SPINE-CHILLING tales of Blackburn's history will feature in a new daytime television show to be launched this autumn.

Simon Entwhistle, of Clith- eroe, who hosts the regular 'ghost walks' around Blackburn town centre, will appear on the 'Lunchtime Live' programme.

Simon was filmed at the Stage Door Pub on Mincing Lane - formerly known as The Wheatsheaf - on Wednesday narrating the tale of William Fish, the demon barber of Darwen Street, who butchered five-year-old Emily Holland in 1876.

He also appeared at the Telephone Exchange in Jubilee Street, telling the story of William J Murray, the 'Tele-ghost'.

Murray owned the Grand Theatre on the site where the Exchange now stands, and it was believed he haunted the building after his suicide in 1957.

Simon repeats these grizzly tales on his next 'Heroes and Villains' walk on Monday, May 13, starting from the Queen Victoria statue on The Boulevard at 7.30pm.

Tickets for the tour are available from Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Tourism Department and cost £3 for adults and £1 for children under 13. For information visit www.tophatproductions.i12.com