SPIKES PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS

On the night of 16th December 1897, during a run of Secret Service, a thriller staring William Terriss and leading lady Jessie Milward, Terriss was murdered by an out-of-work actor, Richard Prince, who had been fired due to alcholism and ever after bore a grudge against the profession.  Prince especially resented the success and charisma of Terriss.

As night fell Prince ambushed Terriss as he unlocked the stage door in Maiden Lane and stabbed him. Terriss died in Jessie Milward's arms, whispering 'I'll be back'. Prince was tried and convicted of murder but declared insane. He spent the rest of his days at Broadmoor prison, where he passed the time writing his own plays and, of course, playing the heroic lead.

The first sighting of Terriss's ghost was in 1928.  A stranger in london, who did not know about the murder, saw a male figure dressed in grey Victorian clothes suddenly vanish in Maiden Lane. Later he identified the figure as Terriss from a photograph.