Haunted: Scariest stories from the UK's no. 1 psychic. Derek Acorah

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      After the events of that day James’s personality had changed. He had become morose and angry. He had felt very bitter about what had happened and had decided that all women were untrustworthy and not to be respected.

      A short while afterwards he had fallen ill. He recalled being in his bed and feeling burning hot. He remembered throwing off his bedclothes and not being able to breathe properly. He had contracted pneumonia. Finally, he passed away.

      Upon his passing he recalled his anger and what he had done to his wife Elsa. He was now very afraid. He could not allow himself to be taken to the higher side of life completely for fear that he would be taken to a place where only bad people resided. No amount of encouragement from his guides, helpers and family members who had passed over before him could make him see that his actions had been the result of something bad being done to him, that he would be forgiven for what he had done to Elsa and that everything that had happened had been meant, as he had chosen it as part of his pathway towards soul growth. Thus James had remained in the atmosphere of his old home.

      So why had the spirit of James Styles attacked Margaret? That night in the bedroom he had been reliving the moment when he had discovered Elsa being unfaithful to him. When he had pulled off the bedclothes, he had been seeing not Margaret, but Elsa. That’s why he had wanted to hurt her and demean her. His anger had been enormous. It was this anger that remained in the residual energy of the house and manifested in a manner that was typical – the cold atmosphere and evil smell.

      When I speak of ‘residual energy’, I mean energy that is comprised of memories. These memories will be of incidents that have taken place in a building, and the stronger the emotion connected with them, the stronger the residual energy left within the fabric of the building. With any building, it is also possible that there was once a structure on that site beforehand. The memory of the older building and what went on within it will still be contained in the ground upon which the newer building was erected. It is by tuning in to these residual energies that mediums are able to glean information from the past. A spirit presence, on the other hand, is when a person who has lived, worked or occupied a building in some way is drawn back to visit it once they have passed away from this physical life and on to the world of spirit beyond.

      I allowed the spirit of James to recede from my energies. Ray and I went downstairs and returned to the lounge, where Andy and Margaret were waiting in trepidation for us. I imagined that they were expecting a horror story, which indeed it was, but on this occasion it was something that I could put right.

      After half an hour’s respite to gather my energies once more, I returned with Ray to the bedroom. This time I encouraged Margaret and Andy to accompany us.

      When we reached the bedroom I asked the other three to form a circle with me and joined hands to harness our collective spiritual energies. This, together with a healthy compassion for the departed spirit of James Styles, enabled him to be collected properly by his loved ones. They were able to gently encourage him to enter his rightful place in the world of spirit and to be finally happy and at peace.

      I whispered to James to look for the light and I heard him reply, in a much lighter tone this time, ‘I see it, I see it!’

      With his thanks echoing in my ears, I knew that he was now gone from the atmosphere and would not return. The awful events that had taken place in Margaret and Andy’s home could be pushed to the past and they could now live their lives there happily and peacefully.

      The next time I was in Blackpool to appear at the theatre Margaret and Andy were in the audience. After the show they waited to speak to me. They told me that from the day of my last visit there had been nothing untoward to report in their house. In fact, after a couple of weeks they had gone back to sleeping in their bedroom and had at long last been able to get a good night’s sleep.

       CHAPTER FOUR

       A Faithful Friend

      Our pets are sometimes as important to us as the humans in our lives. Be they cats, dogs, birds or hamsters, we love them all to distraction and it is heartbreaking when the day finally arrives when we have to say goodbye. The 17 years I spent with Cara, my faithful German Shepherd dog, will remain some of the most magical times of my life. I remember her with love and affection, though my grief is now somewhat tempered by the passing of time. It was a similar case with Bonnie, our younger German Shepherd, whose time with us was sadly cut short due to illness, although Gwen can still be reduced to tears when reading the wonderful poem ‘Paw on the Stair’ by Patricia Smith. We now have another German Shepherd dog, Penny, and a standard poodle, whom we named Jack in memory of my great friend Jack Flavell, who was legendary in the cricketing world. Although we both adore our two ‘youngsters’, we will never forget Cara and Bonnie.

      We are not, of course, the only people who have suffered the loss of a beloved pet. Unfortunately, because it is part of the spiritual system, there are many, many people who have suffered and who are at this moment suffering deep grief after the passing to the spirit world of their four-legged friends. Some of these people get in touch with me asking whether they will ever meet up with their pets again. Katy was one such person.

      Katy lived in Loughborough. She told me that although she had never intended having a pet, as she lived in rather a small house, the situation was almost thrust upon her.

      One morning as she was going out she noticed that a small gingery nondescript dog was in her front garden. She didn’t take much notice of the animal because she was in quite a rush, but assumed that it was one of the many dogs who were let out on their own to take their morning walk. However, when she returned some hours later, the dog was still there. She put out a bowl of water for it and wondered whether it was lost. It was February, but the weather was particularly mild. Katy decided that she would not bother with the dog but would wait to see whether its owner came along to find it, or indeed whether it would find its way home of its own accord.

      When Katy got up the next morning she looked out of the window to see that the little dog was still in her garden. It was just sitting there watching the world go by. Realizing that the little animal must be hungry and that she had no animal food in her house, she decided that she would give it some cooked meat she had left over from her meal the night before. She placed the meat into a bowl with some brown bread, opened the front door and approached the dog carefully. She was unaware of its temperament and so she was cautious. The little dog shrank away from her. She placed the bowl on the floor and retreated back inside her house. The minute her front door closed, the dog lurched forward and wolfed down the food.

      This scenario was played out several times over the next couple of days. During that time Katy asked around the locality in an attempt to discover whether anybody was missing their pet, but nobody knew anything about the dog. She also placed a notice in the window of her local shop and veterinary surgeon’s in the hope that somebody would see it and come to claim their pet.

      Over the following days the dog came to trust Katy more and allowed her to touch it. The weather took a turn for the worse and she realized that she could not leave it out in the garden. She decided that she would bring it indoors at night but let it out again in the morning. She also decided that it was now time to telephone the RSPCA in an attempt to establish whether anybody was looking for their dog. Nobody responded.

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