Ghosts and Legends of the Isle of Man
Richard Felix, from Living TV’s Most Haunted programme, with his DVD, Ghosts and Legends of the Isle of Man.
The Isle of Man online reports that historian Richard Felix, from Living TV’s “Most Haunted” programme, has released an hour-long DVD shot in September called, Ghosts and Legends of the Isle of Man.
With help from the Manx Paranormal Society, he investigated the strange tale of Dalby’s talking mongoose Gef, known as the Dalby Spook, which features in legendary psychical researcher Harry Price’s book The Hunting of Cashen Gap. He also looks into the tale of the Mouthe (or Mhoddey) Doo, the dog said to haunt Peel Castle, and the legend of the Black Lady of Castle Rushen, Castletown.
Barry Quilliam, from the Manx Paranormal Society, said: ‘It is going to be good coverage for the Island because spook tourism sells now.”
We have just watched this DVD having been given it as Christmas present. It is the most amateur production we have ever seen. Appalling in terms of production values. The crew could obviously only afford one microphone as the only voice we hear clearly is Mr Felix’s - all the interviewees are muffled whispers interrupted by his voluminous ‘AAH HAA’s - worth borrowing for a laugh or wait until you see it and its host mocked on TV by the likes of Angus Deaton.
The sad thing is that we met Mr Quilliam when on the island recently and experienced one of his ghost tours. The island has a superb collection of ghost stories. Unfortunately this DVD does no justice to them, and no justice to the island.
By Jim on January 4th, 2006 at 9:48 pm
Thanks for sharing your experiences, Jim. I’m sure our readers will take note of your review.
By John on January 5th, 2006 at 10:22 am
I wish I had read Jim’s comments before buying the DVD. I agree with his comments 100% and felt the DVD was an utter disappointment and waste of money.
By Sharon on May 2nd, 2006 at 2:38 pm
As a Manx person that knows Richard Felix personally, having worked for him in Derby for a number of years, I can agree the DVD was a little amateurish, but to be fair it was Richards son’s first effort at making a documentary, we all need to remember that we all stated somewhere.
I hope and am confident that any future efforts by Mr Felix (s) in the future will be great.
By John Faragher on October 24th, 2006 at 9:43 am