deanna wrote on Aug 6^th, 2006 at 5:20pm:


Sorry Deanna as much as I'd love to believe you common sense shows otherwise. Firstly theres the public statement that he got caught faking the Most Haunted show. Then if you watch his own show 'Derek Acorahs Ghost Towns' it is blatantly obvious how much he fakes it either that or theres a lot of 'grumpy old man' ghosts out that that love posessing Derek. Dont get me wrong I do believe he has some skill but sadly he feels the need to exaggerate it and add showmanship to it which sadly only spoils it.

I'm very confused by this thread.  One is extolling the virtues of a medium.  Another is very critical of same medium.

What does any of this have to do with Afterlife Knowledge?

And, why the negativity?  That just brings us all down.

Honestly, I know nothing of the man myself, have never seen him "work"..

Is this a really necessary thread?

Most of the people here are what would be considered mediums. I just don't see how putting someone down, who is not here to defend themselves, helps anyone.

I stand by my thoughts that this is not a necessary thread..unless Derek himself is going to come here to post.

Hi matt i,ve always liked derek theres just something about him i know derek supposed to have faked a couple of things but he could not have faked everything on most haunted ,anyway i,ve deleted it now  love deanna

Well sorry but I agree with Senote here! Most Spiritual sites I visit have debates about different Mediums and how genuine or Fraudulent they are....Medium,s put themselves in the lime-light and like any Celeb they have people talk about them. It is called *Life *

It has everything to do with Afterlife Knowledge since Mediums claim to contact Spirit in the*Afterlife * I don't think anyone has a right to dictate to anyone here what or what not they should start a thread about. If we all had that attitude then just imagine the bickering that would occur.

Deanna, Juditha, you had no need to delete anything, we all have free speech and Senote or anyone else has a right to reply with their own opinion. And just for the record...I also think Acorah is a Fraud and I would love to say it to his face!!

I wouldn't say fraud but more talented showman, he exagerates or suppliments his gifts for his own benefit rather than the benefit of others.

Shirley wrote on Aug 7^th, 2006 at 9:26pm:


If you live in the UK try and catch his television show its called 'Derek Acorahs Ghost Towns' he also does a live show now and then. His show is 1hr a week and he has a truck that goes town to town, he invites the public into the truth to tell their stories about ghosts and hauntings etc. What makes his show good entertainment for joe public but quite frustrating for those of us with a more serious mind to these things is that literally every week he encounters at least one malevelant spirit who will speak through him and cause him to be quite offensive to others. His truck stopped in my town last year and one of the customers in my shop is a local historian and actually spoke on the show, what they dont tell you is they they research haunted locations prior to filming, ok so maybe its unfair not to expect him to pick locations that will likely generate a hit.

There are other comments that have been made, people have picked massive holes in his live shows, there is a website with it on http://homepage.ntlworld.com/isil.telemnar/Doublexposure/ghost_towns_live.htm. And he has even gone so far as to give advice to people on tv about changing career etc, something that is apparently illegal to do. Possibly the biggest sign he is more materialistic (ie after money) than other more genuine mediums is the simple fact he has his own premium rate psychic hotline.

I am always honest if nothing else and I will say when he was doing the most haunted show it was more watchable with him being posessed regularly and picking up the spirits of evil people than it was in later series with mediums who actually dont get posessed or see evil people everywhere. I personally though want realism rather than entertainment, but since Most Haunted and Ghost Towns are both categorised as 'psychic entertainment' I doubt i'll get that.

Finally, I understand where your coming from that the guy isn't here to defend himself, but he has put himself in this position of celebrity status and that in my mind is a luxury you lose when you take that position.

Shirley wrote on Aug 8^th, 2006 at 3:25pm:


Unfortunately he probably won't appear on BBC, his program, which is the single best example of whats wrong with him is on a cable/commercial satellite channel. In public appearances he comes across as a very genuine very honest medium, its only when he is working on tv (and maybe personal appearances) that the problems arise. Its a real shame because as I say I do feel he has some real talent and he is the kind of man you do feel to be true and honest and do want to believe.

IMHO a much better medium is Gordon Smith, much better hit rate and unlike most tv mediums (he does very little tv and doesnt have his own show ... yet, but did do a season of Most Haunted) he actually has been a real practising Spirtualist medium with the Spiritualist church. Take a look at www.psychicbarber.com he does a monthly online radio show I think.