Council pays psychic for exorcism

Beebs reports[thanks Ramya] on a council that pandered to a family's delusions to save tax payer money.

A psychic was paid £60 by a council to rid a County Durham home of a "poltergeist" after ghostly goings-on.
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A council spokesman said it paid half the psychic's fee as it was the most cost-effective solution.

It is a cost effective solution for the council but what about the ghost that is not homeless? Who's gonna care for it now? I must say, Durham county council is full of heartless councilors with noses pressed deep into their budget books.

I read this and needed some exorcism myself, you know, to get rid of the Fatal Hilarity Ghost that had gotten into my head:

"He said my dressing gown then came floating down the stairs and landed at his feet.

"He ran out and rang me crying like a girl saying something awful had happened - I thought he was drunk, but when we came back we heard the bangs and whispering."