Lady GaGa has spent thousands of pounds on ghostbusters, it has been reported.

The kooky pop singer is petrified of evil spirits and has apparently had every hotel and tour venue she's performed and stayed in scanned by a team of pro paranormal investigators before she agreed to reside there.

GaGa - who reportedly believes she is the reincarnated spirit of her dead aunt - is also rumoured to have spent a whopping £30,000 on state-of-the-art Electro Magnetic Field meters to detect ghosts.


A source close to the star told reporters: "She believes in paranormal activity and won't take any risks when she is on the road. It's important to her to be safe from spirits."

But ghost-hunting equipment isn't the only thing the 24-year-old has been splashing out on - GaGa apparently spent £40,000 to hire a NASA trained chemist in order to discover a non-hot subsacne that would let steam out of the teacup-shaped dress that she wore on her sold-out Monster Ball tour. She also spent £500,000 on private jets to transport her set equipment and wardrobe on, £15,000 on hand-crafted lace from Eastern Europe and £52,000 on a bath tub for her performance on The X Factor last year. GaGa's next extravagant purchase is apparently going to be a British castle.

Let's hope she has some mammoth insurance!

SOURCE: IRELAND ONLINE