Theron spooked by character 'ghost'

Charlize Theron got the shivers on the set of her new movie Monster when she realized her real-life character’s favourite places are haunted by her ghost.

Theron was playing murderess Aileen Wuornos, who was executed in October 2002, while the biopic was being filmed. Theron claims cast and crew on Monster frequently ran into the spirit of the prostitute-turned-killer.

She says: "When we did our location scouting at Aileen's hangouts, like The Last Resort Bar, everywhere we went people would tell us some of the most frightening stories about her ghost.

"It would do things like turn off lights, throw a bunch of knives into a wall. At another bar, on the day the people there were watching and announcement of the execution on the news, they said a vase just went flying off the bar counter and shattered everywhere."