ITV bosses opted to suspend filming of The Jeremy Kyle Show on Monday, and take it off air pending review.
The programme was cancelled last minute following the tragic death of guest Steve Dymond, who overdosed just days after failing a lie detector.
Dymond was hoping to prove to his fiancee that he'd never been unfaithful, and was reportedly certain he would pass the test.
Now, some fans have even called the lie detectors inhumane, and questioned whether they are accurate following his tragic passing.
So, how to the Jeremy Kyle lie detectors work and can they be trusted?
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Jeremy Kyle reportedly employ Guy Heseltine and Tim Burgess from Manchester's UK Lie Tests to run their polygraph.
Costing £400 a test and taking a grand total of two hours each, the tests are complex and therefore highly accurate.
However, the company are sure to assert that they can't guarantee 100 per cent accuracy.
The test essentially calls on an examiner, who is a member of British Polygraph Association, to ask questions to the interviewee – having pre-agreed what they're going to be faced with.
The experts then track changes in the subject, which may indicate a physiological trigger that they're not telling the truth.
These include a change in blood pressure, sweaty palms and breathing.
The breathing is measured by two rubber pneumograph tubes on the subject's upper chest and abdomen, while adhesive pads on their hands or fingers measures the sweating, and a cardiophygmograph keeps tabs on blood pressure and pulse.
Alongside the test itself, subjects are given a pre-test interview, and their answers are put into charts which are then analysed by the examiner.
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Despite their rigorous approach, UK Lie Tests confirm on their website that "no test process can be guaranteed 100% certain".
They do, however, promise that the test they conduct is "reliable" and, when done properly, proven by over 200 studies.
Plus, they give all their examiners anti-countermeasure instruction to ensure they spot a subject trying to cheat.
Discussing the use of the tests on the show after the heartbreaking news of Dymond's death, one member of the public wrote: "Lie detector tests are pseudo-science.
"Talking people into going through them on air with huge real-world consequences for themselves – their marriages – is modern day bear-baiting. This show should be cancelled. Or at minimum, end its use of the tests."
While another agreed: "It is disgusting that Jeremy Kyle and registered psychotherapist and mental health nurse Graham Stanier were able to convince the UK audiences that lie detector tests are ‘99% accurate’ when this HORSES**T.
"Remember how many guests claimed the test was wrong? It probably was."
Mirror Online have contacted UK Lie Tests for comment.
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