Coronation Street fans are convinced a character secretly made a comeback in the form of ‘creepy’ ghost

Speculation is rife among Coronation Street fans this week after the ghostly appearance of an old character during Wednesday nights episode. 

As Super Soap Week got well underway with a series of explosive and terrifying events, eagle-eyed viewers couldn’t help but notice a mysterious figure lurking along the cobbles in one particular scene.

Following the dramatic event of Harvey being sucked into the ground as a sinkhole gave way in the storm that battered Weatherfield (the most Corrie thing to happen ever, I know), an ominous figure dressed as a makeshift ghost stood and watched in the background.

The figure was undeniably sinister and a little of out character for the soap but, regardless, fans were quick at getting to work working out who it could’ve been. 

And many came to the same conclusion; it must’ve been none other than Harvey’s aunt Sharon Bentley, played by Tracie Bennett.

One person wrote on Twitter, “guys the ghost could be Sharon…” while another commented, quite frantically, “THE GHOST HAS TO BE SHARON RIGHT? WITH HER TASER?”

Twitter page Just Spooky Thoughts even went to the lengths of conducting a poll of who the ghost could’ve been, with 51.8% of eager participants saying they believed it to be Sharon. 22.4% voted for ‘One of Harvey’s goon’s, 17.6% selected Natasha and 8.2% believed it to be Jacob.

Sharon was shopped to the police in June by Rita Tanner over her ties to Harvey after she tried to get £10,000 from her former foster mum to go on the run.

But in an exchange for her freedom, Sharon struck a deal with the police to testify against Harvey, with her eventually giving evidence against him.

At the end of Wednesday night’s double episode, Harvey was seen very much alive and reaching for the gun brandished earlier by Abi Franklin in her own showdown with her son Seb’s killer Corey Brent.