In 1992, BBC ran a fake live ghost hunt and freaked out viewers

Boing Boing reports that in nineteen ninety-two, the BBC broadcast what looked like a live investigation of a haunted house in a London suburb, with presenter Michael Parkinson anchoring from the studio and Sarah Greene reporting from the family's home. But it was scripted drama, recorded weeks before. What made it convincing enough to alarm viewers was the production itself — real presenters, actual BBC camera operators, and the network's familiar call-in number, the same one people knew from Saturday children's programming.

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