Daily Mail, Monday, August 12, 2019 Page 33
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by Claudia Connell
A
paintbrush coated
in dried, red paint on
my kitchen table that
did not belong to me,
and had absolutely not
been there when i left the house
that morning, was what it took
for me finally to accept that
something weird was happening
in my new home.
it was the culmination of months of
mysterious occurrences that i had done
my best to put down to forgetfulness or
my imagination. but this was a paint-
brush, dipped in scarlet paint suddenly
showing up in a house where i lived
alone and was not having any decorat-
ing work done. i would have given
anything for there to be a rational
explanation — but i drew a blank.
ask anybody who knows me and they’ll
tell you that i’m the least ‘woo woo’
person you could meet. until recently, i
didn’t believe in anything supernatural
and thought there was always a logical,
scientific explanation for anything
vaguely weird or paranormal. then i
moved into my house in brighton.
Like so many Londoners, i decided to
leave the capital for a new start some-
where less frantic. i chose brighton
Could a home
healer rescue my
haunted house?
I didn’t fall in
love, I rose in it
AUTHOR TONI
MORRISON
Spooky drawings
on the wall. Vanishing
earrings. And who
IS knocking at the
front door? When
CLAUDIA CONNELL
moved house she
was terrified
by a series of
unexplained
events. So...
Mystery:
Claudia
Connell and
(right) Emma
Loveheart