Now then now then"

[@benholmes1608]

"Every year... A red admiral butterfly always appears on the stage during rehearsal or during the pantomime season...Here are the photographs" "A red admiral?" "No - it's not a red admiral; it''s tortoise shell" "And it's always a tortoise shell?" "It's always one tortoise shell." If you're going to lie, at least be consistent!

[@JJONNYREPP]

1975: Meet THE GHOST HUNTERS | Classic BBC Documentaries | BBC Archive 20.11.24 0911am how come people like the Montefury's could wander aimlessly about the place without undue hassles and now.............nowhere...gone! as if in a puff of smoke. as for the butterfly... i always wondered how long a butterfly could live without it being subject to undue predatory activity by extraneous forces. though i surmise the theatre would have been rife with spiders? strange... maybe, akin to bees, if you do not destroy them and maybe place them on flowers to feed on the nectar, they return to the place which they found an amiable watering hole...? hmmmmmm.. ok...

[@leederbazoid]

It is perfectly normal to see Butterflys in winter

[@iangallager4091]

the people interviewed were all so relaxed unlike many very staged self conscious interviews we see today

[@lucyw.7597]

This is exactly the sort of stuff i was obsessed by at 12, in 1975! Hilarious seeing it now...still fascinated by this stuff, but more by how human minds can convince us things are true that are inventions of our own brains! Love the fellow with the bizarre accent & the massive sunglasses! We used to accept the most loony looking people as sensible on tv in the 70's! He talks like some character off Vic & Bob!

[@Totallyunderrated-1]

Totally underrated

[@steadyeddie7]

Im guessing wearing sunglasses indoors makes you a proper "ghost hunter" these fools are more scary than the ghosts!

[@MountainRaven1960]

He probably found the recording lights troublesome.

[@fellspoint9364]

As well as his permanent hangover….

[@gillygillyyt55]

Boo

[@ulsteredz]

Is there any chance you'll upload the BBC London piece on the Highgate Vampire from late 1970 - featuring David Farrant and Sean Manchester?

[@View2Go]

Ironically most of these starring in this documentary are now ghosts

[@RamblesBrambles]

Ive asked Him to show Himself to me...nothing

[@80SWoods]

I don’t trust people wearing tinted glasses indoors.

[@vermilliongecko]

Some of us have to due to cataracts. Get over your prejudice.

[@JJONNYREPP]

1975: Meet THE GHOST HUNTERS | Classic BBC Documentaries | BBC Archive 0922am 20.11.24 ghostly or spirit based naturalists. form thereon in it's just degradation perversity and horror!! if you can fit it in... allegedly spirits are damn busy these days.....

[@PhilipNoble]

Vicky is nice!

[@Noblerot1830]

Is that a Negative ion pistol in your pocket or are you just pleased to me 😂

[@BeesWaxMinder]

@@Noblerot1830😂

[@reddwarf9202]

Correction: Vicky was nice but alas probably nearly 80 today😂

[@LongJohnSilver-ti6ci]

Up the Gary glitter?

[@PeterUnderwood1923]

0:34:30 Borley segment with Peter Underwood

[@dogstar5927]

Looks like they’re all high on shrooms, ghosts included ! 🤦🏽‍♂️🤣

[@paulj5381]

What ever happened to the great British eccentrics?

[@jonhayes9750]

Gosh, shirts in the seventies were really ....different.

[@johnturner1073]

Happier times...

[@The_Moonstone321]

11:42 mins in, Interviewer: 'What sort of places... buildings or locations have you found in your research?' Andrew: 'an oil refinery in Essex ....Bingo halls..'😂...EYES DOWN!

[@hobosgameplays6607]

16:05 Plugging in a what 😳

[@bonnetdedouche437]

Needs more choc ices...

[@kevster2171]

Oh yes, how I remember the era of nylon shirts, comb overs and whistling dentures... Refreshing though to see a paranormal show without some smartarse with an MA in pop psychology turning up to "debunk" everything

[@HarryLoveTV]

Hello Vicky

[@RamblesBrambles]

Bad DIY skills seem to be responsible for %90 of poltergeist activity...

[@seanoconnor5737]

Wouldn't it be fun if people spoke like that nowadays.

[@dieselgav]

28:35 Katie Rogers from Brookside looks really bored in the background.

[@Nickydo111]

14:55 This fella with these contraptions would fall off his chair if he saw what kind of equipment there is available now, even a smartphone would make him faint i reckon.

[@Roller_Ghoster]

16:08 ooh matron 😮

[@lorrainedalgleish7616]

He could have a hook up with the man with the vibrating hazel stick.

[@robertgraves8843]

No self respecting ghost hunter could do without a glamourus assistant and Mr Herbert was clearly no exception. I'm guessing Vicky would be in her '70s now.....

[@borderlands6606]

Nearly 50 years later, ghost hunters are still using gadgets to try and catch a spook.

[@leederbazoid]

Mr Chodrington Bristleworth

[@LordoftheDuat78]

24:37, the husband and wife, what English accent are they speaking in?

[@LeeMatthews-mk3hx]

That's a cornish accent

[@gillygillyyt55]

Oh Dog (atheist) .... loving these comments. Ribs hurt now.

[@SophieWare-bj5oc]

Benson gives me the creeps…

[@chrisbrougham-v6l]

why is he wearing sunglasses at night?

[@mikerepairsstuff]

When dreaming at night is proof of ghosts, boo!

[@winstoncoolidge1644]

Sounds like Paul Daniel’s

[@bid84]

I had a gay ghost in my old house, he kept putting the willys up me

[@rodkirkbride2230]

I'll get yer coat. 😅

[@gillygillyyt55]

Two gay ghosts....kept putting the willies up each other 😚

[@johnturner1073]

I had a particularly pernicious one...kept telling me to ''Get gout''...I've got me coat...

[@teddy1066]

39:09 Says he saw a ghost for 11 minutes. Sounds like b o l l o c k s

[@JJONNYREPP]

1975: Meet THE GHOST HUNTERS | Classic BBC Documentaries | BBC Archive 0927am 20.11.24 probably saw the ghosts bollocks, also, if the nakedness scenario, as described by our erstwhile reporter, is anything to go by... ghosts taking physical form to have their wicked way with the unwary as they are sat in the bath or some such... can't wait!!!

[@HarcusCGFootballEd]

Well he's not weird at all is he? lol

[@KonSimpl72]

Last phrase uttered in this, sums it up best.

[@JJONNYREPP]

1975: Meet THE GHOST HUNTERS | Classic BBC Documentaries | BBC Archive 0925am 20.11.24 this skit probably gav rise to the song spectre vs rector by the fall. p.s nice to note abscesses are on their way out in this day and age...

[@ProfessionalMusicPartners]

1975 haunting of a parade of well meaning enthusiasts by a poorly dressed, obstinate reporter 🤓

[@gillygillyyt55]

Right 'HERBERT' 😄

[@JJONNYREPP]

1975: Meet THE GHOST HUNTERS | Classic BBC Documentaries | BBC Archive 0932am 20.11.24 sounds like ray cass... only just cottoned on to that. cheers.

[@user-ve3gh5xg9q]

👻👻👻👻😍

[@peaeater1]

Beer was far stronger back then.

[@abenormal9075]

I believe some strange things when I'm drunk

[@heymusiclover1]

I blame 'The Exorcist' ! What was it with people in the 70s and their willingness to go along with all that supernatural nonsense.

[@Venmaylove]

I find it fascinating

[@johnturner1073]

@@Venmaylove Too many people, all over the world, have reported ''experiences'' down the ages for it all to be just fantasies or imagination...

[@stevefield6176]

What an obviously fake accent

[@Allencorgan4951]

16:08😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sophiatomasi5791]

Those were the days when one got to see English people in England