Thousands of wealthy Scots would pay more income tax under plans being seriously considered by the Government.
31.10.2022 - 19:39 / dailyrecord.co.uk
It's the Saturday night of Halloween weekend, it's dark and we are walking towards an old mansion that emerges out of the mist like the perfect clichéd haunted house from any generic B-movie horror film from the 80s. The perfect setting then, for a ghost hunt.
Waiting for us at the door is paranormal investigator and host Yvonne Hydes and David McCabe, the group's lead medium, who are part of one of Scotland's top ghost events companies, The Scottish Ghost Company (TSGC) which has more than 20 crew members spread all across Scotland and the north of England, with experience in the area of paranormal investigations dating back decades.
Unsure of what to expect, fellow paranormal enthusiast Ali Smith and I head inside to sign in and join our fellow attendees, who are all women who have been to a TSGC event before.
As the newbies, we were kept behind to learn more about the equipment we'd be using on the night to explore the house, which dates back to the 17th century and most notably once hosted Bonnie Prince Charlie himself within its walls.
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Yvonne, who is dressed as Daphne to partner David's Scooby Doo, takes time to show us traditional items such as creepy dolls – trigger objects for ghost children to play with – dowsing rods and a ouija board (which she explains we can't use on the night due to a request from the house's management), alongside more modern equipment including REMpods (for measuring electromagnetic frequencies), motion detectors, spirit boxes and even a thermal imaging camera.
However, fellow member David Jack informs
Thousands of wealthy Scots would pay more income tax under plans being seriously considered by the Government.
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