Theatre calls in the ghostbusters Evening Times 5/30/05
MARKETING manager Charlie Barron says there has been spooky goings on at the Tron Picture: Kieran Dodds
A TEAM of ghostbusters is to investigate a Glasgow theatre after a string of reports of spooky sightings.
Members of the Scottish Paranormal Investigations (SPI) team will spend a night in the Tron Theatre to analyse spirit activity. The team's overnight stay comes after several people, including the theatre's caretaker, reported seeing spectres in various parts of the building. The tower is the oldest part of the Trongate theatre and dates back to the 16th century. It has survived several fires and has a rich history which includes a spell as a place of execution. There have been reports of people dressed in old-fashioned clothing seen near the tower and also of people looking out of its window down to the street below. The most famous sightings are of two children - a boy and a girl aged around nine or 10 - in the former church's boiler-room.
David Smith, assistant team leader with SPI team, said: "What we're trying to do with The Tron is prove or disprove that there is activity there. "There are numerous reports of activity and sightings in the Tron. "Most famously are the two children seen in the boilerroom by the caretaker who were very well-dressed in old-fashioned clothing.
"There are also sightings in the box office of a man in full horse riding gear. "The member of staff who saw the man thought there was a fancy dress party going on and followed the figure up the stairs but he disappeared." Mr Smith, who admits he is a sceptic, added: "There have also been sightings in the Victoria Bar and in the theatre itself." A provisional date in July has been set for the Tron investigation and a team of up to 12 ghostbusters will spend the night in the building.
They will be armed with a mind-boggling array of meters and gauges including an EMF meter which measures electromagnetic fields, motion detecting equipment, and ultra- sensitive audio and light meters. Tron marketing manager Charlie Barron said: "I haven't heard or seen anything personally but I know perfectly level-headed members of staff have.
"There's a lot of activity around the tower, which is the oldest part of the building. "And people have been seen in old-fashioned clothing or looking out from the tower."
