This Horror "mock-umentary" fooled many a Brit, a la Orson Welles's "War of the Worlds", during its one and only airing on Halloween night, 1992.

"Ghostwatch" featured BBC reporters performing an on-air investigation of a haunted house. The viewers of the program were fooled into thinking a ghost named "Pipes" was haunting the family living there. To make things even more ominous, "Pipes" could be spotted by observant viewers throughout the program, while escaping detection of the on-the-scene reporters. I have to admit, even though things took a while to get rolling, there were some scary moments. I got a little freaked when I detected the ghostly apparition of "Pipes" hiding in the curtains behind one of the reporters in the house. The camera initially passes by the ghost in the curtains and then does a quick double-take, finding that nothing out of the ordinary remains. But I'm sure I saw something there.

As the program wears on, the studio reporters discover that telecasting the event has strengthened "Pipes" who gains amazing power and unleashes its malevolent force on not only the house, but the neighborhood, TV studio, and throughout the country. Apparently, this sent many into a real-life panic and "Ghostwatch" hasn't been rebroadcast since.

If someone tuned in late to this program and missed the show's opening, it's not a stretch to imagine how it could have easily fooled them.