FRIGHT fans in Dumbarton and the Vale are being offered the chance to take part in a spooky experience later this month.

Reporter astrologer, Cameron Murray, will be returning to the town for his second Hallowe’en Ghost Tour.

The event will use the murky parts of the town’s past to provide an entertaining escapade.

Speaking to the Reporter, Cameron says the town is the perfect spot for the tour.

He said: “The first tour last year was incredibly successful with people later taking us aside and imparting ghostly happenings they have seen and heard.

“Plus, we conducted a very successful tour around the Denny Tank Museum a few months ago and next month also sees two other tours, one of them being in Luss.

“I’m originally from Clydebank and have always wanted to do something like this in Dumbarton because I know so many of the tales from the town and can add a few surprises of my own.

“I do mystery shows, part illusion, part danger, part escapology, that’s how I make my living.

“I have been to a few of these types of shows in Edinburgh, but I would say the ones in York are the best and that’s what’s influenced a lot of this show.” He added: “Dumbarton has got a really diverse past full of ghostly tales — you have got everything from devil worshipping, nobility being killed by peasants, to old shipmasters and Britain’s worst ever hangman.

“It really swings from pillar to post in Dumbarton and I’m not sure it does anywhere else. There’s going to be information and stories that people aren’t aware of, it’s just so different.

“We spent a long time looking at the ghost stories and dark tales of Dumbarton’s past and we then decided what are the best tales.

“We also spent a lot of time trying to get genuine artefacts from the appropriate places, one of the best things we have got is a key to a door that’s no longer there, but supposedly you can still hear it being locked at night. If someone can take the artefact in their hand, it’s so much more of an experience.” Cameron hopes the tour will attract tourists as well as residents, giving the town a boost at the same time as entertaining people. He added: “We’ve arranged the tour so that it lasts around 45 minutes to an hour and it is also on flat ground.

“People in wheelchairs or with mobility problems won’t have an issue, we’ve done our best to ensure this is as user-friendly as possible.

“All the locations are in the centre of town and close to each other. We’ve been going round it the last few weeks to practice and it’s been going really well.” If you want to take part in the tour, meet outside the Denny Tank Museum at 7.30pm on Thursday, October 30 where you will be able to pay the £5 ticket price.

The event is free for under 16s, with a maximum of two children for every adult. For more information visit http://murraythemagician.weebly.com/ghost-tours.