The Gorefield Ghost

In early 1923 a Fenland farm was visited by strange destructive phenomena – household objects mysteriously flying across the room and smashing. Some said the house was haunted by a poltergeist, others blamed witchcraft or even demons. The haunted house became a national sensation, leading to psychic investigators, spiritualists, an exorcist, a witch and Arthur Conan Doyle all trying to solve the mystery. But perhaps the answer was right under their nose all along… Paul Weatherhead alias Professor Weird examines the strange case of the Gorefield Ghost....

SOURCES:

‘Ghost that moves furniture’, Daily News 19 February 1923, p.1; ‘Ghost as heavy weightlifter’, Daily News 20 February 1920, p.1

‘The Cambridgeshire Ghost’, Saffron Walden Weekly News 23 February 1923, p.7

‘The Gorefield Spook’, The Spalding Guardian 3 March 1923, p.7

‘Fen Ghost Reappears’, Newcastle Daily Chronicle 10 March 1923, p.1

‘The Gorefield Spook’, The Spalding Guardian 3 March 1923, p.7

‘Burned to death in bed’, Diss Express 11 May 1923, p.8