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sake. Why would they do it

to themselves?

The Early family are suffering

just like people who've

had murder bereavements,

or plane crashes.

The only difference is that

nobody says that they don't

believe in plane crashes.

But most of us

don't believe that people

come back from them.

See, that's...

What you're always forgetting,

Emilio, is that you have

a belief system, too.

Your belief system is

blanket denial.

You joke about it because

you're afraid to face it.

(SCOFFS) That old chestnut.

Look, Lin, you ought

to be selling crystals

on Venice Beach,

or palm reading,

or a counsellor, a confidant,

a guide maybe.

But a scientist?

I don't think so.

MICHAEL:

Dr Sylvestri, for the moment,

thank you very much indeed.

I hope you'll stay with us

in our studio in New York,

and keep an eye on

what's happening here,

and from time to time, give us

a comment on proceedings.

Thanks for joining us.

Well, there you are, Lin.

What do you think about that?

CSICOP people have nothing

to do with parapsychology.

They're just a sign of

the times.

In what way?

They're the last

of the materialists.

Like the last

of the dinosaurs.

The world's changing.

Good doctor made you cross,

didn't he?

No.

Right. Do or do now.

Let's go straight over

to Sarah in Foxhill Drive.

Hang on.

Sarah, what's happening there?

It's quite quiet, actually.

A bit too quiet.

Though, I must say,

earlier on,

Suze turned off Dr Sylvestri.

I don't think

she was that enamoured.

What does he know?

He's not here.

MICHAEL:
Well, in the moment

we've got here now, Sarah,

perhaps you could tell us

that ghost story

you told us about earlier on.

Oh, yes, all right.

Well, it was sort of

a ghost story.

-It happened...

-I can start another one.

A couple of months ago now.

We were staying at some

friends of ours' home.

They live in the Cotswolds.

Beautiful 15th, 16th

century house.

And one night,

I was woken up by the sound

of this harpsichord music.

It was like chamber music.

But, you know, when a noise

comes into your dream,

and you're not quite sure

it's in the dream,

or whether it's

actually happening.

It was that kind of effect.

But it woke me up nonetheless.

And when I tried to get back

to sleep again,

I could still hear it.

But all I could see was this

Indian woman's face.

And she had her hair sort of

pulled across her forehead

and then tightly back.

And kohl around her eyes.

And her eyes were going

from side to side.

You know, like in

Indian dancing.

And slowly, the eyes lifted up

and rolled right back

until they were white,

and then the face went.

The next morning,

I couldn't wait to tell

everybody about this.

And the people

whose house it is...

They told me that the house

had once belonged

to the viceroy of India.

And he had had two

Indian concubines living

in the house with him.

And when they died,

he couldn't bury them

in consecrated ground.

He wasn't allowed to. So he

buried them out in his garden.

And there had been talk

in the village

of actually digging up

the grave to see what else

was down there.

And it became very clear to me

that this was a sort of

message to say,

"No, don't.

They mustn't do it."

And so, when I found out that

they weren't in fact planning

to do anything with the grave,

they wouldn't dream of it,

I went back up to the bedroom,

and I just sort of said,

"Don't worry.

Nothing's going to happen."

And it was as though

the atmosphere changed

straightaway.

I have to say Smithy was

a bit scared the next night.

He wouldn't admit it,

but he was.

But nothing happened.

And it was as though

everything had gone

calm again.

But the important thing here,

it wasn't scary. At all.

I mean, the music and the

vision was very beautiful.

But... That's why I wanted

to do this programme.

'Cause it's intriguing.

-You all right?

-(WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)

Okay, yeah.

Kim just wants to go to bed

now. It's a bit late.

What time do you normally

go to bed?

-8:
00.

-8:
00. Come on then.

You must be a bit tired.

KIM:
Say hi to Mum.

SARAH:
You want to just say hi

to Mum? Okay.

Well, tell you what?

If you look up

to that camera there...

-Yeah. Little thing there.

-That?

And you'll be speaking to her,

Kim. Say good night to her.

-Good night, Mum.

-Good night, love.

Sweet dreams.

Good night, Kim.

DR PASCOE:

Remember, there's nothing

to be scared of.

To bed.

You really think there's

nothing to be scared of?

SARAH:
There we are.

Well, one says,

the paranormal's

no more scary than

the weather or the tides.

I mean, all those things

can harm us.

But we can also

understand them.

All right? Can I leave that

light on?

-Yeah. Good night.

-All right. Good night.

-Keep warm.

-Yep.

MICHAEL:
So, Sarah,

got anything to report at all?

No. Nothing.

Just the cold.

It's typical, isn't it?

A house full of technology,

and nobody's bothered

to find out

whether central heating switch

is on.

You okay, Suzanne?

-Yes, I am.

-Got your crisps?

-Yeah.

-Yeah? Good. All right.

Now, guys, I think we've

earned ourselves a cup

of coffee, don't you?

MAN:
Yeah.

Pam told me where

everything was, so...

It's just there.

Mike, how do you

take the coffee?

MIKE A:
Black,

one sugar please.

SARAH:
Okay.

What about you, Chris?

CHRIS:
Milk, one sugar please.

There we are.

You know what?

I think I'd almost feel

happier if something

was happening.

It's sort of eerier

just waiting, really,

don't you find?

MIKE A:
Well, I think,

I might've heard

something earlier. Sort of...

Just like an animal scratching

its feet, but

they don't record in this

camera at all.

-Really?

-MIKE A:
Yeah.

CHRIS:
And I noticed earlier

my watch had stopped.

-Really?

-CHRIS:
Yeah.

What time? When?

CHRIS:
Er, just before

we went on air.

DR PASCOE:
I said watches

have a hard time.

Par for the course I'm afraid.

I'm fine.

Just as long as we all know,

eh?

MICHAEL:
Don't spook yourself.

No, it's all right.

That's what

we're being paid for.

We're okay, anyway. Look.

We've got an old hand

to help us over here.

Now I just put the kettle on.

Do you want a cup of tea

or coffee?

-No, thanks. I'm having

orange juice, okay?

-All right.

Can you get me a glass please?

-SARAH:
Where? They're just

up here in the cupboard.

-Yeah, that's right.

While you're in the fridge,

just pass me some milk.

Yeah. Sure.

Whoo.

A balancing act. There we are.

-Mum!

-Hello, love.

Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Are you all right?

Yes.

MICHAEL:
Well, there we are.

So far, so good.

Now as you know,

we asked you to join our

exploration of

the supernatural by telling us

your ghost story.

Well, here's someone

with a tale to tell,

who wants to conceal

his identity.

We had this dreadful day, er,

that first evening.

with duvets being

tugged off me.

Except for being

quite amusing, we'd been

laughing about it.

It wasn't at all malevolent

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