EastEnders’ Shaun Williamson ‘shoved down the stairs’ by GHOST in his house – after spotting spooky woman in the window
EASTENDERS legend Shaun Williamson revealed he was ‘shoved down the stairs’ by a GHOST in his house – after spotting a spooky woman in the window.
Shaun, 59, is best known for playing Barry Evans for a decade in the BBC soap.
Recalling the paranormal experience at his Isle of Sheppey home, the actor said there initially had never been a “nasty or malignant presence”.
He shared on Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted: “But then one day, I was walking down the stairs with a cup of tea in one hand and a plate in the other and I just fell.
“It wasn’t like a buckle, I went up in the air, both feet and landed on my back.
“My cup of tea and plate smashed. It took me five minutes to get my breath back.
“I just thought, ‘Christ, what was that?’ At the back of your mind, you wonder if it’s the ghost.
“When the team moved in we found out that there was a strong presence on that stairway.”
Meanwhile, Shaun revealed early signs of something of being amiss in the property.
He said: “When we moved into the house, there were the usual bumps every old house gets in the night.
“It could be wind in the attic, anything really. But then pictures started coming off walls – they were securely fastened – that’s when I knew something was up.
“I remember when we were doing our kitchen extension, we got to know the builders really well, so sometimes we would go off to work on a Friday at the weekend and leave them to lock up after saying goodbye.
“Once, half an hour later, they phoned and said ‘You haven’t left then yet?’ but we were halfway out on the M25.
“They said there was a woman upstairs looking out at us.”
Elsewhere, Shaun shared his frustration with the presence – reportedly the spirit of a man named George, who is said to have murdered his wife in the 1900s.
He said: “So he’s just a wrongen, George is an a***hole and he had to go.
“That’s why I’m really glad of this programme, because now, even if bits of his spirit remain, it’s not doing any harm.”
Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted comes to Discovery+ on Thursday, January 23.