The Borley Rectory Companion: The Complete Guide to 'The Most Haunted House in England'
Sep 2016 · The History Press
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Borley Rectory in Essex, built in 1862, should have been an ordinary Victorian clergyman's house. However, just a year after its construction, unexplained footsteps were heard within the house, and from 1900 until it burned down in 1939 numerous paranormal phenomena, including phantom coaches and shattering windows, were observed. In 1929 the house was investigated by the Daily Mail and paranormal researcher Harry Price, and it was he who called it 'the most haunted house in England.' Price also took out a lease of the rectory from 1937 to 1938, recruiting forty-eight 'official observers' to monitor occurences. After his death in 1948, the water was muddied by claims that Price's findings were not genuine paranormal activity, and ever since there has been a debate over what really went on at Borley Rectory. Paul Adams, Eddie Brazil and Peter Underwood here present a comprehensive guide to the history of the house and the ghostly (or not) goings-on there.
About the author
Local author Paul Adams has previously written Secret Luton for Amberley Publishing, as well several books on psychical research and the paranormal, including 'Ghosts & Gallows: True Crime & the Paranormal' (2012), 'Written in Blood: A Cultural History of the British Vampire' (2014), 'The Little Book of Ghosts' (2014) and 'Haunted Luton & Dunstable' (2012).
Peter Underwood was one of the World's best known experts and authors on the paranormal. He lectured regularly and was held in very high regard by the ghost fraternity. He was particularly well known for his investigations into Borley Rectory. His other books include a series of regional ghost tales including Ghosts of London as well as the classic Gazetteer of British Ghosts. He has also written on subjects as wide as Vampires -and the late entertainer Danny La Rue.
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