"LOST'S" LESBIAN-THESBIAN FACES JAIL TIME FOR PROBATION VIOLATION

Michelle Rodriguez (pictured btm w/girlfriend Kristanna Loken), alumni of TV's mega hit "Lost" has been sent before a judge to answer charges she has not fulfilled the conditions of her probation stemming from a 2005 DUI arrest (mugshot top). People has the poop on the sapphic star's dilemma:

Michelle Rodriguez has failed to fulfill the terms of her probation in a DUI case and may face jail time, the Los Angeles City Attorney's office announced Friday.

"She hasn't shown proof of completion of her 30 days of community service," said City Attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan. "She could face jail time, but it's up to the judge."

The City Attorney's office alleges that Rodriguez turned in a false document showing that she completed one day of service on Sept. 25, court filings show. However, the actress later stated that she was in New York on that date.

On Friday afternoon, Rodriguez arrived at the court for a hearing in the matter, looking somber and dressed in a white collared shirt, brown leather jacket and brown slacks.

She was accompanied by her lawyer, who successfully asked the judge to postpone Friday's hearing to Oct. 12.

But first, Rodriguez was scolded by Superior Court Judge Daviann L. Mitchell, who ordered the actress to complete two days of road cleanup duty for the California Department of Transportation.

"I'm not impressed with your completion schedule," Judge Mitchell said. "I don't care if you have to camp there, complete (it) without exception."

Outside of court, her attorney, Richard Beada, said: "We believe this is all due to a clerical error. My client did complete the full 30 days."

Rodriguez, 29, had been serving an extended probation term for numerous driving infractions.

In May 2006, she served only four hours and 20 minutes (of a two-month sentence) at the Lynwood, Calif. jail for violating probation, stemming from a DUI arrest in Hawaii in December 2005.

She served, however, just over two days in a Honolulu jail in that case.

In June 2004, Rodriguez had been placed on three years' probation after pleading no contest to DUI and driving with a suspended license from two separate incidents in the Hollywood area in 2003.

BRUTAL GAY-BASHING SHOCKS COMMUNITY

Two Colebrook New Hampshire men are accused of targeting, and brutally beating a man simply because of his sexual orientation. WMUR reports:


John Lavasser, of Colebrook, said that he was targeted by two men in July because he is gay. He said he didn't know his attackers, but he believes they knew him. He grew up in Colebrook, and he said people in the community know he is gay.

"They came after me from each side," Lavasser said.

Prosecutors said Lavasser was beaten in his car by Sheane Eldritch, 23, and Thomas Baker, 20.

"As they were walking away, witnesses heard them bragging about it, saying, 'I'm gonna kill that fag,'" Coos County Assistant Attorney Keith Clouatre said.

Eldritch and Baker now face the possibility of increased jail time.

"When they came up to me, they asked me if I was waiting for my partner," Lavasser said.

Lavasser's partner, Ron Sayres, arrived moments after the men fled and said he was stunned by what he saw.

"The whole right side of his face was all bloody," Sayres said.

Lavasser received 14 stitches.

"After I got gay-bashed, I said, 'I don't want to live in this town anymore,'" he said.

But the couple has decided to stay in Colebrook and not let fear get the best of them.

"If we just leave, it's almost like everyone's winning," Sayres said.

Eldridge and Baker waived their right to appear before a judge on Thursday.

New Hampshire does not have a specific hate crime law, but when police believe that a crime was motivated by hate, a statute allows for more severe punishment in the form of extra jail time.


(photos via Towleroad)

IRAN'S PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD DECLAIRES HIS COUNTRY FREE OF HOMOSEXUALS

Homophobes everywhere are no doubt purchasing real estate en-mass in Iran after it's president (pictured top w/and admiring citizen) declared his country was free of those pesky homos (see video above) during a visit to Columbia University last Monday.

To quote Ahmadinejad: "In Iran, we don’t have homosexuals like in your country. We don’t have that in our country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon. I do not know who has told you that we have it."

Hey, I'm a phenomenon! Mom was right, I am special!

UPDATE: MYSTERY OF ILLNESS CAUSING METEORITE SOLVED

I don't know about you, but our previous story on the Meteorite that hit Peru and caused dozens to become ill when it emitted a strange gas upon impact, left me with the heebie-jeebies. I mean, it's like the plot to a Sci-Fi movie that results in either body snatching, or widespread extinction.

Anyhoo, according to the National Geographic, the mystery has been solved:

Nearby residents who visited the impact crater complained of headaches and nausea, spurring speculation that the explosion was a subterranean geyser eruption or a release of noxious gas from decayed matter underground.

But the illness was the result of inhaling arsenic fumes, according to Luisa Macedo, a researcher for Peru's Mining, Metallurgy, and Geology Institute (INGEMMET), who visited the crash site.

The meteorite created the gases when the object's hot surface met an underground water supply tainted with arsenic, the scientists said.

Numerous arsenic deposits have been found in the subsoils of southern Peru, explained Modesto Montoya, a nuclear physicist who collaborated with the team. The naturally formed deposits contaminate local drinking water.

"If the meteorite arrives incandescent and at a high temperature because of friction in the atmosphere, hitting water can create a column of steam," added José Ishitsuka, an astronomer at the Peruvian Geophysics Institute, who analyzed the object.

By Wednesday, according to Macedo, all 30 residents who felt ill reported feeling better.


(Editors note: Whew!)

"24" STAR KIEFER SUTHERLAND ARRESTED FOR 4TH DUI

Kiefer Sutherland, pictured above in previous drunken and pant-less-romp (but what's wrong with that? I'm pant-less right now! Ohhhh yeah!) with pal Christian Slater (bottom photo, left), was arrested a fouth time for DUI (2 in the last 5 years). Is this a cry for help? Or calculated bid for attention/publicity? In this age of celebrities building careers out of misbehaving (Paris, Nicole, etc) , who can be sure anymore. TMZ has all the poop on this one:

Jack Bauer isn't untouchable after all.

TMZ has learned that "24" star Kiefer Sutherland was busted on suspicion of DUI in West Hollywood last night, after allegedly blowing more than twice the legal limit of .08. This is the actor's second DUI in the past five years -- he was arrested in 2004. By California law, if he's convicted, he must serve a mandatory minimum of five days in jail.

Police sources tell TMZ 40-year-old Sutherland was pulled over around 1:35 AM PST on the corner of La Cienega and Beverly. Sutherland was at the FOX Fall Eco-Casino party at Area nightclub earlier that evening. The photo in this story was taken at the event.

Sutherland, who was stopped after making an illegal U-turn, was arrested for misdemeanor DUI and transported to the Hollywood Police station. He was booked at 4:09 AM and released at 5:42 AM on $25,000 bail.

We're told Sutherland was "cooperative and mellow" while he was in custody.

According to the L.A. Sheriff's Dept. website, the actor is 5'10" and weighs 150 lbs.

Sutherland is scheduled to face a judge on October 16.

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOOTBALL PLAYERS TONY JOINER AND TIM TEBOW'S CONTOVERSIAL KISSES

The University of Florida's Tony Joiner and Tim Tebow's kiss during a football game last Saturday caused quite a stir, and according to Towleroad, it's not the first time the two have locked-lips:

Joiner, who lives with Tebow, told news media after the game: "That's my roommate. I love him. We've grown close. That's not the first time I've kissed him." When asked if he's kissed other men, Joiner replied, "Not many. Probably just my dad and Tim Tebow."

MAUREEN MCCORMICK (MARCIA BRADY) CLAIMS SHE AND EVE PLUMB (JAN BRADY) WERE LESBIAN LOVERS

I know, I know, it's a new Tabloid low for me, I really do feel dirty, but it's such a sin-sational story!

According to Star Pulse, a new tell-all book by TV's Marcia Brady, Maureen McCormick, claims she and TV sister Eve Plumb were Lesbian Lovers! Ok, gonna go shower off the filth...scrub..and scrub....

Wholesome former The Brady Bunch star Maureen McCormick is set to reveal the beloved 70s TV series' most shocking secret in a new book - she and her on-screen sister had a lesbian fling.

McCormick's tell-all, "Here's The Story," won't hit bookstores until 2008, but publishers are already buzzing about the big reveal.

As well as talking candidly about her well-documented eating disorder and drug problems in the book, TV's Marcia Brady will come clean about a romance she had with co-star Eve Plumb, who played her sister Jan on the hit show.

A source tells the National Enquirer, "The most explosive comments will be how the then-blonde, blue-eyed cutie developed a crush on Eve Plumb, which led to some sexual play. This book will certainly come as a shocker. While Maureen is not a lesbian, she reveals there were some sexual hijinks going on behind the scenes. It's bizarre because she played such a virginal character on the show."

"THE VIEW" CO-HOST SHERRI SHEPHERD DOESN'T KNOW IF THE WORLD IS FLAT

The clip says it all...

METEORITE CAUSES MYSTERY ILLNESS IN DOZENS

According to Reuters, Peruvian health officials are reporting dozens of people becoming ill after a meteorite crashed near Lake Titicaca (editor's note: giggle) and emitted a cloud of noxious gas (sounds like my ex):


After hearing a loud noise, people went to see what had happened and found a crater 65 feet wide and 22 feet deep on an uninhabited plateau near Carancas in the Puno region.

Experts from Peru's Geophysical Institute are on their way to the area 800 miles south of Lima to verify whether it was a meteorite.

"We've examined about 100 people who got near to the meteorite crater who have vomiting and headaches because of gasses coming out of there," Jorge Lopez, health director in Puno, told Reuters.

"People are scared," he said.

Lopez said people went to the site after hearing a crash that they thought might be an airplane.

"We ourselves went near the crater and now we've got irritated throats and itching noses," Lopez said.

The site is near the border with Bolivia and experts from San Andres university in La Paz said initial analyses of sand samples from the crater showed that it could be a meteorite, according to newspaper reports.

Luisa Macedo, a geologist with the Mining Geology and Metallurgy Institute in Lima, told Reuters the reaction between the elements in a meteorite and the Earth's surface can generate gases that then dissipate.

Meteorites fell in 2002 and 2004 in the Andean area of Arequipa in southern Peru, Hernando Tavera, head of the Peruvian Geophysical Institute, told Reuters.

GOV. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER PROMISES TO VETO GAY MARRIAGE BILL AGAIN-DESPITE RUMORS OF GAY-FOR-PAY EARLY DAYS

California Governor Schwarzenegger has vowed to veto yet another gay-marriage bill in his adopted home state of California.

According to the Associated Press:


SACRAMENTO—Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday that he won't reconsider his decision to veto a bill legalizing gay marriage and will keep vetoing the measure as long as lawmakers send it to him.

The Republican governor said he won't change his position unless voters overturn an anti-gay marriage initiative that Californians adopted in 2000.

"It would be wrong for the people to vote for something and for me to then overturn it," Schwarzenegger said. "So they can send this bill down as many times as they want, I won't do it."

The bill would redefine marriage as a civil contract between two people, but would still let religious groups refuse to sanction the unions.

Schwarzenegger vetoed a gay marriage bill in 2005, citing the 61 percent of voters who favored Proposition 22 in March 2000.

He announced in February that he would veto the bill again if it reached his desk this year. Despite the announcement, lawmakers approved it before adjourning last week.
Schwarznegger has until Oct. 14 to act on the measure.

Geoff Kors, executive director of the gay rights organization Equality California, said Proposition 22 only bars California from recognizing same-sex marriages performed outside California.

The gay marriage bill, by Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, would amend a different section of law that covers marriages performed in California.

Kors said he hopes Schwarzenegger sticks by earlier comments that he will abide by the state Supreme Court's ultimate decision on whether California's ban on same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional. The high court's ruling could come next year.

"We're extremely disappointed he is taking a position on the bill without meeting with a single lesbian-gay family, as we have asked him to do the last two years," Kors said. "How would he feel if this was a bill affecting who he could marry?"

Schwarzenegger's comments were in response to a question during a Capitol news conference on an endorsement of his health care plan by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.



What makes this all so hypocritical are the persistent (and well-substantiated) rumors of Arnold's gay-for-pay early days in Hollywood, as previously reported in ZestyPress.

Tsk...Tsk...Tsk...

ANOTHER PRIEST ARRESTED IN GAY SEX-STING

My stars and garters! Another Priest has been arrested soliciting gay-sex in a public restroom.

This one is married, and although he was caught red-handed (don't say it!) , he insists he's not gay (sigh).

It must have been the romantic setting...the florescent lights, the seductive smell of urine and feces....ahhhhh...love in bloom....Express Gay News has all of the poop (sorry):

Fr. Michael Penland was charged on June 28 with “soliciting for a crime against nature” in Waynesville Recreation Park after he allegedly asked an undercover officer to go home with him and have sex. On Sept. 5, Episcopal Bishop Leo Frade suspended Fr. Penland from his priestly duties at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church in Boca Raton.

“The charge is brazenly unconstitutional,” said Robert Rosenwald, an ACLU lawyer with the Florida chapter’s LGBT project, who examined the police report.

Penland was issued a citation after he allegedly followed an undercover detective home in his car after soliciting him for sex in a public bathroom. He was among seven men arrested by the Waynesville Police Department in a summer-long sting operation dubbed Operation Summer Heat. Police did not release information about the arrests until Sept. 5 in order to avoid tipping off people about the sting, according to media reports.

According to the arrest report, Penland followed Det. Tyler Trantham into a public restroom around 11:30 a.m. and asked Trantham to go home with him to have sex.

Penland allegedly got into his car and followed the officer to another location. He was pulled over by a second officer, Crystal Shuler, who issued a citation, took his picture and released him. Penland did not go to jail.

He was charged with “solicitation for a crime against nature,” a misdemeanor, and “banned from town property,” according to the police report.

The report does not depict any sexual behavior taking place in the bathroom, public park or in Penland’s vehicle. It only states that Penland propositioned the undercover detective to engage in anal sex at a private location.

The 2003 Supreme Court ruling Lawrence vs. Texas overturned sodomy laws. According Lawrence, sexual behaviors such as anal sex between men could not be considered illegal.

“What [Penland] did was not a crime,” the ACLU’s Rosenwald said. “It’s not wrong to proposition someone and then go home.”

Like many of the men who are arrested in bathroom stings, Penland does not identify as gay. He has been married for 17 years. He did not return calls from the Express to discuss if he would challenge the charge.

TV'S "WONDER WOMAN" LYNDA CARTER TAKES SMASH-HIT CABARET SHOW ON TOUR

Hey Gang-

Yup, that's yours' truly flanking (along with uber friend Gerry) the lovely and talented Lynda Carter last Saturday in Chicago. Oh, Lynda and I are old friends going waaayyy back (not really, I'm lucky she didn't mace me!). Lynda was kind enough to do a rare meet-and-greet with the aforementioned Gerry and I after seeing her cabaret show.

The reviews for the previous shows in California were raves, so my expectations were high, and Lynda's show not only met, but exceeded them.

Here is what the real critics (as opposed to..what the hell am I anyhow??) had to say:


"Lynda Carter can just about write her own ticket with this expertly produced and paced revue... She's a beauty with personality to match, a tough combination to beat in this tough game. She tosses winning rolls at just about every turn."
- Bill Willard, Daily Variety

"Lynda is a knockout with lots of talent. She sings, she dances and makes you smile..."
— Suzy Kalter, People Magazine

"Lynda Carter is a dynamo on stage. What she does is sing and dance and she's dynamite at both."
— Barry Morrison, Denver Post

"Lynda Carter was outstanding. She has a strong fluid voice with an impressive range."
— Dennis Hunt, L.A. Times

"Lynda Carter is a Wonder Woman. The crowds love her and the girl is talented.
— The Hollywood Reporter

"A Wonder Woman on stage as a musical performer..."
—LasVegasSun

Her repertoire ranges from a seductive and playful 50 ways to the heartfelt and bluesy God Bless the Child. I know it's cliched to say, but Lynda really does take you on a musical and emotional roller coaster (hey, I told you I wasn't a professional critic!). She's funny, warm, and very engaging.
Be sure to check out Scott Stander.com for more info about Lynda's concert, as well as to check out his full roster of performers. And if you still want more info, tour dates, etc, then hop on over toThe Wonder Woman Museum ( full of WW memorabilia and tour info, song list, photos, etc) as well as Wonderland for hot-off-the-presses tour-date info, and all things Wonder Woman!

The night we were there it was packed, so order your tickets as early as possible. We were 3rd row center (thank you Gerry!). Don't end up stuck in the nose-bleed seats, or worse, empty handed!

ACTUAL AUDIO TAPE OF O.J SIMPSON ROBBERY

Yowza! I leave town for two days, and all hell breaks loose!

Well, the latest development in the O.J Simpson (mugshot photo above) armed robbery/assault arrest is the discovery of an audio tape of the crime taking place, which will effectively put the kybosh on any backpedalling Mr. Simpson may do in regards to his confession ( ala Larry Craig ).

CLICK HERE for the incriminating audio via TMZ.

DEAD MAN WAKES UP DURING HIS AUTOPSY

Now, I don't want to creep you out with this story (of course I do!) but Yahoo reports that a dead-man woke up DURING his own autopsy...

CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan man who had been declared dead woke up in the morgue in excruciating pain after medical examiners began their autopsy.

Carlos Camejo (pictured), 33, was declared dead after a highway accident and taken to the morgue, where examiners began an autopsy only to realize something was amiss when he started bleeding. They quickly sought to stitch up the incision on his face.

"I woke up because the pain was unbearable," Camejo said, according to a report on Friday in leading local newspaper El Universal.

His grieving wife turned up at the morgue to identify her husband's body only to find him moved into a corridor -- and alive.

Reuters could not immediately reach hospital officials to confirm the events. But Camejo showed the newspaper his facial scar and a document ordering the autopsy.

SCIENTISTS CREATE FIRST ROBOT-HUMAN

Hanson Robotics has created a robotic-boy companion (pictured top-and looking creepy to boot).

You know, Data from Star Trek wasn't creepy looking (in fact, I think I may have had a wee-bit of a crush on him...is that sick? Should I seek help?) Yahoo has more:

At 17 inches tall and 6 pounds, the artificial Zeno is the culmination of five years of work by Hanson and a small group of engineers, designers and programmers at his company, Hanson Robotics. They believe there's an emerging business in the design and sale of lifelike robotic companions, or social robots. And they'll be showing off the robot boy to students in grades 3-12 at the Wired NextFest technology conference Thursday in Los Angeles.

Unlike clearly artificial robotic toys, Hanson says he envisions Zeno as an interactive learning companion, a synthetic pal who can engage in conversation and convey human emotion through a face made of a skin-like, patented material Hanson calls frubber.

"It's a representation of robotics as a character animation medium, one that is intelligent," Hanson beams. "It sees you and recognizes your face. It learns your name and can build a relationship with you."


Editors note: Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UPDATE: "MOST HAUNTED" HOST YVETTE FIELDING ADMITS RESIDENT MEDIUM IS A FAKE

In a followup to yesterdays expose', Most Haunted host Yvette Fielding (who producers the show with husband/co-star Karl Beattie) was forced to admit during an interview with the U.K's Metro Newspaper that her resident medium/psychic Derek Acorah was less than authentic when pressed by the reporter to explain Acorah's hasty dismissal from the show:

METRO: So why did Derek really leave?

Y.F: Unbeknown to us, Ciaran O’Keeffe [the show’s resident sceptic] had suspicions about Derek and decided to plant some information to see if it would be repeated. He left a piece of paper around with the name ‘Kreed Kafer’ on it and said, within earshot of Derek, that he was a nasty South African jailor. When we started filming, Derek decided to get possessed by this fake person. The name is actually an anagram of Derek Faker. We tell people everything is real, then it turns out he was a fake, so he had to go.

METRO: Did you feel let down?

Y.F: I was more angry than anything. I was upset that someone we considered to be close could do that. And then we had the possessions but we were getting three every show and, in every one, Derek would have the same voice. He’d also attack the crew members when he was supposedly possessed so it could have got dangerous for us.

METRO: Where does that leave the show’s credibility?

Y.F: Where does it all stop? Are these mediums that do theatre shows all set up as well? You get little old ladies who pay £20 or £30 to see a theatre medium and you have to ask – are they being duped? Ciaran and I are trying to work out a system where mediums and ghost groups could be policed.


Due to their status as the creators and producers of Most Haunted, Fielding and Beattie's role in the hoax is still being investigated.

For more on the Most Haunted hoax, check out www.doublexposure.co.uk/

RAPPER JA RULE GOES ON HOMOPHOBIC RANT

Reacting to the upcoming Congressional hearings relating to the images portrayed in rap music lyrics, Ja Rule (real name Jeffrey Atkins) had a wee bit to say about the gays :

"They got my man Doug Morris under fire and @#!*, they got him going down to go speak to Congress about hip-hop lyrics, are you @#*$ing serious?" Ja said. "There's a f--king black kid right now about to get 25 years for having a fight with some white kids over hanging the nooses over the white tree, let's get to that. Let's get into sh-t like that, because that's what's tearing up America, not me calling a woman a b--ch or a h-e on my rap songs."

"And if it is, then we need to go step to Paramount, and f--king MGM, and all of these other motherf--kers that's making all of these movies and we need to go step to MTV and Viacom, and lets talk about all these f--king shows that they have on MTV that is promoting homosexuality, that my kids can't watch this sh-t," he continued. "Dating shows that's showing two guys or two girls in mid-afternoon. Let's talk about s--t like that! If that's not f--king up America, I don't know what is."

"MOST HAUNTED" HOAX VIDEO #2

Here Most Haunted host Yvette admits to a talkshow host that resident psychic Derek Acorah's posessions are faked...

"MOST HAUNTED" HOAX VIDEO #1

Here is a bit of video of what appears to be the Travel Channel's Most Haunted host Yvette Fielding (left) rocking the table with her hands (see how she pushes the table cloth forward)...stay tuned for more hoax-clips...

TV'S "MOST HAUNTED" DECLAIRED A HOAX BY IT'S OWN STAR

I was totally flummoxed I had never come across this story before. A 2005 article from The Mirror features Most Haunted's resident parapsychologist claiming much of what you see on the Travel Channel's British spook-fest is all a hoax!

THE TV show that has spooked millions with its footage of hauntings and poltergeists is today exposed as a fake - by one its own stars.

Resident parapsychologist Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe has sensationally lifted the lid on the ghosthunting series, Most Haunted ... and claims that the public are being deceived by "showmanship and dramatics."

He accuses the show's medium Derek Acorah of hoodwinking viewers by pretending to communicate with spirits and obtaining information about locations prior to filming.

The Mirror has also obtained unedited footage which appears to show presenter Yvette Fielding and her husband faking 'paranormal' occurrences such as ghostly bumps and knocks.

Most Haunted has quickly achieved cult status since it was launched in 2002 and is LivingTV's most successful programme.

Millions of viewers tune in regularly to watch Ex-Blue Peter girl Yvette and her team of ghost hunters spend the night in some of Britain's most haunted locations.

It has made Acorah - who claims to be guided by an Ethiopian spirit guide called Sam - into one of the country's best-known psychics.

Yvette Fielding has said of the show - which is made by her husband Karl Beattie's production company Antix Productions: "There is no acting in this programme, none whatsoever. Everything you see and you hear is real. It's not made up, it's not acted."

But our investigation reveals how the programme uses careful editing to mislead viewers and, on at least one occasion, has even lied about the location of filming.

Ciaran, a lecturer in the paranormal at Liverpool's Hope University, knows speaking out will probably put an end to his media career... but he believes viewers should know the truth.

He says: "I think it's time to open the dialogue about what I've experienced on Most Haunted. There have been many incidents with the medium that have been brushed under the carpet.

"I was put in the show to give a professional slant to it, to give it an element of credibility, but the sceptical argument is just swept away.

"In my opinion, we're not dealing with genuine mediumship."

He says he isn't the only member of the crew who feels viewers are being cheated.

"Other crew members have been irked by Derek and what's going on, because it turns what should be a serious investigation into a laughing matter."

And our exclusive footage shows other members of the team occasionally forget they are on camera.

One of our clips, later edited out, shows Karl push an unwitting sound man in the dark and pretend it was a poltergeist attack.

In the remaining footage he says (after surreptitiously hitting the soundman): "S**t, did you feel that?"

Yvette: Are you all right? What's happened?

Karl: I felt something touch me on my shoulder.

Soundman: I felt something hit me.

And in another edited clip with medium Ian Lawman, Yvette is seen on camera making a deep sigh. In the scene that eventually went to air, Ian (after Yvette sighs) says: "What's that noise?

Yvette: What noise? Like a moan?

Ian: Breathing or something.

Yvette: I heard like an 'arrggh'.

Ciaran, who joined Most Haunted in April 2004 became suspicious of Acorah's antics on a shoot at Castle Leslie, Co Monaghan in Ireland where a 17th Century four-poster bed has been claimed to levitate.

Ciaran recalls: "As we walked into the bedroom, Derek touched the bed and came out with extremely accurate information.

"He insisted he got all the information just from touching the bed. But it was the wrong bed."
Antix Productions claims the mediums have no idea where they will be filming or know any details about the history of the locations.

But Ciaran says: "Derek must have had prior knowledge of the locations."

He devised a plan to see if Derek was deliberately deceiving the public.

While on a shoot at Bodmin gaol he invented a long-dead South African jailer called Kreed Kafer - an anagram of Derek Faker.

"I wrote the name down and asked another member of the crew to mention it to Derek before filming.

"I honestly didn't think Derek would take the bait. But during the filming he actually got possessed by my fictional character!"

On the next shoot at Prideaux Place, Cornwall, Ciaran made up another fictional character, highwayman Rik Eedles - an anagram of Derek Lies. Sure enough, Derek made contact with the dead outlaw.

Ciaran says: "In my professional opinion we're not dealing with a genuine medium.
"When Derek is possessed he is doing it consciously - all we are seeing is showmanship and dramatics."

Ciaran went a step further at Craigievar Castle, near Aberdeen.

"I made up stories about Richard the Lionheart, a witch, and Richard's apparition appearing to walk through a wardrobe - the lion, the witch and the wardrobe!" True to form, Derek mentioned all Ciaran's stories - even though Richard I reigned 500 years BEFORE Craigievar Castle was built.
The final straw came last month when Most Haunted presented a three-night special from Manchester.

On the second evening, the show claimed to be broadcasting live from the site of Cheadle's Victorian asylum, a place where - according to presenter David Bull - thousands died in torment. In fact they were in the derelict remains of Barnes Convalescence Home - where nobody died in torment.

Ciaran remembers: "Derek was communicating with spirits that sounded as if they'd been in an asylum, but it was never an asylum."

Yesterday the Mirror confronted Derek Acorah with Ciaran's allegations. He told us: "I've worked with Ciaran for many shows and he's got every right to say what he says.

"However, it does shock and surprise me. Not only do I believe that I am a genuine medium - I live my work 24 hours a day. If I thought that I wasn't a true medium, I wouldn't work as one."

A spokesman for LivingTV said: "Ciaran O'Keeffe has worked as the programme's official sceptic for 18 months and during this time has not brought any of his concerns to our attention.

"LivingTV has not seen any of your filmed evidence, but will fully investigate your claim


EDITORS NOTE: I'll dig up the aformentioned video footage of the hoaxing, so check back for a future posting!

CALIFORNIA GRAY WHALE BRUTALLY KILLED WITH MACHINE GUN AND HARPOON

Gads, this is a bummer of a story (HAPPY MONDAYS!). An endangered California Gray Whale died this weekend after being MACHINE GUNNED and harpooned to death (harpoon visible in AP photo above).

More from The Star Tribune:

NEAH BAY, Wash. — A California gray whale that was harpooned and shot with a machine gun off the western tip of Washington state has died, officials said.

Coast Guard Petty Officer Kelly Parker said five people believed to be members of the Makah Tribe shot and harpooned the whale Saturday morning. Petty Officer Shawn Eggert said the whale disappeared beneath the surface in the evening, dragging buoys that had been attached to the harpoon, and did not resurface.

A biologist working for the Makah Indian tribe declared it dead, Eggert said. Tribe members were being held by the Coast Guard but had not been charged, said Mark Oswell, a spokesman for the law enforcement arm of the National Marine Fisheries Service.

A preliminary report said the whale was shot with a .50-caliber machine gun, Oswell said.

Coast Guard officials created a 1,000-yard safety zone around the injured whale, which was shot about a mile east of Neah Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The whale had begun heading to sea Saturday afternoon, Oswell said.

Although the tribe has subsistence fishing rights to kill whales, Oswell said preliminary information indicates the whale may have