THE nation’s favourite Essex boy has been ghost hunting near Pontrilas ahead of Friday’s episode of ‘Educating Joey Essex – Reem Halloween’.

Joey Essex spent the night at the Skirrid Inn, just over the Welsh border, and took ghost-hunting lessons from a guide in Hay-on-Wye who he described as “something out of the Matrix".

The Skirrid Inn is Wales’ oldest pub and is home to a whole crowd of ghosts, including the Hanging Judge and the White Lady.

However the Only Way Is Essex star was unfazed by the prospect of coming face-face with a ghoulish guest ahead of his overnight stay in June.

He said: "If I see a ghost, I''ll just look straight at it and say 'what are you saying?'"

Yyou can see how he got on this Friday on ITV2 at 9pm.