Welcome to Unexplained Extra, with me Richard McLean Smith.

Where for the weeks in between episodes, we look at the stories that for one reason or

other didn't make it into the show.

In the last episode, alone with everybody, we venture to the northern reaches of the

Reckon Beacons, In Come Re, to hear the story of how one couple's dream move to the region

quickly turned into a devastating nightmare.

The couple stayed at the property known as He Old Fanoc for almost seven years, during

which time they and their children were said to have been subjected to an extraordinary

array of supposed paranormal and supernatural episodes.

With the family unable to afford a move, a great deal of time and energy was spent

trying to find someone who could alleviate their fear and misery.

However, despite multiple efforts from numerous parties, none were quite able to do it, with

the exception of one person, Eddie Berks.

It's fair to say that few people, if asked to imagine the archetypal self-styled psychic,

would have the quiet and modest Eddie Berks in mind.

Born in 1922 in the District of Bow in East London, Eddie's was a happy and fairly ordinary

childhood, with the exception of one incident.

At five years old, during a minor operation in hospital, Eddie had what he believed to

be a near-death experience.

It was while under anesthetic that Eddie found himself travelling through a tunnel of light

before arriving moments later in a bright garden paradise, only to be instantly thrust

back down the tunnel again, awaking soon after, back in the hospital ward.

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