Haunted house fears.
A family of six have fled their council home because they are convinced it is haunted. But an expert on the paranormal who held a seance with Mr Ray Oliver and his family at the house in Sycamore Road, Worcester, says the strange vibrations are coming from within the family itself.
Prof. Derek Lauden believes the mystery footsteps, shaking doors and flying objects which plague the house are produced by a release of nervous tension from Mr Oliver and his wife. “During the seance I used a ouija board which spelt out the word fire,” said the professor. “But I found out from Mr Oliver that he has always had a fear of fire in the house and I think it was his subconscious which influenced the board.”
But despite the professor’s reassurances, the couple and their four children left the house after the seance, vowing never to return. “We were already on the council’s list to be rehoused and we are going to sit it out now until we get another home,” said Mr Oliver. “Nothing would make us go back to Sycamore Road.”
Portsmouth Evening News, 12th February 1986.