Paranormal Activity with Yvette Fielding

Peter Sellers was one of the most famous men on the planet.

He was also one of the most genuinely, deeply paranormal figures of the 20th century, and almost nobody knows the full story.

This week Yvette Fielding investigates the extraordinary and haunting truth behind the legend.

A clairvoyant so powerful that Hollywood producers bribed him to influence Sellers' decisions.
A near-death experience that left him convinced he'd made a personal deal with death itself. A Victorian ghost who allegedly guided his greatest performances from beyond the grave.
And a desperate, decades-long search through séances and mediums to find his dead mother.

This isn't a story about a celebrity with quirky superstitions.

This is a story about a man who handed his entire life over to the paranormal and what it cost him.

The séances were real. The obsession was real. And the tragedy was inevitable.

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This week on Paranormal Activity: Monday Mailtime, Producer Dom opens two listener encounters that don't just unsettle, they fundamentally challenge what we think we understand about places, presence, and memory.

Calum hiked alone to a hill on the Isle of Skye as the light began to fade. He didn't know the locals call it Hill of the Voice. He does now. What started as a faint, drawn-out note became layers of inhuman singing — overlapping, circling, tightening around him like something adjusting itself. And then he felt it beneath his feet. Not a sound. Not a shape. Something occupied. Something listening back. A local later told him the singing isn't meant for people. And if you hear it clearly… you've already been noticed.

Then, Amara travelled alone to Kennin-ji Temple in Kyoto to observe a morning service. She sat quietly. The chanting began. And then without knowing the words, without understanding the language, her mouth started moving. Perfectly in time. In a voice that wasn't hers. Deeper. Older. Worn-in, like it had been used across lifetimes. When it ended, she asked a monk what had happened. His answer has never left her: "Not everyone who arrives here is arriving for the first time."

What happens when a place doesn't just hold energy… but uses whoever walks into it? And what does it mean when something ancient recognises you before you recognise it?

Producer Dom reacts, unpacks, and explores the folklore and deeper theory behind both: from the fairy mounds of Scottish Gaelic tradition to the Zen Buddhist belief that practice never truly ends… it just waits for the right vessel to return.

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Bones thrown at her in Bamburgh Castle.

Wet herself with fright.

Woke up crying at Pendle Hill with no memory of what happened.

This week, Karl Beattie raids your questions from Facebook, emails, and live events and Yvette answers everything.

The scariest places, the preparation rituals, the evidence that made headlines, the demons she does (and doesn't) believe in, and why she'd still go back anywhere.

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This week on Paranormal Activity: Monday Mailtime, Producer Dom opens two of the most quietly disturbing listener submissions we've ever received.

No violence.

No apparitions.

Just two encounters that got under the skin and didn't leave.

Neev went hiking alone on the slopes of Benbulbin in County Sligo. She stayed too late. The light dropped. And then — from somewhere beneath the ground itself — something began to keen. Not a scream. Not the wind. Something older than both. A sound so full of grief it wrapped around her as she walked, moved with her as she ran, and never once felt like a threat. That was the worst part. It didn't want to frighten her. It wanted her to feel it.

Then, Hannah visited a house in North Yorkshire that locals only ever pass around in whispers. From the moment she stepped inside, there was a rhythm running through the walls. The guide's first warning: don't follow it. But when she tapped her fingers once — just once — the rhythm stopped dead. And came back at her pace. That night, at home in bed, her fingers moved against the mattress without thinking. And something, somewhere, tapped back.

What happens when the paranormal doesn't haunt a place… but reaches out from it? And what do you do when you realise you've already answered?

Producer Dom reacts, unpacks, and explores the folklore and darker theory behind both — from Banshee tradition and threshold landscapes, to the unsettling possibility that some presences don't just linger… they learn.

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When most people hear the word "exorcism," they picture Hollywood horror.

But the reality is far quieter and perhaps far more unsettling.

This week, Yvette is joined by Reverend Dr Jason Bray, Dean of Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff and a practising deliverance minister for the Church of England, who has personally carried out exorcisms.

From the cold spot around his newborn's cot to the figure he sensed on the other side of a door, Jason's journey into this world began at home.

He reveals what really happens when the Church is called in, why deliverance ministers always work in pairs, the difference between "place memories" and active presences, and where he draws the line between the spiritual and the psychological.

This one will change how you think about the Church and what it quietly deals with every day.

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