Picking up ghost radio

Monday, June 7th, 2010

World War Two radio continues to pick up vintage broadcasts despite not having any power.

A 70-year-old radio at a Scottish heritage centre has been picking up vintage broadcasts featuring Winston Churchill and the music of Glen Miller.

The Pye valve wireless at Montrose Air Station, a heritage centre that tells the story of the men and women who served there, has no power and is not connected to any source of electricity.

The aerodrome has been a source of paranormal sightings and sounds for almost a century, with reports of ghostly figures, eerie footsteps and door handles turning, but the mysterious wireless broadcasts have had even the most sceptical staff at the station searching for a rational explanation.

The vintage radio set is kept in a recreation of a 1940s room. Several people have heard Second World War era broadcasts including the big band sound of the Glenn Miller orchestra and speeches by Winston Churchill. The broadcasts come on at random and can last for up to half an hour.

Technicians who examined it removed the back, but found “nothing but cobwebs and spiders”.

Read on at news.stv.co.uk

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3 Responses to “Picking up ghost radio”

tony Says:
June 7th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
The radio as been set up with a miniture digital player( with Churchill etc recorded on it ) so as to give the feeling of the era – NOT paranormal !

Tony
Dan Paton Says:
June 15th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
My initial response was exactly the same as Tony’s when I heard the radio faintly but clearly playing Glen Miller.I looked very carefully for a source for the sound but found nothing. It would have to be very near the radio because that is where the sound is coming from.I got a colleague to look inside the radio but it was clear it had not been tampered with. I do not believe the stuff about Churchill’s speeches which is a popular press invention.
The radio belonged to my wife’s (see picture) parents who died recently. They were of the wartime generation. He was in the RN. She worked in a munitions factory. Both were great dancers like many of that generation and loved the big bands.
There are a lot of ghost stories and sightings at Montrose Heritage Centre some of them old, some of them recent. I do not believe them myself. The curious phenomenon of the radio is the first I have personally encountered. I am still looking for a rational explanation.
Dan Paton, curator, Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre
Scott Says:
July 30th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Tony, how do you know? I know it sounds like a fantastic claim, but if you know more than others, please explain. How would you know this .. how can you validate it? In other words, back up your claim.