Can anyone be interested in the paranormal? I want answers into the borley rectory enigma.?

Question

I am interested in the paranomal phenomena regarding Borley rectory, I wonder if there is someone out there who could give me details of any other regarding the rectory in suffolk I would

appreciate it if you can help me asked by lena

Answer 1

I holidayed just by the ruins of the rectory and it was proved to me the supposed haunting was a fraud. Nothing has been seen of the paranormal since it was pulled down. So where are the supposed spirits now.

Answer 2

Look at the following websites to find all the informatin that you need on the Borley Rectory enigma.

http://www.harryprice.co.uk/Borley/Moder...

http://www.occultopedia.com/b/borley_rec...

http://www.foxearth.org.uk/BorleyRectory...

I hope that these websites help.

Answer 3

There are a few books written on Borley rectory and several odd accounts. My parents stopped to help a young man outside the rectory, he had the bonnet of his car up and was looking somewhat perplexed. My father being a kindly man and an engineer had a look. He was horrified that the engine whilst still going was making a terrible din and (i can't remember which part) was going backwards... apparently this cannot happen !I have another weirder story too.

Answer 4

hello lena

to answer your first question,  any one can be intrested in the paranormal.

on the second question the  wikipedia has a good artical on the borley rectory, it also has a good few links for further investigation

Answer 5

The BORLEY RECTORY was a hoax. I know an investigator that went over the evidence from this investigation all the evidence was explainable.

Answer 6

Harry Price was one of the most influential figures in the formative years of ghost research. Price was a skilled magician and an expert at detecting fraud so he was not taken in by many of the fraudulent which plagued the SPR for years. His success was a slap in the face to what many considered the “established” psychical researchers. Regardless, his work is considered ground-breaking for many today.The year 1929 marked a turning point in Price’s career, although the case would not be made public for several years yet. In was in that year that he became involved in a case which would take over his life and for which he would become most famous. The case involved a deteriorating Essex house called Borley Rectory.

It would be during Price’s investigations of Borley Rectory that he would become the best-known and most accomplished of the early ghost hunters, setting the standard for those who would follow. He carefully documented both his findings and methods and established a blueprint for paranormal investigations.

http://www.prairieghosts.com/brectory.ht...

Answer 7

http://www.harryprice.co.uk/Borley/Moder...

Answer 8

Here are some intersting titles for you to read with views from both sides on the occurances at Borley, The most Haunted House in England & The End of Borley Rectory both by Harry Price, The Haunting of Borley Rectory by E J Dingwall, K M Goldney, & TH Hall.  There is an interesting piece in The Haunted Realm by Simon Marsden, which includes photographic phenomena taken by the author on his visit.

You might enjoy Haunted Britain by Antony D Hippisly Coxe which provides a tour from Lands End to John O Groates of every supernatural occurance, myth & legend, complete with directions from one place to the next.

I cant seem to find any reference to museum pieces from Borley in any of my collection, but if I find any I will let you know.

Good luck

BTW there have been reports of activity in the church yard and other areas since the demolition of the rectory itself actually!

Answer 9

I think I remember reading that the whole Borley Rectory thing was a hoax. The investigator Harry Price was supposed to have been in on the scam. Mysterious stones were thrown and an independent observer asked Harry Price to turn out his pockets and discovered - the same stones. etc.

Answer 10

Borley Rectory was constructed near Borley Church by the Reverend Henry Dawson Ellis Bull in 1862,[3] and he moved in a year after being named rector of the parish[4]. The large brick building was built in a style influenced by Pugin, that replaced the rather earlier Georgian house built for a Reverend Herringham, which Henry Bull demolished. The rectory would eventually be enlarged to house a family of 14 children.



Borley Rectory in 1892The church dates from the 12th century and serves a rather scattered rural community making up the parish. There are several substantial farmhouses, and the fragmentary remains of Borley Hall, once the seat of the Waldegrave family. Ghost-hunters like to quote the legend[citation needed] of a Benedictine monastery supposedly built in this area about 1362, according to which a monk from the monastery carried on a relationship with a nun from a nearby convent. After their affair was discovered, the monk was executed and the nun bricked up alive in the convent walls. It was confirmed in 1938[citation needed] that this legend had no historical basis and seems to have been invented by the rector's children to romanticise their red-brick rectory. The story of the walling up of the nun was probably taken from a novel by Rider Haggard.

[edit] Hauntings

The first known reports of paranormal events date from about 1863. At this time, a few locals reported hearing unexplained footsteps within the house. On 28 July 1900, four of the daughters of the rector reported seeing what they thought was the ghost of a nun from 40 yards' distance near the house in twilight: they tried to talk to it, but it disappeared as they got nearer.[5] Various people would witness a variety of puzzling incidents, such as a phantom coach driven by two headless horsemen, through the next four decades. Henry Dawson Ellis Bull died in 1892 and his son, the Reverend Harry Bull, took over the living.[6] In 1911, he married a younger divorcee, Ivy, and the couple moved with her daughter to nearby Borley Place until 1920 (when he took over the rectory), while his unmarried sisters moved to Chilton Lodge a few miles away.

On 9 June 1927, the rector, Harry Bull, died and the rectory again became vacant.[7] In the following year, on 2 October,[8] the Reverend Guy Eric Smith and his wife moved into the home. One day, soon after moving in, Mrs Smith was cleaning out a cupboard when she came across a brown paper package, inside which was the skull of a young woman.[9] Shortly after, the family would report a variety of incidents including the sounds of bells ringing, lights appearing in windows, windows shattering, unexplained footsteps, and their daughter was locked in a room with no key. In addition, Mrs Smith saw a horse-drawn carriage at night. The Smiths contacted The Daily Mirror to ask them to put them in touch with the Society for Psychical Research. On 10 June 1929, the newspaper sent a reporter who promptly wrote the first of a series of articles detailing the mysteries of Borley. The paper also arranged for Harry Price, a paranormal researcher, to make his first visit to the place that would ultimately make his name famous. He arrived on 12 June.[10] Immediately, objective "phenomena" of a new kind appeared, such as the throwing of stones, a vase and other objects. "Spirit messages" were tapped out from the frame of a mirror.