The BBC Halloween Hoax That Traumatized Viewers

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The BBC Halloween Hoax That Traumatized Viewers

Post by Riddick » 10-11-2016 12:05 AM

A BBC "mocumentary" episdoe about a family besieged by paranormal forces turned out to be a bit too convincing for the network's viewers.

After more than 20,000 phone calls, one induced labor, and thousands of angry letters, the UK's Broadcasting Standards Council convened for a hearing. On June 27, 1995, they ruled that the producers of Ghostwatch, a BBC program that aired on Halloween night less than three years earlier, had deliberately set out to “cultivate a sense of menace.”

Put another way? The BBC had been found to be complicit in scaring 11 million people senseless. What had been intended to be nothing more alarming than an effective horror movie had petrified a country—and would eventually lead to accusations that it was responsible for someone’s death. FULL STORY
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Post by Riddick » 10-27-2022 11:42 AM

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