{"id":12172,"date":"2024-10-23T12:07:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T11:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=12172"},"modified":"2024-10-23T12:07:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T11:07:19","slug":"emmerdale-zak-dingle-return-ghost-haunting-belle-tom-sick-plot-fan-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/emmerdale-zak-dingle-return-ghost-haunting-belle-tom-sick-plot-fan-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Zak Dingle ‘to return as ghost haunting Belle’ in Tom’s sickest plot yet in new theory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans of Emmerdale think that Tom King has something particularly monstrous up his sleeve for Belle this Halloween \u2013 a sick scheme which involves using dad Zak to torment her.<\/p>

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Last night\u2019s episode of the soap (airing Tuesday, October 22) found Belle in a fragile state. Grieving the death of her father and convinced that Tom was up to his old tricks, Belle confronted her ex in town<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Accusing him of taunting her with a bunch of flowers, she put everything at risk by breaching the terms of her bail. This, Tom gleefully informed her as he warned her she could end up back in the secure ward.<\/p>\n

He then popped by the Dingle ranch to spy on his ex-wife while he called the police himself. But does Tom have something even more sinister planned for Belle?<\/p>

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As Belle mourned her dad, Tom continued to spy from afar (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fans predict \u2018creepy\u2019 Tom\u2019s cruelest plan yet<\/h2>\n

Writing on X as the episode aired, viewers shared their thoughts as to what Tom could have planned for Belle<\/a>. And, with the Dingle household full of Zak\u2019s old clothes \u2013 and his body buried outside \u2013 some suspected the story could take a grisly turn.<\/p>

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