The exclusive fright fest Living with the Dead continues on LIVING this week. This chilling series features terrorised families from across the country who all claim to be sharing their homes with ghosts and spirits. Helping the families quell the unrest which is blighting their lives are psychic mediums Johnnie Fiori and Ian Lawman - who has communicated with the Kray twins - and paranormal investigator Mark Webb.
This week's episode sees the team travel to Worcestershire, and the haunted home of singer and actress Toyah Willcox. Toyah's house is 80 yards from Pershore Abbey - which dates back to the seventh century - and it is thought that its cellar was once used to store the abbey's food. The abbey's history is steeped in controversy: its one time owner, Duke Alphere, lived a life of crime, and legend holds he was eventually eaten alive by vermin. The behaviour of the monks at the abbey is also suspect - letters from the 15th century suggest they indulged in drinking, fighting and gambling, and one of their number even committed murder. Perhaps due to its links with the abbey, the strongest presence in Toyah's house is felt in the cellar, and Toyah herself has witnessed a shadowy figure in the area on many occasions.
Toyah also reports seeing shadowy figures in other rooms, and recalls one terrifying night when she woke up suddenly to see her bedroom door handle turning and the door slowly opening. The attic light often turns itself on in the middle of the night, ornaments have been sent flying across rooms by unseen forces, and Toyah also reports strange smells throughout the house. In an attempt to drive out the dark forces that lurk in the house, Toyah - joined by her celebrity friends Rula Lenska and Ruth Madoc - enlists the team to perform a séance.
when is the next series of living with the dead it was exellent viewing my tuesday nights will not be the same ian is fab,even my friends have got into it and they are sceptics
Ghosts do appear in the day and the majority of sightings happen by day which is not unusual when you think about it as more people are around by day. Many night time sightings can be put down to imagination and misinterpretation and a natural fear of the dark. There seem to be different types of ghost sightings. The 'stone tape' events where a scene from the past repeats itself over and over through the years like a tape recording and interaction where a spirit will interact with you in real time and respond to questions. Sometimes the spirit will manifest and stories are told of full scale conversations with spirits that witnesses took to be real persons only to later realise that the person they talked to could not have been real.
June 26th - 5:59pmAndt Sayers said...
Hi.
just wondering why ghosts only come out at night, and why everything has to be done in the dark. Surly if there are ghost's then they will be there in the day time as well. Also if there is an after life, it must be very boring for them to repeat the same thing over and over again. is that what we have to look forward to.
June 3rd - 11:09pmGail Wagstaffe said...
I think Ian is absolutely fab, one of the best there is and he is great with johnnie. Would love to meet him and do an investigation with him, wonder what the chances are of that!!!!
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