The Official Website of the Wizard of Weird
2002 TWILIGHT WORLDS
In 2002, Mike and his colleague
Anna  Kaye were the subject of
a documentary called Twilight
Worlds made by the Teesside
University Media Unit.
   
The film highlighted their
appearance on Century Radio and
their involvement With the Twilight
Worlds Paranormal Research
Society which Mike  founded in
the year 2000.
Courtesy of Teesside University Media Unit
2002 THE GHOST DETECTIVES
In 2002, Mike took part in the documentary series The Ghost Detectives,  
presented by Tom Baker and featuring celebrity medium,Marion “Maz”
Goodfellow.

The series was shown on the UK Horizons channel and well received. Mike was
mainly involved in the episode dealing with the haunting of the Marsden Grotto,  
and acted as a consultant to the producers due to his expertise on Grotto
history.
Marion Goodfellow, Tom Baker and Mike Hallowell
In 2003 Mike, some colleagues 
and a team from the Centre for 
Fortean Zoology investigated a 
series of sightings of a mysterious 
creature dubbed The Beast of 
Bolam Lake.

TV, radio, books, newspaper 
articles and a movie were the 
result...
2003 THE BEAST OF BOLAM LAKE
Courtesy Marion Goodfellow
2004 THE MIKE ELLIOTT SHOW
In 2004, Mike and his colleague Anna
Kaye were asked to Guest on the Mike
Elliott Show. Mike and Anna appeared on
the show regularly on a Friday evening
to talk about all forms of psychic
phenomena during live phone-in debates
with viewers.

“Spooky Friday”, as it became known,
continued until Mike’s relationship with
Magic FM ended and he moved on to
another radio station.
2006 UNINVITED GUESTS
Mike being interviewed by Diana Jarvis
the editor of VISION Magazine
In January 2006, the horror
writer G P Taylor ‘s series
UNINVITED GUESTS was in
the final stages of production.
Mike and the rest of the staff
from VISION magazine were the
subject of one episode.
2006 ON SACRED GROUND
In December 2006, Northeastern Films
began shooting On Sacred Ground,
a biographical film about Mike and his
Native American heritage.

The film was directed by filmmaker
Gary Wilkinson.
2007 THE JONATHAN MILES SHOW
December  2007 saw Mike &
Darren in the studio with BBC
presenter  Jonathan Miles to
talk about their forthcoming
book The South Shields
Poltergeist. Don’t have
nightmares!
2008 GHOSTLY TALES
The Shields Gazette
releases a series of
mini-docs on its website
called Ghostly Tales, in
which Mike relates
several of South
Tyneside’s eeriest ghost
stories. The series
received thousands of
hits and was extremely
popular.
2008 CHRISTMAS SPIRITS
The Shields Gazette
releases a series of
mini-docs on its website
called Christmas Spirits
in which Mike relates
several of South
Tyneside’s eeriest ghost
stories. The series
received thousands of
hits and was extremely
popular.
2009 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
Filmmaker Dot Brammah
2010 A BRUSH WITH BRITAIN
In 2010 Orion TV was
commissioned by The
Discovery Channel  to
make a series of films
called A Brush With
Britain, featuring
celebrated watercolour
artist Charles Evans.
Mike spent a day filming
the episode dealing with
the smuggling activities at
Marsden Bay, talking
about some of the
nefarious characters who
once frequented the area.
Mike and Charles Evans during a break in
the filming of A Brush With Britain.
Marrisse Whittaker from Orion TV messing about in
front of the camera with Jackie, Mike’s wife.
Bob & Marrisse Whittaker from
Orion TV (Courtesy Orion TV)