Just as all chimps are animals, but not all animals are chimps… not all believers are Derek Acorah, even if all Derek Acorahs are believers. Thankfully for the believer, proponents of the paranormal include credible witnesses (as well as less believable characters). British Paranormal takes a look at its favourite British believers and witnesses, whose opinions it is difficult to discount.
Winston Churchill

Wartime leader, Winston Churchill, claimed to have been visited by the ghosts of both his father and Abraham Lincoln.
Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a leading spiritualist and believed that he himself had had an encounter with a shadow man like spirit.
Conan Doyle was known during his life for his love of the paranormal. He, along with Charles Dickens, numbered amongst the most prestigious members of London’s highly exclusive Ghost Club, a paranormal investigation society established in 1862. Unlike Dickens however, Doyle went on to become effectively the leader of the global spiritualist movement, dedicating the last decade of his life to the cause. The Sherlock creator alleged that he was visited by a shadow man type ghost during the night. He awoke to sense a humanoid entity leaning over him with its face pressed close to his.
Lady Tryon

Vice Admiral Sir George Tryon, who is said to have appeared in ghost form at a party attended by London’s upper classes.
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