FT274


Although the police don’t appear to be covering up ghostly incidents (FT273:16–17), perhaps the funeral industry is shy about reporting them? After mentioning in a previous column the apparent absence of ghost reports from undertakers, morticians and other funeral industry professionals, I am delighted to learn of two recent stories suggesting exceptions to the rule.

Mike Covell, a writer from Kingston upon Hull, brought my attention to a feature in the Hull and East Riding Mail for 4 October 2010, looking at the work of Chanterlands Cremator­ium. In the article, Mike Anderson, who has worked at the crematorium in Chanterland Avenue, Hull, for 23 years, admits that he and his team have indeed had “a few funny experiences”.