Patrick Hayes as Father Martin who is fascinated by both history and strange tales gives talks on the published and popular books 'Ghost Stories of Erdington' and 'Ghost Stories of Sutton Coldfield'.

With the aid of slides and readings Father Martin intrigues audiences with fascinating yet little known facts such as that of Sir Thomas one of the most powerful men in England, a man who in the dark days of King John nearly changed English history forever haunts the banks of the nearby River Tame with other family members, "Bewailing and bemoaning’ their fate. "

Near the famous Spaghetti Junction lies a once a fine Victorian house which haunted by a young woman who committed suicide in 1911 and till recently her footsteps were still heard on the stairs of the house and her presence felt in the abandoned garden.

There are many more including the haunted phone box, haunted by a mysterious distressed caller in 1940’s dress. Who was she and why does she keep returning to the phone box to make a call?

He tells of the most haunted house in the Midlands a once a fine red bricked Jacobean hall called, ‘The House of Thirteen Gables’ and was home to Lady Bagot who seems to have died in mysterious circumstances. Is there a connection between her haunting and an alleged plague pit that was dug during the Black Death?

One might on travels through to Sutton Coldfield and come upon the ghosts of Roman soldiers and a little further afield the dashing Highwayman who despite his charm may with pistol in hand pierce the night air with the bold words, ‘Stand and Deliver!’

Patrick also gives the opportunity for the audience to share their own stories and heightens the interest with not only talking about paranormal experiences and sightings but cleverly interweaving the stories with historical facts.