Deborah Hyde

During that time, she never once recalled Shirley's name at all, but she did remember all of the incidents.

She said it started off very slowly with machine, sewing machine bobbins.

It would come, a picture of a sewing machine, on top there's like a spike where the bobbing goes on and it would lift off, unspin the cotton and fly across the room.

She said it was very dangerous and quite frightening.

she saw maybe two or three of the scissors flying across the room and they would either fall before they hit the wall or on occasions they would hit the wall.

Now, she witnessed that.

When my sister was telling me, I actually felt quite sorry for Shirley because she was dismissed or released or whatever through no fault of her own.

No, absolutely not.

I've loved the series.

I think a lot of sceptics probably have.

But I don't see anything in this case which makes it unusual from all of the other cases where really there are more logical explanations for what's been going on than there being a poltergeist.

Something that really interests me is that with all the things that happened, and there were so many destructive, awful things that happened, the only thing that didn't get damaged was the TV.

It was quite a prestigious thing to have, and it was hugely enjoyable.

Donald destroyed so many things, he never touched that TV.

Did Shirley like it too?

I see loads of similarities.

I see that there are avuncular men coming in who give young distressed girls a great deal of attention.

I see the ramping up of the story based on a script which is in part provided by the investigator stroke uncle role.

Yes.

I see the need for that investigator to make his mark with his career via the activities of these alleged poltergeists.