How To Talk To The Undead At Halloween

First you'll need to check there's a dead person nearby, the easiest way to do this is with a pendulum. Simply hold the pendulum and call out to the spirits with the question "is anyone there?" If a spirit is present, the pendulum will swing from left to right to indicate 'yes'.

Once you know there's someone there to talk to, it's time to make your potion. As it's Halloween, I'm using a pumpkin instead of my usual cauldron. First add a 100th of a hundred bottles of rain water.

Followed by one small sized bottle of fresh vulture's blood.

Then drop in a whole bat wing, ideally from a Transylvanian vampire bat, but any bat will do.

Next drop in a handful of dog's breath toadstools.

Then as always stir your mixture well and collect some in a glass.

Drink the potion down in one go and you'll soon be able to see any spirits which are near and talk to it to.

Find a spirit you like the looks of and invite them to sit down with you for a chat.

If the spirit starts to become agitated, the best way to calm it down is to offer it a humbug.

If the minty candy doesn't work, then you could always try using your stun gun.