Hard as lightning, soft as candlelight, Andrew Lloyd Webber dared not trust the music of the night.

Not a sound from the pavement.

Except a poltergeist neatly organizing some papers.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Phantom of the Opera

Andrew Lloyd Webber and his Phantom.Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty; Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett

To help the spirit on its way, the renowned composer employed a priest,Exorcist-style.

I did have a house in Eaton Square which had a poltergeist," Webber recalled.

In the end we had to get a priest to come and bless it, and it left.

A poltergeist, German for “noisy ghost,” is a kind of spirit known for physical disturbances.

One assumes, this exorcising priest identified it as such before blessing the devil out of it.