In a recent issue of Fortean Times (November /411), which covered The Brumby Woods incident in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, a witness made a telling remark. She had an insight about her own response, which was that she was filtering reality through her own belief system (ghosts are grey or white...

I am 60 this year, and I have been amazed just how many rational people have admitted they have either seen or felt a ghost. I got to talk intimately with men and women when I was a nurse and carer, so perhaps they felt they could confide in someone who would give them a sympathetic ear. I...