Editing Most Haunted (section)

== Controversy ==
On several occasions the former spiritualist medium [[Derek Acorah]] was supposedly possessed by an entity, sometimes evil or sometimes "lost and confused". Two such cases exposed Acorah. Before the filming, Acorah had been fed misinformation twice about the non-existent ghosts of Kreed Kafer and Rik Eedles by the show parapsychologist Ciarán O'Keeffe. During the investigations, later broadcast, Acorah presented the information as fact and even behaved as though being possessed by the fictional ghosts. O'Keeffe later revealed in the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' that Kreed Kafer and Rik Eedles were anagrams of 'Derek Faker' and 'Derek Lies'.<ref name=SPOOKY/> Even though O'Keeffe exposed Acorah, the paper also claimed that O'Keeffe had exposed the rest of the ''Most Haunted'' team. O'Keeffe later reported that he had been grossly misquoted and misrepresented in the article, and produced a response outlining his version of the show based on his observations and findings, saying he had exposed Derek Acorah and not the entirety of ''Most Haunted''. The show's presenter, [[Yvette Fielding]], said in an interview that she believes it was a fake possession.<ref>[http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=23243&in_page_id=11 Metro UK, "60 SECONDS: Yvette Fielding"] by James Ellis, ''The UK Metro'', 30 October 2006, retrieved 2 November 2006.</ref>

The show was reported in 2005 to [[Ofcom]] relating to Derek Acorah. Ofcom described the show as one "where techniques are used which mean the audience is not necessarily in full possession of the facts". Ofcom ruled that this was not fraud because ''Most Haunted'' is an entertainment show, not a legitimate investigation into the paranormal, and should not be taken seriously.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4500322.stm | title=Ghost show cleared of deception | date=5 December 2005 | publisher=BBC News | access-date=19 June 2019}}</ref>

Although not mentioned by O'Keeffe, the ''Mirror'' article also brought into question unedited footage which appeared to show Yvette Fielding and Karl Beattie faking 'paranormal' occurrences such as ghostly bumps and knocks. Fielding denied these claims; Beattie did not comment.<ref name=SPOOKY/>