The Frightened Ghost

An abandoned asylum for the criminally insane was the ideal place for a television documentary about ghosts – particularly if the former asylum already had a reputation for being haunted.

But the television series, Spook Spies, like many such shows, was a fake. The “ghosts” and ghostly happenings that appeared on screen were set up by the production crew.

Even so, Holly considered herself extremely lucky when she got a role in the TV ghost hunter show. It was her first role as an actress, eve...