Welcome to the twentieth edition of the Borley Ghost Society Newsletter. Thanks to the dedicated efforts of William G. Vicars, Ph. D. the Society now has a marvelous new computer. Built from the ground up - and using only two parts from the previous computer - it is a 500MHZ system! Fortunately, I was down only a couple of days, and should now be able to give better and faster service. A really neat bonus on the new machine is a haunted house screen saver. Thanks, Bill!

Hopefully, this issue will reach some of you in time to watch "Ghosts: Best Evidence Caught on Tape." In my neighborhood, it is showing on the FOX affiliate Thursday night at 7 p.m. If you catch it, let me know what you think.

Jamas also found a review of my web site written by Bill Pannifer in Network, an Independent newspaper. I am in touch with the author, and trying to run down a hard copy of the magazine for my collection.

Next he found a short reference in The Easter Island Incident by Tereance Dicks. On page 10, Dicks says, "Some time ago I'd started having nightmares about a haunted house called Borley Rectory."

Jamas found several more web sites that mention Borley. The first one is run by Gareth Innes. Some students at Tibshelf School in Derbyshire have posted their projects on the school's web site. "Pupil 5" has a short page on Borley. Will's Haunts recalls the floating brick. There is one paragraph about Borley at an old web site that attempts to link to my old domain at rvon.com.

Thanks to Jamas I was also alerted to a typographical error in my notice that Peter Underwood contributed to the Hastings Report.

Enlosed I send you the promised small extracts from two books about strange things. "Echte und unechte Geister" and "Englands Spukhaus Nummer Eins." When I was in Borley last summer, I made a video from the church and the village - I will send you a copy.
Birgit Brenner
[Thank you, Birgit. I'll see what I can do about posting segments from your tape on the web site.]

Issue # 19 is fascinating. The photos of the tunnel remind me of a much shorter one under the Treasurer's House in York. Not the best place for a person with claustrophobia! Much atmosphere, of course.
Pat Cody

Just a note to tell you what a great job I think you're doing with the upkeep of the Borley Newsletter. And, thank heavens for the Internet to help in its distribution...and to help the spread of Borley information.
Tom Ogden

I was there the other day and a brick came flying at me I crapped myself I was with Mike, Paul, and Gary Harding from Chelmsford. I'm never ever going there again. I wish it was just completely knocked down.
REYNOLDS-S7
[It WAS completely knocked down - in 1944.]

My sincere thanks to Tim Chase for donating a copy of Haunted Houses For the Millions. It has a couple of pages on Borley, but unfortunately the references are somewhat skewed.

Colin Wilson supports Harry Price in his book Poltergeist. He believes "It would be of no advantage to him to pretend the Borley phenomena were genuine when they were not." A phantom funeral witnessed by Stephen Jenkins is tied to Borley through a common ley line. A sketch of one of the pall-bearers is the only drawing in this classic book

Still another book writes of the Rectory in the present tense. The Scary Howl of Fame has only one sentence, but leads the reader to believe the rectory is still standing.

Wednesday, April 26, is the last day for the Art Bell radio program. Listen to the entire sound-bite. The show he created will continue as "Coast to Coast" with new announcers.

Amazon.com has announced a new book by associate Colin Wilson. "The Mammoth Book of the History of Murder: The History of How and Why Mankind Is Driven to Kill" Proving once again that fact is scarier than fiction, British writer Colin Wilson presents this seam-bursting collection of depravity through the ages. From Ivan the Terrible to Jack the Ripper to Ted Bundy, this haunting cast of characters will have you leaving the lights on all night. Organized by century and types of killers--assassins, pirates, serial killers, and the like--the book traces the evolution of crime within the context of greater societal changes. The author blames the birth of sex crimes on too much leisure time in the 19th century and credits big cities and their crowded conditions for the emergence of the modern serial killer. He also offers a whirlwind tour of torture and cruelty in answering the question, "What makes a monster?" Wilson is one of the most prolific and eclectic writers of our time, with more than 80 books to his credit on subjects as varied as existential fiction, philosophy, the occult, aliens, and the life of Aleister Crowley. Though often dismissed by critics as an obsessive crackpot, Wilson maintains a large following around the world due to his captivating, conversational writing style and ability to synthesize an impressive amount of esoteric information. "The Mammoth Book of the History of Murder" is an illuminating volume on a dark subject, written by a born storyteller.