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The Ghost Detective
Everyone knew what ghosts looked like, didn’t they? But, then Simon had always imagined ghosts as transparent ‘things’ floating above the ground. They dressed in medieval clothes and were knights or soldiers or things like that. Sometimes they appeared as spooky women dressed in grey or black. Of course, he had never actually seen one.
The man in the beige suit folded his arms, his face quite serious. “I know it sounds crazy, and I don’t expect you to believe me, but the man who murdered Mrs Durand-Deacon in 1949 was known as the Acid Bath Murder. Although he was hanged for the murder back then, I think he has come back to murder again!”
The man in the beige suit folded his arms, his face quite serious. “I know it sounds crazy, and I don’t expect you to believe me, but the man who murdered Mrs Durand-Deacon in 1949 was known as the Acid Bath Murder. Although he was hanged for the murder back then, I think he has come back to murder again!”
206 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 10, 2016
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Richard Vobes
7 books8 followersMy name is Richard Vobes and I have enjoyed writing for most of my life. I love dreaming up stories and peppering them with interesting and believable characters. Until recently, most of my writing has been plays and television scripts, but I also used to work as an entertainer, lying on a bed of nails, eating fire and walking on broken glass. I have performed all over Britain, balancing on stilts, performing mime and robotics as well as other circus skills and crazy stunts. One of the things I amazed my audience with was juggling five balls and at the same time balancing on a giant walking globe!
In the mid 1990s, I wrote and starred in a ITV children’s television programme called Snug and Cozi; the adventures of two of the most crazy spacemen in the known universe. It was a slapstick comedy, which I hope to one day bring out as a book version, so watch this space!
As well as writing ‘Splidge’, I also make history documentaries. These are shown on the Community Channel, a digital TV station on Freeview and Sky. The filming has taken me around England and I investigate all sorts of subjects, including the Smugglers of the Romney Marshes in Kent to the notorious Shropshire highway man, Humphrey Kynaston, and even a lost canal, which enthusiasts are trying to save and put back into water.
I have ideas for further adventures for Splidge and his friends, as well as other books, which I hope to make available on the website very soon. Thank you for visiting.
In the mid 1990s, I wrote and starred in a ITV children’s television programme called Snug and Cozi; the adventures of two of the most crazy spacemen in the known universe. It was a slapstick comedy, which I hope to one day bring out as a book version, so watch this space!
As well as writing ‘Splidge’, I also make history documentaries. These are shown on the Community Channel, a digital TV station on Freeview and Sky. The filming has taken me around England and I investigate all sorts of subjects, including the Smugglers of the Romney Marshes in Kent to the notorious Shropshire highway man, Humphrey Kynaston, and even a lost canal, which enthusiasts are trying to save and put back into water.
I have ideas for further adventures for Splidge and his friends, as well as other books, which I hope to make available on the website very soon. Thank you for visiting.
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