The Wade Radford Archive

I have always hidden the tale of my attempts to create a free paranormal channel via Myspace. My new book ‘Busby & Me’ about my Odyssey at ‘The Busby Stoop Inn’ back in 2008, and the subsequent ‘lost documentary’ will all be revealed soon! Content on this page is reposted from the official page regarding this project here on my blog; click here to go directly to the original writing.

 Something I’ve never discussed throughout my career in movies, poetry, photography and beyond is the fact that, as a very young teenager, I attempted to utilise the growth of social media, namely Myspace, to create a free Paranormal network. I hadn’t talked about it because of years of relentless ‘piss-taking’ and the fact that I felt I was going on to achieve different things in adulthood!

In April 2024, after moving up North, I felt a strange pull back to ‘The Busby Stoop Inn’ – I felt compelled to walk back into the past! Separate from my ‘attempted show’ online, I had tried to make a 100-minute feature-length paranormal documentary – and for the first time in 2008, I’d enlisted the support of a clairvoyant! Sixteen years later, I arrived outside a legendary Inn that seemed to have no signs of its once-infamous past! Saddened, dejected, and a little annoyed, I went on a mission to try and restore some very bad quality footage, to be able to construct a written narrative of our documentary ‘that you’ve never heard of‘, but in doing so, I opened a long-suppressed journal of my time as a teenage ghost buster! 

It had been my aim to cover the lore of ‘the Busby’, the investigation as a whole, and the shocking claims we’d made at the time, in an attempt to support ‘The Busby Stoop Inns’ legacy for a new generation. But, it became so much more – It became my story of an ambitious yet fragile teenager, who so believed in what he was doing, and tried so hard to make something of himself utilising the early forms of social media. I continued with this narrative because it is my wish that any young person (or older individual), lost or embarrassed by the stuff they are passionate about, may read ‘Busby & me’ and continue to be inspired, unapologetic and passionate about their own journey! 

The journey will continue; the book is my introduction as I attempt to find other missing documents from my time in Thirsk and potentially be able to restore some footage; you will start to see links being added to this section of my blog – so, I encourage you to stop by from time to time! – Wade

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