Brocarde, from Oxfordshire, married the ghost of a Victorian soldier, Edwardo, who she claims appeared in her home, and now she’s a paranormal investigator who speaks to spirits
An Oxfordshire woman, who once claimed to be married to a ghost, has now turned into a paranormal investigator, communicating with spirits in the most unexpected places, including supermarkets. Brocarde, known for her romantic entanglement with Edwardo, the apparition of a Victorian soldier who appeared in her home, ended their spectral marriage through an exorcism last year.
Despite their split, the 42-year-old singer-songwriter, who boasts 193,000 followers on Instagram, continues to encounter the spirit world. She’s now a paranormal investigator and claims to have communicated with over 100 spirits, some of whom are as “annoying” as they probably were when alive. Her spectral encounters include a “drunk” miner who met his end on duty and “idiot” ghosts attempting to intimidate the living.
“I try to keep my communications with ghosts a little relaxed, sometimes a spirit is wrapped up in their own pain and thoughts, and just wants to voice their sorrow or be noticed,” she shared with What’s The Jam.
She explained that modern buildings often stand on ancient burial sites or houses where someone has passed away.
“When these structures are demolished and new ones erected, the spirits don’t forget.”
She even had a ghostly follower in a supermarket once, causing fruits and vegetables to roll off the shelves, leaving shoppers baffled.
“It’s their emotion that I pick up on first – I’ve heard spirits crying out in pain for loved ones,” she said.
“But I’ve also encountered ghosts who are completely devoid of emotion, like a miner who had nothing to say apart from asking me for a drink.
“His voice was slurred and he was swaying while sitting at a bar in his dusty boots and soiled clothes.”
She added: “The miner informed me that he died on the job and didn’t spend enough time drinking and enjoying life.
“He grunted every time the doors swung open, it felt like he resented the living.”
Brocarde said that in a certain way, ghosts are “exactly like living humans”.
She added: “Each one has a different story and personality, and a unique way of communicating.
“Some ghosts are idiots and want to cause trouble, just like some living people.
“If someone is brash and annoying in life they are often brash and annoying in death.”
Brocarde also once had a powerful yet fleeting encounter with a young girl at an old saloon, as well as a monk from the 1200s.
The singer said: “She must have been about seven and was wearing a dirty white dress.
“The child lead me to a doll that was sitting in a rocking chair.
“I tried to connect with this young girl and find out more using my spirit rods, but she told me that she was tired and too poorly to play.Her eyes were almost hollow.”
She continued: “It troubled me to feel that this child’s ghost was still suffering even in death.
“I also encountered the apparition of a frail man who was wasting away before my eyes.
“He was chanting in what I believe to be Latin but his chants were like cries.
“The monk was begging for food and told me that he died of starvation due to malnutrition.”
Brocarde doesn’t just sense emotion or hear voices, she claims to also be able to smell ghosts in her presence.
She said: “Often a ghost will trigger your senses. When I saw an apparition of Marie Antoinette at Versailles, it wasn’t just a visual, she had quite a unique scent of menthol peppermint, an almost herbal smell.
“Sometimes seeing a ghost is subtle, peaceful and they just pass through, on occasions they want to take a hold of you and make an impact.
“Intense headaches, pains in the chest and extreme nausea can also all be symptoms of paranormal activity.”
Brocarde also visits haunted houses, but says she finds them fascinating rather than scary.
She said: “Sometimes I still get unsettled but I view the ability to see dead people as a gift.
“I travel the world exploring haunted places and no two locations are the same.
“People often assume that spirits are whole but some of the ones I’ve seen are dismembered and disfigured.
“I’ve seen a floating severed head before and a cat with no tail, it let out a shrill meow like it was in pain.
“In the desert, even encountered something that didn’t look human.
“It’s the places that have multiple spirits with different personalities that drain you or when you have several ghosts with malevolent personalities battling for your attention – that’s when you have to maintain control.”
In addition to her supernatural pursuits, Brocarde is also a talented musician, sharing her work on her website http://Brocarde.com and YouTube channel.
She recently dropped a new track titled ‘Feed My Soul’, featuring Ray Luzier from Korn.
Brocarde commented: “Seeing spirits definitely adds another dimension to my music.
“As a songwriter I am in tune with my emotions, I am sensitive, I can read people and that also applies to spirits.
“I channel everything I can into my music and ghosts definitely take the story to another dimension.”