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408:, these incidents attracted the attention of several paranormal researchers, who after investigation were unanimous in suspecting that they were caused, consciously or unconsciously, by Marianne. She later said that she felt that some of the incidents were caused by her husband in concert with one of the psychic researchers, but other events appeared to her to be genuine paranormal phenomena. Marianne later admitted that she was having a sexual relationship with a lodger named Frank Pearless, and that she used paranormal explanations to cover up her liaisons. 448:. Price reported that she made contact with two spirits, the first of which was that of a young nun who identified herself as Marie Lairre. According to the planchette story, Marie was a French nun who left her religious order and travelled to England to marry a member of the Waldegrave family. She was said to have been murdered in an older building on the site of Borley Rectory, and her body was either buried in the cellar or thrown into a disused well. The wall-writings were alleged to be her pleas for help; one read, "Marianne, please help me get out". 461: 356:
yards (37 m) from the house; they tried to talk to it, but it disappeared as they got closer. Local organist Ernest Ambrose later said that the Bull family were "very convinced that they had seen an apparition on several occasions". Various people claimed to have witnessed a variety of puzzling incidents, such as a phantom coach driven by two headless horsemen, during the next four decades. Bull died in 1892 and his son, the Reverend Henry ("Harry") Foyster Bull, took over the parish.
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Foyster wrote an account of various strange incidents that occurred between the time his family moved in and October 1935, which was sent to Price. These included bell-ringing, windows shattering, the throwing of stones and bottles, wall-writing and the locking of Adelaide in a room with no key. Marianne reported to her husband a whole range of
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Marianne Foyster later admitted she had seen no apparitions and that the alleged ghostly noises were caused by the wind, friends she invited to the house and in other cases by herself playing practical jokes on her husband. Many of the legends about Borley Rectory had also been invented. The children
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in the hallway. The house was never connected to a gas or electricity supply, and water was obtained from a well in the courtyard. The fire quickly spread and the house was severely damaged. After investigating the cause of the blaze, the insurance company concluded that the fire seemed to have been
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The Smiths left Borley on 14 July 1929, and the parish had some difficulty in finding a replacement. On 16 October 1930, the Reverend Lionel Algernon Foyster (1878–1945), a first cousin of the Bulls, and his wife Marianne (1899–1992) moved into the house along with their adopted daughter Adelaide.
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The first paranormal events at Borley Rectory reportedly occurred in about 1863, since a few locals later remembered having heard unexplained footsteps within the house at about that time. On 28 July 1900, four of Bull's daughters saw what they thought was the ghost of a nun at twilight, about 40
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Upon Harry Bull's death on 9 June 1927, Borley Rectory became vacant. In the following year, on 2 October, the Reverend Guy Eric Smith and his wife moved into the house. Soon after moving in, Smith's wife, while cleaning out a cupboard, reportedly came across a brown paper package containing the
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reporter Charles Sutton accused him of faking phenomena. Sutton claimed that whilst visiting Borley Rectory with Price in 1929, he was hit on the head by a large pebble. Sutton stated that he seized Price and found his coat pockets filled with different sized stones.
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wrote that "Mrs. Marianne Foyster, wife of the Rev. Lionel Foyster who lived at the rectory from 1930 to 1935, was actively engaged in fraudulently creating phenomena. Price himself 'salted the mine' and faked several phenomena while he was at the rectory."
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about the alleged manifestations, scheduled to be broadcast in September 1956, was cancelled owing to concerns about a possible legal action by Marianne Foyster, widow of the last rector to live in Borley Rectory. In 1975 the BBC aired a programme entitled
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The second spirit to be contacted identified himself as Sunex Amures, and claimed that he would set fire to Borley Rectory at nine o'clock that night, 27 March 1938. He also said that, at that time, the bones of a murdered person would be revealed.
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attributed to the odd shape of the house. In their conclusion, the three authors wrote, "hen analysed, the evidence for haunting and poltergeist activity for each and every period appears to diminish in force and finally to vanish away."
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on 25 May 1937, and subsequent personal interviews, he recruited a corps of 48 "official observers", mostly students, who spent periods, mainly during weekends, at the house with instructions to report any phenomena that occurred.
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have also defended Price against accusations of fraud. A similar approach was made by Ivan Banks in 1996. Michael Coleman, in an SPR report in 1997, wrote that Price's defenders were unable to rebut the criticisms convincingly.
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of which may date from the 12th century, serves a scattered rural community of three hamlets that make up the parish. There are several substantial farmhouses and the fragmentary remains of Borley Hall, once the seat of the
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of the parish. The house replaced an earlier rectory on the site that had been destroyed by fire in 1841. It was eventually enlarged by the addition of a wing to house Bull's family of fourteen children.
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of the Rev. Harry Bull, who lived in the house before Lionel Foyster, claimed to have seen nothing and were surprised they had been living in what was described as England's most haunted house.
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for her story. In August 1943, Price conducted a brief dig in the cellars of the ruined house and discovered two bones thought to be of a young woman. The bones were given a Christian burial in
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A Miss Williams from nearby Borley Lodge said she saw the figure of the ghostly nun in the upstairs window during the fire and, according to Harry Price, demanded a fee of one
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The "Borley Report", as the SPR study has become known, stated that many of the phenomena were either faked or due to natural causes, such as rats and the strange
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churchyard, after the parish of Borley refused to allow the ceremony to take place on account of the local opinion that the bones found belonged to a pig.
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phenomena that included her being thrown from her bed. On one occasion, Adelaide was attacked by "something horrible". Foyster tried twice to conduct an
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Glanville, Sidney H. (October 1951). "The Strange Happenings at Borley Rectory – Full Account of England's Most Famous Modern Ghost".
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Borley Rectory remained vacant for some time after the Foysters' departure. In May 1937, Price took out a year-long rental agreement with
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ringing despite being disconnected, lights appearing in windows and unexplained footsteps. In addition, Smith's wife believed she saw a
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On 27 February 1939, the new owner of Borley Rectory, Captain W. H. Gregson, was unpacking boxes and accidentally knocked over an
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Robert Hastings was one of the few SPR researchers to defend Price. Price's literary executor, Paul Tabori, and SPR researcher
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was supposedly built in this area in about 1362, and that a monk from the monastery conducted a relationship with a
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newspaper published an account of a visit by Price, who wrote two books supporting claims of paranormal activity.
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Pearless styled himself François D'Arles, and in his diaries Lionel Foyster refers to him as "Frank Lawless".
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of the parish of Borley and his family, the house was badly damaged by fire in 1939 and demolished in 1944.
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skull of a young woman. Shortly after the family reported a variety of incidents, including the sounds of
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In March 1938, Helen Glanville (the daughter of S. J. Glanville, one of Price's helpers) conducted a
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that focused on the house and conducted interviews with several psychic researchers, including
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Large collection of photographs of Borley Rectory and the various participants of the affair
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The Foyster family left Borley in October 1935 as a result of Lionel Foyster's ill health.
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Dingwall, E. J.; Goldney, K. M.; Hall, T. H. (1956), "The Haunting of Borley Rectory",
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Bloom, Clive (1993), Bloom, Clive (ed.), "Harry Price and the Haunted Rectory",
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3D Interactive model built in Google Sketchup from the original Glanville plans
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was released. It was written and directed by Steven M. Smith and starred
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Harry Price Website – Contains a comprehensive section on Borley Rectory
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was released. It was written and directed by Ashley Thorpe and starred
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Ghostbuster of Fraud by Simon Edge, reprinted in HarryPrice website
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Borley Rectory was constructed on Hall Road in the village of
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Creepers: British Horror and Fantasy in the Twentieth Century
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Harry Price papers including archives on Borley Rectory
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Ghost Hunters: A Guide to Investigating the Paranormal
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A History of Terror: Fear & Dread Through the Ages
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Burned buildings and structures in the United Kingdom
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Dingwall, E. J.; Goldney, K. M.; Hall, T. H. (1956).
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Rectory
Gothic Revival
Borley
Essex
Coordinates
52°03′17″N 0°41′39″E / 52.0546°N 0.6942°E / 52.0546; 0.6942
Borley
Essex
psychic researcher
Harry Price
rector
Gothic
Daily Mirror
Society for Psychical Research
BBC
Peter Underwood
Borley Church
Borley
Essex
Borley Church
rector
nave
Waldegrave family
Benedictine
monastery
nun
convent
Rider Haggard
Montezuma's Daughter

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