Paranormal Activity with Yvette Fielding

In this week's episode of Paranormal Activity, Yvette Fielding saddles up and heads down some of Britain’s most dangerous old roads to investigate the ghosts of the highwaymen.

Outlaw figures whose crimes, charisma and violent ends may have bound them to the landscapes they once terrorised.

From the gallows of London to lonely crossroads and forest paths, Yvette explores the chilling legends and reported hauntings linked to Jack Sheppard, Dick Turpin, Claude Du Vall, James Maclaine and the terrifying Scottish cannibal of legend, Sawney Bean.

These are men whose names still echo through folklore but whose presence, some claim, has never truly left.

Witnesses tell of phantom riders on moonlit roads, shadowy figures lingering near execution sites, spectral footsteps, voices carried on the wind, and an overwhelming sense of being watched. Are these hauntings the result of violent deaths, unfinished business, or reputations so powerful they’ve imprinted themselves onto the land?

Yvette examines why highwaymen, more than many other criminals, seem so prone to haunting.

Was it the theatrical nature of their lives?

Their sudden, brutal executions?

Or the deep fear and fascination they inspired in those who crossed their paths?

Drawing on paranormal theories, historical context and centuries of reported experiences, this episode delves into what might cause these outlaw spirits to linger and why their stories refuse to fade?

A journey into folklore, fear and the haunted highways of Britain, this is an episode that proves some roads should never be travelled alone… especially after dark.

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This week on Paranormal Activity, Producer Dom returns with two bone-chilling listener stories that reveal how the most ordinary places in a quiet playground and a roadside phone box can turn deeply, disturbingly strange.

First, Molly recounts a terrifying shortcut through a residential playground in Birmingham, where the world seemed to bend around her: sound vanished, space warped, and unseen children laughed on a loop as if caught in some paranormal echo.

What was meant to be a five-minute walk turned into a surreal nightmare she’ll never forget.

Then, Tom shares his experience in a lonely North Yorkshire phone box, where the phone wasn’t just working... it was waiting.

With no power, no people for miles, and a rotary dial that spun itself, Tom found himself caught in a ghostly ritual that local legends have whispered about for years.

Tune in as Dom reacts to these unnerving encounters and tries to make sense of the moments where reality falters and something else slips through.

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In this January Listener Special, Yvette Fielding returns to the mic to share and react to five extraordinary listener stories.

Each one strange, unsettling, and deeply personal.

From mysterious dream visitations to unseen footsteps echoing through tunnels and airfields, these tales take us from quiet kitchens to haunted bedrooms, from the edges of memory to the heart of the paranormal.

Christine reflects on visitation dreams of loved ones lost and questions whether they’re truly messages from beyond.

Louise shares chilling encounters from childhood to adulthood, including terrifying sleep paralysis, a shadowy male figure, and electrical disturbances with witnesses.

Michael bravely recounts a horrifying succubus-like attachment that left him spiritually drained and led to a stay in a psychiatric ward, and a battle that blurred the line between mental health and the paranormal.

Elliott, a night security guard, tells of invisible footsteps and a dread-filled encounter on a deserted RAF airfield where history still moves beneath the surface.

Peter recalls a late-night detour into a disused pedestrian tunnel in North Wales where echoes began to mimic him, lights faded ahead, and something unseen ran step-for-step behind him.

These are the stories that stay with us.

The ones that don’t rely on what you see, but what you feel.

So settle in, switch off the lights if you dare, and join Yvette as she explores your true tales of the unexplained.

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On this week’s Monday Mailtime, Producer Dom returns with two unsettling listener encounters that take everyday places and twist them into something unforgettable.

First, Jimmy recounts a strange and silent moment in the middle of bustling Camden Market, where the world seemed to mute itself and a single vintage key moved on its own, like it had chosen him.

Was it a glitch in reality… or something older reaching out?

Then, Lewis shares a chilling memory from a quiet farm near York, where a simple trip to the barn turned into a harrowing encounter with something unseen, something that might still be lingering among the wooden walls.

Markets, barns, and everyday silence… until it isn't.

Tune in, if you dare.

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In this week's chilling instalment of Murders That Haunt, Yvette and Karl delve into one of the most disturbing true crime cases of Victorian Britain, the dark and methodical crimes of Mary Ann Cotton.

Often described as Britain’s first female serial killer, Mary Ann Cotton was convicted of murdering her stepson, but suspected of killing more than 20 people including husbands, lovers, children, and relatives through arsenic poisoning.

Yvette explores the grim timeline of deaths that followed Mary Ann wherever she went, the financial motives hidden behind life insurance policies and burial clubs, and how she evaded suspicion for so long in 19th-century England.

But this series we go beyond the crime itself.

Yvette & Karl also investigate the haunting legacy left behind from alleged paranormal activity linked to former homes and burial sites, to reports of uneasy atmospheres, unexplained sensations, and lingering fear surrounding locations tied to the case.

Is it guilt that clings to these places?

Trauma imprinted on the land?

Or something darker that refuses to rest?

This episode asks a chilling question: when a crime is driven by cold calculation rather than passion, does it leave behind a different kind of energy?

A grim, unsettling journey into murder, motive, and the shadows that may still remain.

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