A woman who ‘married’ a ghost before ‘divorcing him’ by having an exorcism has claimed her former lover is stalking her while she tries to date living humans.
Brocarde, a gothic singer and songwriter from Oxfordshire, fell in love with Edwardo – who she says is the ghost of a Victorian soldier – in late 2021 after he showed up in her home.
But after a rocky ‘marriage’ marred with cheating allegations and him often ‘ghosting’ her for days on end, Brocarde called it quits this summer – and conducted an exorcism to rid herself of the spirit.
She enjoyed a few ‘blissful’ months without Edwardo before becoming suspicious that the ghost had apparently re-entered her life – allegedly disguising himself as other identities.
While the singer, who proudly said her music is ‘designed to make the ears and eyes bleed’, has been attempting to move on with human men, she claims her ex is haunting her.
Brocarde, a gothic singer and songwriter from Oxfordshire, fell in love with Edwardo – who she says is the ghost of a Victorian soldier – in late 2021 after he showed up in her home
‘I thought that I’d started a new ghost-free chapter of my life,’ Brocarde said. ‘It wasn’t until I started to think about moving on that disturbing and creepy things started to happen.
‘I embarked on a post-divorce trip to Paris to find myself and I ended up finding “Fabienne”, or so he called himself.
‘I was walking down the banks of the river Seine chasing the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, cowing under my umbrella as raindrops poured off it, and then it struck me, glistening in a puddle – the reflection of a French man.
‘I tilted my umbrella back but nobody was around, I looked back towards the puddle and the man was clear as the ocean.’
Brocarde claims the ghost appeared to be a chef who introduced himself as Fabienne, and then followed her home.
She said: ‘A holiday romance with a Parisian ghost [was] surely too good to be true. He later revealed himself as Edwardo – it was a honeytrap all along. I couldn’t believe I’d been catfished by a ghost.’
Since then she says Edwardo has continued to harass her under the guise of being different spirits. She added: ‘After the French encounter Edwardo ghosted me again.’
But after a rocky ‘marriage’ marred with cheating allegations and him often ‘ghosting’ her for days on end, Brocarde called it quits this summer – and conducted an exorcism to rid herself of the spirit
Unhappy with him apparently following her around, Brocarde cautiously started to go on dates with living humans.
The singer said: ‘He’s getting really jealous of the fact that I want to date a modern man.
‘He knows I no longer find his uniform attractive so he’s going to extreme lengths to pull me in, he’s even given himself a modern makeover and presented himself as a Ken doll.
‘I thought I was going crazy when the image of him with cropped blond hair and a pink suit appeared, I could tell it was him though as his gaunt harrowed eyes locked into mine and slowly he merged back into a rugged Victorian soldier.’
The Oxfordshire native explained another encounter with her former partner that she said put her off ghosts for life.
She enjoyed a few ‘blissful’ months without Edwardo before becoming suspicious that the ghost had apparently re-entered her life – allegedly disguising himself as other identities
While the singer, who proudly said her music is ‘designed to make the ears and eyes bleed’, has been attempting to move on with human men, she claims her ex is haunting her
‘I returned home from a date with a bunch of flowers, and Edwardo thought it would be amusing to pull the heads off all of the roses and scatter the petals on my bed.
‘He’s even learnt to play Careless Whisper on the saxophone – I mean, at least I think it’s him, the sound echoes in the distance sometimes when I’m taking a bath in candlelight.’
While Brocarde remained eager to move on with a living man, she said she has been told she has a ‘special gift’ that helps her connect with the dead.
And while she is open-minded when it comes to the spirit realm, she has been left horrified by Edwardo’s antics.
The singer added: ‘It’s terrifying, that’s why I wanted him exorcised. A medium told me Edwardo would always be with me and that’s a thought that I can’t come to terms with.
‘I feel now I’m not consenting of Edwardo’s presence and I’m having trouble getting him to disconnect from me.’
For now, she’s focusing on her work as a singer-songwriter, and has released a post-divorce tune ‘Just Another Anthem’.
Brocarde added: ‘I feel now it’s the time for me to focus on my singing and songwriting. Edwardo has provided me with a ton of inspiration, so that’s something to thank him for.
‘Moving forward I feel like I need a bit of flesh on my bones. Skeletons and dead men may seem hot but in reality they are stone cold, unpredictable and scary.’