GHOST watchers are due to spend the night in a Museum that is allegedly haunted.

Members of the Southern Paranormal Investigation Team - a group of people interested in supernatural events - hope to communicate

with the other side when they go to Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery, St. Faith's Street, during the next few days.

The Kent Messenger has agreed not to reveal the exact date for security reasons.

A 14-strong group of enthusiasts are hoping to experience some unexplained events, such as apparitions and disembodied voices.

The spirit of a gypsy girl is said to haunt the Museum and both staff and visitors have reported strange experiences when visiting the

Gypsy Girl painting in the Museum's Baxter Room.

Although the visit by the group follows a filming session by TV Medium, Derek Acorah, Corriene Vickers, one of the investigation team's

Founder members, said programmes such as his Most Haunted series gave paranormal investigations a bad name.

"It's not as scary as that" she said. "It will be brilliant if we can catch something on camera".

Mrs. Vickers of <Address deleted>, has been interested in the paranormal all her life, after seeing ghosts as a child.

"I saw one old man sitting beside my bed," said Mrs. Vickers. "It scared the life out of me".

"As a child, I spent a lot of time down at the Museum. Before I knew anything about ghosts, there were particular rooms that used to

make my hair stand up - you just knew there was something there".

"It's an old building which is steeped in history".

The newly-launched group hopes to carry out more investigations in Kent, including at The Little Gem pub, High Street, Aylesford.