Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters

Eleven famous hauntings examined by a man who believed the question deserved evidence — Loudun, Tedworth, the Wesleys' parsonage, the Cock Lane ghost — and then the investigators who went after them.

The Cock Lane Ghost

7 pages in this part of Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters.

The Cock Lane Ghost

HE quaint old London church of St.

The Cock Lane Ghost: Parsons

Whatever he was, Clerk Parsons was not a fool, and these few words showed him plainly that he was face to face with a mystery.

The Cock Lane Ghost: Clerkenwell

White with rage, Knight bundled his belongings together, called a hackney coach, and within the hour had shaken the dust of Cock Lane from…

The Cock Lane Ghost: John

To humor her, the will was drawn, and now it developed that the disease which had attacked her was smallpox in its worst form. No need to…

The Cock Lane Ghost: Ledger

The first intimation of its coming and of its nature was revealed to him, as to the public generally, by a brief paragraph printed in a mid…

The Cock Lane Ghost: Carrots

Three knocks, held to mean three hours. "Did Carrots" (her maid) "know of your "Yes." being poisoned?" - "Yes." "Did you tell her?" "How…

The Cock Lane Ghost: Annual

Their conviction soon followed, after a trial of which the only obtainable evidence is that it was held at the Guildhall before a special…

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