Eddie Burks

Who is Eddie Burks?

Albert Edward "Eddie" Burks was a civil engineer and self-proclaimed psychic who featured in the fourth episode of the first series of the television documentary Ghosthunters in the episode entitled "The Man Who Talks to Ghosts."

Burks' alleged extraordinary psychic powers made news headlines in 1993 when it was revealed that the Queen's bank Coutts contacted him to deal with a ghost at its prestigious Strand headquarters in Central London, his intervention is said to have laid to rest the troubled soul of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk who was executed for treason in 1572.

Soon afterwards Burks teamed up with freelance writer Gillian Cribbs to visit haunted places throughout England and act as a psychic therapist to troubled spirits. Burks claimed to have contacted spirits in places as diverse as palaces, manor houses, pubs and council flats, while Cribbs conducted interviews with witnesses and checked historical details. Gillian Cribbs later went on to write the book "Ghosthunter: Investigating the World of Ghosts and Spirits" in collaboration with Burks.