Ghost story leaves power chief in dark.
British power chiefs were investigating spooky claims that a radio-loving ghost ran up a huge electricity bill in a haunted terrace house. The big spending spirit turned on lights and electrical equipment which saddled homeowner Sharon McGrath with a bill of £900. She claims the power-mad spook even pinched her gas and electricity bills before she could pay them. “It was quite frightening. I would go into the kitchen to find all the gas burners switched on,” said Sharon from Cowes, in the Isle of Wight.
Irish Independent, 31st October 1995.
Gas bill’s so spooky.
Power chiefs are investigating spooky claims that a ghost ran up a huge electricity bill in a haunted house. Home owner Sharon McGrath claims the spirit turned on lights and saddled her with a £900 bill. “I would go into the kitchen to find gas burners on,” she said. It got so bad she would leave windows open when out of her terraced Isle of Wight house. She was shocked when a member of a local Spiritualist Church told her a former owner gassed himself in the house.
A Southern Electricity spokesman said today: “This is the first time we have had a high bill blamed on a ghost.”
Birmingham Mail, 31st October 1995.
Wacky World.
Southern Electricity in Britain faced a claim that a poltergeist was responsible for Sharon McGrath’s £900 electricity bill. It had allegedly turned on the lights and electrical equipment and shredded telephone directories and bills at her Cowes, Isle of Wight, house.
Sunday World (Dublin), 7th April 1996.