Derek Acorah’s Ghost Towns

Derek Acorah’s Ghost Towns
Derek Acorah

‘Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns’ is a collection of stories to tie-in with the SKY LIVING tv series starring Britain's best-loved medium Derek Acorah. Ghost Towns sees Derek take to the road to meet the people of Britain.Derek Acorah is coming to a town near you. This fascinating TV tie-in follows Derek’s adventures up and down the country. At the heart of his show is the Ghost Truck, which moves from town to town seeking new ghostly experiences. In each episode, the team investigates four mysteries in a haunted town, which involves painstaking night vigils, midnight séances and contact with locals who have passed over to and now reside in the spirit world.His adventures include:• Bristol – why do the Odeon usherettes refuse to clean screen 3 alone?• Royston – who is the drunken spirit who haunts an old police station?Derek also knocks on the doors of unsuspecting members of the public to deliver psychic messages – will his Doorstep Divination always be welcome? Can he convince even the most hardened sceptics?

Derek Acorah’s

Ghost Towns

Contents

Cover (#u25afb578-2bae-546b-bb1c-abb7e13c64d7)

Title Page (#u30ca57e8-93cf-5c2d-bf86-0bf0acc9ec59)

Introduction (#uad6164a7-d252-56ce-ac96-20390499c97b)

Faversham (#uac4e5450-5d80-5ebc-8146-b5bf2cdb08d0)

The Shipwright’s Arms (#ulink_26adb18d-0550-561e-9ac1-15d25720c954)

The Crouch Family Home (#ulink_36695592-f16c-5b68-8be3-f19b66063752)

Via Mystica Shop (#ulink_fc808fde-b914-53d8-b50e-f0cf47d7e2f5)

Faversham Brewery (#ulink_a39fb0d7-1507-59fa-a959-50bbf1bf6100)

Shrewsbury (#litres_trial_promo)

The Parade Shopping Centre (#litres_trial_promo)

Pengwerne Books (#litres_trial_promo)

The Old Post Office Hotel (#litres_trial_promo)

The Haunted Flat (#litres_trial_promo)

Maidstone (#litres_trial_promo)

Profile Selection and Recruitment Agency (#litres_trial_promo)

Maidstone Museum (#litres_trial_promo)

Doorstep Divination (#litres_trial_promo)

Feng Shui Chinese Restaurant (#litres_trial_promo)

The Ringlestone Inn (#litres_trial_promo)

Northampton (#litres_trial_promo)

The Haunted House (#litres_trial_promo)

The Grosvenor Shopping Centre (#litres_trial_promo)

Greyfriars Bus Station (#litres_trial_promo)

Snappy Snaps (#litres_trial_promo)

The Wig and Pen Public House (#litres_trial_promo)

Royston (#litres_trial_promo)

Banyers Hotel (#litres_trial_promo)

Walsh’s Garage (#litres_trial_promo)

Doorstep Divination (#litres_trial_promo)

Henrick’s Hairdressing (#litres_trial_promo)

The Old Police Station (#litres_trial_promo)

Bedford (#litres_trial_promo)

New York, New York Nightclub (#litres_trial_promo)

The Swiss Garden (#litres_trial_promo)

The King’s Arms (#litres_trial_promo)

Twinwood Airfield (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

About Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

Introduction (#ulink_51b04bb8-c308-55f3-8fed-d07ce8467f36)

The enormous black-and-silver Ghost Truck rolled into town. This was the start of a whole new journey for me. Where would it lead? I felt very excited. I was taking my own show on the road, going out to meet people the length and breadth of the country and using my mediumship to investigate their Ghost Towns…

Getting the show on the road

How did it all start? Since 2001 I had been working on the highly successful Most Haunted television show, but after five series and over 100 investigations I felt it was time to move on. I was asked to stay for one more series and when that was over I was ready for something different. When LIVINGtv offered me the chance to host my own show in a new format, I was delighted.

Richard Woolfe, then director of television for LIVINGtv, and Paul Flexton, managing director of Ruggie Media, who had worked with me on LIVINGtv’s Loose Lips and I’m Famous and Frightened, had a great idea: putting a show on the road – literally. We would go out to the public and investigate their stories. That meant we would investigate shops, offices, pubs, hotels, houses – anywhere in fact where paranormal activity had been reported. Anything could happen – and probably would. I was only too happy to take part.

‘Derek loved the idea. He was ready for a new challenge. He was really excited about the show and he’s loved it ever since. And we’re delighted to be working with the best medium in the country.’

Paul Flexton, executive producer