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Paranormal Activity with Yvette Fielding

YVETTE INVESTIGATES: Haunted Highwaymen

Season 1, Ep. 232

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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