Harry Price, a showman and psychic researcher, turned Borley Rectory into a national sensation, and its infamy as a haunted house hasn’t gone away.
Borley Rectory was a large, red-brick house in rural Essex, known for being draughty and unkempt, and the subject of many local rumors. Nearby villagers reported strange, ghostly figures and spectral messages scrawled on the walls.
By the 1930s, it had earned a reputation as one of the most haunted houses in England. Harry Price made it his mission to study the building and uncover the source of its supposed mysteries, which made him a national celebrity.
Its infamy as a haunted house hasn’t gone away
The investigation added a new dimension to the British obsession with the paranormal.
Author's summary: Harry Price investigated Borley Rectory.