Sounds of the spirits

This is the tale of Friday 13th October, when a small group of would-be ghost hunters, gathered in the café at The Canterbury Tales Visitor Attraction. Throughout the years there had been suspicions that the building, originally built in 1153, was subject to paranormal activity, so professional ghost investigator, Mark Turner of Ghost Finders, was called in to attempt to verify or quash such beliefs once and for all.

Ghost Finders is a "fully insured, professional team of experienced paranormal investigators" based near Glasgow. They offer a wide range of services, including traditional forms of communicating with those beyond the grave, or more modern ghost-hunting techniques, using cutting edge technology to silence sceptics.

In Canterbury, our experiments involved electronic voice phenomena (EVP), a technique that dates back to the 1950s and now employs top of the range recording devices to pick up high frequency sounds that human ears cannot hear.

At our pre-hunt pep talk, Turner informs us: "I'm not out to convince you, I'm out to share this with you." In a previous group that evening, a medium had been in attendance, and had sensed a very angry presence, so things sound promising.