How would you cope with things you cannot see or touch, or even begin to explain? When things start happening that defy the laws of reason? You search frantically for a rational explanation, but there isn’t one? The whole subject of “things that go bump in the night” holds a morbid fascination for most of us.
Local author, Mia Thomas’ latest endeavour is a creepy collection of ghosts and poltergeists lurking in the newspaper archives. From the harmless “polt” that only wants to irritate their host by making noise, to the evil-minded housewrecker, hell bent on destruction.
The book begins at the dawn of Victoria England and meanders creepily through to the millennia when victims of the paranormal are more often than not couples with young families in the setting of a modern council house. It is a fascinating read that will certainly give you the creeps.
Available from All Psyched Up on Church Street, One Stop Shop Byerley Road, and here at the Town Crier offices, the book costs £12.99.
Shildon & District's local community newspaper.
