Fred Batt (born September 2, 1955) is a former English businessman, nightclub owner, singer, actor and self-styled historian and demonologist known for his regular appearances on the British paranormal reality television series Most Haunted. Fred Batt states that his interest in the occult began as a teenager.
He made his first appearance as a presenter on Most Haunted in 2008 on a live Hallowe'en special, he had previously appeared as a guest on the show in 2003 at his home and again, at his nightclub Caesar's in Streatham. He became a regular presenter on the show in the 2010–11 series and rejoined for the 2013 series.
From 1994 to 2010, Fred Batt owned Caesar's, (on the site of the historic Locarno Ballroom) a 2300-capacity nightclub in Streatham Hill; in an episode of Most Haunted filmed there in 2003 he claimed the venue was haunted by the spirit of Ruth Ellis who had worked there as a Hostess in 1948.
