Naked ghosts – people who wandered the streets at night starkers frightening any unlucky victim they happened to meet - were surprisingly frequent, especially in the early nineteenth century.  They were a combination of ghost hoaxer, streaker and flasher. 

The sight of someone stalking a secluded location with his wan naked body eerily reflecting the gas lamps or moon light would have been a very disconcerting, threatening and scary experience. It has an element of the bizarre and surreal about it, so it’s easy to see why these figures would be seen as otherworldly – why they were referred to as ghosts.

In this episode, Professor Weird presents a selection of true tales of ghostly streakers. Contains nudity.