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First Published October 20 1978 IT was enough to scare master author of the supernatural Dennis Wheatley, let alone bookshop manager Graham May. Mr May and his wife Shirley have had close encounters of a distinctly eerie kind with the forces of evil. And so real were they that the police were called in twice as well as a pest control firm in a bid to root out the phantom bogy. But in the end it was Mr May's father-in-law, a Methodist minister, who silenced the scary spook. It all began some months ago at the Marlborough branch of W H Smith of which Mr May was in charge. He and his wife were woken one dark morning in their flat above the shop, as the clock chimed five, by the sound of footsteps. Convinced he had burglars Mr May immediately phone the police. Together they searched the premises. They found nothing. Not even an open outside window through which an intruder could have escaped and no sign of a break-in. Baffled Mr May had breakfast and back to the station went the policemen. But the next morning, at the same time the Mays again heard footsteps. This time they seemed to be going down from outside the flat into the shop. 'The sound was so clear' said Mr May. Again the police were called, and again nothing was discovered. But the persistent poltergeist struck again ... the next day. 'The following morning there were even more frightening footsteps - in the kitchen,' recalled Mr May, 'We listened as they went into the lounge. I looked in and again ... found nothing.' Cynical about ghost stories Mr May tried to find a logical explanation. Could it have been rats? Rentokil were called in, Poison was laid, but no rats were caught. It was then Mr May asked his father-in-law for advice. He suggested that before going to bed and the couple should read Psalm 91 to try to exorcise the premises. Nothing further happened. That was until they were warned the spirit of evil was likely to have one last fling. Sure enough it happened, forcing a double bolted door between the May's flat and the adjacent manager's office. 'At 5am there was an almighty crash. I rushed out and found the door swinging on its hinges,' said Mr May. That was four months ago and Mr May, who is in the process of moving to a new post in Bristol, reckons that with no more haunting happenings he clocked up a triumph for good over evil. 'It seems it was the last act of defiance. My wife had been conscious of a really evil presence in the flat but now she is happy,' added Mr May. n Smith's Marlborough shop dates back to 1653 and must be one of the few retail business in the country with an oak panelled stock room that dates back to the 17th century. Back to 1978 index |
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