Professional ghost hunter visits hundreds of haunted sites every week and gives lectures on ghost hunting

Meet the professional ghost hunter who investigates haunted sites others are too scared to visit.

Beckie-Ann Galentine, 33, first got interested in the paranormal when she saw a floating blue orb while out at night with pals ten years ago.

She worked as an undertaker - or mortician - for two years but spent her free evenings and weekends researching spooky stories and ghost hunting.

Beckie-Ann - who claims to have seen a "handful" of ghosts or beings in real life - began sharing spooky stories on her TikTok in lockdown.

She was soon flooded with requests to investigate haunted homes and creepy businesses and now she's a full time ghost hunter.

She picks a story of interest or one suggested by her 685,000 TikTok followers and researches the story using historical facts and newspaper archives.

And then verify's the clients concerns or queries regarding the spirits.

She camps out in abandoned graveyards, forests, hospitals and hotels to verify if ghosts are there.

Savvy Beckie-Ann also lectures on ghost hunting and earns most her money from views she gets to stories she shares on social media - which funds her travels.

Beckie-Ann, from Starford, Pennsylvania, US, said: "It's a process and it's not as simple as other senses like sight or sound.

"You mull it over and go 'that's what I experienced' and you try to understand it.

"Some of my early ghost experiences were misunderstood as fear but now I undertand they were just trying to say hello.

"It comes down to challenging your empathy and compassion.

"I've had experiences where I just couldn't believe what had happened. It's hard to explain so I don't try to convice sceptics.

"It doesn't happen when you're looking for it which contributes to the feeling of misunderstanding.

"I've had experiences when I've been asleep.

"I was dead asleep one night and I woke up to my bedroom door slamming, full force and I could smell this sour smell.

"I had sleep paralysis and I was trying to wake up my partner and I couldn't move, I thought I was going to die.

"As soon as it backed out of the door, I was able to wake up and it opened my roommates door who experienced the same thing. My partner told me no one came in the room last night.

"It was terrifying."