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18th century London's most famous hoax: The Cock Lane Poltergeist

Who was the Cock Lane Poltergeist, and how did it so quickly become best known as a famous fake? Buy Creepy Classics: Ghost Stories from Ancient Rome (UK): https://amzn.eu/d/b6Y4JzR Buy Creepy Classics: Ghost Stories from Ancient Rome (US): https://a.co/d/1vaLjXy Creepy Classics music composed and performed by Ed Harrisson © 00:00 Intro 00:39 The Background 08:01 The Public Spectacle 12:10 Widespread skepticism 21:03 The investigation Books and sources E. J. Clery, The Rise of Supernatural Fiction 1762-1800 Andrew Lang, Cock Lane and Common Sense P. G. Maxwell-Stuart, Poltergeist: A History of Violent Ghostly Phenomena Gillian Bennett, 100 Best British Ghost Stories Sasha Handley, Visions of an Unseen World Simon Jenkins, A Short History of London Lucy Worsley, If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home Horace Walpole’s correspondence: https://walpole.library.yale.edu/onli... https://aplacebetweenthetrees.com/202... https://aplacebetweenthetrees.com/202... https://www.drjohnsonshouse.org/post/.... The Mystery Revealed: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text... https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abb... Plutarch, Life of Brutus: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/thayer/... Image sources: Sketch of Cock Lane from Mackay, Charles (1852) "Haunted Houses" in Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, pp. p. 228. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons English Credulity or the invisible ghost: Anonymous, 1762. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism. A Medley, by Hogarth: British Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Diagram of the wooden board used by Elizabeth Parsons, and also a diagram of the supposed haunted room, c.1762, The Beauties of All Magazines Selected for 1762, p48: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Full image of The Cock Lane Uproar reprinted in E. J. Clery, The Rise of Supernatural Fiction 1762-1800, p. 26 Right side of The Cock Lane Uproar, from A complete contemporary history of the Cock Lane Ghost, London:1762. The Cock Lane Uproar, engraving: CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Map of London, 1700: Nicholas de Fer, public domain, via Wikipedia Map of London, 1763: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 17th century building, London: after J. T. Smith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Southampton Place, London: Spudgun67, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Robbie Coltrane as Samuel Johnson in Blackadder the Third via https://blackadder.fandom.com/wiki/Sa... Frances Griffiths with Fairies, 1917, published in 1920, The Strand Magazine, via Wikipedia George III in coronation robes: Allan Ramsay, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Jonathan Groff as George III in Hamilton via https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/King...) Screenplay cover for The Madness of King George, Nigel Hawthorne as George III, via amazon.com The wedding of George III: Joshua Reynolds, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Map showing the City of London within Greater London: TUBS, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons The Great Fire of London, by Josepha Jane Battlehooke: Museum of London, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Lyneham, Wiltshire: Lyneham, Wiltshire by Mike Gentry, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Horace Walpole: John Giles Eccardt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 18th century rope dancing: Léonard Defrance, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons John Wesley: William Hamilton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Kate and Margaret Fox: Thomas Martin Easterly, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Matthew Hopkins, frontispiece from The Discovery of Witches: British Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Helen Duncan, Harry Price (1931) Regurgitation and the Duncan Mediumship, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Witches Sabbath: Francisco Goya, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Diorama of a cunning woman, Museum of Witchcraft and Magic: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Samuel Johnson: Joshua Reynolds, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons