BORLEY RECTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY
MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS

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Aickman, Robert Fordyce. "Postscript to Harry Price." London Mystery Magazine. Vol.1, No. 6. August/September 1950. pp. 86-91. (Editor's introduction states, ". . . and though Mr. Aickman found Price often a trying person to work with, he pays testimony to his integrity as a psychic detective." One incident which tried the author was over obtaining the property. "I then wrote to Price, proposing that we initiate a small trust to acquire the rectory in the interests of science and for further research. . . .Price would have nothing to do with the idea." Price had said in Most Haunted House, "I was approached by a man who wanted to go halves with me in buying the rectory with the idea of turning in into a sort of 'Home of Rest for Decayed Mediums,'. . . . I pointed out that such a project would cost a fortune. . . . so I turned down the 'Home of Rest' idea." [pp. 102-3.] Was Aickman the man who approached Price? Aickman was also upset Price did not involve him more fully in the investigation, specifically during the digging in the cellar. Aickman says Price "had his exotic side," and details two incidents including the wine into ink visit. The wine Price brought with him was an expensive red, named after the Chambertin vitner. The other reference is to Price bringing brand name wicker hampers [baskets] to Borley, the inference being this is how Price brought his supplies. The brand name - Fortnum and Mason - is obscure, as it does not surface in Price's writings. Aickman points out Canon Phythian-Adams who contributed much regarding the nun, never visited Borley. Aickman's visits are chronicled in The End of Borley Rectory, pp. 75-7.) ** photocopy

Alexander, David S. Letters. Paranormal Review. July 2003. p. 12. (Mentions two previously published letters, "supporting my suggestion that the Society is not as active in its research as perhaps it should be." The first was by Oliver Knowles. "The other letter. . . .by Vincent O'Neil, demonstrates stagnant attitudes toward 'haunting.' Experts in the 'paranormal,' spiritism and, dare I say it, 'the occult,' have long since known that 'hauntings,' as opposed to poltergeists, are little more than 'recordings' or echo traces of the past, rather than 'living' spitrits. Surely if experiments such as Scole can truly open up communication with post-mortem humans, this is far more vital research than sitting around hopefully in a castle with a camcorder.") **

Allsop, Kenneth. "Is This the Borley Rectory Ghost?" Picture Post. January 1, 1955. pp.34-5, 46. Reprinted in Sydney Morning Herald. (Title of the article comes from photo taken by Thurston Hopkins of the gate, showing a "ghostly" blur. One of only two such photographs ever taken at Borley. The other is by Simon Marsden [see The Haunted Realm in the BOOK section.] As with the Marsden photo, the image was not seen when the photograph was taken, only when the negative was developed and printed. The article shows a similar photo of the gate taken by another Picture Post photographer - Alex Dellow - with no anomaly. Oddly enough, in the 1974 reprint of the 1950 book by Paul Tabori, Harry Price Ghost-hunter, Dennis Wheatley writes in the foreword, "They took the photograph to the editor, but for reasons known only to himself, he suppressed both the article and the photograph." Was Wheatley unaware of this article, or is there another - still unpublished - photo? Alludes to the yet unpublished Hall, Dingwall, and Goldney report A Critical Survey of the Evidence as one "which will set out to prove that it was all a trick." At the time, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Williams lived in the stable house with their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bacon. Mr. Williams saw the nun, heard footsteps, heard a voice calling to him, and saw "whirling circles of light" at night. Mrs. Bacon witnessed curious behavior of a plant, and her son Terence - 12 years old - saw the nun gliding along three times. Meanwhile, the residents at Borley Place - the Paynes - had, "Never seen or heard a single thing out of the ordinary." Neighbor Tom Gooch said, "I've lived on the doorstep for 20 years and I've seen nothing, heard nothing, and smelt nothing." His wife, on the other hand, was "awakened one night by the pervading smell of incense that filled her bedroom - and she was intensely aware of someone, something, there in the room with her." Recounts stories supporting the haunting by Reverend Henning, and one by an anonymous doctor who saw a nun while driving by in 1949. He stopped, backed up, and then watched her vanish. The Bull children said the summerhouse was built for use "during tennis parties," and "the title Nun's Walk must have been given by Price, because they never knew it as that." The window was bricked up to prevent the view of nosey humans, not the nun. Alfred Bull told the author, "I was astounded when I saw Price's book was called The Most Haunted House in England - all the years we lived there I saw nothing." Even so, Ethel stuck with her original story. Author states, "Borley. . . .continues to mystify.") **T scans of gate photo

Alvarado, Carlos S. "Dizionario del Paranormale." The Journal of Parapsychology. June 1997. Volume 61, Number 2. p. 175. Review of book by Massimo Polidoro. ("The entry on the haunting of Borley Rectory mentions the critique by Hall, Dingwall, and Goldney, but conveniently omits any mention of Robert Hasting's counter-critique, or of the subsequent debate.") ** photocopy

Alvarado, Carlos, S. "The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits," The Journal of Parapsychology. September 1992, Volume 56, Number 3. p. 275. Review of book by Rosemary Ellen Guiley. (Her coverage is "particularly strong on well-known cases, as seen in entries such as Ballechin House, Borley Rectory...." It indicates omissions include "the lack of information about the defenses of Harry Price's studies of Borley Rectory.") ** photocopy

Ambrose, Ernest. "That Ghost Again." East Anglian Magazine..Ipswich: March 1974, Number 5, Volume 33, pp. 272-74. (Three great pictures including the exterior with the coach superimposed. Calls Price "a journalist dealing with psychic matters." As soon as Price and the reporter showed up, "the so-called psychic phenomena increased at a rapid pace." Lived in nearby Long Melford. First visit was in 1896 at age 18. In 1900, Ethel and Constance described seeing ghost to him. Took picture that was published in America with etching of the phantom coach superimposed, whereupon Reverend Smith contacted him and smashed the photographic plate in rage. Ambrose had two plates, however. Relegates most ghost stories to pub talk.)** photocopy version courtesy of Philip Huntchinson

Anon. SOME RECENT INVESTIGATIONS IN THE BORLEY RECTORY CASE, Journal 33,1943-6, pp. 107-10. An update on Harry Price's book The Most Haunted House In England, giving the results of investigations to 1939. Gives an outline of noises ('footsteps, knockings, tappings, hammerings, thuds, bangs, cracks, rumblings, the padding of feet, the stamping of horses' hooves, and whistlings'(109)), visual impressions, and apparitions accompanied by cold breezes. The apparition of a nun faked by students was not noticed by the investigators, although they were impressed by the hoaxers' poltergeist phenomena and knockings (109-10). CORRESPONDENCE, Journal 34, 1947-48, pp. 177-82. /apparitions/hauntings/poltergeist/

Bailey, Michael. "London Notes." The Magic Circular. March, 1956. p. 111. (". . .the publication of The Haunting of Borley Rectory by [Dingwall/Goldney/Hall] has brought some interesting publicity for both the Magic Circle and Capt. Hall.") ** photocopy

Banks, Ivan. Letter to the Editor. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. Volume 62. Number 849. October, 1997. pp. 178-79. (Response to article by Michael Coleman in the April, 1997 Journal in which Coleman contacted the photographer of the flying brick. The photographer [Scherman] sent him additional photos showing more than one workman. Banks reiterates that he is unaware of more than one photo. He concludes, "I came to be of the opinion that, essentially, the guts of Harry Price's investigation were done in good faith.")**

Baker, M.D. The Unexplained. London. Vol. 10, No. 118, 1983. (Letter describing visits by members of a boy's summer camp nearby. "On several occasions some of we helpers caused mild 'happenings' of our own such as fake poltergeist activity or trance-like possession - just enough for the boys to enjoy a good scare. I distinctly remember one such occasion when, wearing a white monk's habit, I stationed myself with a colleague in a cornfield on the outskirts of the village. . . Three years later one of [the boys] recounted in graphic detail the story of how he had seen the phantom figure of a monk at Borley!" On two other occasions he and his colleagues ran "into a witches' coven meeting in the graveyard." Baker "used to be quite skeptical about the Borley story," but he wonders "could it be that the church and graveyard are the real source of the ghostly phenomena allegedly connected with the place?" He concludes, "I am not convinced that the entire Borley 'collection' of stories is pure fabrication.") **photocopy

Bassett, John. "Borley Rectory - the Most Haunted House in England." X-Factor Magazine. c. April, 1999. (as submitted by the author)

Battersby, H.F. Prevost. "The Ghosts of Borley Rectory." Light. London. October 31, 1940.

Bessor, J.P. "The Ghosts of Borley Rectory." Fate. Evanston, Illinois: Clark Publishing. January, 1950. pp. 54-8. No illustrations. (Fairly detailed re-telling, focusing on the Foyster and Turner tenancies. Also recounts discovery of jaw bone in cellar. Refers to unidentified newspaper article of about 1948 wondering, "Has Borley Ghost moved to Long Melford 'Bull [Inn]'?" Price sent the author the newspaper clipping "a few weeks before he died." Positive report.) **T scanned

Bingham, Edith. "Borley Rectory." East Anglian Magazine..Vol. 21. (Brief letter describing visit to ruins. Nothing was seen, but "we felt a coldness; eerie, not malevolent." Two elderly men told them they had felt a presence.')**photocopy

Blackmore, Susan. "The Supernatural A-Z: the Truth and the Lies." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. Volume 61, Number 845, October 1996. p. 271. (Review of the James Randi book. In one paragraph, she points out errors made by Randi in describing Borley. Price did not actually take up residence, and it is a church, not an abbey nearby. The building was not "reduced to ashes" during the fire, as the ruins remained until 1944. Randi wrote that the Harry Price Library contains, "several volumes dealing with conjuring." Blackmore comments, "Since it is reputedly one of the most important conjuring libraries in the world, this is an odd comment from a professional conjurer.") **

"Borley 'Ghost' Lifts Car, Injures Son." Psychic News. February 7, 1976. ("Doreen Wright. . . .told PN her son , Keith, was injured by a poltergeist [during] an all-night expedition. . . . We saw my son's car lifted a few feet from the ground. It was locked, with the handbrake on. Yet it moved about 12 ft. . . . My son was in the car with the windows closed. Suddenly he was grabbed by something. He was flung against the car door. When he reached home he had finger marks on his arm, which was swollen." Age if the son is not given. "Doreen has 'always been interested in psychic phenomena.'")** photocopy

"Borley haunting dismissed as 'spoof'" Psychic News. [?] February 10, 1979. (Recounts belated review of Search for Harry Price by Trevor Hall as published in the Observer the previous Sunday. That article described Price as an "impresario of the Borley spoof. . . . who played on the susceptibilities of the public as on a stringed instrument." While Hall was compelled to attack Price, the reviewer felt Price had the last laugh because "He has succeeded in goading the good Dr. Hall from beyond the veil into something like the symptoms of mild possession.")** photocopy

Borley Parish Church 11 page program. c. 1985. (Hand drawn art work on front and back covers of the church. Delightful little program goes into the history of the church, including the Waldegraves and the two tombs, the rectors - including John Deeks, the altar, the three tower bells, a poem AND half a page dedicated to the ghosts. "Those who have lived long in the village and we who worship in the Church have not experienced anything which would support such thoughts. Whatever their views, visitors should please remember this is God's House and treat it with reverence." Complete reproduction.) **

Borley Parish Church 11 page program. c. 2003. Cover art by Rupert Brown. photocopy provided by Philip Hutchinson.

"Borley Rectory - the story." Psychic News. Stansted. November 18, 1995. p. 5. (Editorial box with brief history to accompany Mayerling article in the same issue. Recalls "Two factors were in Price's favour. One was that the phenomena was occuring before Price was on the scene. The second was the fact that during his tenancy he himself invited around 40 experts to visit in order to see for themselves. Several of those experts claimed to have done just that.")** photocopy

"Borley Rectory Revisited." Tomorrow. New York: Spring, 1956. pp. 51-52. (Introduction to the Nandor Fodor book review of "The Haunting of Borley Rectory" by Dingwall, Goldney and Hall. Gives a brief synopsis of the haunting, and describes the book as the "center of stormy controversy.")** photocopy

"British Television Features Borley" Tomorrow. New York: Spring, 1956. p 61. (Three paragraphs describing an October 31, 1956 broadcast on the BBC. As part of the series "Panorama," the show included film from the site and an interview with researcher Philip Paul who said, "I am satisfied that strange things happened and are still happening." Ethel Bull was also interviewed, and the 88 year old witness recalled, "I was so scared when I last saw the nun on July 28, 1900, that I took to my heels and fled." Quotes a Paul article published in Two Worlds: "It is and has always been my contention during my seven years of investigation at Borley that its story does not depend on Price or the two books in which he sets out the experiences of some 200 witnesses. . . Three [of the witnesses used in the show] saw and heard strange occurrences before Price ever set foot in Borley, and the other three witnessed inexplicable events there after Price was dead and buried.")** photocopy

Britland, David. "Harry Price Ghost Hunter." MAGIC: THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE FOR MAGICIANS. November, 2000. pp. 48-51. Photos of Price, Marianne, Price with Lucy Kay, two of the rectory, (Seldom reproduced photograph of Price with Lucy Kaye taken from Search for Harry Price by Trevor Hall. Unique approach gives much attention to Borley. It seems remarkable there aren't more articles tying Price in with magic. The Harry Price Library in the University of London contains a very rare and extensive collection of material devoted to magic. As the article points out, "Price was a member of the Magic Circle and the Society of American Magicians. He wrote articles for Will Goldston's Magic Magazine and corresponded extensively with Joseph Dunniger and Harry Houdini." It would seem spiritualism and magic crossed paths more than once in the early days of Price's career. His work with the paranormal soon overshadowed his association with magic. "While the public thrilled to Harry's adventures with spooks, magicians never took him very seriously." Britland credits the incident with Charles Sutton for causing Price to delay his Borley publicity, perhaps because he is not aware Price had a deliberate publicity campaign underway throughout the world. Price's extensive articles for The Listener and other periodicals such as Light, American Weekly, and the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research were dry runs to whet the public's appetite. These detailed articles started appearing as early as 1929. Sutton did not write of his finding Price's pockets "full of bricks and stones" until 1948. Britland continues the same theme when he assumes "Harry was not averse to helping the spirits along, [so] there would be no point inviting press attention if he thought Marianne was also given to trickery. . . . It was only after Marianne left the rectory that Harry once again turned his attention to Borley." Actually, someone was keeping the pot boiling with continuous reports to various local newspapers such as the Observer, the East Anglican Daily Times, and the Suffolk and Essex Free Press. If these reports were not instigated by Price, he surely knew of them and gathered up the clippings for later use. Price also wrote about Borley in books published prior to The Most Haunted House in England in 1940, including Confessions of a Ghost Hunter [using pseudonyms] in 1936, and briefly in Fifty Years of Psychical Research in 1939. Britland correctly points out Trevor Hall, "appeared to have a passionate dislike of everything that Harry Price stood for, and debunking Harry and Borley became something of a passion for him. In 1955, Hall, along with fellow magician Eric Dingwall and psychic researcher Kathleen Goldney, published The Haunting of Borley Rectory. . . . It dissected the Borley legend and Harry Price's character with ruthless clarity. . . . In essence, Hall portrayed Harry as a shrewd and calculating liar." The focus of the article now turns toward Hall, including his second attack on Price, Search for Harry Price, which was "nothing less than. . . . [a] character assassination." Hall then turned his efforts toward Marianne. Hall plays an integral part in the investigation of Borley, and it would be interesting to hear more of Britland's study of this interesting character. My thanks to Britland for identifying the borleyrectory.com web site. This is a well written and well researched article. Britland is to be congratulated for his excellent work. I found it interesting to note that the author concludes "Borley Rectory was [Price's] finest [illusion], a spook show that seems destined to run forever.") **

Brown, Brigadier C.A.L. Brownlow, D.S.C., "Borley Today." Prediction. October, 1954. pp. 8-10, 26. (Well known spiritualist visits site and interviews several people, confirming Price's reports. Key observations include, "[Ethel Bull] declared that she had known nothing about any hauntings until that summer day in 1900 when she and two of her sisters. . . . saw the Nun." Quotes a letter from an unidentified 'gentleman' to the Norwich Mercury who was told by Lionel "I saw a pencil rise from my desk and scrawl words on the wall." The visitor saw "Bottles. . . .being hurled in all directions." Lionel then told him, "You have not seen half!") ** color photocopy

Brouse Ann G. "Ghosts and the Supernatural." School Library Journal. New York: August 1998. Review of Colin Wilson book. (". . . . puts forth some well-known cases such as the haunting of Borley Rectory. . . .") ** photocopy

Brouse, Ann G. "Haunted Houses." School Library Journal, September 2000. Volume 46 Issue 9 p 249. Book review of Haunted Houses by Patricia D. Netzley. ("Haunted Houses gives only cursory attention to well-known apparitions and mysterious places such as Borley Rectory in England.") ** photocopy

Brown, Monica. "A Visit to Borley Rectory." Happy Halloween Magazine Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring, 1999. pp. 19. (Recounts 1990 visit to church - not rectory - on Halloween night. "I had never been so cold in my life!") **

Busch, Noel F. "A Who's Who of English Ghosts." Life.September 22, 1947. pp. 126-40 (The first time the floating brick photograph appeared in Life, even though it was taken 5 April 1944. Caption reads, "Ruins of Borley Rectory, most haunted house in England provided the photographer who took this picture in 1944 with a puzzling bit of ghost- craft. At instant shutter was snapped, a brick . . . .rose from the floor, apparently nudged by unseen hands." Fascinating article with much on Price, including the sentence, "Price is to the Borley Rectory what Einstein is to relativity." Calls him, " a distinguished, level-headed man of 66," who is, "a confirmed skeptic about ghosts." [Emphasis mine.] "He carries on his work on an entirely amateur basis and finds that it costs him about $5,000 a year." Details rare outline of Price's third book on Borley that was never written: "A biography of the Borley nun as deciphered from old records which were turned up in out-of-the-way places according clues from the ghost's own conversations." Do these "old records" still exist, and how much of them are from seances? Article points out why England may have more reports of hauntings than other countries: "By and large. . . . the majority of British believe in ghosts." It goes on to say, "While England as a whole is thickly populated by ghosts, the population density at Borley, near Long Melford, Suffolk, approaches that of the Yankee Stadium during a five cent World Series. Among the celebrities in the crowd at Borley are two headless coachmen, a nun, two bay horses pulling a coach, and a woman who says, 'Don't Carlos, don't' Their activities include dragging their feet, whispering, scribbling on the walls, shooting keys out of the locks, and ringing bells. . . . Ghosts were observed by everyone who lived at the rectory until it was gutted by fire in 1939. . . . From 1939 to 1945, no one had much time to keep an eye on Borley, but of late its old ghosts have been observed prowling around in the company of new ones." Other famous hauntings described, including the case of a grave stone being moved during construction at Scrapfaggot Green, near Borley. After many disturbances, stone was replaced on Friday, 13 October 1944, and the manifestations stopped.) **T Photo and follow-up

Business Travel World. March 1975. (Ad for Borley tour "at a cost of L145 per person.")

"Can't Bomb Out Britain's Spooks." American Weekly.New York. October 11, 1942.

Cartwright, A.C. The Unexplained 1981, Volume 5, Number 53. (Lengthy letter protesting previous letter from Guy Lyon Playfair published in Number 32, and eventually in Great Hauntings. "I really must protest [Playfair's] biased account of Harry Price's investigations at Borley Rectory which seems to condemn the case as bad ghost hunting." Playfair "avoids the fact that Price set up nearly 50 dispassionate investigators. . . . and that members of the Cambridge Commission of 1939 to 1944. . . . experienced unusual disturbances." There are also "the testimonies of Mr James Turner. . . . and a host of other occurrences to be found in The Ghosts of Borley by Peter Underwood and Paul Tabori, which is an unbiased account." Price did not believe, nor publish, that the rectory was built on the site of a monastery. "The chances of [Foyster] knowing about [Amherst] are not very great, nor were there a large number of similarities between the two cases as Mr. Playfair suggests." The reporter - Charles Sutton - who accused Price of throwing rocks "changed his reports frequently." Concludes, "Even if Price did exaggerate and over-publicize the Borley case, many others did not." See Playfair's reply.) ** photocopy

Cavendish, Richard. "The Folly Fellowship." History Today. March 1991. Volume 41, Issue 3. p. 62. ("Gwynn Headley. . . . . says it is odd that so few of them are haunted, but there is one in Essex - Bull's Tower at Pentlow - with an atmosphere of appalling malevolence inside, which drove him and a friend to cut and run for their car and drive four miles away before they could stop. Only afterwards did they discover that it was built by the same man, Reverend Edward Bull, who built Borley Rectory, famous as 'the most haunted house in England.' No such negative feelings were present during the visit by this editor - just the opposite, in fact. See also: The Folly Fellowship.) ** printout

Cheyney, Edward Potts. "The Medieval Manor." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Philadelphia. September 1893. pp. 75-91. (Fascinating look at Borley in 1308 which was copied from the original in about 1346. The author does not indicate why this particular tract was chosen for study, but for whatever reason, it is very complete, including the key observation there was a manor house on the site. The plot of ground containing the house was four acres, the same area as during the Bull tenancy and beyond. Perfect resource for genealogy as well as history, since it gives the names of the residents.) copy

Cole, Gerald. "Borley Rectory: England's Most Haunted House." Mayfair. London. December 1981. Volume 16, Number 12. pp. 46-50, 150, 182. (Adult "girly" magazine. Flashy artwork. Fairly complete retelling. As with other telescoped condensations, events are not necessarily in chronological order. Photos include Price, Smith, and floating brick.)**photocopy

Coleman, Michael. "The Borley Report: Some Criticisms." Journalof the Society for Psychical Research. June, 1956. Volume 38, Number 688. pp. 249-258. (Dissects the Dingwall, Goldey and Hall attack and says they were selective in quoting Harry Price. Wonders if the trio had "other evidence. . .which has assisted them in arriving at their conclusions, but which they have been unable to print. . ." The SPR allowed the trio to read the article, and then posted their response on pages 259-264 - see Dingwall, et. al.)**photocopy

McLuhan, Robert. SPR ABSTRACTS CATALOGUE. Edited by Zofia Weaver ePublished by eDocsWorks Ltd August 2003. A themed catalogue of abstracts of all items published in the SPR Journals and Proceedings between 1882 and 2002. p. 379. Coleman, Michael et al. THE BORLEY REPORT: SOME CRITICISMS AND COMMENTS, Journal 38,1955-6, pp. 249-64. Draws attention to weaknesses in the report, and in view of the seriousness of the allegations of cheating by Harry Price expresses surprise at the lack of unequivocal evidence. The authors of the report briefly reply. CORRECTION, Journal 40, 1959-60, p. 194. COMMENT AND CORRESPONDENCE, Proceedings 55, 1966-72, pp. 65-175; Journal 45, 1969-70, pp. 183, 115-24,230-37,315-6. /apparitions/hauntings/poltergeist/cheating/

Coleman, Michael. "The Flying Bricks of Borley." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. April, 1997. Volume 61, Number 847. pp. 388-91. (Evidence regarding the "floating brick" not found anywhere else. The author wrote to the Life photographer who took the picture - David Scherman - and received a reply dated 15 March 1956: "To be quite frank, I saw the workman throwing stones out of the window of the Rectory as it was being wrecked and myself decided it would be fun if we put the camera in such a way as not to see him, but only the stones he threw. Let me hasten to say that in so doing no attempt was being made to hoodwink our readers - as I recall the caption was jokingly written to imply that this was the sort of thing poltergeists were supposed to do, if poltergeists existed. When we later discovered that Mr. Price, who was in on the joke, had the effrontery to pass off the episode as gospel proof of poltergeists we were delighted at his adventurous spirit." Scherman sent Coleman additional photos showing the workmen. Author also wrote to Charles Sutton to clear up the incident where the reporter was hit while visiting with Price. Sutton wrote back 23 May 1956: "I had a suspicion that Harry Price had thrown a stone which caused the second window to break, but I did not see him throw a stone. A large pebble hit me on the head in the dark when we were in the Rectory, but I did not see from whence it came. The act of a half-brick flying down the staircase impelled me to drop the hurricane lamp I was carrying, seize Harry Price and accuse him of throwing it. I found two of his coat-pockets full of stones, but I did not see him throw the half brick that went down the staircase.")**

Coleman, Michael. Letter to the Editor. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. Volume 62. Number 849. October 1997. p. 179. (Response to letter by Ivan Banks defending his investigation of the floating brick photo. Coleman notes that the workman was cropped out of the photo that appeared in the Banks book , Enigma of Borley Rectory. "Harry Price himself refers to 'workmen' being present, a point which Banks have evidently overlooked.")**

Collins, B. Abdy. "The Most Haunted House in England." Psychic Science. London. January, 1941. pp. 147-51. Book review. (Detailed synopsis by someone who saw the rectory, calling it "one of the worst products of mid-Victorian architecture." Divides review into two parts; the "actual happenings" and critique. The history is divided into three parts; the Bulls, the Smiths and Foysters, and the Price tenancy. "The existence of [the nun] is clearly established." During the Smith and Foyster tenancies, "the old ghosts were put in the shade. Both nun and coach were rarely seen. Instead, the kind of phenomena associated with Poltergeists were very frequent." Points out these phenomena "do not seem to be associated with any young boy or girl about the age of puberty. . . .In fact, so unusual is the absence of such an 'agent' that many would be disposed to deny that these things were the work of a true Poltergeist at all. . . .there seems to be some ground for thinking that they were due to the Rev. Henry Bull." No poltergeist activity noted after the Foysters. Concludes, "Price has written a most interesting book which everyone should read." Faults Price for not going further, including a deeper investigation into the Mark Teys seances "which might have put him on the track" to a "serious analysis of the evidence and some hypothesis as to the causes.") ** photocopy

Cornell, A.D. "The lesson of Borley: It is time for researchers and Spiritualists to cooperate." Psychic News. 1956. Exact date unknown. ("I understand that some seances held in the old coach house have produced a certain amount of highly dramatic trance-styled acting upon the part of a well-known recent investigator's wife - other than that 'Marie Laire' has not put in an appearance lately." The investigator and his wife were Philip and Joan Paul. Paul had been digging on the site for a couple of years and had been part of the BBC program "Panorama" shown October 31, 1956. Paul wanted to sue Cornell over the "slur," but gave up after receiving a letter explaining, "At no time was it suggested that Mrs. Paul had been guilty of any deliberate fraud.")

Craggs, Douglas. "The Haunting of Borley Rectory." The Magic Circular. February, 1956. pp. 89-90. Review of the SPR report of 1956. (". . .many thousands of readers will execrate the authors. . . .for destroying some of their cherished illusions. . . .no bias has been allowed to sway the final judegment.") ** photocopy

Dallas, Helen A. "Hauntings and Apparitions." Light.London. January 2, 1941.

Dawes, Edwin. "Alan Wesencraft and his curatorship of the Harry Price Library." The Magic Circular. October 2003. pp. 342-45. (Insightful bibliography of curator who assisted many authors researching Borley. Article includes discussion of the Price research at Borley, "his most headline-grabbing investigation. . . .and interest in the subject has even spawned the Borley Ghost Society with its Newsletter bringing contributions from around world." Relates loss of The Locked Book by Sidney Glanville, including discussion on how Trevor Hall allegedly borrowed the book and did not return it.) photocopy

Deane, V.M. "Borley Rectory Problems." Light. London. January 2, 1941.

Deane, Captain V.M. "Borley Rectory Problems." Psychic Science.London. April 1941. pp. 32-5. ("I have cross-examined the principal witnesses for hours on end, and I have in addition the entire record of the sittings of the Marks Tey circle for the 12 months of 1932, recorded in shorthand at the time. There is not the slightest shadow of doubt but that in full lamp-light showers of bottles and stones fell amongst batches of from three to five participants, who saw the phenomena with their eyes, heard them with their ears, and handled the apported objects with their hands; and, though two of the participants are now dead, there are still six alive whose evidence cannot be shaken." The mediums - Mr. Lestrange and Mr. Warren - stated that "the trouble was due to a demented nun whose spirit they would remove, and from that hour the trouble ceased for nearly two years." Contains transcript from 26 April 1932 sitting.) ** photocopy

Dilkes, Derek. The Unexplained 1981. Volume 1, Number. 83. (Short letter stating, "if Borley was a 'big con,' then it would have involved four families from 1863 to 1935 and eight people who worked with Price. I think it is worth noting that the church at Borley was investigated and the results were shown on television. Could it be that the film was a fake?" See Playfair's reply.) ** photocopy

Dingwall, Eric; Goldney, Kathleen; Hall, Trevor. "The Haunting of Borley Rectory - a Critical Survey of the Evidence." London: Proceedingsof the Society for Psychical Research, Vol. 51, Part 186, January 1956. (Paper released simultaneously with book of the same name by Gerald Duckworth Publishing. See: BOOKS.)**

Dingwall, Eric; Goldney, Kathleen; Hall, Trevor. "Comments on Mr. Coleman's Paper." London: Journalof the Society for Psychical Research, Vol. 38, No. 688, June 1956. pp. 259-264. (Rebuttal to Michael Coleman article in the same issue, "The Borley Report: Some Criticisms." Trio points out that ". . .on page 74 of our report we invited readers to choose between three hypotheses to account for the happenings at Borley rectory. . ." 1) Price was a fraud and abated by other tricksters. 2) Price was honest, but the victim of tricks by others. 3) Genuine paranormal activity. They then rhetorically ask Coleman which view he believes.)**photocopy

McLuhan, Robert. SPR ABSTRACTS CATALOGUE. Edited by Zofia Weaver ePublished by eDocsWorks Ltd August 2003. A themed catalogue of abstracts of all items published in the SPR Journals and Proceedings between 1882 and 2002. p. 379. Dingwall, Eric J. et al. THE HAUNTING OF BORLEY RECTORY: A CRITICAL SURVEY OF THE EVIDENCE, Proceedings 51,1955, pp. 1-180. A sceptical examination of a supposed haunting investigated and publicised over many years by the independent psychical researcher and journalist Harry Price. Detailed scrutiny of the events convinces the authors that the case, far from being the outstanding example of psychic phenomena that Price claimed in his books, was a concoction of suggestion, rumour and outright fraud. A chronology and abstract is given: the establishment of the rectory in 1863; the reporting of apparitions and other phenomena; the invitation by new occupants in 1929, via a national newspaper, to a psychical research society to quell rumours of hauntings; the ensuing publicity and appearance of Harry Price, followed immediately by poltergeist disturbances; the arrival in 1930 of new incumbents and frequent reports by them of poltergeist phenomena; their departure in 1935 and Price's renting of the building in 1937 for research purposes; planchette communications concerning a murdered nun; reports of phenomena by new owners; the destruction of the rectory by fire in 1939; continuing national interest following the publication of books by Price; the excavation of human bones; doubts and accusations by some of those involved. Chapters 1-3 deal with the facade of suggestion put up by Price (1); the building of the rectory (9); and its history to 1929 (18). The involvement of Harry Price is then considered (29), with comparisons of Price's own claims against the expressed doubts of others tending to show that he may have manufactured the 'phenomena', and/or that they were caused by local pranksters. Phenomena following the arrival of new occupants in 1930 are analysed (75), including the appearance of supposedly paranormal wall graffiti, and are suspected of being manufactured by the young wife to attract attention. Price's tenancy in 1937-8 is described (124), and the phenomena supposedly witnessed by investigators hired by him is attributed largely to suggestion. A final period following the building's destruction is found to be characterised by exaggerated publicity, credulity and possible hoaxing (143); this includes a much-discussed incident where a brick in mid-air, captured by a press photographer and claimed as paranormal evidence by Price, may have had a quite prosaic explanation (162). In their conclusions the authors speculate on Price's personality and motives (167). /apparitions/hauntings/poltergeist/cheating/

Dingwall; Goldney; Hall. "Mr. Hastings and the Borley Report." London: Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, Vol. 45, No. 741, June 1969. pp. 115-124. (Reply to An Examination of the Borley Report, which, in turn, attacks The Haunting of Borley Rectory.In at least one place adopts satirical mood and admits to some typographical errors. Takes Marianne's confession at face value. Concludes, "we do not propose to continue the controversy any further.") {**photocopy}

Dobb, Gordon; Dobb, Catherine. National Enquirer. America. Publishing data unknown. (Husband and wife referred to by Underwood in Hauntings as witnesses to a ghost at Borley in 1958.)

Downes, Wesley. "Borley Church." (Essex)Ghost and Hauntings. Issue 1, Spring 1994. p. 9. Three brief paragraphs indicating the presence of "a horrible smell in a small area close to Borley Church," the possibility one of the spirits is John Deeks, "an obnoxious minister" from 1642-60, and the proposal two separate nuns have been seen. During a 1978-79 investigation, a young nun was seen in a light green habit, while an older nun showed herself in a dark blue habit.)** photocopy

Downes, Wesley. "Borley Church." (Essex)Ghost and Hauntings. Issue 1, Spring 1994. p19. (One paragraph pointing out Borley Church is located on the junction of three ley lines.)** photocopy

Downes, Wesley. "Borley Church Update." Ghosts and Hauntings. Issue 8, 1995 (Details summer 1994 visit by two young men who "had the sensation they were being watched." Standing next to the vault with an iron fence around it, "they suddenly became aware of an intense cold chill. . . .At that point they decided to leave hurriedly." Looking back, "they saw a male figure standing at the top of the tower. . . . dressed in what they believed to be 16th or 17th century black clothes, and seemed to be looking directly at them for about five seconds before disappearing." Upon returning the next day, they were allowed inside, and thought the effigy of Sir Edward Waldegrave matched that of the figure on the tower.) **

Downes, Wesley. "Borley Update." Ghosts and Hauntings. Issue 10, 1995? (Focus on 1970's visit of a young girl to the coach house. She cried out "If any ghost wants to appear to me now, go ahead!" A loud knocking was heard, but no one else was in the house.) ** photocopy

Downes, Wesley. "Ghosts of Borley." (Essex)Ghosts and Hauntings. Number 2, Summer 1994. p. 8-9. (These brief articles seem to be taken from the book of the same name by this author. In this article, Downes reviews the history of the rectory, and includes a unique photo seen on the cover of the book. I believe this is a model of the rectory, which shows a different angle than most others. The second page details an overnight visit by four young men from London (no date given). At dawn, one of them saw a"biggish built man with a black beard, wearing a long black cloak, buttoned at the neck, and he had a pipe in his mouth." The others could not see the stranger. At home, the witness spent some time doing research, and found a photo of Rev. Harry Bull. It was the same man, "and what was more, his grave was only a few feet from" where he was seen.)** photocopy.

Downes, Wesley. "More update." Ghosts and Hauntings. Issue 8, 1995? (Recalls July 28, 1995 visit of a lady who was unable to get the locks to work on her nearly new car. She was forced to leave the car unlocked when she went to search for the nun. Upon her return - unsuccessful - the doors were locked. Leaving the car for about ten minutes, the locks were open upon her return. Repairmen later found no mechanical faults.) **

Downes, Wesley. "The Secrets of Borley Church Revealed." (Essex)Ghosts and Hauntings. Volume 1, Spring 1994. pp. 4-5. (Photo of church on the cover. Since both an old nun and a novice have been seen over the years, the author concludes there are probably two different nuns. Recounts visit in the early 1980s of an elderly couple hearing Handel's Largo coming from the organ, but upon investigating, found the organ was locked. While admiring the Waldegrave tomb, "dozens of small pebbles" rained from the ceiling, although none struck the witnesses. Briefly reviews various sounds made by tape recorders over the years. With no date available, details visit by a group of four investigators which found nothing and was about to leave when one member took a picture of the chancel door as he felt a strong presence there. "When the film was developed, they were amazed to find that the photo revealed not the chancel door as it exists nowadays, but a wider, higher, and more Gothic style doorway, with the interior of the church well lit, and an obscure figure of what appeared to be a veiled bride." Tells how in 1987 one explorer climbed over a railing and "by tapping the paving slabs [of a vault], located one that sounded hollow, and raising the slab, found some brick steps leading to a tunnel. Carefully making his way for some distance by torch light, he suddenly came across a skeleton laying by a metal staved door." Coffins in the crypt have been found moved several times.)** photocopy

D.R. "The Ghosts of Borley Rectory." East Anglian Magazine.Vol. 5, No. 6. 1941, pp. 207-211.

Dycks, Aneurin. "The Most Haunted House in England." Life and Letters Today. London. December 1940. pp. 259-61. Supplement of The London Mercury. Book review. ("A house haunted not by one ghost, but by upwards of a dozen." Price headed the investigation but stayed away during his lease "in order not to influence the observers." Foysters not named, but incorrectly credited as giving up their tenancy as a result of the phenomena. "Most frightening of all were messages for help which appeared on walls." In a few paragraphs, sums up the legend as told by Price quite accurately. "In the light of evidence, many flaws have been found in this story, and several of the other ghosts are left out it (?). But this book does not seek to interpret; evidence is merely collated and the reader is left to reach his own conclusion. . . .Mr. Price himself, by profession a skeptic, and a man whose job it is not to believe in ghosts, admits he is baffled." Reviewer believes things were "left undone," such as digging for the nun and the tunnel. Both were dug for in subsequent years. "If it seems strange that ghosts use a pencil, it is no stranger for them to turn wine into ink.") ** photocopy

East Anglian Magazine. Letters. August, 1955. p. 589.

Eberhart, George. "Ghosts and How to See Them." Booklist. February 15, 1995. Volume 91, Number 12. p. 1038. Review of book by Peter Underwood. ("A ghost calendar will help travelers plan their vacations around recurring paranormal happenings, such as the ghost nun of Borley Rectory on July 28.") ** photocopy

"The End of Borley Rectory." East Anglian Magazine.December, 1946. pp. 187-189. Six photos including two views of rectory, the cellar, the floating brick, the "Locked Book,"and the burial of the bones in Liston. pp. 200-202. (Review of Harry Price book, no author credit. "The mischievous ghosts who turned the place into an uncanny bedlam have exhausted their repertoire and taken their leave. [the haunting] was witnessed by hundreds of people. It was investigated, recorded, analysed, even photographed." Of the Price tenancy, it exaggerates that "Something weird or inexplicable or paranormal was reported by nearly all of [his investigators]." Mostly accurate synopsis in three pages. Not sure how the reviewer concluded the nun, "was a charming lady who came to be accepted by the Rev. Harry Bull and his wife as one of the family." ) ** photocopy of pertinent pages

"England's Most Haunted House." Illustrated Weekly of Bombay. Bombay. February 9, 1941.

"Famous researcher is dismissed as shocking fraud." Psychic News. December 2, 1978. (Review of a Times book review by Joseph McCulloch of The Search for Harry Price by Trevor Hall. This article says, "The reviewer [said] it would seem. . . .there were still many people who regard Price as an authentic and trustworthy researcher." It points out that "The first exposure of Price and his investigation of Borley Rectory was not made until after his passing in 1948. Emphasis mine.)**

Farmer, W.J. "About Poltergeists: Mr. Price's Experiences." Two Worlds. September 6, 1935. p. 574. (Goss says, "While author cannot accept all the Price claims to have witnessed at Borley, he regards the reality of poltergeists as indisputable.")

"England's Most Haunted House Commits Suicide." American Weekly, 1939. pp. 5, 19. (Very stylized article written after the fire, using some pseudonymns, some actual names. Author not credited, but might be Harry Price, as the names are similar to the ones he used in Comnfessions of a Ghost-Hunter in 1936.) Partial text contributed by Heidi Strandt

Fodor, Nandor. "Was Harry Price a Fraud?" Tomorrow magazine. New York: Winter 1956. pp. 53-61. (Cited by Fodor in Between Two Worlds as an opportunity for him to write "my fiercely indignant rebuttal of the Harry Price exposure" contained in The Haunting of Borley Rectory by Hall, et. al. Describe their effort as "this ghoulish book." Fodor writes, "Never before in the history of psychical research has there appeared in print such a scandalous piece of writing. . . The book will do more discredit to psychical research than all the fraud laid at Harry Price's door will do him." Price and Fodor were rivals, and yet he calls Price, "the outstanding psychical researcher in England of that day. I consider his services to psychical research infinitely superior to those of his detractors." He did not know Hall, but Dingwall and Goldney were his friends. Because their attack on Price was so severe, however, Fodor says, "I feel compelled to ignore the considerations of friendship." He explained how, "Mrs. Goldney has a penetrating mind, but God help her subjects. There is no limit to her imagination on the negative side. . . she possess a steam-roller personality, capable of crushing any witness and any independent opinion around her. When it comes to testimonies stretching back over 20 years, the unhappy examinee would have to have a tremendous strength of mind to emerge from three to four hours of cross examination by her without being brain-washed. Having seen Mrs. Goldney at work. . . I am still haunted by the pitiful state in which she left her victim. She is eminently capable of convincing almost any witness that he did not see what he saw." The attack on Borley was published after Price died, so he had no chance for rebuttal - or a libel suit. Fodor asks, "Why did they hate him with such ferocious intensity? The phenomenon [of their attack] is pathological and worthy of investigation. . .The authors themselves feel entitled to tear to pieces all positive testimonies and seem to imply that the negative is far more important that the positive.")** photocopy

Forsyte, Nevil E., "Borley - Fact or Fake?" Prediction. April, 1956. pp. 10-11, 22. (Review of Hall, Goldney and Dingwall S.P.R. publication, "A Critical Survey." Photo of floating brick and Price. Glanville's painting of rectory is on the cover. Coincides with release of the hardcover version, The Haunting of Borley Rectory, and the author writes as if he is the first to review their effort. Forsyte says it is wrong to call Price a fraud during his entire career. Even though there was "definitely intellectual dishonesty" displayed by Price, and some of the phenomena were faked, nevertheless there was "something there." He concludes, "Borley Rectory was charged, more or less, with psychic forces that could, and did, become operative in the presence of persons of that known type who act as touchstone or trigger for ghost and/or poltergeist manifestations.") ** color photocopy

Fraser, John. "Bealings Bells." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. Vol. 69.4 No.881. October 2005. Review of republished book orignally written by Major Edward Moor in 1841. ("It is interesting to note that Harry Price on one of his first visits to Borley Rectory describes in his Confessions of a Ghost Hunter (Price, 1936) a similar outbreak of bell-ringing from disused rooms in the house. He then describes the checks that he made on the mechanisms which nearly a century later sounded very nearly identical to those of the Major's, so whatever the truth the Major's techniques and enquiries were undoubtrfly sound for their time.") **

Fraser, John. "Is Paranormal Field Research a Waste of Time?" The Paranormal Review. Issue 42. April 2007. p. 31. ("Perhaps of more benefit, although also more controversial, is the use of ouija boards and planchettes. . . persuasive veritable facts derived from using this method are still thin on the ground. Even with regard to one of the best recorded successes with such a technique - the seances in Streatham, concerning the fire at Borley Rectory - the prediction was a year out and made through an entity who claimed to have the most implausible name of Sunex Amures.") **

Gee, Dick. "Mystery at Borley." Praktica Photography. Issue 6, November/December 1985. pp. 201-3. (Four photos including one of an unexplained "mist" in the church yard. "I processed my black-and- white films the next day, and when I got down to the job of printing I found that the negatives were fairly consistent in quality - and printed well on normal grade paper. That is, all except the one. . . . My final shot on leaving the churchyard appeared to be faulty. The negative (and subsequent prints) revealed a strange 'misty' shape in the centre of the picture; something I am unable to account for. It cannot be the result of 'flare:' the weak afternoon sun was directly to my right, and there was imply nothing in the scene to produce reflections. The phenomenon - if that is the correct term - appeared on one frame only, approximately in the middle of the 36- exposure roll of film. Every other frame was perfect." Perhaps the most rare picture of an anomaly at Borley. Gee is the editor of this magazine, designed for owners of a limited number of camera brands. About one third of the article lays the background for his session at Borley with a brief - and accurate - recounting of the legend.) ** JPG images only

The Ghost Club Newsletter. Autumn, 2002. pp. 30-31. Photo of cottages, and of village sign with Club members underneath. (Photos taken during "Haunted East Anglia" weekend in September 2002. No caption under village sign. Caption under picture of cottages reads, "The perfect weekend cottage for ghosthunters? This property, for sale when the Club visited Borley, has been built on the lawn of the Rectory, yards from where the house originally stood. The 'nun's walk' is in the back garden of the bungalow.") **

"Ghost Hunter." Time. New York. October 5, 1936. pp. 22-26. (Reviews work of Harry Price upon the publication of his Confessions of a Ghost Hunter. "Spiritualism is so thoroughly honeycombed with flummery, according to Mr. Price, that a medium cannot be searched too carefully before the performance.")**photocopy

"Ghost Hunters." Radio Times. October 15, 1975. Description of program to be seen that night on BBC Television. (Note promotion for "feature, p.71")

"Ghost Layer." Newsweek. April 12, 1948. pp. 42-3. (Notice of Harry Price's death with sentence, "No mediums attended [his] funeral." Includes cartoon by Jack Morely. "His biggest success was at Borley Rectory in Suffolk, where doors allegedly locked themselves, books flew across the room, and dishes disappeared. The goings on finally led the church to move the rector to a quieter house. Price rented the rectory and for three years had a happy time experimenting, inviting earthly non-Spiritualists for eerie weekends. If anything, the phenomena increased during his tenure - which made many wonder whether Price was not a spoofer as well as an investigator. This belief was enhanced by his firm refusal to let other competent investigators check his findings.")

"The Ghosts of Borley" Time Volume 67. February 13, 1956. pp. 23-24. (Prompted by the release of The Ghosts of Borley. Calls the report "worthy to stand on any bookshelf." The findings of the authors "seem destined to lay for all time the ghosts of Borley Rectory." The writers detail how "Price's own unpublished papers reveal that Mrs. Foyster. . . . showed a naughty tendency to fake ghostly manifestations." Price "was guilty of 'overtelling' his tale.") **photocopy

Green, Andrew. "Borley Postscript." The Ghost Club Newsletter. Summer, 2002. pp. 8-10. Review of book by Peter Underwood. (Green says "Underwood claims that Marianne Foyster. . . .became an active member of the SPR," which this editor has been unable to find in the Underwood book, or any other source. Personal issues between author and reviewer are discussed. As Underwood included a chapter exposing Louis Mayerling, Green comes to the defense of the late writer. Green concludes his critique by chiding, "here was a brilliant opportunity to provide a genuine expose' a real postscript, or even a factual addendum - but none of this has been achieved, not even an erratum.") **

Green, Andrew. "The Enigma of Borley Rectory." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. Volume 61, Number 844, July 1996. p. 168-9. (Review of the Ivan Banks book. Green served as editor. "It is unfortunate that the picture of the 'flying brick' has had the workman on 'far left' chopped off by the printer." The book was an attempt to restore esteem to Price. Discusses varying viewpoints and writes, "Overall, the debate in itself is interesting and valuable." Mentions Vincent O'Neil as adopted son of Marianne Foyster.) **

Green, Andrew. "Letters." The Paranormal Review. Issue 23, July 2002. p. 31. Review of Jack Hastie article published in the same magazine January 2002, "The Haunting of Borley Rectory." ("Congratulations are due, I feel, to Mr Hastie for his overview of the alleged phenomenon at Borley, but it is sadly lacking, I think, in certain small, but important matters. In his Christmas Ghosts (no date, but 1949?, St. Hugh's Press.) Harry Price mentions a couple from Long Melford who, following the rectory fire, saw a girl lean out of the Blue Room window, "or what remains of it and then fall back amongst the burnt rafters." James Turner makes several comments in both his books My Life with Borley Rectory (1950, Bodley Head), and Sometimes Into England (1970, Cassell) and the report from my own Our Haunted Kingdom (1973, Wolte) of the visit by four members of the Ealing Psychical Research Society in August 1951, have all been ignored, more is the pity. Never mind. We all await further revelations from Mr. Babbs in his new work due out in July titled Borley Rectory: the Final Analysis. But we know it won't be, don't we?) **

Glanville, S. H. "Strange Happenings at Borley Rectory," Fate Magazine, October 1951. pp. 89- ("Full account of England's most famous modern ghost." Cover indicates this is a "condensation," but no explanation is given from what larger work it is taken. Key sentences from this original, on-site researcher include: "At the end of five years in the Rectory, Mr. Foyster's health completely broke down and he was forced to retire." [some writers incorrectly report the haunting drove them away] "Miss Ethel Bull and her sisters Freda and Mabel. . . .assured me. . . they all three simutaneously and quite clearly saw the figure of a nun. . . .although the apparition had been seen many times at dusk, they had never before seen it in daylight." "[The Smiths] had [no] warning or knowledge of its reputation." "The [wall] writing was done with a graphite pencil. . . some of this was flaked off and analyzed." "In October of 1935 [Lionel] closed the door of the Rectory and retired. . . .he died not long afterward." [he died in April 1945] ". . .we were struck by two things, the intense cold for that time of year and the uncanny silence. Other observers agree that they had never been in any building where the intense quiet was so marked." "[Mark Kerr-Pearse] was the only one of us who actually lived at the Rectory during the investigation. This he did for several weeks continuously. . . " ". . . the tin from the mantel-piece. . .had been placed with almost mathematical accuracy on the very small [invisible] mark that we had made on the floor to mark the area where the two ladies [on different occasions] had been so acutely affected [by a feeling of hooror]." "Rev. Eric Smith said to me. . . 'the house was evil from top to bottom and it should have been burned to the ground years ago.'") ** photocopy

Green, Andrew. "Some Thoughts on Borley." Ghost Club. Spring 1999 Newsletter. ("The controversy about the supposed haunting of Borley (the long gone rectory and now the Church) continues. Special Coach trips of young 'pilgrims' intent on 'having a bit of fun, regardless' , still arrive in the village, usually about July 28th, in the ridiculous hope or expectation of seeing the ghostly nun. In 1951, with three other members of the Ealing Society for the Investigation of Psychic Phenomena ( a couple of young scientists and the chief engineer of De Havilland Aircraft Company) I spent an August weekend on the site and wrote of some of the incidents experienced in my first major book OUR HAUNTED KINGDOM (Wolfe 1972. Fontana 1974/5). Shortly after this however, like many researchers, I realised that the findings of the hauntings were, in my opinion, coloured by what we had read, imagination on the part of one of the team together with hysteria suffered by her husband, and a lack of required knowledge and the combination of self deception. Nevertheless, two incidents remain to my mind, unexplained. The appearance (and disappearance) of a cyclist and his bicycle that 'vanished' in the grounds of James Turner's cottage, and the sound of 'something' in the hedge surrounding the site of the Rectory, which followed two of the group for several yards, some thirty inches from the ground. On returning to my office in Lambeth on the Monday, I learnt from my boss, that he too had been at Borley for the weekend and was convinced that he, whilst camping in the field on the other side of the Rectory garden, had seen what they (he and his friend) thought was a 'light coloured greyhound run across the garden to the road' on which two of our group were walking up and down from 6pm to 7am. We had arranged for a rota system ensuring that there were at least two of in the area for the whole of that period. Perhaps the dog, if it existed, which none of us saw, was the cause of the sound in the hedge, but I found it difficult to accept this idea. From studying the numerous reports, books and personal statements, I now firmly believe the rectory was 'haunted' only by Marianne Foyster's various problems; the effect of the mosquitoes following the track of the underground stream leading from the summer house; the sound of badgers, foxes and rats in any of the three tunnels known to exist in the locality and beneath the church and its graveyard; the sound of the partial collapse of the roofs at varying times; and prior to the arrival of Harry Price, the self deceiving and hysterical claims by the Bulls and members of their staff, arising at times from the activities of local vandals and groups of young farm workers. I consider that the book "The Widow of Borley" by Robert Chambers [sic] to be one of the best indictments yet and I am only sorry that I could not persuade the author of "The Enigma of Borley" (Foulsham 1996) to provide more emphasis of this work in his own examination. More journalists involved in the serious aspects of the media, are considering Borley as BORELY and is so 'old hat' that it should be laid to rest. Despite mentions in the semi-fictional books of little value that still get published, it seems that the doubtful tale of 'the most haunted house in England' has now become 'well established' - as have the stories of Helen Duncan, DD Home etc. I have just disposed of a book,"The Airman Who Would Not Die" by John Fuller, and feel that Borley will never die, much to the discontent of the residents of the village for whom I have great sympathy.") Internet version - Reply

Green, Andrew. "We Faked the Ghosts of Borley Rectory." Fortean Times, Issue 140 , November 2000. Book review. ("Debunking politicians, actors, authors and royals seems to be the current trend and now - it had to happen - comes the expose of 'The Most Haunted House in England' and of the late Harry Price (who, it seems, was reluctant to admit that he felt 'ghouls are for the gullible' and that forming a 'home of rest for decayed mediums' night be a worthy use for the derelict rectory. The colourful Mayerling quickly established himself as a sort of 'young auxiliary' to Price during his tenancy from 1929 to 1938, but hid his background as the illegitimate offspring of a Romanov, behind the name 'George Carter.' It seems clear that, excluding the normal incidents of a country village, practically all the 'phenomena' were caused or created by the then incumbent's wife Marianne Foyster, aided by the tricks and hoaxes of 'Carter' and Price. Mayerling dismisses the earlier pre-Price reports as a result of imagination, sensationalism - and village pranksters. Even the 'human sigh' reported to be heard in the empty church opposite the site, was due to the bellows in the ancient organ 'breathing out,' and not, as reported by one researcher, 'the moaning of a nearby cow.' As for some of the other incidents. . . . the celebrated wall writings, appealing for 'help, Mass, and Prayers,' according to the author, 'came from the hand of Mr. Foyster who, in many ways, was in a disturbed state of melancholia during these times.' In spite of Price's deduction, Marianne herself was 'quite innocent,' but only in this instance, for other examples of phenomena related to her erratic, or erotic, behaviour. In the case of the skull found wrapped in newspaper on a shelf in a library and later buried in the churchyard, 'It had always been known to be merely a plaster model, left there by a young medical student, probably Basil, one of Bull's sons, during WWI, in which he perished.' Fires, of which there were many in the building, were caused by Lionel Foyster stuffing little bits of phosphorous into rat holes in the skirting boards. And so the explanations continue, in what really is a highly enjoyable read. The work could be seen not so much as a complete hatchet job, but a delightful mix of autobiographical incidents in Mayerling's life, from being a violin prodigy, ballet dancer, escapee from the Holocaust and a jazz pianist called 'Lee Lennox,' to a driver companion to the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Simpson! Another damaging blow to Harry Price's reputation." The Fortean Times has "verdict next to the review: "Enjoyable debunking of a classic haunted house case.") ** photocopy

Green, Andrew. "Time to Bury Borley?" Ghost Club Newsletter. Autumn, 1998. "Freed from the restraints of libel law and the sensitivity of relatives, revelations have poured out concerning some of these witnesses. In its history the Rectory contained at least two people suspected of murder, a serial bigamist, and a fascist inclined arsonist, the last owner Captain Gregson." The writer is referring to the Robert Wood effort, The Widow of Borley, and also mentions Enigma of Borley Rectory by Ivan Banks. "With this racy literature emerging, it might be thought the whole Borley story is now beyond the pale and is best consigned to history." Also posted on the Ghost Club website.)

Green, Andrew. The Unexplained 1982. Volume 6, Number 69. Supporting comments in response to letters from Derek Dilkes and A.C. Cartwright which were critical of an article in the magazine by Guy Lyon Playfair [most likely "Ghosts True and False"]. "I would point out to Mr. Derek Dilkes. . . . that the film was not a fake, but the presentation of the facts were, by too many people, interpreted incorrectly. For example, the sound of the 'ghost' at the church was that of a genuine human sigh coming from an early morning visitor checking on the signs of unauthorized entry and finding the door of the building locked." The audio tape "was being used only as an example of phenomena alleged to have occurred." Green concludes, "I can assure Cartwright. . . . there is not for me a scrap of proof that Borley ever suffered from anything other than the effects of local vandals, a period of psychokinetic disturbance that probably originated from Mrs. Foyster, and a desire to gain publicity by a number of individuals, some of whom I fear are still writing imaginative nonsense about the village.") ** photocopy

Gregory, Richard Langton. Editorial. Perception 1996. Volume 25, Number12. p. 1385-1388. Also posted on the Internet. ("My father was Christopher Clive Langton Gregory . . . .He knew the celebrated writer on haunted houses, Harry Price, and was a close friend of Molly Goldney, who with others exposed the elaborate fraud of the Most Haunted House in England, Borley Rectory.")

Gregson, Captain W.H. "Borley Rectory." East Anglian Magazine.Vol. 4. No. 7. June, 1939. pp. 370-372. (Owner during fire. "I have since found ample cause to admit that there are influences existing, and active, in and around the place." Someone in Los Angeles sent him a letter addressed simply to "The Owner of the Most Haunted House in England," which had no trouble reaching him. Proposes unique theory that monks buried treasure which has still to be discovered. Reports that 30 years prior to the publication of this story, two young men saw a "lady all muffled up in grey." Reiterates loss of two dogs who both "died mad." Quite fanciful narrative includes a statement not found elsewhere, "the Nun's appearance in the children's Nursery on dark winter's evenings was so frequent an event that the children of that day used to look for her, and to welcome her appearance." Complete reprint includes sketch by son Alan of the courtyard, and a picture of Gregson by the bricked-up window. )**photocopy

Hall, Trevor; Hall. Kathryn. "An Appraisal of the Seances at Borley Rectory." International Journal of Parapsychology. New York. Summer, 1959. pp. 64-78. (Reprinted almost exactly in 1965 as the first chapter to New Light on Old Ghosts. This version must be very rare as it is not referenced any other publication, including the Hall Bibliography on Borley. Sent to the author by Iris Owen. Details seance scripts from the Locked Book and concludes, "seance messages regarding matters known to the sitters can be influenced by suggestion. . . It is of great interest that the answers they obtained confirmed their beliefs in every particular, despite the fact that the stories had no foundation in truth." Kathryn was Hall's daughter. Published by Eileen Garrett's Parasychology Foundation.)** posted

Harris, Geoff. "The Son of Borley Rectory." Uri Geller's ENCOUNTERS. Dorset: Paragon Publishing. January 1997. pp. 34-35. (Interview with Vincent O'Neil. Includes updates from 1990 and 1995. By coincidence, next article is on "Philip," the experiment conducted by George and Iris Owen. Iris interviewed Marianne in America, and gave much assistance to Mr. O'Neil in his research. Mr. O'Neil named one of his sons "Phillip" Tyrone.)**

Hastie, Jack. "Borley Postscript." The Paranormal Review. London: The Society for Psychical Research. October, 2003. p. 15. Letter. (Looks at the Rev. Clive Luget testimony in Borley Postscript by Peter Underwood. Luget talked to Underwood in 1948, saying "he was once in the company of Marianne and Lionel Foyster in the Blue Room, when they heard a sound of scribbling, and, on looking round, saw a pencil drop to the floor, and letters 2 to 3 inches high on the wall." Hastie wonders why Underwood did not use the startling account in his 1973 book, The Ghosts of Borley. Hastie points out that Luget "claimed to be visited by apparitions of the Virgin Mary." Confusing the issue is the tetimony Luget gave Underwood saying he had visited Borley "many times in the 1930's and 1940's," when the rectory burned down in 1939.) ** photocopy

Hastie, Jack. "The Haunting of Borley Village." The Paranormal Review. London: The Society for Psychical Research. January 2002, pp. 18-24. (Lengthy and objective condensation of the various coverages - pro and con - over the years, including both the Dingwall/Goldney/Hall report of 1956, and the Hastings rebuttal of 1969. "More significant today [than retelling the legend] is the history of how the tale was told." Indicates works by Hall and Wood "left Price and Marianne without the slightest shred of credibility," then asks, "But was it really a rout?" Summarizes the Hastings rebuttal as "successful to only a very limited degree," but adds, "an appendix contributed by Peter Underwood went a long way to re-establishing the reliability of Edwin Whitehouse's testimony." Hastie calls this evidence, "crucial," as Whitehouse saw on three separate occasions, "the levitation of a stiletto, a bottle, and a tumbler, in circumstances in which Marianne could not possibly have been responsible." As the historical list of authors continues, Hastie indicates the Louis Mayerling effort, "has been so comprehensively rubbished by Vincent O'Neil that it is mentioned here only for the sake of completeness." Lionel Foyster is somewhat redeemed even though he "may have to be added to the list of liars and fakers," because "some residue of genuine phenomena may have survived the Dingwall critique." Calls the appearance of the nun to four Bull sister, "the best attested single event," and says the Dingwall attempt to call it an illusion, "reflects his own preconception that everything at Borley has to have a natural explanation." Thorough list includes research by Iris Owen and Pauline Mitchell, which is described as going "too far in stating the Smiths were experiencing a 'full-blown poltergeist situation' when Price arrived on the scene," but adds, "it does seem probable that relatively minor phenomena were genuinely occurring." Declares "Poltergeists do not strike the same place twice," but, "at Borley we are expected to believe that an outbreak between 1928 and 1932 was followed 42 years later, by another 200 yards away [at the church], all in a village of a hundred inhabitants. This coincidence of two strikes is unparalleled in the history of the poltergeist." Hastie zeros in on alleged disturbances at the church in recent decades and states, "It cannot be safely concluded that anything other than minimal and probably infrequent phenomena such as those reported by Henning have occurred in the church or churchyard." On the other hand he summarizes about the rectory, "If we exclude all the phenomena reported from the Bull period and nearly all after 1944, there appears to be an irreducible core of evidence which cannot be explained away." Sympathetically observes, "The village has also been the subject of such widespread publicity that it has become a magnet for cranks and charlatans." Given all the attention from 1929 through today, Hastie elaborates his theme that, "the post 1944 material has never been subjected to the kind of critical scrutiny which the earlier evidence received." After disecting the various works since Price, Hastie challenges, "there is scope for further research here.") ** Reply by Vincent O'Neil

"Haunts and Hauntings." London. Automobile Association, 1974. (Synopsis of Borley legend for tourists.)

Hawes, Penny. "The Ghosts of Borley." East Anglian Magazine.Ipswich: March 1974, Number 5, Volume 33, p. 293. (Review of the book by Underwood and Tabori. "If you can't believe in ghosts, but very much want to, then here it is. . . A thoroughly plausible book about an implausible subject - which is what makes it so tickly on the spine.")**

Harrison, W. "The Borley Hauntings." Light. London. April 24, 1941.

Hastings, Robert J. "An Examination of the 'Borley Report.'" London: Proceedings, The Society for Physical Research, Vol. 55, Part 210, March 1969. (Lengthy 175 page analysis of the Hall attack on Price found in Critical Survey. Vigorously supports Price and gives constant reminders that the phenomena at Borley were noticed both before and after the Foyster incumbency. It concludes, "The present issue is not Mrs. Foyster's good faith, but Price's good faith," and describes Price as "a man of principle," and "trustworthy." Includes support from Peter Underwood, which, in turn, details support from Richard Whitehouse. Underwood challenges Marianne's "confession" in Jamestown, including discussion of the wall writings.)**

Herlihy, Patrick. Mentioned in The Psi Researcher No. 19. London: Society for Psychical Research, November 1995. (Looking for information on Borley, among other hauntings. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.)

Holt, Paul. "Holt on Poltergeists." Psychic News.July 5, 1947. p. 3. (Goss says author "describes poltergeists as unintelligent representatives of the spirit world.")

Hope, Norman. "Locked in With a Ghost." Answers. London. November 23, 1940.

Hopkins, Thurston. Photographer for Picture Post. Took "ghostly" photo of gate. See Allsop, Kenneth.

Iremonger, Very Rev. F.A. Christian News Bulletin. London. November 29, 1942. (Broadcast review.)

Jaggard, Philip A. "The Merry Ghosts of Borley." East Anglian Magazine. Volume 14, Number 5. June, 1955. pp. 438-440. (Borley is "a veritable community of ghosts, in fact a psychic headquarters." Glamorizes nun tale. Incorrectly states "Mrs. Foyster had a special attraction for [the poltergeists] and such was the violence of their attention that she was compelled to leave in order to escape injury." Notes that "Soldiers were billeted in one of the more habitable ground floor rooms" during the war and after the fire, but "too many sleepless nights broke their morale.")**

Jelf, Sir Ernest. "A Question of Evidence." Law Times.London. August 9, 1941. (Price indicates in Search for the Truth Jelf "says, in effect, that the haunting of Borley Rectory has been legally proved." Emphasis original.)

Jennings, C. Robert. "Ghosts!" Playboy. Chicago: date unknown. pp. 161-172. (I'm not familiar with the incident, but the article claims "what really got the long-suffering Mrs. Foyster's dander up was the flinging of her best teapot through a window." The author repeats a mistake published in other condensations that the 2000 phenomena occurred after Marianne left, and during the one year stakeout by Harry Price.)** article only

Joad, C.E.M. "Adventures in Psychical Research." Harper's Magazine. New York. June and July, 1938. pp. (According to the Strange Adventures #207 comic book, "He expressed the opinion that it was absolutely necessary to postulate that some supernormal agency - or agencies - was active in the building. Without additional evidence, he refused to go any further." Price said Joad was, "Among the academic visitors who spent an observational period in the house. He was fortunate enough to witness the appearance of new wall pencillings under good conditions." Price was aware that Joad challenged whether a ghost could pick up a pencil, to which he replied, "If a ghost can. . . pick up a glass candlestick and hurl it down the well of the stairs - and I saw this at Borley with my own eyes - then it can pick up a lead pencil and use it." Price quotes extensively from the portion of the first article dealing with Borley in MHH. The second article does not deal with Borley, and the first never mentions the case by name. Joad said it was his inclination to doubt the facts, "and yet, having reflected long and carefully upon that squiggle, I did not and do not see how it could have been made by normal means." At the time, Joad was head of the Department of Philosophy and Psychology, Birbeck College, University of London. Errors when he makes the generalization that three rectors "came and went, alleging, in each case, as their reason for departure the disconcerting happenings in the house." The Foysters left only because of his ill health.) ** photocopies Borley portion posted

Kaye, Lucy. Letter to the Society for Psychical Research Journal,March 21, 1949. (Refutes Charles Sutton claim in the Inky Way Annualthat Price had pebbles in his pocket. "I HAVE NO MEMORY WHATEVER OF A STONE, BRICK OR PEBBLE EPISODE THAT EVENING." emphasis original)

Kenward, Trevor. "Ghosts of Essex." Ghost Club Society News. Spring, 1998. p. 26. (Review of Betty Puttick book. "The short section on Borley, that long demolished, badly constructed Victorian house with little to offer in the way of services; alas which is all too often quoted about second hand and I feel is best forgotten. . . .")**

Kids Club, Issue 9. London: Burger King, 1994. p. 14. (This fast food magazine for English children has a brief retelling about "England's Most Haunted House." Funny art work of Marianne running away in fright. By coincidence, she is drawn with red hair!)**

Kirkwood, B.J. "Psychological Basis for Belief in the Supernatural." 1st New Zealand Seminar on Psychical Research. April 1971. University of Auckland. 37 pages. (Brief mention in the section on Experimental Literature: "We have plenty of historical and current evidence about clairvoyance, magicians, etc., and some of the cases have been shown to be straight out trickery. For example, Harry Price became a millionaire out of a broken down old abbey, Borley Rectory, and when he died it was revealed it was a have.") ** partial photocopy

L-----, M. "The Most haunted House in England." Aryan Path. Bombay. April, 1941.

LaMont, Peter, and Murphy Michael. "The origins of the first psychic and other misrepresentations." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. July 2006, pp.176-79. {No mention of Borley. Discusses the "tedious detail" Trevor Hall used to discredit Daniel Home in his book The Enigma of Daniel Home: Medium or Fraud?. Hall used the same pattern of digging up various documents to discredit Harry Price and Marianne Foyster. The authors write that some of Hall's researches into Home "are contradicted by direct evidence." Hall "wrote at great length and in considerable detail about some of the more seemingly dubious aspects of Home's life. In doing so, he took every opportunity to point out minor errors made by others, all of which gave his writing a degree of rhetorical strength. The fact that he failed to notice, or at least failed to mention, that there was a piece of contradictory evidence in the archive that he himself had checked, only demonstrates that nobody is immune from error.") **

Ledsham, Cynthia. (Life reporter present when "floating brick" photo was made. See Noel Busch, this section.)

Lee, Henry. "England's Most Haunted House." Coronet Volume 25, December, 1948. pp. 129-34 (Full synopsis, including much from the Price tenancy. Occasionally mixes facts, such as stating Mrs. Foyster was a "semi-invalid." Her first name is never mentioned, although the wall writings are. The word "nun" is never used, although her appearances are mentioned. Time sequences are jumbled, so that the floating stiletto is described after the Price tenancy. Told to convince, with no negative testimony.) **

Leigh, James. "The Most Haunted House in England." Prediction.London. December 1940.

Maitland, Rev. R.W. "Borley Hauntings: an Explanatory Theory." Light. London. January 23, 1941.

LEWIS, MARY ELLEN B. "The Ghosts of Borley" Journal of American Folklore Volume 89, (353) 1976, pp. 363-65. Book Review of Tabori and Underwood book. ("The authors of this book hope to suggest, by the amount and detail of their evidence, that very real physical experiences accrued to many individuals in their various associations with Borley. . . . The evidences used are, in actuality, memorates though the actual texts and contexts are seldom, if ever recorded. But one sees here folkloric materials used to support a theory. . . .the book . . . . may be worth several hours of curious, if unelectrifying, reading.") ** photocopy

Linedecker, Cliff. More Spooky Tales. Lantana, Florida: MicroMags, 2000. p. 67 Supermarket softcover, 4 x 6 inches. (Brief mention is totally inaccurate, and not published elsewhere that I know of: "During the 1930s, Borley Rectory in England, which is widely considered to be the most haunted structure in the world, a poltergeist regularly scratched answers to questions written on a slate by researchers." Current tense would have people believe it still stands - a slate was never used.) **

Mayerling, Louis. "Blinded by the light." Psychic News. Stansted: April 5, 1997. pp. 5-6. (Scoffing debunker of Borley phenomena claims in this article that George Bernard Shaw and Lawrence of Arabia met him at Borley during Easter of 1935 for a seance. T.E. Lawrence left, but other notables stayed with Mayerling and Shaw. An "explosion of what I can describe as a lightning strike of silver blue light. . .seemed to implode from all walls and ceiling of the cellar" in which they sat. The effects left Mayerling blind in one eye, and impaired in the other. "The aftermath of our attempt to delve into the unknown left Shaw and [Maurice] Barbanell with stroke like symptoms in their arms, and both assumed as greater interest in religion. . . .Bertram Montague. . . avoided any reference to Borley, almost to the extent of denying any knowledge of the event! Bernard Spilsbury eventually converted to Spiritualism." Shaw told Mayerling the "Blue Room" was actually green. Marianne described it as "pale gentian-pink" to Robert Swanson.)**photocopy

Mayerling, Louis. "Borley Rectory - It was a hoax says former lodger." Psychic News. Stansted. November 18, 1995. pp. 1, 5. (Author tells newspaper how upset he became when learning the Price books were to be used in curriculum at schools. To set the record straight, he says wall writings were the result of toy invisible lead pencils, Marianne used a catapult with "considerable skill," the lilac smell was due to an old lady's extra-strong peppermints, and the nun was a servant named May Holden.)** photocopy

Mayerling, Louis. "Borley Rectory wasn't haunted." Psychic News. London. January 28, 1995. (As someone who knew all involved - including the Bulls, the Smiths, the Foysters, AND Harry Price, the author concludes, "I admit I would be much happier if all those recorded events had been true." The nun was a maid, who walked with Mayerling. The wall writings were the result of invisible lead pencils he gave the children. The haunting was "a cleverly documented hoax.") **photocopy

McAlpine, Margaret. "Bury Ghosts." Bury Today. December 1989. p. 11. Photo of church taken through shrubbery. (Describes photo taken by Laura Dern showing "two distinct but shadowy figures." She "sent a copy to a research organization" which filed it and told her it was "in fact one of several showing similar figures." The name of the organization is not given. No such photos have ever been published.) ** photocopy

McCue, Peter A. "Theories of Haunting: a critical overview." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. January 2002. Volume 66.1 Number 866. Pp 7, 15, 20. ("In respect of two well-known British cases, Borley Rectory in Essex and Ballechin House in Perthshire, the conduct of the leading investigators, Harry Price and Ada Goodrich Freer respectively, was called into question." Second reference is in a footnote, others are in the bibliography.) **

Morris, Richard. "Harry Price." The Paranormal Review. SPR: Issue 42, October 2007. Letters and notices. (Author of Harry Price: Psychic Detective gives synopsis of his research. "While researching for my recent biography of Price. . . I came across numerous documents and letters in his archive at the University of London and elsewhere. . . Among the hundreds of letters, I discovered one. . . in which he . . . touched on the Borley poltergeist. He admitted that the so-called unearthly activity at the rectory had been Marianne Foyster's doing: 'I think she wanted to drive her husband away from the rectory, which is in a very quite and lonely spot. But I cannot print this explanation; I daren't even hint at it, so that part of the doings of the Most Haunted House must remain.'" Emphasis mine - if true this is one of the most remarkable pieces of evidence available. Has this letter been referred to elsewhere?) **

Morrish, Albert. "The Spectral Nun of Borley." Essex Countryside. Leichworth: Volume 16, Number 139, August 1968. p. 30. ("A restless spirit, said to be that of a nun. . . . is claimed to have appeared again." Tantalizing piece that is way too short. Explains briefly the trouble of the Waldegraves, and abruptly stops. "The burial of the skull and the raising of the altar slab occurring around the same time [1943-45] may perhaps be of some significance, and it may well be that the answer to the Borley manifestations lies not so much in the 'spectral nun' as in the history of the Waldegraves.")**

"The Most Haunted House in England." Crimes and Punishment. Issue 33. London: Phoebus Publishing Co. 1975. pp.903-09. One "Case" of many in a 96 weekly serial, 1973-75. No author stated. Credits list contributors for "Cases and Trials" as H. Montgomery Hyde/Donald Rumbelow/Robin Odell/Roy Nash/Perrott Phillips/Harry Weaver/Roger Beard. None of these authors have Borley-related items in other periodicals. Photos of church, fireplace, Price, rectory before and after the fire, skull, wall writings, and BBC crew viewing rubble with microphone. (Also has an unrelated print of a girl heading for the executioner's block as part of tabloid-style teaser, "Locals told of the lascivious nun who had died horribly 700 years earlier. Did her ghost still thirst for revenge?" This lead paragraph also exclaims, "The stones and bottles whizzing past their heads could be lethal." The Legend of the nun has her walled up, not be- headed, which is correctly told later in the text. When seen walking the grounds in later years, it was with a sad countenance, not a vengeful one. The story inside the chapter is less sensational, but still dramatic in style. States "Lionel Foyster lost no time in sending for [Harry Price]," when in fact, it was the Bull sisters who contacted Price during the Foyster tenancy, after the Foysters had been living there for almost one full year: 16 October 1930 - 29 September 1931. Incorrectly states that Marianne "was reduced to a nervous wreck" by the phenomena, and gives the Foyster tenancy as four years instead of the more accurate five. Other portions of the Legend are retold in a fairly accurate way, even though this condensation entirely skips mention of the Bulls.) **

"Most Haunted House in England." Current Literature.London. October 1940.

"Most Haunted House in England." Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research. New York. December 1940.

"Most Haunted House in England." The Listener. November 7, 1940.

"The Most Haunted House in England." Notes and Queries.London. October 5, 1940. pp. 251-2. Book review. Author not identified. (Calls Price's book "a model" for psychical research. Compliments Price at length on recruiting his observers. Reviews history accurately while attempting to be balanced. Price, "considers that it is to the 'eternal shame' of Science that little attempt has hitherto been made to understand phenomena such as here described.") ** photocopy

"Most Haunted House in England." The Prescriber. Edinburgh. December, 1940.

Moyses, Dennis. "Missed it Again!" The Ghost Club Newsletter. Winter, 2001. pp. 14-16. Photo of church by Pat O'Halloran. (Visit to the church 12 September 2001. Author and Natalie Thompson did not identify themselves as ghost hunters. "On entering the church I was surprised to find two ladies vending tea, coffee and biscuits. As [a bicycle] run was in aid of the church, Marion the church warden and her companion Mary, an ex-church warden were checking in the riders. . . . they pointed out a stained-glass window where one pane had been broken to admit vandals who had stolen the collection box and a chalice. Prior to this I was looking at the Waldegrave tomb, having recently read a suggestion that a lot of parnormal activity in Borley Church is due to a supernatural aura emanating from the tomb. All at once, Marion, rushing to the open door of the church, in an agitated voice enquired who the lady with the umbrella was. The figure passed the door on her way to the rear of the church, but when Marion went to look for her only seconds later, she had disappeared. . . .the irony in this case is that the eagar ghost hunters saw nothing, and the reluctant local in all probablity witnessed a ghost passing by." The investigators set up watch that night, but were disturbed by a "car load of noisy individuals. . . .[who] proceeded to make an infernal din with their shouting and a loud radio." The writer concludes, "I had always thought that the local inhabitants of Borley were spoilsports in turning away ghost-hunters and denying any ghostly happenings at the church. After witnessing first hand the vandalism and noisy visitors to the site, my sympathies are entirely with the villagers of Borley.") **

Mulacz, Peter. "Eleonore Zugun: the Re-evaluation of a Historic RSPK Case." The Journal of Parapsychology. Volume 63, March 1999. p. 28 (In lengthy 30 page discussion of this poltergeist case, Harry Price comes under attack, including the passing mention of ". . . .his account on Borley Rectory in Essex. . . .") ** photocopy

Murdie, Alan. "Chairman's letter." The Ghost Club Newsletter. Autumn, 2003. pp. 2-4. (Review of Borley Rectory: The Final Analysis. "The most important contribution. . . .is tracking down and publishing testimony from local Borley residents. . . . many of them did indeed believe both the rectory and the village to be haunted, having experienced ghosts for themselves. . . .[this is] in marked contrast to many earlier investigators whose failure to record local testimony seems to have been dictated by questions of class. . . .") **

Nairne, Campbell. "Borley Keeps its Secrets." John o' London's Weekly. London. October 4, 1940.

"Name and address supplied." The Unexplained 1983. Volume ??, Number ???. (Post Script letter. Published after Issue 118 in 1983, as it refers to a letter from M.D. Baker in that issue. "I was a member of Denny Densham's investigative team that visited the church site a number of years ago. On one of my visits to Borley, a colleague and I noticed strange wisps of a fluffy substance that drifted down from the slate-grey sky. We caught a number of these wisps, which had the same kind of texture as candyfloss. Soon the church, trees and bushes were draped with the grey wisps, but they disintegrated rapidly before we had time to photograph this extraordinary scene." The writer must not be a "believer" as he later mentions, "I personally believe there is some kind of energy force as yet unrecognised by science and that the incidents at Borley have physical causes. If it could be proved beyond doubt that Borley was a megalithic site on a line of seismic stones, this could go a long way to explaining the paranormal events that so many people have witnessed there.") ** photocopy

Neville-Statham, V. The Unexplained 1983. Volume 11, Number 123. (The editors promised in an earlier edition - Volume 7, Number 82 - to not include any more debate on Borley. This report of a visit was an exception. The author and three others visited about 1965 as part of their own "ghost investigation group." They talked to "a man who said his house was built on part of the old rectory garden." The new resident said "that he didn't believe in the 'supernatural' and that the only thing that had happened that could be called remotely odd was the discovery of a human skull when the foundations of his house were being prepared." One of the foursome saw a man standing next to a tree, "wearing a bushy black beard and a long buttoned coat, and had a pipe in his mouth." The witness called out to the figure demanding that one of his mates show himself, but all were accounted for. "I believe Jock saw the apparition of one of the Bulls, rectors at Borley in the past. I tried to explain to Jock that it is possible for one person to see a ghost while another does not, but he refused to accept this.") **

Newman, F.A., "Poltergeists - Are They Thought Projections?" Prediction. May, 1950. pp. 10-11, 14. Floating brick photo. (Describes poltergeists as "the most enigmatic and fascinating of all forms of haunting." Borley and Price are mentioned in passing. ". . . . poltergeist manifestations are confined to the locale of some past tragedy. In most of the authenticated hauntings, Borley, Ballechin, etc., this has been established." "The late Harry Price has recorded numerous instances of [the ineffectiveness of exorcisms against poltergeists]." Describes several generic attributes of poltergeist activity that fit Borley, including the observation, ". . . . poltergeist manifestations in the presence of psychics develop often to a frenzied crescendo of activity.") ** photocopy

Nisbet, B. "Borley Rectory." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. February, 1948. Correspondence, pp. 177- 80. ("Mr. Price's two books. . . . are not serious contributions to the subject of haunting." After several pages of criticism, the author concludes, "These criticisms, however, are only put forward in the hope that they will be adequately answered and the case strengthened for taking the Borley haunting seriously.") ** photocopy

Northend, Peter. "The Borley Enigma." Prediction. October 1964. pp. 24-6. (Says some of Price's work at Borley was "sheer bare-faced faking.")

O'Neil, Vincent. "Borley Rectory." Ghost Club Society News. Autumn 1997. pp. 15-16. (Request for information from Ghost Club Society members.)**

O'Neil, Vincent. "Borley Rectory: six decades later." However Improbable. Volume Two, Issue Two, August, 1997. pp. 5-8. (Condensation of Borley Legend from 1362 through 1946.)**

O'Neil, Vincent. "Borley Rectory: the Most Haunted House in England." Happy Halloween Magazine Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring, 1999. pp. 18-9. (Short review of legend, including author's connection.) **

O'Neil, Vincent. "Letter to the editor." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research Volume 62, Number 851, April, 1989. pp. 376-7. (Observation that skeptics look for any opening in attacking research. Asks for a middle ground. "I prefer to be both tolerant and skeptical.") **

O'Neil, Vincent. "Letters." The Paranormal Review. Issue 23, July 2002. pp. 30-31. Review of Jack Hastie article "The Haunting of Borley Village" in the Review January 2002. ("Hastie very carefully constructed his essay to include both sides. . . . he is one of the few to discuss the rebuttal by Robert Hastings in 1969. . .") ** Complete text

O'Neil, Vincent. "Letter to the editor." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research Volume 62, Number 851, April, 1989. p. 381. (Asking for any information on Borley. Offers a copy of this bibliography to members.) **

O'Neil, Vincent. "Mystico" Visits the Most Haunted House in England. Magic Circular. June 2003. pp. 186-7. (Retrospective of 1956 article. One photo of rectory substituted for three original photos by Jack Tuffs - "Mystico.") ** printed as submitted

O'Neil, Vincent. "Seeking information concerning Borley Rectory." The Paranormal Review Issue Five, February 1998, p. 27. The Magazine of the Society for Psychical Research. (Request for any and all information - pro or con. Offers Bibliography via Internet or computer disk.)**

Owen, Iris M., Mitchell, Pauline. "The Alleged Haunting of Borley Rectory." Journal of Society for Psychical Research. London. 1979. pp. 149-62. (Report on interviews with Marianne in America. Copy from Iris Owen. "We feel that what Marianne has told us makes sense.")**

McLuhan, Robert. SPR ABSTRACTS CATALOGUE. Edited by Zofia Weaver ePublished by eDocsWorks Ltd August 2003. A themed catalogue of abstracts of all items published in the SPR Journals and Proceedings between 1882 and 2002. p. 379. Owen, Iris M. & Mitchell, Pauline. THE ALLEGED HAUNTING OF BORLEY RECTORY, Journal 50,1979-80, pp. 149-62. Marianne Foyster, an occupant of the Rectory criticised by Harry Price in his book, here gives her version of the events. CORRESPONDENCE, pp. 415-8; Journal 60, 1994-5, p. 414. /apparitions/hauntings/poltergeist/cheating/

Parsons, Ken. "Borley Rectory: House of Nightmares." Encounters.July, 1996. pp. 66-72. (Splashy summary with pictures. Discusses "plasma rain" observed "a number of years ago." Phenomena appeared suddenly as "thousands of strands of a white fluffy substance. . .rather like chewing gum." The material melted as the investigators handled it. First description of this report, as far as I know.)**

Paul, Philip. Article in weekly London publication Two Worlds, about October, 1956. ("I am satisfied that strange things happened and are still happening. . .It is and has always been my contention during my seven years of investigation at Borley that its story does not depend on Price or the two books in which he sets out the experiences of some 200 witnesses. . . Three [of the witnesses used on the October 31, BBC broadcast of "Panorama"] saw and heard strange occurrences before Price ever set foot in Borley, and the other three witnessed inexplicable events there after Price was dead and buried.")

Pearce-Higgins, Reverend J.D. Letter to the editor, Psychic News, February 25, 1956. (Comments on "hysterical articles" surrounding publication of The Haunting of Borley Rectory by Hall, et. al.)

Perry, Michael. Book Review. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. Volume 57, Number 822, January 1991. p. 370 (?) (In review of Exorcism! by Peter Underwood, Perry parenthetically mentions Borley. "Look, for instance, at the way he tells the Borley story without the slightest hint that some people think it is almost entirely fabricated.") ** photocopy.

Phythian-Adams, Dr. W.J. "Plague of darkness." Church Quarterly Review, January-March 1946, pp. 214-16. Discusses the wall writings as part of a long essay reviewing Poltergeist Over England by Harry Price. (The review is written close to the publication of The End of Borley Rectory, since Borley is not identified by name in the earlier work. Phythian-Adams made a major contribution to "End." The Canon of Carlisle proposes the nun "suffered extreme mental anguish for a time before she met her death. Might not the result be. . . . an outburst of paranormal phenomena [including the wall writings]?" Perhaps she even borrowed the "big French dictionary" in 1885- 86 [according to P. Shaw Jeffreys, although not named], to assist her some 50 years later since at least one of the messages was "certainly in French, while others were in broken English!" [emphasis original] The author suggests it was not a coincidence "a pathetic voice" called out for Marianne, a name of French origin. Also at Borley, "lights shone, 'apports' appeared, and loud disturbances continued even when the house was empty. The 'saturation' theory seeks to account for this by the assumption that the house somehow stored up part of the power which it gathered when it was being lived in." ) ** photocopy

Pickersgill, Ronald S. "Essex Commentary - Most haunted house." The Essex Countryside. Vol. 5 No. 20, Summer 1957, page 151. ("IT does not seem twenty years since the late Harry Price advertised in 'The Times' (May 25, 1937) for people to spend a certain time in Borley Rectory in order that he might gain further information concerning what has often been called "the most haunted house in England." Reading recently 'The Haunting of Borley Rectory', by a trio of authors concerned with the Society of Psychical Research, I see that they doubt much that Harry Price said about the place. I wonder if any readers of THE ESSEX COUNTRYSIDE ever spent some time in Borley Rectory before it was burnt down. 'Peterborough,' in the Daily Telegraph, recently had something to say about Borley. He mentioned that Mr. Philip Paul, the vice-chairman of the Ghost Club, had told the Psychic and Literary Luncheon Club that 'neither Price's inaccuracies nor the attempts to demolish his claims shook the strong evidence for ghostly phenomena.' Disappointingly, though, Mr. Paul had to admit that though he had been to Borley on July 28 for the last seven years he had failed to see the famous woman in black who has appeared to so many others on that day. Harry Price believed the woman in black to be the ghost of a nun murdered 300 years ago. After extensive digging Mr. Paul did in fact unearth parts of a female skull - unfortunately 200 years too young. Nevertheless, strange manifestations still persist. There is also the problem of the signpost still indicating a path now vanished. If the sign is accurate, that would be the right direction for Borley's other grand phenomenon, the phantom coach driven by two headless coachmen, which drives up to the rectory's coach-house and then dissolves. 'Peterborough' says 'Borley Rectory, Suffolk.' I presume this is yet another case where a place has 'a foster county' for its postal activities.")

Pickersgill, Ronald S. "Borley Rectory - a note." The Essex Countryside. Vol. 6 No. 23, December/January 1957/58, page 99. (Follow-up to previous article. Quotes letter from Peter Underwood calling Dingwall/Goldney/Hall effort, "totally inacurrate in some repsects." Calls for further eye-witness accounts for upcoming book to be titled The Truth About Borley Rectory, which was released as The Ghosts of Borley. ) ** image

Playfair, Guy Lyon. "Ghosts True and False." The Unexplained. 1981, No. 32. Reprinted in Great Hauntings, edited by Peter Brookesmith. (Short article along with the flying brick photo. Identifies the Lifereporter as Cynthia Ledsham who later accused Price of "the most bare-faced hocus pocus." Claims, "Price's account of the haunting was demolished as surely as the building itself.")** photocopy

Playfair, Guy Lyon. "Mediawatch." The Paranormal Review. SPR, October 2004. p. 12. ("A surprise appearance on [BBC] Channel 4's Secret History - 28 June - was that of the veteran occultist Ellic Howe - b. 1910 - author of the two classics, Urania's Children and The Magicians or the Golden Dawn. I missed the programme, but my colleague Peter Underwood didn't, and he tells me that Howe had been a memeber of Harry Price's Ghost Club and had visited Borley Rectory with Price. 'During the course of several conversations,' Peter recalls, 'he told me that he witnessed movement of small objects that Price could not have caused.' During an evening vigil he also heard 'tapping noises followed by two thumps and the sound of a slamming door.' Despite the hatchet job by Dingwall, Hall and Goldney published in our Proceedings - part 186 - the Borley story is holding up rather well thanks in no small part to the diligence of Marianne Foyster's adopted son, Vincent O'Neil, who constantly surprises me with his ability to find new evidence for a 50-plus-year-old case.") **

Playfair, Guy Lyon. The Unexplained 1981, Volume 5. Number 53. (Answers letters from Derek Dilkes and A.C. Cartwright which are critical of his earlier piece - No. 32? "I do not suggest that the whole Borley story was a 'big con,' nor that the film made in the church was a fake. It is quite possible that some paranormal events did take place at the rectory, but it is unlikely that we shall ever know the facts. As for the film, it added nothing to our knowledge of the case, proving only that unexplained noises are heard in churches at night." Harry Price "was an excellent writer but. . . . serious psychical research was well down on his list of priorities." Price "made no useful contribution to our understanding of ghosts. He might have, but love of fame and fortune got the better of him.") ** photocopy

Playfair, Guy Lyon. "Mediawatch." Paranormal Review. October 2001. p. 14. ("Borley Rectory may have come down many years ago, but strange things are still being reported from the church. In issue [35] of Vincent O'Neil's Borley Ghost Society newsletter, Darren Jarvis describes how three sets of brand new batteries in three different mini disc recorders went flat in less than two hours. These included a lithium battery. His Casio watch also misbehaved, resetting itself and getting rid of all its stored data. Trying to get this back later from his computer, he was informed that 'watch has no name.' This, a Casio representative told him, had never happened before. This is another example of the kind of thing ghost and poltergeist hunters are all too familiar with.") **

Price, Harry. "Another Most Haunted House." Light.December 4, 1941. p. 385. (Goss says Price relates work of C.E.M. Joad investigating a site similar to Borley, but not named.)

Price, Harry. "As We See It." Light. April 27, 1939. p. 264. (Goss lists this as a report of one of Price's lectures at the Ghost Club wherein Price calls Borley a "mixed haunt.")

Price, Harry. "Borley Rectory Hauntings." Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research. August, 1929. (Appearance of keys and medallion thrown at Price and Lord Charles Hope.)

Price, Harry. "Can You Beat It?" The Listener. November 1937. (Exact date unknown. W.A. Smallcombe refers to this article when he asks Price if he found lizards or newts in the cellar.)

Price, Harry. [?] "Confessions of a Ghost Hunter." Series of 13 articles in The Listener, starting in June, 1935.

Price, Harry. [?] "Do Ghosts Exist? Harry Price Faces the Under-Twenty Club." The Listener. November 10, 1938.

Price, Harry. "The Ghost of Borley Rectory." Everybody's Weekly.London. August 7, 1943. p. 7. Photos of Price, wall writing, the rectory before and after the fire, view from the church, and view from the gate. ("Harry Price, the famous investigator of psychical phenomena, here writes for the first time on the identity of the Borley nun." Full page article, told with more dramatic flair than his books - "It had about 35 rooms, to say nothing of the cellars - I almost wrote dungeons - and curious attics and back staircases." Recounts basis of the nun legend and writes, "No one believes a word of this story." Then he changes his approach by saying, "I have pooh-poohed the nun legend, but actually there is very good evidence indeed that a nun-like figure has been seen in the Rectory grounds many times, and by many reputable people." Cites observations by the sisters, Fred Cartwright, and others. Describes Foyster incumbency and diary. "I am not going to accuse the 'nun' of doing all these things. But the fact is that the Rectory was haunted by both the mischievous Poltergeists and the nun. But I believe there is no record of the nun ever having been seen inside the house." Price then attributes the wall writings to a Roman Catholic nun who "was in trouble." The author makes a grave error when he writes the Foysters "vacated the Rectory after a year or so, and the messages at once ceased." The Foysters stayed five years, and the marks on the walls continued after they left. Two very odd mistakes, especially considering his two books on the subject. Later in the same article, he refers to wall writings observed by one of his investigators during his lease. By the date of the article, "At least 100 credible witnesses have supplied evidence." Indicates "other students of the Borley mystery independently came to the conclusion that the nun in question was a member of the well-known Waldegrave family....[and] one theory even went so far as to suggest exactly where the remains of the nun are to be found. We hope to test this theory in the near future." Digging started August 17, ten days after this article appeared. Since 12 Waldegrave females "took the veil," a study into their lives and deaths were made. All were accounted for except Arabella. Price goes into some detail about Arabella as researched by Georgina Dawson. Although all records of this daughter end when she becomes a nun, "we have satisfied ourselves that the subsequent activities of Arabella led her to Borley, where she died an agent for the Stuart Pretenders." The Waldegraves also owned Langenhoo, near the sea, which gave them "an ideal place for the smuggling over [from the Continent] of priests or spies.") **

Price, Harry. "The Inside Story of the Borley Mystery." Sunday Graphic. November 3, 10, 1940.

Price, Harry. "International Notes." Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research. August, 1929. P. 455-6. (First hand account of his then-current investigation. Calls the rectory a "mansion," and mistakenly has it built in 1865, not 63. Other errors include saying "The ruins of a nunnery are close by." Written at the time the Smiths vacated for Long Melford. Appears to be a regular column.) ** photocopy

Price, Harry. "Lizards in the Cellar." Listener. November 24, 1937. (Response to letter - serious or not - from W.A. Smallcombe inquiring if lizards were really newts. Price gives full details of "Lacerta agilis," and invites correspondent - not Smallcombe - to "visit the house [he is renting] one day next spring in order to hunt, not poltergeists, but Lacertilia.") **photocopy

Price, Harry. "The Most Haunted House in England." The Outspan. February 24, 1950. pp. 35-37, 69-73. Two illustrations by W.A. Stanley, photo of Price. ("Begin reading this enthralling series today," entices this weekly tabloid. Does not mention it is posthumous, as Price died in March of 1948. Inside the text, it refers to a previous chapter, so this can not be the first installment. "Following an article on Borley Rectory which I wrote for the issue of Everybody's Weekly dated August 7, 1943, I received a great many letters about the case. Some. . . . were of the highest importance as providing further good evidence for the haunting of the Rectory." The first letter is from film comedian Gilbert Hayes, which is quoted verbatim: "I heard a door close and footsteps coming along the drive. . . .[I] felt that someone was standing behind me." He felt the presence and heard the footsteps as he went about the "priory," thinking it was his wife. It was not. Hayes looked at some grocery bills, and when he looked at them again a few seconds later, they had moved. Price recounts how Mrs. C. Fahie told Reverend Henning that an old man related the story of the nun prior to the building of the rectory by Henry Bull. "This takes the story of the nun back about a century." Henning also related how Mr. Farrance was told by Harry that he had been followed by the nun, probably about 1900. A verification of Harry's sighting came from Reverend Walter Stote: "The Rev. Harry Bull told me himself about seeing the nun. Others have told my wife about seeing the coach, etc." A letter dated October 30, 1941 by Harry Carpenter said, "When, during the last war, I was a special constable, with Harry Bull as my superior officer [see Elsie's diary], he described. . . . galloping horse; then he saw lights coming towards him and he stepped off the road to let the carriage pass. He saw distinctly one man or two on the box, driving; they had no heads, only hands, and the lower part of the body. As he watched, the whole thing vanished." Harry saw the coachman again in the conservatory, and it vanished when Harry approached.
Other testimony is then printed, including the letter from P. Shaw Jeffrey of March, 1942. "I had lots of small adventures at the Rectory. Stones falling about, my boots found on top of the wardrobe. . . . I saw the nun several times, and often heard the coach go clattering by. But the big adventure was one time when I missed a big French dictionary, [and] one night I was awakened by a big bump on the floor, and there was the dictionary. My bedroom door was locked.") **

Price, Harry. "The Most Haunted House in England." The Listener, August 14, 1935. (Broadcast script.)

Price, Harry. "My Enchanted Rectory." John o' London's Weekly. London. May 10, 1940.

Price, Harry. "Mystery of Borley Rectory." American Weekly. New York. December 11, 1938.

Price, Harry. [?] "Racketing Ghosts." John o' London's Weekly. July 26, 1940.

Price, Harry. "A Really Haunted House: Borley Rectory." The Listener. November 10, 1937. pp. 1012-14. Six photos, including unique view of rectory from lawn, church tower view, fireplace, hallway, coat, and wall writing. (Script of radio show. Price begins with "I believe in ghosts," and ends with, "As a scientist, I can guarantee you a ghost." Precursor of first book on Borley also recounts autobiographical experiences. Recounts reports from his team of investigators. Does not identify Borley by name.) **photocopy

Pritchett, V.S. "The Haunted Rectory." Bystander. London. October 23, 1940.

"Proof and Process Approaches to the Study of Spontaneous Phenomena." author unknown. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, October 1996, Volume 61 Number 845, page 223. ("One well-known example [of retrospective examinations of mediumship cases] is the firece discussion surrounding harry Price's investigation of Borley Rectory, with Eric Dingwall, Kathleen Goldney and Trevor Hall (1956; 1969) on one side, and Robert hastings (1969; 1970) on the other.")** photocopy of one page

Randall, John L. "Harry Price: the Case for the Defence." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. London: July, 2000. Volume 64.3 Number 860. pp. 159-176. ("I have come across numerous books and articles which cite the famous 'debunking' report on Borley Rectory (Dingwall, Goldney & Hall, 1956), but very few which mention the criticisms of that report by Michael Coleman and Robert Hastings (Coleman, 1956; Hastings, 1969)." Emphasis mine. There is direct evidence of at least two 'dirty tricks' played upon Price by members of the SPR. On October 9th, 1931, W.H. Slater traveled to Borley to try to persuade the Rector, the Revd Lionel Foyster, to sever his links with Price and accept the ministrations of the SPR instead (Banks, p. 92). Since Price had been studying the phenomena of the allegedly haunted rectory since June 1929, this was a clear example of unprofessional conduct. [footnote: "It has been claimed by Salter's defenders that he acted ethically in that he was trying to prevent undue publicity at Borley. However, he had no right to interfere at all - the SPR is not a psychic police force. As for publicity, this had already happened, via the Daily Mirror before Price went near the place."] ". . . .Within a few months of his death [29 March 1948] the attacks on his reputation began. Charles Sutton [wrote] in a popular magazine that he had caught Price faking phenomena at Borley. W.H. Salter pressed his SPR colleagues to launch a re-investigation into the case. The result was the publication, in 1956, of the now famous 'Borley Report' (Dingwall, Goldney and Hall, 1956). The 180-page report was essentially a systematic attack on the honesty and integrity of Harry Price; it was, as Renee Haynes put it, 'the case for the prosecution.' Every event was interpreted in such a way as to present Price in the worst possible light, and alternative interpretations were played down or ignored. The Sutton allegations and the Borley Report (which drew heavily upon them) came as severe shocks to Price's widow and to his many friends. The general feeling was one of indignation and dismay. Mrs. Lucie Meeker (nee Kay) who had been Price's secretary, denied that there had been any such incident as that described by Sutton, and added - 'it is my considered conviction that Harry Price never, at any time, faked phenomena." .....". . . .Sydney Glanville, his chief collaborator at Borley, described him as 'an outstanding worker' for his psychical research and a friend for whom he had 'a very great regard and respect.' (Tabori, p. 277) Geoffrey H. Motion, a neighbor of Price's who also accompanied him to Borley, was also convinced that he did not fake phenomena. . . . if the authors of the Borley Report were correct, he had perpetrated one of the most impudent frauds in the whole history of psychical research. But many members of the SPR felt uneasy at the obviously biased nature of the Report, and in 1965 a grant of £ 50 was given to Robert J. Hastings towards the expenses involved in a re-examination of the case. The resulting 'Hastings Report' was published in 1969; it uncovered a number of errors in the original evidence, and was widely interpreted by the media as the official exoneration of Harry Price. . . . The Borley Report was badly flawed and very heavily biased, and Hastings believed that the Society should not have published it. . . . Although Hall never met or corresponded with Price, he seems to have conceived an almost fanatical hatred for the famous ghost-hunter. Hall joined the team working on the Borley Report and, according to his own account (Hall, 1965) was responsible for 4 of the 8 chapters it contained. Ivan Banks has surmised, I think correctly, that it was the participation of Hall which gave rise to the uncompromisingly hostile tone of the Borley Report (Banks, p. 207) ." ...."The motive for Hall's attack on Price [in his biography of Price] is not hard to find; he was clearly annoyed by his failure of the Borley Report to put paid to what he called the 'Borley legend.' Although the Hastings report is not mentioned in Search for Harry Price, it was obviously in the back of Hall's mind, for he devotes no less than four pages to deploring what he calls the 'resurgence of popular belief in Borley.' . . . . the two major accusations made against Price, namely that he practiced deception in regard to Rudi Schneider and at Borley, are almost certainly false. . . . In the case of Borley, the sheer quantity and complexity of the material makes it unreasonable to expect that a popular account could be written without any errors at all. In general, Price seems to have been far more meticulous in his checking and referencing of factual material than many modern writers; but like all of us, he made mistakes. . . . Price's name is inextricably coupled to that of Borley Rectory. This is a pity since some of his best work was done in the early years, before he had even heard of Borley. Even so, the Borley case remains the most fully documented example of a haunting in the annals of psychical research, and Price's accumulation of a vast dossier of eye-witness reports is a major contribution to the study of spontaneous phenomena.") ** photocopy

Randall, John L. HARRY PRICE; THE PSYCHIC DETECTIVE. Book review. Journal of the SPR. October 2007. pp. 243-46. ("I'm glad Randall set the record straight about that awful Trevor Hall - even Dingwall broke off relations with him, finding him 'impossible' as he told me personally." Guy Lyon Playfair, email to Vincent O'Neil. 15 November 2007.) Scan of article

Rendall, Rev. Canon G.H. "The Haunted House at Borley." Light.London. January 9, 1941.

Robinson, Nora I.A. "Essex Ghosts." The Essex Countryside. Vol. 6 No. 24, February/March 1958, page 133. (Two brief paragraphs included with discussions of Anne Boleyn and giants. ". . .[various phenomnea] point to psychical powers at work over many years.") ** image of article

Robertson, Andrew J.B. "Ghost Hunting at Borley Rectory." The Eagle. Cambridge. June, 1943. pp. 121-25. (Founder of the "Cambridge Commission" which investigated the site "from the time of the fire," in 1939 to the demolition in 1944. Contributor to Chapter Nine of The End of Borley Rectory, and also an essay to Chapter 23. Chemist and physicist. Notes that "about 95 percent" of the official observers "reported some phenomenon which they consider to be of paranormal origin." Because his list of manifestations "are in entire disagreement with our ordinary conceptions of what is naturally possible and impossible," he concludes "they are difficult to credit despite the considerable accumulation of evidence." He then refers to the findings of Sir Ernest Jelf that the haunting is "legally proved." Details experiences of Commission members: temperature fluctuations, footsteps, a dark shape, 18 knocks from Harry Bull, three knocks, a luminous patch of light, "peculiar and loud rumblings as if a grand piano was being moved about," pencil markings on two pieces of paper in an envelope, sounds of dragging, "an impatient horse pawing the ground," persons "moving about." Robertson finishes the article by saying he would prefer "to refrain from drawing any definite conclusion.") ** photocopy

Robertson, A.J.B. "Some Recent Investigations into the Borley Rectory Case." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. London. January - February, 1945. pp. 107-10. Summary of a paper read at a private meeting of the Society, 4 November 1944. (Recitation of "nocturnal visits by students, mostly from St. John's College, Cambridge" which he formed. "The number of persons who have spent one or more nights at the remains. . . . is 58, the total number of visits amounting to 25. In nearly all cases the approach. . .. was one of some scepticism. About one-third of the investigators reported nothing at all out of the ordinary, about another third described incidents which they thought might not be expected to occur in the normal way, and the remaining third described events which seemed to them to be definitely rather unusual. . . . . noises, and in particular sounds of knockings and footsteps, are the most common. . . . Only six cases of interesting visual phenomena have been reported. . . . In one case, in June 1943, two investigators on the first floor of the Rectory saw a white shape at the base of a tree just outside the building. The shape was somewhat globular in outline, and about six feet high. On shining a torch on it they could see nothing unusual, but on switching off the torch the shape was again visible. . . . In the other case in April 1944, an investigator watching the ruins from the garden reported a white, pale and indistinct light, which he saw hovering over the ruins three times at different places during a period of half an hour. . . . he woke up a colleague with him, who also saw the light. Three other observers. . . . were not affected in any way." The group made about 1000 temperature observations, and "on only one occasion, in June 1943, was any unusual effect reported." at the cold spot. Variations were noted at other locations way from the cold spot. The duration of most of the sounds was a matter of seconds, although some were heard for a "considerable number of minutes." No conclusion given, but further investigation encouraged.) ** photocopy

Ruffles, Tom. "Alan Wesencraft 1912 - 2007." Obituaries. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. Volume 72.3 Number 892. July 2008. pp.188-90. (". . . . Wesencraft will be remembered with huge affection. . . ." Mentions his support for Harry Price, as well as his distaste and mistrust for Trevor Hall.) **

Ruffles, Tom. "The Enigma of Borley Rectory." However Improbable. Newmarket. Volume One, Issue 4. Winter 1996/Spring 1997. p. 3. (Accurate book review of the Ivan Banks book. "Banks is sure that paranormal factors have been at work at Borley." Concludes "Banks should be congratulated for the depth of his historical research, but the book needs to be read with care, and a sense of perspective maintained when grappling with the many arguments for which evidence is thin.") **

Ruffles, Tom. Editorial. However Improbable. Newmarket. Volume One, Issue 4. Winter 1996/Spring 1997. p. 2. (Indicates "some facsimile copies of Harry Price's Blue Book of instructions for investigators at Borley Rectory," are available from the publisher.)**

Ruffles, Tom. Editorial. However Improbable. Newmarket. Volume Two, Issue Two. Autumn, 1997. (Describes visit and barbeque during August, 1997. "We did not stay long [inside the church] as it was clear to all present that we were not really welcome. . . . After dark, we wandered around the huge garden, especially the area adjacent to where the Rectory once was. We both felt a cold spot behind one of the bungalows along the road back to Sudbury, which was intriguing, especially as it was still there an hour later.")**

Salter, W.H. "The End of Borley Rectory." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. December, 1946. pp. 271-72. Book review. (Calls the book "another very lively and readable" effort. Points out the Acknowledgment includes "a large number of distinguished persons who have in some way or other been connected with the Borley literature and have, in a few instances, taken a useful part in investigating the phenomena." Details account of P. Shaw Jeffrey, including his statements there were so many young Bull family members "that they went about in cliques and the different cliques were only dimly aware of each other." Salter concludes these cliques and the isolation, "provided exactly the right stage for mysteries and hoaxes of every description." Regrets Price did not share his investigation with other researchers.) ** photocopy

Salter, W.H. "The Most Haunted House in England." Journalof the Society for Psychical Research. London. September - October, 1940.

Scherman, David. LIFE magazine photographer who took photo of floating brick April 5, 1944. (Not published in LIFE until September 22, 1947 [see Noel Busch, this section]. Part of The End of Borley Rectory, pp. 284-85.)

Sampson, Brian. "From your parish priest." Parish Bulletin, May 2004. ("In the way of light relief, future Tom Hasties will be reading the columns of the East Anglian Daily Times and the Sudbury Mercury for March and April with wondering amazement. After a grave was found by the developers of Borley Tithe Barn, alongside Borley Churchyard, these hitherto respectable newspapers produced a farrago of nonsense. . . . ") photocopy

Savage, Bob. Investigations and events: a record year." Ghost Club Newsletter. Winter 2002, p.25. Photo inside church. (Group visited the weekend of 6-8 September. ". . . we spent a highly enjoyable time visiting some of the most famous locations of paranormal history in East Anglia, including Borley Church, which we were allowed to enter by the very kind permission of the church warden - a very rare occurence!") ** T

Sharp, Allen J. "The Alleged Thermal Phenomenon at Borley." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. February, 1948. pp. 180-82. (Complete with chart to show attempt to duplicate temperature drops) ** photocopy

Sheargold, R.K. "Truth about Borley." Psychic News [?] April 4, 1970. (Refers to April 11 review of Man, Myth, and Magic encyclopedia which apparently stated Harry Bull built the rectory. Corrects reference to Reverend Henry Bull. Adds, "The notoriety achieved by the Borley Rectory case was practically entirely caused by Harry Price's books, and only very slightly by any Spiritualistic leanings possessed by the Rev. Harry Bull.")** photocopy

Sheehan, Daemienne. "Yoo-hoo-oo!" Ghost Club Newsletter. Winter 2002, p. 12. Reprinted from The Olde Magazine, no further information available. (While during a visit to the bedroom of an alleged haunted house. "You're hoping for a Borley," said Robert. "You're always hoping for a Borley.")

Smallcombe, W.A. "Can You Beat it?" Listener. November 17, 1937. (Curator of the Museum and Art Gallery asks Price if lizards he found in cellar might not be newts. Price responds in the same issue they were definitely lizards.) **photocopy

Smyth, Frank. "The Unexplained." 1980-83. (Weekly series used as material for Great Hauntings, edited by Peter Brookesmith [see Books]).

Snow, Robert. "Ghosts and the Supernatural." Ghost Club Society News. Spring and Summer, 1998. p. 24. (Review of Colin Wilson book. "The publishing house of Dorling Kindersley has produced a series of introductory volumes under the collective title of The Unexplained on 'Mysteries of the Universe,' 'Psychic Powers,' 'UFOs and Aliens,' and one by our vice president Colin Wilson on 'Ghosts and the Supernatural.' Richly illustrated in colour throughout its 40 pages, measuring 9 inches by 11 with laminated covers, it is obviously aimed at the younger generation yet it contains some very interesting photographs including one of ghost hunting apparatus and one of Borley Rectory - with purple curtains inserted.. Full of fascinating and little known facts this is a book that deserves the widest possible readership.") **

"Spectred Sites." MD, October, 1965. pp. 279-284. (Four pictures including the nun's jawbone, the diggers who found it, Harry Price during a radio broadcast, and the rectory. ("The Senior Master of Britain's Supreme Court declared that he thought no cross examination could shake [Price's report].")** article only

"The spookiest house in England." Ghost Special No.2(?) No publication data. Probably children's annual. Four pages. Four color photos of cottage, broken bricks, foundation, and pig sty. Etching of rectory and nun. (Basic calendar of main events. Told in first person. Mostly accurate.) ** photocopy

"Spook seekers stopped." Psychic News [?] November 17, 1979. (Quotes clipping from unknown newspaper describing how "A seance by some of the country's leading mediums was called off at the last minute after the parish council, who are sick and tired of vandals and spook seekers, stepped in." However, the writer says the article was not true because the organizer said that if they were to hold a seance they would publicize it only afterward.)** photocopy

Sykes, Judith. "Ghosts and the Supernatural." Resource Links. Pouch Cove: April 1999. Review of Colin Wilson book. ("There are pictures of 'spirit photography' on several pages including. . . . a picture of the mysterious writing at Borley Rectory. . . . ") ** photocopy

"The Ten Spookiest Spots in Britain." Chat. London: 2001. p. 56. Year-end issue devoted to "The very, very best of Chat." (Critical error in declaring Borley Rectory as the current number one haunting without explaining it no longer exists. "If your idea of fun is being scared senseless, then here's where you should be hanging out. #1. Borley Rectory, Essex, claims to be the most haunted building in England. The spirits of nuns,coachmen,even a no-good Catholic priest, are said to have contributed to the unexplained goings-on -- including ringing bells, screaming and writing on the walls".) **T Response

Thompson, David. "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Hound of Spiritualism." BIBLIO July, 1997. pp. 30-36. (These famous writers had a five year argument about spiritualism which often became quite heated. Thompson chronicles their remarks to and about each other. Borley is discussed, along with the "floating brick" picture. Included is a quote from Vincent O'Neil speculating on a seance with both parties in attendance. "Would both men have stared into the other man's eyes looking for clues as they prepared for a joint seance? The electricity the two would generate. . . . would be something to behold.")**

Thomson, Lauren. "Sarah Ann Bull." Suffolk Roots, Vol. 22, No. 2, August 1996. Suffolk Family History Society, pp. 86-87. (Questions accuracy of Bull genealogy posted by Price in MHH. Writer is descendant of Sarah Ann Bull.)**

"Top 10 sites: Ghosts." Webuser. Issue 58. 29 May 2003. p. 35. Lists popular Internet web sites. Photo of front page of the web site. (Ranked Number 4 is www.borleyrectory.com "This site is a deposit for heaps of stories and documents on what is supposedly one of Britain's most haunted buildings. A tour round this [web] site is probably better than visiting the rectory itself: 'In all the time we've lived here, the only disturbances have been human ones,' according to a local resident." Tourists may not visit the rectory, as it burned down in 1939 - a fact mentioned on page one of the web site. The quoted resident was the church warden in 1988.)

Tuffs, J. Elsden. (Mystico.) "Borley." The Magic Circular. October, 1956. Three photos - foundation and bricks, Nun's Walk, cottage. (Photos taken during visit c. 1954. Not published elsewhere. A seven year old child offered that she had seen the nun as "a sort of grey shadow." Un-named owner was sawing up "some of the charred timbers stil remaining." Remnants of wheel-pump present. After picking up a brick as a souvenier, a couple of unusal events happen on the ensuing drive.) ** photocopy

Underwood, Peter. "The Borley Bell." Bentley Magazine, February 1974. (History of the bell that hung inside the courtyard. Installed by Henry, awarded to Harry Price, and then to Peter Underwood. The author writes that Ethel Bull was awakened "times without number" by the bell "tolling by itself.")** photocopy of article only

Underwood, Peter. "Examination of the Borley Report." London: Proceedings, Society for Psychical Research, March 1969. Appendix C - pp. 167-79. "The Evidence of Dom Richard Whitehouse, O.S.B." (Rebuttal to Hall/Dingwall/Goldney, including interview with Whitehouse.) **

Underwood, Peter. Ghost Club Bulletin, late 1979. (Peter Underwood told Iris Owen "I do agree Marianne's own story need[s] to be told and I have said so in the current issue.")

Underwood, Peter. Ghost Club Society News, 1995. p. 19 ("Devotees of the Borley Rectory case will be fascinated to know that Vincent O'Neil, the son of one of the chief actors in the Borley drama, the enigmatic Marianne, has written [Who Am I? The Mysterious Search For My Identity] for he had no knowledge until after her death that his mother was associated with the best known of all cases of haunting. Marianne lived a long and useful life in the New World after she left behind her all the problems and memories of Borley and its mysteries. This is the story of her son's search for his roots and it show Marianne in a new light.")

Underwood, Peter. "Harry Price ghost-hunter." Book and Magazine Collector, October 2001. pp. 86-98. London: Diamond Publishing. Photo of rectory. (Bibliography of the works of Harrry Price. Many illustrations of book jackets, including "flaming house" version of The End of Borley Rectory. Includes information on rare items, and provides a list of every book known to be published by Harry Price in the United Kingdom. Condensed biography of Price includes information about his coin collecting and his study of magic. Points out Price put The Most Haunted House in England in quotes because that is how a man in Sudbury described the place. This has been ignored by many of Price's critics. Research shows Martin Tindal described MHH as "among the events of 1940," in Time and Tide. "It was certainly a pioneering book," writes Underwood. Price once told Underwood, "I like my books to be rare!" In most cases, his objective has been achieved.) **

Underwood, Peter. "Is This the End of Borley Rectory?" Society News. London: Ghost Club Society, March 2001. pp. 12-15. (Review of We Faked the Ghosts of Borley Rectory by Louis Mayerling.) ** photocopy

Underwood, Peter. "Letters." The Paranormal Review. SPR. London: October, 2002. pp. 26-7. ("Vincent O'Neil's orignal idea of a Great Borley Investigation sounds a promising plan although how much truth will be available after more than half a century and the demise of most of the participants is a difficult question to answer. The presence of paranormal activity could be explored although some authorities aver that hauntings are usually of limited duration. . . . I do hope the Great Borley Investigation gets off the ground, but I'm not holding my breath!") **

Underwood, Peter. A Short History of the Ghost Club Society. Haslemere: White House Publications, 2000. Several references throughout. 30 pages, handbound, illustrated. ("Harry Price himself lectured. . . . on The Investigation of the Borley Rectory." p.7 "One meeting was held at Borley Rectory where members attended a Psychic Garden Fete to raise funds for Borley Church." pp.7-8 "Captian Deane. . .[spoke] of the bottles that materialised in front of him and other witnesses at haunted Borley Rectory." p.8 "A special meeting was held on 18th January 1981 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Harry Price when speakers included Mrs. Mollie Goldney MBE, who had worked very closely with Price for years and never doubted his integrity; Robert Aickman who knew Price well and had been to Borley with him. . .Ellic Howe who visited Borley with Price and fitted up the base room there, he also designed the Blue Book of Instructions. . ." p.12 "Robert Aickman. . .[was] an associate of Harry Price in his Borley Investigation. . ." p.20 "I spoke at historic Essex House in the Strand on the Story of Borley Rectory; once 'The most haunted house in England,' and the notification on the occasion read: Peter Underwood became interested in this most famous of all haunted houses many years ago and first spent a night on the site in 1947. Since then he has continued investigations and has personally contacted practically everyone who has had anything to do with this remarkable case. He was the first person to examine all of Henry Price's papers on the case after Price's literary executor and will relate the whole story of this classic haunting about which he has been consulted by film, television and radio producers, and has himself lectured, written, and broadcast on the case he has studied a quarter of a century." p.21 "A very brief history of the Ghost Club Society appears on the web site." ) ** 19 of 200

Underwood, Peter. The Unexplained 1982, Volume 7. Number 82. (Letter in response to Andrew Green observations in Issue 69, which in turn is based on letters critical of an article by Guy Lyon Playfair discussing "Ghosts True and False." Underwood starts by saying "Andrew Green is on very shaky ground when he seeks to disparage Harry Price and the hauntings at Borley Rectory. . . . .it would be interesting to know how many times he, Guy Lyon Playfair and Trevor Hall have been to Borley. I have visited the rectory well over 100 times since 1947 and have met or been in contact with practically everyone who has had anything to do with Borley. The picture that emerges is that Borley rectory was a very haunted house." Andrew Green "was not prersent at Borley when the television programme he refers to was made, and whatever he thinks he knows about the matter is second or third-hand." The editors of the magazine added their own contribution: "The debate about Borley seems strangely prone to slip from discussion of facts into a quagmire of vilification. In the hope of sorting the facts from opinions and personalities, we are attempting a definitive history of the Borley controversy. Until then, this issue is closed." That history formed several of the chapters in the book Great Hauntings. Editor, Peter Brookesmith, Blackcat 1984.) ** photocopy

The Unexplained - Mysteries of Mind, Space, and Time. London: Orbis Publishing, 1980-83. Weekly, over 3100 pages. (Peter Brookesmith, editor. Brian Innes, editorial director. Consultants include Brian Inglis and Colin Wilson. Material in this series eventually found itself in many other books, although Guy Lyon Playfair has told me he was paid only once and was unaware his work was re-issued. It includes all the Borley material - including the letters to the editor found in the 26 volume Mysteries of Mind Space and Time, as well as in Marvels and Mysteries, Great Hauntings, and Fact or Fantasy. Four chapters on Borley by Frank Smyth - A Haunting Tale, The Tension Mounts, Borley in Ruins? and No End to Borley. One chapter on Borley by Guy Lyon Playfair - Ghosts True and False. One of the most colorful and complete re-tellings with many photographs. The articles include names of modern researchers and refers to their efforts. Frank Smyth says, "I am convinced that the famous haunting at Borley Rectory, Suffolk (sic), was [wishful thinking]." Calls Price, "a confirmed liar and publicity seeker," as well as "a fraud." Turns attention from the rectory to the church, detailing visits by researchers in the 60's and 70's. Quotes report from researcher Geoffrey Croom-Hollingsworth as saying, "I don't give a damn if Price invented things or not. The basic question is - is the place haunted? And you can take it from me it is. [Roy] Potter and I saw the nun quite clearly for a period of about 12 minutes. . ." Quotes investigator Ronald Russell's report, "We have recorded hundreds of extraordinary noises, footsteps, crashes and so on. On one occasion we located a centre of disturbance near the Waldegrave tomb; it was tangible, like a swirling column of energy. When you passed your hand through it you felt a sort of crackle, like static electricity." ) **photocopies of most Borley material

"What IS the Borley project?" Phantom. Ghost Research Foundation International, Summer, 2003. Cover, p. 12. Cover graphic of skull. (Cover promotion says, "The world's most famous ghost story is about to be dug up." Refers to web site - theborleyproject.com "It was during an everday recce of a Talisman Television location in Essex that TV psychic Diana Destiny felt a strange 'psychic pull' to pay a visit to the tiny Essex hamlet of Borley - the famous site of the former Borley Rectory - 'The Most Haunted House in England.' The talisma recce team consisted of Diana, Jason Karl and Norie Miles. It was a bright Spring afternoon, but while navigating the winding country lanes that lead to the village the sky turned an ominous shade of grey and a downpour of rain ensued, accompanied by a biting cold. Undeterred, the team explored the village, meeting a local man named Mr Crane. During a dowsing and EVP experiment in the graveyard, Norie Miles witnessed a strange and unusal happening. 'I was standing by the church door listening for any sounds within when suddenly the door latch twisted of its own accord! I was amazed, it was as if the ghost was signaling its interest to our investigation.' Diana Destiny felt that this was indeed a message from beyond - an indication from the spirit world that the enigma of Borley had not yet been solved. We decided at the moment to set out to solve the mystery of Borley once and for all. The Borley Project had begun. theborleyproject.com launches June 1st 2003.) **

"What Price Borley?" Two Worlds. January 28, 1956. pp. 1-2. Thurston Hopkins photo by gateposts reprinted. ("New book accuses him of 'wilful deception.' The attacks on harry price, the biggest name in psychics while he was on earth, in a book published this week, have provoked the greatest storm in the history of psychic research." partial scan) **

"Why Dr. Joad is Puzzled." Light. London. November 21, 1940.

Wiseman, Richard. Jeffreys, Clive. "Bias and Error in Children's Nonfiction Books on the Paranormal." Skeptical Inquirer, January/February 1997, p.42. (Tables the bias in favor of paranormal events in a handful of children's books. The authors bring up critiques against Price and Borley, without mentioning any rebuttal. "For example, both The Usborne Guide to the Supernatural World and the Unsolved Mysteries Project Book describe the ghostly phenomena associated with Borley Rectory (labeled 'the most haunted house in Britain") and in particular the "poltergeist" activity reported by 1930s investigator Harry Price. No mention is made of the fact that it is widely believed that Price faked much of his investigation and report (Dingwall, Goldney, and Hall, 1956)." The report concludes "that 85.2 percent of the passages [in five children's books] either explicitly confirmed certain events as paranormal, failed to present alternative explanations, or dismissed such explanations as implausible.") ** photocopy

Yates, Roland. R. "Posers for the Brain Trust." Light. London. December 4, 1941.

Yarham, E.R. "Mischievous Ghosts," Prediction. October, 1941. pp. 102-03. (Goss says the author "tends to reject the child-focus' theory.")

Young, B.A. "Two approaches to the supernatural." Punch. London. July 18, 1962. p. 103. Book review of The Spiritualists by Trevor H. Hall, Duckworth. (Positive review of Hall's investigation into Florence Cook and William Crookes. Describes Hall as "one of the three officers of the Society [for Pyschical Research] by whom the case of the Borley Rectory - 'the Most Haunted House in England' - and its dubious impresario Harry Price was sytematically reduced to ruins.") **

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