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Richard
Jones has been researching and writing about the ghosts of Britain
and Ireland for over twenty years and has been devising and conducting
haunted tours since 1983. He is the author of the best selling books
Walking Haunted London; Haunted Britain and Ireland as well as guides to
Oxford, Cambridge, York, Edinburgh, Chester, Bath, Stratford Dublin, the
Ring of Kerry and the Dingle Peninsula. 2003 will see the publication of his
books Myths and Legends of Britain and Ireland; Haunted Castles of
Britain and Ireland and Walking Dickensian London. He has
conducted on the spot research at over 2,000 haunted places and is well
versed in paranormal history.
In 1997 he wrote and presented the Ironhill pictures drama-documentary On the Trail of Jack the Ripper since when he has appeared regularly on television throughout the world. He features on the DVD of the Johnny Depp film From Hell providing an opinion on the identity of Jack the Ripper. Richard acted as historical and locations adviser for the History Channel’s Haunted History: London Special, in which programme he also appeared presenting the stories and histories of each site featured. He also appeared on the BBC television programme Haunted London, for which he braved the dangers inside the most haunted house in London. In 1999 he appeared on the History Channel’s special The Hunt For Jack the Ripper.
He was interviewed on BBC Breakfast News on Halloween both in 2001 and 2002 about the most haunted places in England. Other Television credits include London Tonight and The History Channels The XY Factor series, for which he was interviewed for the programmes Sex in the Cold War and Sex in World War Two. In February 2003 he acted as historical advisor and appeared on the History Channel Special Giants: Friend or Foe. This screened coast to coast in the USA on June 16th 2003.
Richard is
also a full member of the prestigious Magic Circle and was recently promoted
to “Associate of the Inner Magic Circle with Silver Star.” He is author of
the book That’s Magic. Well versed in the principles of “psychic
phenomena” Richard has being entertaining worldwide audiences with his Mind
reading show An Outing with the Spirits since 1993. In August 2003 he
was featured on Channel Four's documentary 10 Ways to Talk to The Dead
for which he re-enacted a Victorian seance and reproduced Spirit
writing. He also conducts an annual Halloween Ghost Walk that takes
participants into the darker recesses of Haunted London.
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