Richard Felix has been haunted by ghosts since the age of four, but he does not see dead people. He is frightened of ghosts and probably always will be. So what makes a man who is so frightened of ghosts search for them? Come to the Grand Theatre and find out...
Richard's passion and enthusiasm for ghosts and history has put him at the forefront of the quest to prove beyond all doubt that ghosts really do exist and there is life after death. He has developed many mind-blowing theories as to why some spirits still linger and others are recorded into the fabric of a building.
His passion in life has always been history, especially military history with a special interest in disasters such as The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Alamo, Custer's Last Stand and the Titanic. Richard is a great believer that ghosts and history go together and firmly believes that ghosts exist - he has seen one, heard one and travelled with one, but still remains firmly on the fence and remains sceptical about most ghostly occurrences. At least eight out of ten can be explained, it is the remaining two you need to worry about!
In 1992 Richard opened The Derby Heritage Centre (a Tudor Grammar School) with ghosts and thus started the origins of the now world famous Derby Ghost Walk. Richard specialises in ghost tours around the UK and Ireland and has personally taken in excess of a quarter of a million people on a ghost tour. Eight years ago he opened the haunted Derby Gaol - scene of the last hanging, drawing and quartering in England.
Four years ago he embarked on the Ghost Tour of Great Britain - visiting every county and recording their haunted tales on DVD. Richard has now created over fifty of these DVDs and their success has resulted in a best selling book.
The knowledge and expertise gathered by Richard over many years drew him to the attention of the television media, and four years ago he became the Paranormal Historian on the world acclaimed Most Haunted on LivingTV. He has now completed 99 programmes (six in America) and twenty live broadcasts and Richard is currently working on a new television show which will explore all aspects of the paranormal. -- www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk
