Emmerdale: 8 super creepy things Emma Barton did as she ‘returns’

Tonight (Monday, September 9) in Emmerdale, Emma Barton makes a shock “return” from the grave as Moira Dingle hallucinates her back into existence.

Viewers will remember that Emma died after Moira pushed her off a bridge. Emma had been goading Moira over the death of her daughter Holly, who died following a drugs overdose, and Moira eventually snapped.

During her time in the village, Emma Barton caused chaos with her unhinged behaviour. Here, we take a look at her creepiest actions.

1. She lied about being ill

In order to stop her sons Pete and Finn from leaving, Emma came up with a shocking lie by pretending to have symptoms of motor neurone disease.

Emma later blackmailed Dr Bailey into backing up her claims. But, of course, the truth outed itself in the end.

Emmerdale's Emma in a wedding dress with James hostage — Emma was reallyyyy creepy (Credit: Photo by ITV/Shutterstock (6897790s))

2. THAT wedding dress scene

After secretly discovering that James had confessed his love to Moira, Emma pretended she’d help take care of James and his broken leg. But in reality she mentally tortured him.

In scenes reminiscent of Stephen King’s classic horror film Misery, Emma was seen helping put James back to bed when he tried to escape her clutches.

When James woke up, he saw Emma wearing a wedding dress and preparing him a “romantic” meal. If that’s romance, we don’t want it!

3. Chicken slaughter

In the same set of episodes, Emma managed to burn their dinner.

But, being as unhinged as she was, she didn’t panic, she simply went outside and killed a chicken with a meat cleaver. She then cooked it and served it to James. Ew.

4. James’ death

James did eventually manage to escape her clutches, but Emma caught up with him on a bridge.

She pushed him over the edge onto Ashley Thomas’s car, causing him to crash. A crash that resulted in a 19-car pile up. This will forever be known as the Hotten Bypass Crash – the biggest ever crash in the Dales.

At the hospital, Emma berated James for betraying her and she considered sabotaging James’s oxygen tank. She changed her mind, but he later died of his injuries anyway.

Emmerdale's Emma is talking to Ashley Thomas — Emma stopped at nothing (Credit: Photo by ITV/Shutterstock (6897994u))

5. Emma’s torture of Ashley

Nurse Emma reduced dementia sufferer Ashley to tears. After Ashley revealed he saw her the night James was killed, Emma was determined to make sure the information didn’t get out.

Emma muddled Ashley with information and used his illness as a weapon.

6. Revenge on Faith

Emma was appalled when Faith tried to stage a psychic night. Faith claimed she could contact James in the spirit world – something Emma insisted went against her Christian beliefs.

Later, as revenge, Emma grabbed a brick and would have hit Faith with it had she not been knocked down by Harriet’s van.

Following this, Emma became even more sure of religion and was convinced God had saved her life.

7. Emma kills her son

During a showdown with Moira in the barn, Emma was close to killing her love rival, but she changed her mind when she realised Moira was about to give birth to a baby which could be Pete’s.

When Adam arrived and saw Emma standing over his unconscious mum, he suspected the worst and chased Emma through the woods with a shotgun.

After a fight, Emma managed to get hold of the gun. She fired off a shot and run off. It was then revealed that Finn had just happened to be standing in the position where the gun had been fired. He later died of his injuries. Sobbbb!

8. Kidnap of baby Isaac

As if there wasn’t anything more Emma could do in her short time in the village, she added baby kidnap to the list.

After Moira regained consciousness in hospital, she was alarmed to learn that Emma had taken little baby Isaac. But, Moira got her revenge though and shoved Emma off a bridge – killing her.