A WOMAN tired of "physical world" men has found love in the ghost of an 18th century Haitian pirate... and is now legally married to him.

Let's take a closer look at Amanda Teague and her "husband" Jack Teague - who died 300 years ago.

3 Newly-wed Amanda used a pirate flag to represent her husband at their wedding

Who is Amanda Teague?

Amanda, 45, of Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, works as a Captain Jack Sparrow impersonator and believes the pirate connection is what brought her and Jack together.

She had a previous marriage to a “physical being” for six years, and had five children with her ex husband.

Like any normal couple, Amanda and Jack go on dates, have rows and even have sex.

Amanda appeared on Loose Women on Valentines Day 2018 and revealed she buys her ghostly hubby a glass of rum when they go on date nights to her local pub.

3 Amanda and her wedding entourage crammed onto a boat and sailed onto international waters to have the wedding

How did Amanda Teague meet Jack?

Amanda searched for her soulmate in the afterlife after failing to connect with any real-life men.

Her love affair with Jack, who was a thief on the high seas in the 1700s until he was caught and executed, began one night in 2014 when she was lying in bed and felt his energy appear beside her.

Astonishingly, after years of romance, Amanda managed to hire a registrar and journey into international waters where she could legally marry the smitten spirit.

She even used a spiritual medium at the wedding to allow him to say "I do" during the ceremony.

Now the couple are co-writing a book for other women who are looking to find "the one" in the spiritual realm.

What has Amanda Teague said about Jack?

Amanda says: “He is my soulmate. I am so happy, it is the perfect kind of relationship for me.

“There are a lot of people out there who don’t know about spiritual relationships, but it could be right for them - I want to get the message out there.”

She says she initially wasn’t that interested in making contact with the spirit, until she realised she could speak to him through mediumship.

The spirit used to sit with her when she watched TV or while she was driving her car, and the pair started to get to know each other.

Amanda says she soon started developing “strong loving feelings” towards him.

She says: “One day he said to me ‘We can actually be together you know’ but I had never heard of an intimate relationship between a spirit and a human before."

3 Mum-of-five Amanda hired a spiritual medium to allow her husband to communicate during the wedding Credit: Triangle News / Edmond McMullan

Does Amanda Teague claim to have sex with ghost Jack?

The married mum says sex with a spirit is surprisingly similar to sex with a physical human - and can even have a happy ending.

She says: “It is well known that people often feel a spirit touch their hands, their face or their hair.

“You can literally feel the physical act of what the spirit is doing to you, and the spirit can feel it too.”

Even though she has never seen her husband in physical form, she imagines he is very similar to the character of Captain Jack, played by Johnny Depp, 54, in the movie series Pirates of the Caribbean.

“He is black, so he is not the same colour as Johnny Depp, but he is dark skinned and has very dark jet-black hair, so he tells me,” Amanda says.

In a shock twist, she had a pregnancy scare.

She said: “It was more a case I missed a month and I went to my GP and she said you have got to be pregnant. It turned out I was at the start of my menopause.”

In a new video posted to social media, Amanda offers advice to interested viewers on how to achieve satisfying sex with a ghost.

She said: “Spiritual sex is all about being able to feel the energy. It’s nothing to do with masturbation."

Amanda added that amongst her friends, sex with ghosts is considered to be a very normal activity.

She said: “I know one woman, who has sex orgies with a lot of spirits and she loves it."

How did Amanda marry her ghost lover?

Two years after they first met, the couple got engaged.

Amanda said: “Jack proposed to me. I told him I wasn’t really cool with having casual sex with a spirit and I wanted us to make a proper commitment to each other."

Amanda found a Shaman priest and legal registrar who agreed to marry the couple - despite their unusual relationship dynamic.

She also held a flag bearing a skull and crossbone as a symbol for her husband.

Because Jack cannot wear his ring, it has been fitted to a candle which was used in the wedding ceremony to represent him.

Is it legal to marry a dead person?

There is no provision in UK law for posthumous marriages, so the couple took a boat into international waters in the Atlantic Ocean, off the Irish Coast, for their ceremony.

Marrying a dead person is legal in certain countries such as France, Singapore and China, so by going into waters which aren’t governed by any particular country, Jack and Amanda’s union can be upheld.

Only 12 people were allowed on the boat, so Amanda and Jack invited their closest friends and family to join them at sea.

Amanda now signs all her documentation as ‘married’ and says her posthumous relationship has never been questioned by authorities.