240 - Most Haunted's Yvette Fielding - Big Seance
Big Seance: My Paranormal World
Release Date: 12/14/2023
250 - Roberta Grimes and Sandra Champlain: Another Listen - Big Seance
Big Seance: My Paranormal World
In this episode we look back at highlights of two great interviews from 2017 and 2019. Roberta Grimes is an afterlife expert, author of The Fun of Dying: Find Out What Really Happens Next, and host of the Seek Reality podcast. Sandra Champlain is the author of We Don't Die - A Skeptic’s Discovery of Life After Death and host of We Don't Die Radio and Shades of the Afterlife. Visit for more info. In this episode: Intro :00 A remastered look back at two afterlife experts! :49 Highlights from with Roberta Grimes, afterlife expert and author of The Fun of Dying: Find Out...
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249 - Psychic Medium Dana Stricker - Big Seance
Big Seance: My Paranormal World
Psychic Medium Dana Stricker tells Patrick of the fascinating, yet strange experiences of her childhood that helped to shape her work, which began at the age of 15 when she gave tarot readings. Other topics include her "Battle Axe" of a spirit guide, a shared experience that left a handprint burned into Dana's leg, and what it really means to be a Witch! Plus, what's life like on the Other Side? Visit for more info. In this episode: Intro :00 Dana Stricker’s Bio :46 Patrick and Dana met each other at Amy Bruni’s Strange Escapes event at Belvoir Winery in 2022. 2:26...
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248 - Your Stories of Messages from Passed Loved Ones Part 2 - Big Seance
Big Seance: My Paranormal World
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247 - Your Stories of Messages from Passed Loved Ones Part 1 - Big Seance
Big Seance: My Paranormal World
Have you received communication from a dead loved one? Listeners Ayla, Melissa, Bruce, and Sherri have! From a gentle and reassuring touch by invisible hands, to a Christmas wish, and even a missing ingredient for a recipe from the afterlife! Visit for more info, and to learn how you can share your own story! In this episode: Intro :00 Patrick recently asked listeners to send in stories of messages from loved ones in the spirit world. And many of you followed through! This episode is Part 1 of Your Stories of Messages from Passed Loved Ones. There’s still room for more...
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246 - Staticom Spirit Communication Technology with Tony Rathman - Big Seance
Big Seance: My Paranormal World
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245 - Messages from Passed Loved Ones - Big Seance
Big Seance: My Paranormal World
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244 - Mourning Society of St. Louis - Big Seance
Big Seance: My Paranormal World
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243 - Victorians and Spiritualism with Steele Alexandra Douris - Big Seance
Big Seance: My Paranormal World
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242 - Psychic Medium April Roane Returns - Big Seance
Big Seance: My Paranormal World
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241 - The Sacred Herbs of Yule and Christmas with Ellen Evert Hopman - Big Seance
Big Seance: My Paranormal World
Uncover the enchanting history of Yule and Christmas in this interview with Ellen Evert Hopman, master herbalist and Druidic initiate since 1984. Her book, The Sacred Herbs of Yule and Christmas: Remedies, Recipes, Magic and Brews for the Winter Season, gets beautiful reviews. The recipes, cocktails, and traditional Christmas meals from around the world will have you salivating. Ellen introduces you to mystical figures like Gully Gawk, Pot Scraper, Bowl Licker, Flora the Roman Goddess, Saint Lucia with the candles on her head, and of course, Krampus. Learn about the origins of putting...
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Patrick's candid interview with the "Queen of the Paranormal" herself, Most Haunted's Yvette Fielding. She's a true pioneer in paranormal television, and she shares her thoughts on everything from how she thinks spirits communicate to SNL's hilarious 2006 parody of Yvette and Most Haunted. She looks back on the traumatizing 30 East Drive episode and a Most Haunted event where guests got stuck in a prison cell. How does the UK’s Most Haunted compare to American paranormal television? Plus, did you know that there are 76 Most Haunted episodes that haven't seen the light of day? Listen to find out why! Visit BigSeance.com/240 for more info.
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Intro :00
Yvette Fielding has been crowned by many as “Queen of the Paranormal”, “Queen of the Night”, or even “First Lady of the Paranormal.” Listeners from the US will no doubt know Yvette as the star of the hit paranormal TV series from the UK, Most Haunted. She and her husband, Karl Beattie, first created and produced the show in 2002, making them true pioneers in paranormal TV. They’ve been producing the show ever since. If you’re a listener outside of the US, you may actually know Yvette originally from Blue Peter, a British TV show, which is the longest-running children's TV show in the world. Yvette was the youngest presenter ever on that show, and she even interviewed Princess Diana! She’s the author of a series of new young adult fiction, and she has a memoir coming out next year! :50
Welcome to the parlor, Yvette! 2:44
Yvette and her husband live in a house that is 400 years old! 3:20
Patrick had a lot to catch up on with Yvette and Most Haunted! 3:56
Where can you find Most Haunted these days? Plus Most Haunted has gone on the road with stage shows! 6:41
Investigate with Yvette and the team with Most Haunted Experiences! 9:25
Where does the knocking at tapping come from? And if it’s paranormal, how do spirits produce it? 10:40
Yvette’s calls for science to take the paranormal more seriously. 13:07
Looking back at Saturday Night Live’s hilarious 2006 parody of Yvette and Most Haunted. 17:07
“I broke wind with fear!” 18:38
Building up energy with a trusted group of people. The current Most Haunted team has been together for several years. 20:00
Yvette’s tapping board and the story of the Fox Sisters in the early days of Spiritualism. 22:25
Patrick compares the UK’s Most Haunted to American paranormal TV. 23:55
Yvette says she doesn’t watch other paranormal TV shows. She also doesn’t watch horror films. After a terrorizing investigation, she drives home listening to Mary Poppins. 26:48
“How many weeks rehearsal do you do?” A number of years ago, Yvette and her husband talked to American producers of paranormal TV. 28:24
Patrick urges American listeners to check out Most Haunted if they haven’t yet. 31:25
Yvette and her husband have 76 episodes on a shelf that haven’t seen the light of day, because they’re “so bloody boring!” 34:20
It only takes one doubting or skeptic person to block activity from spirit. Yvette calls these people “muters.” 34:57
Most Haunted almost always has Glen Hunt or another parapsychologist or openminded skeptic on every investigation. 36:53
Looking back on the 30 East Drive episode, one of the most traumatizing investigations the team has ever been on. When the Lights Went Out is a 2012 film based on events at this location. 39:16
Burns, stitches, and scars inflicted by spirits. “It can be quite a scary occupation, and a bit dangerous, as well. So you have to be careful.” 48:14
Stuck in a prison cell. Looking back on the investigation at Accrington Police Station & Courts. 49:21
Patrick wants to see a crossover episode of Most Haunted here in the US, or a guest appearance by Yvette Fielding on an American paranormal TV show! It’s time! 51:47
“Just before I started Most Haunted, I didn’t believe in life after death. I really, really didn’t, Patrick, and it really affected my life.” Final thoughts from Yvette. 52:30
Outro 54:16
A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 55:36
For more on Yvette Fielding:
Most Haunted (YouTube)
Paranormal Activity with Yvette Fielding (Podcast)
Yvette Fielding's Books on Amazon
Instagram: @realyfielding
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