'I collect dead people’s hair – some say it’s gross but I find it fascinating'

EXCLUSIVE: Beckie-Ann Galentine describes herself as a steward rather than a collector, looking after objects that once held deep meaning for strangers - as well as their hair View 6 Images Beckie-Ann has about a dozen hair wreaths and hair art

Beckie-Ann Galentine has spent much of her life surrounded by the relics of other people’s lives and deaths . Her home in Wethersfield, Connecticut, has turned into an archive, with every room containing something salvaged from a haunted building or a life long passed. She describes herself as a steward rather than a collector, looking after objects that once held deep meaning for strangers. Among her most striking pieces is an extraordinary collection of human hair. “I don’t think it’s always haunted, but it’s the last connection th