Ghost Train Haunted Britain - BBC Halloween Documentary, Spooky Journey Around the UK 1989
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- New for 2020 - Hand Typed & Timed Subtitles. I worked hard to improve the audio, it's the best it can be & sounds fine if you can watch on a good TV. Turn the new subtitles on in any event, so that you won't miss a word ;-).
Wonderfully shot around the UK in 1989 and shown on BBC2 as part of their long running & respected '40 Minutes' series. My favourite section is the grand old man with the dragon motif in his ceiling, the music & story are very touching, it's often brought a tear to my eye - Here is the exact piece of music as used in that part of the documentary, it starts at around 38 minutes - • Brahms: "Ein deutsches... .
Most believable story is the man talking about his aunts who were sisters. Watch out for the hilarious little boy talking about his sister, cute doesn't cover it; as to the story of his grandma, I'm not sure about this one, the daughter could have over heard what her grandma was wearing, and the rest is her imagination. I'm not mad about the last part at the airfield, but overall this is an entertaining & well made programme, in vintage BBC style.
Enjoy! - Zábava
These old British programs are so relaxing.
you dont realise how much things have changed in the last 30 years until you watch something like this
Yep. For a start, this is better than ANYTHING produced in 2018.
30 ? 1970 was 48 years ago
@@tylersouza4395 - So what? This documentary wasn't made in 1970!!! It was made in 1989, which is very nearly 30 years ago.
Not for the better
@@kevinbill9574 I agree
this type of documentry is so much better than the ones today like ghost hunters or even worse ghost adventures
There was a series narrated by William Woollard that was shown in the 1990s called Ghost Hunters which remains the best ever program concerning ghosts and the paranormal IMO
I don't think people take this kind of thing very seriously these days - it's more a form of entertainment now than anything people genuinely believe in. Society really has changed. People were much more superstitious and credulous back then.
true, they were more raw, today they are too cheesy and noisy.
I miss tv like this back in the 80s
Your kind comments much appreciated; this is my second upload if this, and it took about 2 days in total to get it in a more watchable state, as the tape it was on was fading fast. Enjoy ;-)
Amazing how good the sound quality.
Appreciate it👑🍰☕.
Thank you for all your work on this. I love getting to see it!
what a pleasure to watch a lovely doco without the modern swearing and 'bleeps' - Thank You 'Chillmax'
Thank you for sharing this gem from the BBC archives. This is a lovely, well made documentary, which I confess, had completely forgotten about. Isn't it a shame that the BBC doesn't produce films like this anymore. Thank you.
Thank you so much for preserving and sharing this! It's fantastic. I love the attitude of the British when it comes to the supernatural. It's so clear headed and normal. No one is screaming about "demons" and making silly assumptions. They just accept that ghosts are people too, and go about their business! And having been to the UK five times in the last six years I can confirm: this entire country is FULL of spirits. Going out at night time - in the middle of town - is an event. Never felt anything like it in my life, and I love it! 🇬🇧💘
How lovely!
Ive had a ghost. More a nusience than scary
“... And having been to the UK five times in the last six years I can confirm: this entire country is FULL of spirits.”
In the history of the UK no one, to my knowledge has even clearly defined what constitutes a ghost. There is no agreed taxonomy for a ghost.
No one in the UK has ever presented evidence that comes close in quality to the evidence we have for say the elusive badger.
Britain is full of badgers. That’s indisputable.
But full of spirits? Really? It’s full of ghost stories.
What is your definition of a spirit?
How are these spirits manifesting themselves, how doe we know they are what you say they are?
hello from
royal hill of tara
county meath
IRELAND
We had a ghost. It would open doors for you, vacuum and do the washing up (when it was in the mood). It was even seen letting the milkman in one day. Why can't all ghosts be like this, rather than throwing saucepans at you and pulling away the bed covers?
Hang on, am I getting confused with my ex-wife here??
I’d rather have old times back any day
agreed 💯
*1970's!*
@@pamelatheriot1 B. N binder 6
Absolutely. I'm with you!
They’ve gone over the top with special effects, but it might be a case of hat you get used to!
Did you hear what The Minister said, "one in ten people will see a ghost even if they don't recognize it". People today spending lots of money on ghost detecting gadgets when all that is required are your senses. Thankyou for this upload.
Yes, that is an interesting & easily missed comment; I wonder what he was referring to exactly, unfortunately we'll never know. You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it.
How can they give a stat like that? It makes no sense.
😂
Thank you. So much better than the absolute rubbish on TV today.
I agree. We don't have a TV. Paying to watch pointless garbage. Finding little gems like this is far better!
That guy at airfield helping was beautiful. Genuine and gracious
It's nice to watch a programme that is so understated
Great old video. I seen my mum about a year after she died. I was on the train and she was at the train station. I thought she go on so I ran thorough the train but I couldn’t find her. This show just reminded me. Anyway take care and stay safe everyone. 24 March 2020. Corona hey day. 🇦🇺👍🏻✝️🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻👍🏻🇦🇺
I definitely heard a ghost train driving in the car through a tunnel on a road which I later learnt used to be a railway tunnel. As myself and a friend entered the tunnel we both heard a train whistle and the faint chug of a train. Later we googled the area and found out the road used to be a railway track. The trains stopped running in 1920
The spooky music is the theme music to the 70's British film called "The Go Between" (based on the book by LP Hartley).
Don't you mean J.R. Hartley (yellow pages )
Love the older ghost documentaries, without some idiots screaming at nothing inside a green lit house.
Love the fact that this series let the people tell their own stories. The questions asked of the interviewees are designed to be open. Today documentaries natter at one the whole time and make judgements.
Thank you for this wonderful documentary! I wish they still made them like this--without all the ridiculous drama, jump scares, and over the top music and effects.
Thanks for the upload ! Great documentary 10x better than ghost documentarys nowadays
+vannburen Indeed, modern ones really could learn a big lesson from this. But this is classic BBC and not many people ever did it like they did!!
Right, and after so many years the technology has so much become better in quality, but these guys nowadays seem to record their footage with a potatoe...
Always loved this kind of documentaries from this era. Everything about it. All of it is to nostalgic. it really hits you with many emotions and memories.
Wonderful stuff. 1989 eh? I was 6yrs old then. It truly was a different world. I've always been fascinated by ghost stories and this is a very well made and mature approach to the subject. It was a joy to watch.
I love these old ghost shows...reminds me of being a child.
I really enjoyed this, especially the final story of the airfield tower haunting. It was fascinating and very humbling watching the quietly unassuming clairsentient's experiences, and how he was able to help the spirit of the aircraftsman pass over, calmly and without a fuss. I personally feel this is a clear sign of an individual with a true psychic gift; as some of the other viewers have pointed out, there were absolutely no gimmicks used in the footage, just the man's skills at work. The whole watching experience was a refreshing contrast to many programmes of today, which rely on the ghost-hunting 'showsmanship' of the presenters with their gadgets, rather than any true ability to communicate with spirits. Thank you, Chillmax!
It's spooky that I was thinking about this documentary just a few weeks ago! I do remember it from the haunting music by Michel Legrand, the girl who saw her grandmother also remained in my mind. What a chilling confirmation at the end of the last haunting from the archives, I'd forgotten that... Lovely to see this again, thank you.
The music was first used in a film called The Go Between starring Alan Bates.
Wow! RIP VHS! I have such fond memories of making my own video tapes by recording tv programmes movies and films. My generation and those before me who did the same thing will know about the LP and SP which is the length and quality at which u can record the footage that's wat was the letters ment at the beginning of this video at the top right of the screen. Amazing how far technology has cone since those days...thanks for the upload..
Well, this was absolutely fantastic. I’m sure I may have watched this when it was broadcast. So, so good to see it again. Such a well made programme. Thank you so much for all the hard work getting it to this quality. The subtitles were top notch. 👍👍👍👍
You're most welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was fun doing the subtitles and it really needed it.
@@thebadtemperedbrit Not if you're from the UK, but Americans wouldn't understand much of what the old lady was saying about Dominic! LOL
@@TheGrumpyGuide The old boy in the house with the dragon is definitely the most difficult to understand. If you can watch this on a good TV it's fine, but people watching on laptop etc, even Brits, will benefit from the subs! Happy Halloween 🦇
I always remembered the RAF control tower ghost item, which I first saw around 25 years ago and I always said that if it hadn't been for the gifted Eddie Burke, the spirit of that poor airman would still be earthbound to this day. However, if Eddie hadn't called in the people from the spirit world to come and take the airman into the light, it seems they wouldn't have helped the airman, What kind of an incompetant system is that? They should have helped the airman anyway years earlier.
@@andrewestbrook4473 what If he didn’t know he was dead? In that case it would seem it’s an unfair system
I once visited what remains of a U.S.A.F. base in Norfolk.It had the most intense atmosphere like standing next to a very powerful electric generator.
I know the experience of deteriorating tapes only too well. So thank you for your patience in doing this for us watchers, you have done a great job! :-)
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it, but I'm afraid this is all there is from me. 40 minutes was a very long running strand, of mostly excellent films, the BBC really should repeat them, maybe late night BBC2 or 4, they're budgets are tight for the moment, so why not? ;-)
Thank you so much for uploading. Rare and genuine
Thankyou i really enjoy "Vintage" paranormal docs
I love watching these old documentaries its true though they don't and can't make them like this anymore it was a different generation plus how cute is that little lad x
How refreshing to see a doco on the paranormal without the usual visual/audio effects bollocks (and the crap re-constructions) that normally accompanies this type of show - usually from the U.S..
Very nice. totally agree with the comments about how today's ghost documentaries are so inferior to the likes of this
Thank you so much for uploading this! I have wanted to watch it again so much since I first saw it when it was aired and I was in my early teens and stupidly didn't record it. Much appreciated that you have shared this.
Thanks so much for uploading this! I watched this as a kid when it first broadcast and recorded it onto VHS but have since lost track of the tape. I was terrified by it as a kid, especially the music on the opening credits and general matter of fact sense of realism it was portrayed in - as a child it felt like I was watching a news story and it felt almost factual! I've never forgotten it but I didn't know what it was called and so after much random searching I knew immediately I had found it when I heard that music and the train station opening! Wonderful preservation efforts, thank you!
Thanks Chillmax. 15:00 still brings a tear to my eye by the way, as it reminds me of my childhood all that stuff. Even the part with the school girl seeing her nan shows how much even the kids have changed these days. I know I sound like an old fart, but the old days were soooo much better. Eddie's section is also very insightful (as always). You just instinctively knew at 35:47 when he said "he won't be seen again", that he was telling the truth. Anyway speak soon :-)
i know where you're coming from....Glad its not just me.... Everything seemed so familiar and 'haunting"... From the snowy roads to the quiet people.... The scenery .... Actually it took me back to 1962 when one of the first tragic happenings happened to me...My Boyfriend met with a motor bike accident and died on Christmas day... Its been nearly sixty years.. and I can still feel the same shock and misery ...
Fantastic. Thanks for your time in uploading this. So enjoyable to watch. From a time when the BBC made interesting programmes and the paranormal was treated with some respect.
Thanks so much for taking the effort to put this up.
You're most welcome & as you said originally it is a wonderful programme, especially the old boy & the vicar ;-)
This is wonderful! I don't think I've seen this, so very exciting. Thanks for posting!
You're very welcome, it is lovely, listen with headphones is best 😊
A massive thankyou for up loading this
You're most welcome, glad you enjoyed ;-).
Wow, way to deal with a 'ghost'...very understated, no dramatics and definitely no sloshing 'holy water' everywhere. I can think of a few people in the ghost business who would benefit by taking a leaf out of his book. So to speak.
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Remember seeing this when it came out. Very informative and interesting. Deals with facts no rubbish like what you get on TV nowadays.excellent!!
Thanks for posting this! 1989 looks like a long time ago now.
Thank you for uploading this. I love how there's a small clip of Stephen Kendall-Lane's Ghost Hunt series at 1:14
Thank You for the upload
*@Chillmax Excellent job cleaning up the audio and video, as this is one of my all-time favorite "paranormal" TV programs!*
Many thanks for your kind comments; if watched on a good TV or with headphones it sounds fine, people watching on little laptops are the ones who seem to struggle. It is a lovely show, especially when compared to paranormal TV of today.
@@thebadtemperedbrit Oh, ABSOLUTELY! The "paranormal" tv shows of today are so lame. And if you notice, It's always the same kind of goofy looking guys. It's like "Dude, get yourself a girlfriend or boyfriend!"
Thanks again!~ Capitol!
Ah when the series of books was going past the screen at around 26 mins, it briefly showed “ This Haunted Isle “ by Peter Underwood which is available on CZcams if you type it in, it’s a wonderful account of this country and it’s ghosts and apparitions. You learn about historical figures such as T E Lawrence and Rudyard Kipling
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing.
Very nice. Totally agree with the comments that today's ghost documentaries are so much inferior to the likes of this
👌 thanks for uploading, love the older docos
I had this on video as a kid, scared me silly haha .been looking for it on here for years but didn't know what it was called . thanks for the upload, very nostalgic.
This Came up just now in my recommended two years later so i just watched it again 😂
Great programme without all the screaming and drama - I sort of believe that a ghost will never never be recorded on camera as they can only been seen/heard by those who possess a sensitivity that others don't - Bit like someone being partially deaf against someone who has perfect hearing, the person with the perfect hearing may say 'Did you hear that?' and the partially deaf person may say 'Hear what?' - The sound happened but can only be heard by the person with better hearing. Elephants as an example can communicate with each other over long distances using infrasound, if scientists can work that out surely they can prove humans can see/hear things that others humans can't ?
There's no such thing
Great documentary. Well done with this.
Absolutely wonderful 😍 thank you I really enjoyed this
You're most welcome, it is a lovely old show, I've watched it many times.
I saw this when it was first on TV - class, the "one-two-allairy" bit had been stuck in my mind for ages in fact - strange that such a daft thing should echo for so long - enjoyed seeing it again!
Me too!
Some lovely people here. Love the chap from todmorden especially plus Nicola's cheeky brother!
wow amazing! I remember this.. How great to see it again, thanks!
Gorgeous thank you!
The ghost story documentaries from this era are an aesthetic all of their own.
Yes indeed. All Hallows greetings.
@@thebadtemperedbrit have you ever watched 'the signalman'
@@tropicalpalmtree Of course, love M. R James, I think Number 13 is my favourite, the production with Greg Wise was memorable. If you like this documentary, look up 'The Stately Ghosts of England' with Margaret Rutherford, quite extraordinary!
@@thebadtemperedbrit Its the dickens ghost story i am talking about. 1976 they made a film about a guy who works in a signalbox. Have you seen that? I will check out your suggestions! 🎃👻
@@tropicalpalmtree Whoops ! I Lumped that in under MR James, its so very like his work , I forgot it was Dickens, thanks for the reminder.
Spent a night at Chingle Hall back in 1993, most damnded thing I ever experienced in my life.
Feel free to expand on that!
I stayed too about 20 years ago with three friends, but sadly nothing happened. Great experience though 👍
Brilliant music by Michel legrand i remember watching this at 18 it creeped the crap outta me.
I wonder if Mark Snow copied for the X Flies
Many thanks Chillmax,
I had this on VHS for years and sadly with the ravages of play and time, now gone.
I have waited so long to see this again. My favourite part of this is the man who was alerted to the illness of his relation by the ghost of his aunty. I am collecting various ghost dramas and documentaries now and one of my favourites is "Govan Ghost Story" also available on here.
You're most welcome, glad you enjoyed seeing it again and yes, I like that Aunt Ruth story too; although my favourite is Kate Babbington's ghost, as I love the way they filmed it & the music kills me every time; here is the exact piece as used, wonderful - czcams.com/video/R42bD2X6n34/video.html
GarryH1963 Govan Ghost Story is available to download for a couple of quid from Amazon! 👌
Wonderful, thank you .
In the thumb nail, I thought that was
the Duchess of Cornwall - Camilla
Haha!
thankyou for uploading this, and i don't think you should worry about the quality, there is a lot newer stuff on YT that looks/sounds like it has been filmed with a potato so in comparison considering the age of this documentry its pretty impressive imho! if you have any other similar videos i'd love to see them on here, you have a new subscriber!
Good video. Thank you!❤😊
Thanks for sharing, love old footage of hauntings👏👏👏🏆
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it.
Really enjoyed this...quality documentary...💛
3:58 is one of the houses on Coppice Lane, Heapey (near Chorley).
Incidentally the deep cutting shown at 3:44 passing right by the house is of the former Lancashire Union Railway, a line than ran from Cherry Tree Junction to Chorley until closure to all traffic in April 1966.
Thank you. Watching in October 2021. Perfect 👻🕯🌙
You're most welcome, nice to know he's still going ;-)
Aww hi chillmax. I'm not actually new to your channel because I was subscribed to you under my old channel (Toops144) but I deleted it sadly. Also I was told on the aforementioned video (of which you may find the link in my previous comment), that Eddie had sadly passed away - I believe around 2005 though there's nothing else I can find to verify that information. Anyway once again I'm so glad you uploaded this and hope you're well too :)
Eddie Burks was one of the best psychics/mediums I have ever come across.
This was very good an excellent non sensational ghost documentary
i remember watching this when it was first broadcast
In the old days the BBC actually made quality programs.
Loved Helen McCormick!
Fabulous watch 👍
Thanks for watching
Enjoyed this very much better then most haunted and the American stuff 👍
This is great for hallpween. Wish they still made films like thid
Just Subcribed. Thankyou.
Thanks for the sub!
I stayed here in the late 90’s with 4 friends, we didn’t see what you could term a ghost, but quiet a few weird things happened and we raised over £1k for our local hospital baby care unit.
Brilliant!
10:00 "When I hear of a haunting I deeply look into the haunter.." On behalf of the hauntee, no doubt.
I don't believe in Ghosts and I come from a family who very much do, I have a mother who experienced visions of a murder that happened in South Wales in the 80's that was accurate to the victims last movements (according to my mother and father, I was too young to remember this incident) and my great aunt was the leader of a spiritualist church but after childhood I can only really believe my eyes and ears and nothing has ever happened to me that I can't explain scientifically.
I do however have a soft spot for programmes like this and I'm sure after all these years you're sick of these comments but thanks so much for uploading. Without uploaders like you superb programmes like this would be lost forever
You're most welcome & thank you for your comments, which are always nice, however often I've received them.
I've now looked this up, and I think you're just referring to the main theme, which is indeed what you say. I'm talking about the operatic piece, which plays behind the section where the priest visits the old chap & a cemetery; unless this is also from the Go-Between, in which case apologies ;-)
""The go between" ! I wondered where I had heard that strange music before ! I loved that movie as well....
great documentary just happened to come accross it
I like older documentaries thank you.
Hi again then ;-) Oh dear, when I said nice to know he's still going, I did think it could be an old recording, and so it seems to have turned out! So it looks like it's Eddie's turn to make contact from the other side now. I nearly left the previous version of this video up, as it had so many comments, but I didn't want anyone to watch that over this much higher quality version, so you're previous comments have been lost in the ether, but it was worth it ;-) Keep up the body building!
I wonder if ITV saw this and then did the excellent Strange But True with the brilliant Micheal Aspel ?
I started to make subtitles from scratch for this, and completed them with lots of tweeks and timing corrections. Its a pity the BBC doesn't remaster and release this, along with other paranormal stuff on a DVD.
Amazing, who were you doing that for? Would it be possible for you to add them to my video? Unlikely in afraid, the BBC don't care about things like that, it would be far too nice to their 'customer'.
@@thebadtemperedbrit Hi Chillmax, I have the subtitles in a .zip file. I'm not sure on how to add them to your video. The only way would be to send the file through e-mail. mine is garryherring1963@yahoo.co.uk
@@GarryH1963 Sorry Gary, this got totally forgotten!!! Just decided out of the blue to create subtitles for this, took all day ;-)
I'm so glad I came across these videos, would I be able to live watch these on my channel so others can watch them also? Of course I will link your channel in the description so people know where the videos have come from. Admittedly this was posted a number of years ago but I thought it right to ask permission
Sure you can, the more people who enjoy it, the merrier! It is a really lovely video, they're not made like this anymore. I wish the audio was better, but I've done my best with it and I've hand written and timed captions for it. Hope it goes well for you.
@@thebadtemperedbrit Thank you! It's really appreciated and if I haven't already subbed to your channel I'll go and do so. Indeed, it is a great video and they definitely don't make them like they used to, I'm just annoyed I never thought to tape these types of programmes when I was younger lol. Thanks again
Holy shit, this lady is describing and drawing me!!!! 😧😧😧
No she isn’t.
7:55 She's drawing the Devil, lol! She said she calls him Dominic, but perhaps she means Damian... This old dear reminds me of Thora Hird, it's a bit like a Victoria Wood sketch!
3:57 is THE BEST old lady in the world. EVER.!!!
Don't be silly, Dominic! :D
Thank you for the upload! Any chance you have 40 Minutes on roedean school available to upload? I like this series and I would be interested to see it :)
Me too! But was it not Benenden? I’d love to see it too.
I can memba this my god thanks salute from Glasgow Scotland 🏴
With thanks & a return salute from Ireland 🇮🇪
Chillmax great platform bro
You're most welcome ;-)
Love these types of documentaries. However, I think the audio channels are out of phase. Not a big problem though, just makes it sound a bit funny.