‘WTF was that?’: Creepy moment in live funeral coverage caught on tape

One bone-chilling moment in the live TV coverage of the Queen’s funeral had many viewers creeped out and demanding answers.

One brief, bizarre moment during UK television’s live coverage of the Queen’s funeral procession overnight had viewers utterly creeped out.

British broadcaster ITV was bringing viewers live footage of the Queen’s hearse leaving London, as a male commentator described what was happening, when another voice could suddenly be heard on the feed:

I’m obsessed with this what the hell happened @itvnewspic.twitter.com/uu2ONYoktW

— an ancient man (@goulcher) September 19, 2022

Catch that? The female voice could be heard uttering a very odd phrase in a ghostly whisper:

“The death is irreversible … the fact that she’s trapped …”

From there, the male commentator continued to narrate the Queen’s journey, with ITV apparently never acknowledging or explaining who exactly the female voice belonged to, and why she was whispering such strange, creepy words.

Theories abounded – from the logical (it was an ITV crew member, whispering as they tried, and failed, not to be heard on the feed) to the ridiculous (it was Princess Diana’s ghost).

One thing’s for certain: Most everyone who heard it was utterly creeped out.

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'Death is irreversible' wtf was that ITV

— Darren Hilbert (@EastieOaks) September 19, 2022

A BANSHEE WHISPERING ON ITV!!!!!! https://t.co/PPeOUAmWcS

— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) September 19, 2022

What's going on @itvnews? 👻

Unidentified female voice, whispering: “That death is irreversible and the fact that she’s trapped...” https://t.co/ME8odOqVNj

— Ian Fraser (@Ian_Fraser) September 19, 2022

Well this has well and truly creeped me out! 😱 *sound on* https://t.co/WYRyRu6dnB

— Debbie (@DebbieMssi) September 19, 2022

I’m not having an existential crisis about death. It’s just death. It beckons us all. But something spooky happened on ITV. If you haven’t seen video, type “the death is irreversible” into Twitter search and ENJOY YOUR SLEEP.

— Spag (@YesMissMurphy) September 19, 2022

For anyone thinking the "Death is Irreversible" quote from todays state funeral is fake, you can listen to it on ITV player. Timestamp 4h 27m 26s

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— Farkem Hall ⭐⭐ (@CMPatriotUK) September 19, 2022

Who knew ITV would be the ones to accidentally break the news that some deaths are reversible? (creepy stage whisper) "... the death is irreversible, and the fact that she's trapped..." And who in the aristocracy do we all think DID have a reversible death? https://t.co/4uiX8am6wh

— Alistair Gentry (@AlistairGentry) September 19, 2022

“How many Death Metal bands are going to sample that spooky “death is irreversible” thing from ITV? F**kin loads,” another person tweeted.

A handful of other unscripted moments caught royal watchers’ attention too, with viewers spotting a spider hitching a ride on the Queen’s coffin, and one prominently placed mourner suffering a “mortifying” accident as the world watched when he dropped his funeral program directly beside the Queen’s coffin.

There was controversy too when Prince Harry appeared not to sing the words of the national anthem during the service – in particular, the new words of “God Save the King,” in reference to his estranged father King Charles III.

And outside, Nine presenters Tracy Grimshaw and Peter Overton suffered a gaffe of their own, when they failed to correctly identify new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss as she arrived for the funeral.

Originally published as ‘WTF was that?’: Creepy moment in live funeral coverage caught on tape