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Hey, guys, Graham here. How's it going?

Today marks the two-year anniversary

since I've been making videos for the internet.

Whoo.

So because of that, I wanted to do something

a little bit different.

So I'm going to tell you two stories.

Two stories that I think sum up

what it's like to make videos for the internet.

And it might get a little abstract,

so please bear with me.

First story is about paratroopers in World War II.

Obviously.

But specifically I'm talking about D-Day.

Now, obviously, there were a lot of

fatalities and, um, casualties that day.

But there was one bizarre and common injury

that was caused

not by the enemy,

but by the perceptions of the soldiers themselves.

You see, a lot of paratroopers missed their targets.

They ended up in ponds or lakes or trees or whatever.

Some of them ended up on rooftops.

Now, think of yourself in that situation,

you land on a rooftop, what would you do?

You'd probably try and climb down into a window

on the upper story and get inside,

just take the stairs downstairs.

Well, what a lot of these paratroopers did...

was they walked up to the edge of the roof...

and just jumped off.

Just multiple stories, straight down to the ground,

breaking their legs or worse.

You see, what was happening was...

they'd just jumped a thousand feet and survived.

So to them, looking down from the roof...

the drop to the ground was nothing.

With just a slight change in their perception...

they'd managed to change an inherent truth...

that if you jump off of a roof, you're going to hurt yourself...

into a fallacy.

That's the first story.

Second story

is a little bit more personal,

and is about my friend Stephen.

So, Stephen's a photographer and a traveler.

He went all around the world,

took photos wherever he went.

And I thought that he should share these online.

So I encouraged him to set up a blog.

He was resistant at first, but ultimately he did it.

And people started following and sharing their opinions on his work.

Some good, some not so good.

This is the internet after all.

And it was around then that things got scary.

He sent me a photo with only this caption:

"Can you see it?"

This is the photo.

Can you see it?

After Stephen insisted that the photo wasn't faked...

he proceeded to send more.

But that wasn't the weirdest thing...

I asked him what he thought was causing it,

or what it was.

And what he said to me really

freaked me out for a long time.

He said, "Can't you see it, Graham?

It's you."

I didn't hear from Stephen for a good while after that.

And it wasn't until a couple of years later

that I bumped into him and I was able to ask him

about the photos,

and whether he was still getting any weird apparitions in them.

And he said to me, it, it was funny.

He hadn't seen anything strange in the photos

since the day that he shut his blog down.

Anyway, that's, uh, that's all from me today.

Sorry it's a bit doom and gloom today.

Um, things will be back to normal next week, um.

Uh, it'll be a bit more upbeat, hopefully.

Um, but, yeah, as always...

what's the worst that could happen?

Where to start?

Hello!

Walkies.

Walkies. Walkies.

Walkies.

Graham...

He's a fud.

I've never met anyone that could

dedicate so much time and energy

to just doing something stupid.

Got any, uh...

- bags for life? - Aye, they'll cost you extra.

- Target's holding, move, move. - F###!

No, no, he pretended he didn't give a shit

what people thought but,

he obviously did.

He would do anything

if he thought it would make people laugh,

or advance his career or his persona or whatever.

When you find yourself hiding a stash...

I don't know if I'd call him obsessed, but...

He was obsessed.

He didn't think things through before he did them.

And a lot of times his ideas were just bad ideas.

And they often failed.

He's an asshole, but he's my asshole.

This is the ice bucket challenge.

I nominate Iain and Barack Obama.

So how did this whole thing start then?

Well...

it was the laser eye surgery video.

Um, obviously...

it wasn't like any of his other videos,

he mostly stuck to

comedy, of course.

But now...

now, I don't really know what to think.

Why?

I just, I can't, I can't watch that video any more.

Why not?

It scares me.

I mean,

I've dramatized it after the fact...

exaggerated a little,

some would say sensationalized.

But, watch the video for yourself,

I'm not going to tell you what the fuck to think.

The video was live streamed,

so once it was done, it was online, and...

...people were scared.

Great, so, that is, you ready now?

Okay, where's the button?

- Um, that one. - Cool, yeah.

And that's going to start the live stream.

- Okay, cool. - Cool.

And the camera's rolling, yeah?

- Yeah. - Okay, cool.

Cool.

- Happy? Okay. - Yes.

Right, I'm going to head out then.

- Um. - Okay.

- I will be 20 minutes or so. - Aye, should be long enough.

Yeah, do you want...

- I'm going to grab party rings. - Nice.

Because we love party rings.

- Beer. - Yeah.

And, yeah.

- That'll probably be it, really. And, yeah... - Awesome.

Just sort of, don't be weird and don't do anything stupid.

- Okay. - Don't take off your bandages.

- Yeah, yeah, okay. - That's really important, the doctor said that.

I know, he said it, like, five times.

I know, well, remember it, it's important.

- Okay, okay. - Okay.

- All right, okay, bye. - Bye, see you.

And hopefully that's us streaming.

I am Graham, welcome to my live stream.

Uh, this was the one that I mentioned on Twitter

that I was going to be doing about the aftermath

of my laser eye surgery,

which I had this afternoon.

Uh,

clearly, it didn't go to plan.

You know, you don't usually come out of laser eye surgery

with a blindfold on, or bandages,

or whatever it is they've put on me.

But, uh, yeah, they made a mistake.

So I am blind for the next 24 hours,

until I can take this off.

They said that if I, uh, take it off too early,

I could get permanent damage.

So I've not to take it off under any circumstances, um,

but that's fine, because Erin's coming back in 15 minutes,

and she's going to look after me

for the rest of the day and,

um, make sure I don't destroy the flat with, you know,

some Mr. Magoo style antics,

just bashing into things and stuff.

Um, but, yeah, I was going to be answering your questions

as they came in, but...

Erin?

Erin?

Oh, Jesus!

Erin.

Erin, are you fucking with me?

Because that's pretty mean.

Erin?

Please tell me you're fucking with me.

Okay, fuck this.

Erin?

I can't see fucking shit here.

Erin?

Oh, my God, what did I just watch?

Actual evidence, finally someone records a ghost sighting

on a camera that didn't go out of production in the '60s.

Hallelujah.

Either this guy staged it,

or he had the weirdest home invasion in history.

Halle-fucking-lujah.

Still creepy though.

Well, ghost or not, something was in his house.

And that's what made it really scary.

I'd seen his acting, he's not that good.

I assumed he just used like, fishing line

and maybe tried to remove it post production or something,

but I didn't think Graham had it in him

to do something like that, or to fool us like that.

People wanted to know more,

so, that was our way in.

You know you're going to have to go back.

I don't want to talk about it.

Yeah, well, it's been three weeks now, so.

I'm trying to do something here.

Graham, you can't just ignore it.

Look, what's your plan here? You're just going

to stay in my flat and what? Make bottle videos?

For your information, bottle flipping

is a legitimate skill.

And it's trending massively right now, so.

Ah, fuck's sake, Graham.

Look, listen to me!

Whatever you saw, whatever happened,

you can either get the police to investigate it...

or you.

You can go and investigate it, yourself.

Oh, man, look, you've been waiting for a video

to go viral for years.

And now there's one that's just handed to you on a platter,

and, and you're just going to ignore it?

Just do it.

Just use it.

I'll come with you, we'll go back to the flat,

we'll, we'll investigate it, we'll document it.

And if it's real,

whatever you saw...

Oh, my God, like, can you imagine?

A real fucking ghost.

Look.

Think about it.

You in?

So, here we are, uh, back at my flat.

Erin convinced me to come back,

um, you know,

to investigate the ghost.

The ghost, this alleged ghost that exists in his flat.

Yeah, alleged, alleged.

Alleged.

So, yeah, we're going to go in there, um.

Erin's packing heat.

- You know... - I'm ready. I'm really prepared.

I'm, I'm kind of, I'm pretty nervous,

I feel a bit weird, but I'm...

I'm, I'm just going to stand behind Erin as she...

- Yeah, okay. - But, anyhow, here we go.

- Okay. - Let's see.

Do it! Am I going first?

Yeah, of course.

Of course you're going first.

You're too kind. Oh, my God.

Okay, all good.

This is really creepy.

Why am I so nervous? It's stupid.

I don't know, it looks all fine.

There's no reason to be nervous or, uh...

- Fuck. - What is it?

You're fucking with me.

- You're fucking with me! - What? No.

Yeah, you are, oh, my God, what the hell?

Fucking flat.

Holy shit.

It's like...

what, what, why would someone do that?

Like, if someone come into your flat, what, would they just

tip things all over the place?

That makes no sense.

Like, that's really freaking me out, Graham.

Well, it wasn't me.

Shut up, I don't believe you.

I don't believe you!

Are you serious?

- You didn't do this? - I didn't do this, no.

This is really, that's really horrible.

They've left the laptop.

- Oh, good. - And the TV.

Well, ghosts don't really use laptops, so.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God, that's really messed up.

- What is it? - Look.

What the fuck is that?

Oh, my God, that's like... sorry.

It's like, "Prepare for laughter."

That makes no sense whatsoever.

It's really freaking me out, it's really, like,

I don't know, like, why would someone come in here and like,

like, fucking write on your wall?

It's just some sort of sick joke or something.

Yeah, unless you're still pulling my leg, because.

No, no it's not, no, come on.

Because that'd be really messed up if that is,

- no, not impressed. - No, Erin, honestly...

Oh, my God!

What?

Can you stay here tonight?

It's kind of unsettling to think that the message

is still going to be underneath this paint.

Like, I'm not getting rid of it, it's, it's still here.

Hey, do we have a bigger paintbrush?

I'm scared.

I'm scared too.

- What was that? - Shh.

What's that?

- Ah, jeez, what the fuck? - What?

Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, wh... what was it?

- There is a person. - What? Graham, just go check please.

- Fuck. - Oh, my God.

Oh, fuck!

I've not been through there.

Fuck.

What the fuck?

What the fuck?

Graham lived on the third floor.

The front door was locked from the inside.

That video made a believer out of a lot of people.

People that were unsure before.

Erin, I think we need professional help.

And I've got someone in mind.

This, this is ghost hunting.

So, I've got 120,000 YouTube subscribers.

I'm getting a lot of vibes from different areas,

all sorts here, there's a lot of ghosts here, there's a lot of people been killed here.

Nine million views.

We managed to capture it on film, we got it.

This is very good evidence.

One at a time, you go first.

I've got 10,000 Insta followers.

Look at that, somebody's...

tried to...

make this seem...

a benign place by putting a smiley face here, but...

it's far from benign.

That's obviously not a ghost.

Oh, I've got a lot of Twitter fans.

A lot, we're talking 10,000, 12,000.

Did you hear that?

We got it.

Doing, doing all right.

And I was a big deal even before Graham

started out.

So during the 1920s, this place was rumored to have a contagion

which led to mass hysteria,

that's why it's shut down just now.

Local legend now says,

"Don't even bring your dogs here,

if you let them off the lead,

they come in as if something's drawing them in."

And the dogs are never seen again.

Although I can see them.

Tell me you got that.

Be calm, Stuart.

We need to cut the last part.

Basically, right, obviously I've seen

a lot of paranormal activity in my time.

But Graham's videos were a little bit...

on the nose.

I mean, as a ghost hunter, you're talking about

if you hear a sound or a spirit orb even,

you, you're getting lucky.

So...

Graham's videos were a little bit more

sensational.

Dubious...

one might say.

Steve, Steve annoyed the fuck out of me.

Oh, man, um,

he thought he was a big deal.

No, sorry, 15,000 Instagram followers now, so.

And to be honest, if Graham hadn't had those two viral videos,

I don't think he even would have messaged us.

He's, uh, he's pretty up himself.

But, you know, Graham insisted.

You know, he'd been a fan of his for years.

And I guess it was good to have someone with a bit of

"experience."

He was freaking out. He didn't understand what he was dealing with, right?

I've been around the block before though.

So, you know, I was happy to hear him out, I wanted to,

to hear his experience.

Okay.

- Steve. Nice to meet you, thanks for coming out. - Graham.

- No worries. - I thought we could film this for posterity.

Well, I like where your head's at and,

it's good to meet you and Erin.

Hey.

Yeah, no worries.

Oh, have a seat, by the way.

Uh, okay.

Um, do you like my house?

- You grew up in places like this, right? - Yeah, yeah.

So, yeah, I mean,

you've seen the videos, right?

- The ones... - Yeah, they're good, they're good, they're promising.

So do you think there's something paranormal

going on in our flat?

I mean, we've watched it a lot, uh.

There's something definitely weird going on.

Right, I've been doing this job for ten years,

I've never seen anything quite like that.

That's what we thought as well.

Yeah, I mean, there's definitely something going on.

Well, I guess the bottom line is, um...

do you think you would, you know,

be able to help us investigate it?

Maybe collaborate on some videos?

Do some cross promotion sort of stuff.

Graham, definitely.

Listen, I don't think there's a bigger priority

in the paranormal world than figuring out

what's in your flat right now.

It's, it's weird.

Yeah, I didn't realize what a relief

that would be to hear until I actually heard it.

Mate, no problem, man.

Great.

We'll get to the bottom of this.

- Thanks. - We'll find the truth.

Which we always do.

Let's hunt some motherfucking ghosts.

That was a bit too far, but okay.

Listen, I can tell you right now...

that thing in your flat, whatever it is,

that's a money making machine.

You just need a bit of business savvy about it,

I can provide that.

Honestly, we'll be making some

seriously fucking hard cash that way.

That's a little bit crass,

but I have been saying that

to Graham for weeks now.

I mean, I definitely want that.

But we're going to uncover the truth of it

along the way, right?

Aye, right, of course, you know,

paranormal investigating is for life, man, but,

you know, "hashtag fucking fake news."

You know what I mean? The audience are into clickbait,

spectacle, and shaming people.

We can provide the first two,

if the truth is revealed along the way,

that's just a bonus, right?

Oh, shit, your mic's still on, hold on.

Oh, get it off me.

If the truth is revealed along the way,

that's just a bonus, right?

Oh, shit, your mic's still on, hold on.

Oh, get it off me.

Listen.

My work speaks for itself, okay?

Secondly, in regards to

what I said about

your average internet user...

everything after what happened with Graham

and this whole mess,

can you really say that

I'm not justified in what I said?

Was what I said wrong, after everything that Graham went through?

That's what I make of that.

So, that was the start of our work with Steve.

And his first suggestion was really out there.

He suggested...

Seance.

First ever 360 degree live streamed seance,

never been done before.

So, if Graham and Erin's place

was really a hotbed of paranormal activity,

we're talking internet gold.

Right? That's what we're talking.

And even I underestimated it.

Which was unfortunate for Graham.

Yeah, kind of backfired on him.

- Right. - Okay,

okay, yeah.

And camera's on.

Have we got enough candles now, Steve?

Um, no, I don't, actually.

Okay, is everyone ready to go?

- Yup. - I'm ready.

Uh, once I hit live, that's it, we're live.

Ready? Yeah, okay.

And we're live, hello, fellow followers.

Uh, I'm doing a conjoined stream here with special guest,

uh, special guest Graham and Erin.

And this is the first ever VR live streamed seance.

That's right, we have our 360 degree VR camera

in the middle of the room, which means it captures

all 360 degrees of this room,

so if anything spooky

or paranormal happens,

this camera will see it.

Exactly, so, if you like this video, please like it.

Subscribe or comment, we're on Instagram,

we're on Twitter, we're on YouTube.

Okay, now that's out of the way, we can seance it up.

- And, uh... - Seance it up.

Yes, it's a Victorian saying.

- Sorry. - Right. Okay.

So, yep, Steve, you're the expert,

do you want to walk us through this

- lovely set up we have here? - Yes.

So basically, we've got a lot of candles,

it's almost midnight, we've got a quiet room.

Uh, these are all good prerequisites.

Uh, phones are off?

- Yes. - Yep.

- Phone's off. - Okay, great.

And Steve, can you tell us a bit

about why we're using whisky?

No.

That'll be explained later.

Okay, so, now, all we need to do

is... well, first off,

get your hands on the table please.

This grounds us to the physical realm.

I'm going to read this prayer,

which is going to protect us,

it's hopefully going to get the spirits...

out...

or in this room.

"In the name of God, Jesus Christ...

the great brotherhood of light,

please protect us from

the forces of evil during this session.

Let there be nothing but light surrounding this table,

and its participants, and let us only communicate

with powers and entities of light.

Protect us, protect this house,

the people in this house, and let there only be light

and nothing but light, amen."

So spirit, if you're here, please let us know.

Is something supposed to happen?

I'm hoping, uh...

Spirit, if you're here, please, please, let us know.

Use the whisky.

Should we maybe...

Did someone push the table?

No.

Okay.

Oh, my God.

- Oh, my God. - Fuck!

Sit down, don't break the circle.

That's... incredible.

Okay, spirit, who are we speaking to?

- Fuck. - Jesus.

What's it doing, why's it coming?

Fuck!

Oh, my God!

You guys saw that, right?

Yeah.

I assumed there'd been some sort of trickery, something,

he'd managed to work something out

that he thought was quite good,

but, um, I couldn't figure it out.

Well, the reaction was even bigger

than all of the other videos put together.

I had to call him straight away, it was just crazy.

I think people just wanted confirmation.

And they got it.

Did you see this video?

This is completely fucked up.

Well, I underestimated it.

Genuinely had trouble sleeping last night.

Who is this guy? That ghost's some scary ass shit, boy.

Well, it was by far my most successful video,

um, even to this day, um.

It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

I thought.

Well, I mean, the fact that anyone

over the age of five thought these hauntings were real,

um, just sums up what's wrong with society today.

It was clearly just three people making short horror films,

and I've got nothing against horror,

but the fact that they were presenting it as real,

manipulating people, taking them in,

there were some people that really bought it,

and it really hurt them.

I, I've got some comments on some of their videos.

Right, here.

Okay. "This is amazing, I always suspected,

my husband passed away three years ago,

can you help me get in touch?"

This one, "Graham, Steve, Erin,

thanks for showing everyone the truth,

now I can talk to my dead grandparents

at night knowing I'm not crazy."

I mean, they weren't helping anyone.

Look at this one, uh,

"Please, please, help me talk to my mom,

she passed in April, I know you can help me,

please respond to my messages."

That one really breaks my heart.

It really got on my nerves, to be honest.

Um, I sort of developed a bit of a grudge against them.

I really wanted to just prove them and...

Do you know what, I can show you.

Hi, sorry, you're early, just come through.

Um, you can set up in there.

Uh, make yourselves comfortable.

It's pretty tacky, right?

What is it?

It's a souvenir from my first big debunk case.

What happened?

Well, these newlyweds had moved into a new flat,

and they found this doll in the attic.

Understandably, they found it a bit creepy,

so they left it there.

After a while, they started to hear strange noises,

scratching, scraping,

sort of sounded like little feet in the attic, um.

Then things got even weirder, because

they started to find the doll in random places in the flat.

Uh, it would show up in cupboards, washing up baskets,

and both of them insisted they weren't moving it.

So how did you get involved?

Well, they recorded the case,

and uploaded the videos, um, like Graham's,

and when I saw them, I just wanted

to get to the bottom of it, so,

did some digging, and I figured it out,

it was the dog walker.

The dog walker had also seen some of their initial videos,

and thought it was a great chance to fuck with them.

So whenever they were out,

the dog walker would move the doll

to different places.

So, once I figured it out, of course,

they fired the dog walker.

And that was it, that simple.

And what about the sounds?

It's just rats.

There's always an explanation.

That said, um, they still didn't 100% believe

that the doll was just a harmless doll.

Uh, so they asked me to take it off their hands,

and now I keep it on my mantelpiece,

like my own little personal Annabelle.

Anyways, come and look at this,

this is the footage that I had ready for you.

Okay, um, so you have to look pretty carefully here.

Watch the mug, okay?

There, okay?

Did you see that?

There, can you see it?

Erin?

There. Did you get that?

It's a wire.

Which means that this wasn't shot live at all.

So if that was faked, what else was?

Things keep falling off that shelf.

I like to joke that the doll doesn't really like

sharing the space with other ornaments.

Am I being stupid, or has that doll moved since we've been here?

I don't think so.

It's just a doll.

I don't know if the mic's picking that up, can you hear that?

I think it stopped.

Jesus Christ.

I'm sorry, guys, I couldn't help myself.

Just wanted to make a point.

You see, it's really easy to fake stuff like this.

The doll's remote controlled.

I've got a speaker on the mantelpiece,

and I also included a little mechanism that pushes her off.

It's so easy to fool people,

and that's why I wanted to

show everyone what people like Graham are doing.

So was the story about the dog walkers true?

No.

I think I've got it.

Steve and Graham agreed

to have a meeting with me.

I told them I wanted to write a piece

promoting their work.

Of course, they believed me, their big egos.

Yeah, what was that reporter lady's name?

Alice Harper.

Yeah, Alice Harper, right, so anyway,

she's wanting an interview with Graham.

She's into debunking paranormal investigators,

internet fraudsters, that's her business.

So, obviously she's going to try and, you know,

debunk us, even though you can't

debunk somebody who's legit, who's, uh,

unbunked, so, you know, I don't know why.

But anyway, I told Graham,

"Let's do this,

we'll fucking beat her at her own game."

I took an improvised little spy camera to our meeting.

I cut a hole in a pencil case, lined the camera up.

I got my pal Kevin to do some second camera work,

just in case I couldn't get a good enough view.

What I didn't count on, which,

in hindsight should have been fucking obvious,

is that Graham and Steve planned on doing

a little bit of filming of their own.

Do you guys mind if I take some notes while we do this?

No, as long as you don't mind us filming the interview.

No, fire away, okay.

Uh, so...

It was fucking mind games,

they were trying to throw me off.

Graham, what do you make of these allegations

that you, Erin, and Steve have been faking these hauntings?

- Well... - Preposterous.

Thanks Steve, I was actually asking Graham.

Yeah, Steve, it's okay.

I mean, this footage, if it's genuine,

is perhaps one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

- Thank you. - Earth shattering,

some might say it beggars belief.

Well, sometimes I wish it wasn't true.

You know, a lot of people don't realize

that this has been more of a curse than anything else.

Yeah, well, sometimes when people find fame and fortune,

they realize it's not everything they wanted.

You know that's not what I meant.

Look, I've been researching you,

and you weren't always into this ghost hunting shit,

or whatever you want to call it.

We're paranormal investigators

and extra-dimensional experts.

That's what we are, you need to do some research

before you start interviewing,

- just a thought... - Thank you, thank you, Steve.

Okay.

You've tried every trend going,

I've even seen your planking videos.

Did you like them?

This is what I think's happened.

You played a prank,

it was successful, it went viral.

You liked how it felt,

and that's why you got involved

with this two-bit "quasi-celebrity" over here.

Now wait a minute.

I've got a question.

Why did you use air quotes when you said celebrity?

Have either of you guys looked into an internet shaming?

Because, you know, if you are faking this,

then you've got a massive shaming coming your way,

and it is not going to be pretty.

This is your interview?

You, you're just telling us things.

Plus you're not writing anything down,

I told you what exactly our jobs are,

you didn't write that down.

That's okay, Steve, I think

I've got everything I need.

I'm going to get the bill.

I have read up on shamings, man,

and they are fucking brutal.

Right, don't worry about that, okay?

- Yeah, but what if they... - Don't worry about it, okay?

Just, we've got a good thing going on here, just chill.

Yeah, but if they fucking find out we've been faking it,

then we're going to be in so much shit.

That was...

probably the most satisfying moment of my career.

I mean...

I uploaded the video that night,

and got a little viral fame of my own.

Don't worry about it, okay?

Just, we've got a good thing going on here, just chill.

Yeah, but if they fucking find out we've been faking it,

then we're going to be in so much shit.

Ha, whoops, he didn't see that one coming.

I feel so betrayed.

Graham deserved his comeuppance.

He's shitting himself.

He looks more scared now than he did

when he thought he'd seen a ghost.

Graham...

went off on a massive spiral at that point.

Just go kill yourself.

You guys, this is from the heart...

I really thought that for once there was proof,

you have no idea what that meant to me.

Steve got off okay.

No backlash for me, no backlash for me.

I wasn't in the spotlight as much, so.

All my followers,

they know my work is 100% authentic.

He was asking for it.

I can't believe I didn't do it sooner, to be honest.

They knew that I was just getting tied into some kind of

dubious stuff.

I mean...

the insults,

criticisms, death threats.

He got to experience what it was like

to be a woman online, for a minute.

I mean, for God's sakes,

I got death threats, rape threats,

for writing an article on cheesecake,

you don't see me crying about it.

Steve left him out to dry.

It's funny, all the focus seemed to be on Graham...

I mean, I guess he was the instigator, but...

I was lucky.

I don't really have an online presence,

I was only in a few of the videos, so.

And you knew it was faked from the start?

Mm-hm.

I see it like all of Graham's videos, it's an art piece.

It's challenging people about what they think is real,

and what they think is not real.

And you don't think that's problematic?

No.

I'm glad we did it.

I'm really sad to see it end.

That's what I told them...

The fallout for Graham was terrible.

...fireworks and stuff.

He just became a different person

at that point, I mean...

The things that people would say to him,

they'd say to him online.

Fuck.

Can you stop filming?

Please.

And then came the apology.

Graham had been reading a book about public shaming,

and in the book the person had apologized,

and everyone accepted the apology,

and everything was fine again.

So Graham thought he would do the same.

Even though I said to him, "Just let it blow over."

But Graham is very single minded.

And he did it anyway.

As most of you know, it was revealed last week

that the recent spate of hauntings that were

recorded and documented in this flat

were faked by myself,

with the help of some others.

I want to apologize from the bottom of my heart

for misleading all of you.

I understand that some of you were questioning your faith

because of these videos,

and for that, I am truly sorry.

It got out of hand.

The moment got away from me,

and I was encouraged by those closest to me.

It was never my intention to hurt any of you.

I only wanted to entertain.

And I guess I failed.

I just hope we can all move on from this...

and forget about this blip.

I'm truly sorry.

Okay, well, there's a few things wrong there.

First off, terrible apology.

"I was encouraged by those closest to me?"

Why should he throw Erin under the bus?

He also tries to shift the blame off himself.

"I just wanted to entertain,

and the moment got away from me."

Just admit that you lied and go from there.

None of this half-assed shit.

When people found out that he'd monetized the video...

...that was some major schadenfreude.

And it was like the internet shaming

had started all over again.

And then...

I properly lost it over this...

another ghost.

Well, the first thing was the figure in the background.

What was he thinking?

And then there was the picture,

and this was so subtle

that I wondered why it was done at all.

I really don't get his thinking on it.

It wasn't really noticeable at normal speed,

but if you sped the video up.

I just don't get why he did it.

And did you believe him?

I do now.

So if you could just tell us your name, occupation,

and spell it, so we have it for the onscreen graphics, please.

Yeah, okay, it's Doctor John Watson.

I know, hold the jokes.

It's J-O-H-N, W-A-T-S-O-N.

And I'm a social psychologist.

Would you like me to spell that?

Yeah, so it's been well documented that...

social media is addictive.

I think we all know that.

When you get a notification, that little red dot appears,

or your phone buzzes in your pocket,

that sends a little micro dosage of dopamine to your brain.

It says, "Oh, this is good."

And in the same way that a drug addict,

sex addicts, gamblers, or any form of addiction,

the same happens to the social media addict.

I've found that the more exposure, the worse it gets.

Take someone like Graham,

you know, he was getting dozens, if not hundreds

of notifications a day;

comments, likes, subscribers, views even.

Each one a little parcel of dopamine right to the brain.

Now, what hasn't been explored is what happens

when the trigger that gives you that little dopamine shot

becomes a negative stimulus.

Imagine, for example, a heroin addict.

Getting their buzz as normal, and then all of a sudden,

the object of their addiction, heroin, makes them feel bad.

Every time they inject, it's a negative experience.

But the issue is, they still crave it.

They're addicted to it,

and they can't stop taking the drug.

Well, the dopamine hit is still the same,

but the emotions are all negative.

But now instead of making them happy,

it becomes an oppressive,

antagonistic force in their lives.

When they don't have it, they crave it, and when

they get it, it's a deeply negative experience.

That was the world that Graham was living in.

You know, he craved social media.

When he did get fulfillment, at best,

it was someone telling him he sucked,

and at worst it was someone telling him to kill himself.

It's no wonder he fell apart.

I don't know if I'll post this one.

Just finding it easier to talk to

the camera than a person right now.

I really fucked up.

I don't know why, why we let it go so long.

Steve's abandoned me.

Haven't seen Erin in a few days.

And the abuse from online is just getting worse.

Things in here have been weird as well.

Still weird shit going on.

Just finding things out of place...

things moving around...

noises.

Wonder if someone's broken in, or

maybe they saw where I live online.

Fuck knows.

Oh, my God!

Welcome to the show.

Back after a short break,

I have very good news for Graham.

I believe the hauntings were real.

And I have proof.

Now what we had before wasn't strictly paranormal,

that's fine, but I've re-looked at the footage,

and I believe there's more to this whole story

than meets the eye.

This is Graham's flat,

I think he'll be very happy to see us.

Hey, Graham.

Still a little bit down in the dumps.

Maybe.

Graham, Graham, buddy.

Listen, I do have something very important

to show you man, I think it'll cheer you up.

Graham, please, open the door, trust me, man.

Well, fortunately, I actually have a set of keys

that Graham gave me whilst we were

in the thick of our investigations,

which, wouldn't normally advocate

breaking into anyone's house, but

he's mentally unstable, so,

you know, we've got to help him out.

Graham, we're here to help.

Steve, what the fuck?

Get out of my flat, I don't want to talk to you.

Right, just calm down, all right?

Trust me, you need to see this.

Oh, trust you, yeah, worked out well

last time I did that, didn't it?

Jesus.

You know, it was his idea, faking it.

Still got your fans, I see.

Wake up, people, he's full of fucking bullshit.

Erin's told me you've not been keeping well.

Yeah, well.

She said you've been seeing things moving about the flat.

Been talking to Erin much, have you?

Um, well, I'm on your side, okay?

Right, okay, watch this.

I'm pretty sure that there's real hauntings here.

No fucking shit.

I've been telling you that for weeks.

Have you not been listening?

Just because it wasn't profitable for you?

You know, you come here with your crew,

just because you finally see that there's

something in it for you.

What, what am I doing, just get out.

Wait, right, wait.

Okay, you need to put all that to the side, because

there is something bigger here,

we need to get to the bottom of this.

Like all of earth's wondrous mysteries,

there is a big, profound, deep meaning to this, which we can...

- What the fuck are you talking about? - Wait, just let me finish this.

- Which we need to excavate... - What?

Steve, drop, drop the act.

It's just you and me.

Just ignore the cameras, help me out,

like, I'm going through something here.

Okay.

But there is something bigger,

and there is a big mystery,

and we need to get to the bottom of it.

Just fucking leave.

Graham, let's just talk about...

Well, that didn't go very well.

It couldn't have gone any better, I mean,

we had one million views on YouTube.

I think we called it like, "Shamed Ghost Hunter Freaks Out,"

it did really well,

because he was acting like an asshole.

Which is always good on YouTube.

So you have evidence of the hauntings, then?

Can we see that footage?

Well, you can, all right, let me just explain, so,

that footage, at that point,

I didn't realize he was faking it, right?

So, I came to him with the footage, thinking...

I gave him the benefit of the doubt, at that point.

You know, there was some suspicious things,

there was little blurs and sounds,

and, you know, at that point, I still thought

there might be something in this.

Then he slammed the door in my face, and...

I don't know why he persisted in trying to make it look real.

So...

So I'm struggling to sleep tonight,

and it's not just because it's the 5th of November,

and it sounds like the fucking Gaza strip out there.

I started looking up the history of the flat.

Seeing if there was any clues as to like...

why this is happening.

Why, why's that happening here.

And I found this news story from a few years ago.

Seven years ago.

About this girl who used to live in this flat.

And she was what the Japanese would call a "Hikikomori."

So she was basically a shut-in.

Sometimes the other tenants in the building would see her

roaming the halls, or in the stairwell or something,

but aside from that, she never left the building.

Just got everything delivered, did everything online.

The tenants stopped seeing her in the halls.

And then there was a smell...

coming from her flat.

When they finally got the police to investigate,

there was nothing.

Nobody.

The girl wasn't there.

But the smell was.

They never found her.

But that wasn't the thing that's keeping me up.

I, uh, I found this function on street view

where you can actually look back...

um...

previous years.

And I looked up this flat,

looked up seven years ago.

And this is what I saw.

Just...

I feel like I'm fucking losing it.

Well, let's go and investigate.

Here we go again.

Hello? Erin?

If that's you I'm going to fucking kill you.

Not even joking.

Hello?

Erin?

Fuck.

Why is it always a sheet?

You know what?

Fuck this, I'm phoning the police,

and you can hunt them, you spooky cunt.

The tale behind this building

is one of addiction, shame, and woe.

McCarthy's Canal House.

This is where McCarthy himself

became an isolated, paranoid obsessive.

Where he basically boarded up...

- Steve. - ...every exit and entrance.

Graham, how...

It's okay, it's okay, just keep filming.

Fuck, give me my keys back.

No, what the fuck, man?

- What's wrong with you? - Give me my keys back.

Keys, now.

You just fucking punched me in the face.

Now why did you do that?

You fucking attacked me in my flat last night.

No, I didn't.

- Okay? No. - It was you. It was you.

- It was you. - I wasn't there!

Look, I didn't break into your flat, man.

Look, if it wasn't you, then.

Just fucking give me my keys back.

You're fucking losing it, there you go.

Don't know why you gave me them anyway.

You're losing it, man.

Do you even know what's real and what's not any more?

It's on camera.

That doesn't mean anything.

Stay the fuck out of my flat.

How did you know I was going to be here anyway?

You posted it on Twitter, you fuckwit.

All right, fair point.

Did you get all that?

Get some B roll, the wheat field.

Back in the 70s, an artist put on a revolutionary exhibit.

You know, it's one that's always stuck with me.

The artist stood in the middle of the room,

and she was completely still.

And she surrounded herself with dozens of objects.

A feather, a rose, some bread, grapes,

scissors, a scalpel,

a gun loaded with one bullet.

Well, the point of the piece was to

allow people to act how they wanted to interact.

She didn't intervene, they had carte blanche.

She rendered herself powerless.

And at first it was fine.

You know, people found it amusing and fun.

You know, some played with the perfume, played with the feather,

and some even gave her a kiss.

But then things turned sour.

Eventually, some of the audience

intervened and saved her life.

Afterwards she said what she'd learned was that

when you leave it up to the public,

well, they can kill you.

And, this is the kind of social contract

we take out when we put ourselves online.

You know, we open ourselves up for abuse.

And...

In a sense, we're allowing perfect strangers

access to our most intimate moments.

And when people are allowed anonymity,

and permission, well, you don't know how far they'll take it.

I don't know what to do.

I took the keys from Steve.

But it's not changed anything.

I just need a little bit of help.

I just need help.

Graham, hello.

Oh, my God, are you okay?

What is this?

Feedback.

What are you filming?

Just, you know, more evidence.

What are you talking about?

You know, the haunting that's been going on

in this flat for months now?

That no one believes me about?

Okay.

Well, I'm a little worried about you.

Come on, let's just turn off the camera.

No, no, no.

Graham, this isn't real.

We faked this.

So, why don't you just come back to mine,

relax, take it easy, yeah?

It was real.

It is real.

Graham, it wasn't real.

It wasn't real, we, we faked it.

Okay, and you need to come back with me,

and I need you to come back with me, okay?

The sounds that are happening in this flat,

the things that are moving around on their own,

they're real, they're real.

Graham, you're scaring me.

Look, they want me to...

What do you want though?

Tell me, what do you want, okay?

Is this important to you, is this not important to you?

Am I important to you?

God, come on, answer me, what do you want?

I want you to leave.

Wait.

Sorry.

It's fine, just.

I'm worried about you, okay?

I just need one more night,

one more night.

And then I'll, I'll come back.

And we'll forget about all this, just one, one more night.

Okay.

So, it's come to this.

The last night in the flat.

I mean, fuck it, I'm just renting anyway.

I don't know what use there is staying one more night.

I don't know what I could possibly catch on camera that

would convince you that hasn't already.

But...

I just feel like I have to do this.

It's two a.m.

Nothing to report other than the usual bumps and whispers.

Usual.

It's weird that you don't really hear about

stuff happening in places like this, new builds.

Maybe it's built on an ancient Glaswegian burial ground,

and they're trying to communicate with us.

Ouija board.

So, it's three a.m.

I don't know what I'm still doing here.

I think Erin was right.

So I'm going to pack up.

And that's...

Okay, fuck this.

What...

the fuck?

What the fuck?

Come on.

Concussion, broken wrist,

three fractured ribs...

dislocated shoulder.

He survived, but it was touch and go for a fair bit.

I was in visiting him in hospital every day.

It was a struggle.

He clearly wasn't himself.

Not like he was when we were kids.

It was my idea for him to check into care.

And the doctors did a lot of tests and things and decided

it was best for him to have a bit of time to recover.

Think it was best for him not to be in the flat any more.

Doesn't matter about all the ghost shit.

If it's real, if it's not, it's irrelevant.

He got put through the ringer.

Did he bring a lot of that on himself?

Yeah.

But in my opinion,

the punishment didn't fit the crime.

I mean, it's funny, like,

after he almost died, people seemed

less willing to criticize him.

The whole thing just quietly blew over.

I still see him once a week.

He seems happier.

And I have not been back to the flat since.

Um, he's not had any internet access.

And I think he's really trying to kick this addiction.

Cold turkey.

So as far as I'm aware,

if he's seen anything,

he's not told me about it, so.

I kept asking him if I could write a follow up biography.

People would read that.

Um, but he stopped replying to my messages,

and ultimately refused to see me.

What can I do? Fuck him.

No, I don't see him anymore, I mean,

he seems healthy now, why would I interrupt that?

Plus I've got a lot of things going on, you know,

uh, did I tell you about my new YouTube series?

No, oh, right, okay, so, well, it's called...

It's about as happy an ending as we can hope for.

Graham's, like, mentally the best he's ever been.

And in the end...

isn't that all we can ask for?

To be comfortable in our own skin.

It's not care about likes or views or whatever the fuck.

How important are views anyway?

But the views are important.

I wasn't keen on this whole neat conclusion.

Um, Graham has a near death experience,

goes into care, gets well again, finds public love again.

Um, good for him, but I didn't buy it.

I hate loose threads, and it felt like

there were tons of loose threads left over.

So, I did some digging.

What I found was Graham's YouTube channel.

It was still live.

And this was when he was in care,

and had no access to the internet.

Seems a little insensitive to me.

Something stood out when I was looking at his channel.

I checked the about page, and the email address

for business inquiries looked familiar.

"padthemouse," I'd seen that somewhere before.

It was the same as Steve's business address.

Well here's where it gets interesting.

Erin claimed to have no media presence really,

she wasn't on any social media accounts

or anything like that.

But, she did have an Etsy account.

Selling her "art."

And when you go to contact the store owner,

guess who? "padthemouse."

- Just chill. - Yeah, but if they fucking find out

we've been faking it, then we're going to be in so much shit.

So I find it odd that through all of that tension...

Help me out.

...animosity.

- You're losing it, man. - Just fucking leave.

Through all of that,

they shared a business email address?

Did he not once try to split their businesses?

But the really strange thing...

These channels and shops, they were all set up

before Graham and Erin allegedly

started collaborating with Steve.

Before they even met him.

It makes me think that everything,

including the internet downfall,

all of it had been orchestrated

and faked, more than anyone realized.

Well, I like where your head's at,

and it's good to meet you and Erin.

Hey.

If you look closely,

the clues are there.

Graham, Erin, and Steve had met each other

before their first alleged meeting.

Aye, it'll cost you extra.

Target's holding, move, move.

F###!

They'd made sketches before.

There's the shirt on the radiator in Graham's flat.

This was a month before they claim

to have met for the first time.

It's fine.

I just need one more night, one more night.

Erin left that night, didn't she?

If that's the case, then what was she doing back later,

bursting out of the wall?

The deeper you look, the more the evidence piles up.

Haven't seen Erin in a few days.

If you haven't seen Erin in days,

then what's she doing in your flat?

Look, the evidence is there.

It may seem more implausible to you,

but there are only two options.

Either this is one of the most well documented,

incredible cases of a real haunting ever...

or it's an elaborate prank.

I guarantee you, in a few months,

once everyone's forgotten this story,

Graham's quietly going to leave care,

rejoin society, and he's going to have

a ton of cash in the bank.

I can't force you to believe me.

Unfortunately, evidence isn't enough for people any more.

Have you heard the allegations

that Alice has been making about you?

Which ones?

That this whole thing has been faked,

and that you were working alongside

Erin and Graham this whole time.

Oh, yeah, that one's a good one.

Um, okay, so listen, I cut ties with Graham,

as soon as I gave him the flat keys back, that was us.

What about the evidence she's brought forward?

Well, can you believe everything you see on camera?

No.

Like, seeing is believing,

that just doesn't apply any more.

Does it?

This could be faked.

You could be fake.

Who's to say what's real, what's not?

So what do you make

of the allegations that you and Steve

and Graham conspired to fake this whole thing?

Well...

We actually spoke, Alice and I,

and she showed me her evidence,

and as far as I'm concerned,

she has no evidence.

I don't know, I don't know what to believe any more.

All I know is what I did and what I didn't do, and...

I guess I have to take comfort in that.

Some people say all sorts of things about me,

but I know what's true, and I know what's not true,

as well, and life goes on.

As does the afterlife.

If you believe that sort of thing, so.

I'm back.

I've had a lot of time to think.

And I've been back online, and

looking at everything that's been posted.

Everything that's been said about me.

About the things that's happened in this flat.

And I've had some time to think about

what's really important to me.

And...

I know that there's only one thing I can do.

To, to prove...

that this whole thing has been real...

and that I meant every single word of it.

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