Sally Dexter confirms Emmerdale set is haunted and had to stop filming death scene twice

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Emmerdale star Sally Dexter has confirmed that the set of the ITV soap is haunted.The 62-year-old actress has recently filmed her heartbreaking exit as Faith lost her battle to cancer.However, it appears that things didn't quite go to plan during the recording of the emotional scenes as an unexpected visitor made an apperance.READ MORE: Emmerdale Marlon Dingle exit fears as Mark Charnock address his future on ITV soapSpeaking at the Inside Soap Awards, Sally told Daily Star: "When Lucy, who plays Chas, first came in to find me dead, she knocked on the door to open it but couldn’t come in. "When we were filming that, she knocked on the door once and there was an answering knock, and we were filming this in a house that was meant to be haunted and this happened twice."I was dead but I was kind of sinking off into a subconsciousness and when she did that and I heard the answering knock, I wanted to say come in.

So we had to stop and start again twice."Lucy said 'Did anybody else hear that?' and we all said yes." Emmerdale viewers were left in tears last week as Faith died in son Cain Dingle's (Jeff Hordley) arms.The matriarch took her own life after discovering her terminal disease had spread to her brain.

Determined not to lose her faculties, Faith took a number of pills before slipping away in emotional scenes with one viewer declaring their heart was "broken".Cain, who has had a troubled relationship with Faith, broke down in tears as uttered the words she longed to hear "I love you Mum".Emmerdale walked away with an incredible collection of new accolades after a bumper year at the Inside Soap Awards on Monday (October 17).The ITV soap beat out its rivals Coronation Street, EastEnders and Hollyoaks to scoop the most.