Derek Acorah Biography
Derek Acorah (Derek Francis Johnson) is an English self-styled spiritual medium and actor. He was also a professional football player who played for his home-team Liverpool FC.
Derek is best known for his television work on Moat Haunted, broadcast on Living TV (2002–2010).
Derek Acorah Age
Derek Francis Johnson was born on 27 January 1950 in Bootle, England, U.K. He is 69 years old as of 2019.
Derek Acorah Wife
Derek got married to Rachel Walker on March 1984 and later divorced in 1990. He married Gwen Acorah in March 1995 with whom he has two children. Together with his wife Gwen, he is a patron for the charity Pathfinder Guide Dog Programme, which is a registered charity which provides seeing dogs for blind people.
Derek Acorah Football
Derek was on the books of Liverpool F.C. as a young man during the Bill Shankly era but was released by the club without playing a first team game. Acorah carried on playing at other clubs and finished his football career in Australia.
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His first TV appearance was on the satellite TV channel Granada Breeze in 1996. Derek began with Livetime before later appearing weekly on Psychic Livetime during his tenure with the channel.
He then appeared on Predictions which then started out as a showcase for various studio guests but it later became a vehicle for Acorah alone and renamed Predictions with Derek Acorah.
He has also featured in the television series Antiques Ghost Show in 2002 and was presented with the Variety Club of Great Britain’s Multichannel TV Personality of the Year Award in 2004.
Derek Acorah Most Haunted
He joined a new British television programme called Haunting Truths in July 2001 and was finally sold out to Living and renamed Most Haunted where he worked on the show for six series.
Derek Acorah Sacked From Most Haunted | Derek Acorah Fake | What Happened To Derek Acorah?
Yvette Fielding who was presenter and executive producer of Most Haunted originally stated “there is no acting on this programme, none whatsoever. Everything you see and you hear is real.” Media attention was then directed at the show in 2005 after Derek claimed to channel spirits with names that had been allegedly suggested to him in advance, such as “Rik Eedles” and “Kreed Kafer”, which are anagrams of “Derek Lies” and “Derek Faker” respectively. When he spoke in 2006, Yvette said of Acorah “We tell people everything is real, then it turns out he was a fake, so he had to go.”
Derek Acorah New Show
Acorah alongside Sean Reynolds and Rebecca Palmer launched their new 12-part television show entitled The Past Hunters in December 2015.
Derek Acorah Spirit Guide
Derek claimed to have received a psychic message from Madeleine McCann via a ‘spirit guide’ in May 2012. He stated that that the child had died some time ago but would soon be reincarnated. He used the same newspaper
to publish an apology to McCann’s parents after a widespread media outrage.
Derek Acorah’s Ghost Towns
Derek filmed a one-off special for LivingTV, Derek Acorah’s Quest for Guy Fawkes followed by Derek Acorah’s Ghost Towns with Ruggie Media. The programme ran for three series. In 2008, he took part in two series for Sky Real Lives titled Derek Acorah. He also featured in Michael Jackson: The Search for His Spirit in November 2009.
Derek Acorah Big Brother
Derek competed in the twentieth series of Celebrity Big Brother and left the house on the final night in fourth place.
Derek Acorah Books
- The Psychic World of Derek Acorah: Discover How to Develop Your Hidden Powers – Derek Acorah with John G. Sutton, Piatkus Books, 2003
- ‘The Psychic Adventures of Derek Acorah: Star of TV’s “Most Haunted”, Element Books 2004
- Ghost Hunting with Derek Acorah – Element Books, 2005
- Most Haunted: The Official Behind-the-Scenes Guide – Yvette Fielding, Derek Acorah, 2005
- Haunted Britain –Harper Element, 2006
- Haunted Britain and Ireland
- Ghost Towns – Harper Element, 2006
- Derek Acorah’s Haunted!’
- Amazing Psychic Stories’
- Extreme Psychic’
Derek Acorah Ghost Hunt
With tips and hints on tools, locations, and types of spirit activity a budding ghost hunter might encounter, Acorah provides a fascinating guide with plenty of brilliant and fascinating stories of his own encounters. Information of different types of ghost you may encounter, such as residual energy, anniversary ghosts, poltergeists and the spirit people. Hints on how to prepare and what tools to use.
Derek Acorah Tour
He toured the UK and Norway on his “Whispers from Heaven” psychic tour in 2017. Derek is on a 2019 tour.
Derek Acorah Tour Dates
- MAR 13- The Brindley
Runcorn, United Kingdom - MAR 16 – Beaufort Theatre & Ballroom
Beaufort, United Kingdom - APR 05 – Epstein Theatre
Liverpool, United Kingdom - APR 11 – Assembly Hall
Melksham, United Kingdom - APR 12 – Phoenix Theatre
Castleford, United Kingdom - APR 13 – The Grand Pavilion Matlock Bath
Matlock Bath, United Kingdom - APR 19 – The Beacon Theatre
Greenock, United Kingdom - MAY 11 – Phoenix Theatre
Blyth, United Kingdom - MAY 18 – Neeld Community and Arts Centre
Chippenham, United Kingdom - MAY 24 – Camberley Theatre
Camberley, United Kingdom - MAY 25 – Shanklin Theatre
Isle of Wight, United Kingdom - MAY 26 – Brookside Theatre
Romford, United Kingdom - JUL 05 – The AMP Theatre
Stonham Aspal, United Kingdom - JUL 06 – The AMP Theatre
Stonham Aspal, United Kingdom - JUL 25 – The Elgiva Theatre
Chesham, United Kingdom - JUL 27 – The Civic
Stourport, United Kingdom - OCT 05 – The Mansefield 2
Rugeley, United Kingdom - OCT 11 – Gwyn Hall
Neath, United Kingdom - OCT 24 – Blackfriars Arts Centre
Boston, United Kingdom - OCT 25 – Montgomery Hall
Wath upon Dearne, United Kingdom - OCT 26 – Melton Theatre
Melton Mowbray, United Kingdom - OCT 27 – Parkway Cinema
Cleethorpes, United Kingdom - NOV 01 – Lakeside Country Club
Frimley Green, United Kingdom - NOV 23 – The Majestic Theatre
Darlington, United Kingdom
Derek Acorah Website
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Derek Acorah TV Shows
- Most Haunted
- Derek Acorah’s Ghost Towns
- The Antiques Ghost Show
- Paranormal Egypt
- Celebrity Quitters
- Loose Lips
- Derek Acorah
- Celebrity Five Go to…
Derek Acorah Net Worth
The English medium has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
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Derek Acorah Possessed
Derek Acorah Interview
Published: May 7, 2011
Source: joshgill.wordpress.com
How long have you been able to contact the spirit world?
I had my first experience of spirit contact as a six year old boy. Throughout my childhood and youth I was aware of spirit but it was in my late twenties, at the cessation of my footballing career, when I first began pursuing the idea of spirit communication and started to develop properly my clairvoyant and clairaudient gifts.
Would you describe it as a gift or a curse?
I would say that it can be both, although I choose to think upon it more as a gift than a curse.
How do spirits manifest themselves to you? What do they look like?
To my eyes, spirit people look as solid as you or I.
Tell me about Sam, how did you come to be aware of him?
Sam first introduced himself to me clairaudiently and clairvoyantly when I was in my late teens one night when I was sitting quietly by myself. It was approximately ten years later before I began communicating with Sam properly.
What is it like when you have had a spirit possess you?
I have never been possessed by a spirit person in my life. I have however channelled many spirit people by allowing them to enter my aura and use my earthly voice box to tell people what they have to say. It is something that has to be done with a great deal of care, as you are actually channelling the emotions of the person concerned. If they are angry people, I feel great anger; if they are sad people, then I feel deep sadness. It is not something that should be attempted by anybody other than a person with a great understanding of spirit communication.
Is it rewarding contacting the spirits of people in order to give their family some closure?
Deeply rewarding. There is nothing more wonderful than giving families the proof that the people they thought they would never hear from or see again, still live on in another dimension.
Are you able to shut yourself off from the spirit world or is it always there?
The spirit world is around all of us 24 hours a day for every day of every year. Any responsible medium learns how to close themselves down to the influences of the world of spirit. If we did not, then I am sure we would all go mad.
Should people fear the spirit world or should they learn to embrace it?
There is more to fear from people who inhabit this earthly plain than people from the world of spirit. I find it ludicrous to think that a person’s mother or father, sibling or friend who happened to be in spirit could instil fear into that person. We are not afraid of them when they are living with us. So why on earth should we be afraid of them just because they have passed over in to the heavenly state.
What do you say to people that don’t believe you can contact the spirit world?
I say nothing, why should I? I am not here to try to convert people or to tell them that their belief is wrong. I am happy to let them find out for themselves on the day that they pass over to the spirit world themselves. I do have a saying and I notice that many mediums claim it as their own, but in actuality these words were given to me by Sam my spirit guide many years ago: To the believer no proof is necessary; to the non-believer, no proof is possible.
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