Rob Lowe's ghostly encounter

Actor Rob Lowe says he once talked to a ghost.

The 53-year-old has teamed up with his sons Matthew and John Owen for new TV series "The Lowe Files", which sees them travel the US to explore unsolved mysteries.

Rob says he had an encounter with a spirit but was worried people would think he is crazy.

"There's a device they use that the theory is it can translate -- that the spirits can talk through this device, for a lack of better term. Don't ask me how, don't ask me the science, I don't know," Rob told ew.com.

"John just thinks it's randomly programmed to say words at any given time, which it could be, but how does it know to say the word... it said the dead woman's name where she was murdered. Judge for yourself. I don't want to seem like a nut. I don't want to end my career here."

"The show is basically Anthony Bourdain in a blender with Scooby Doo. We want to solve it, but if we don't, it's not a failure, because the real point of it is fathers and sons on the road making memories," Lowe added.

--IANS

dc/sas