The Enigma of Borley Rectory

The Borley mystery has to be one of the most spine chilling post and pre war ghost stories ever. Harry Price who was a devoted ghost hunter made the Rectory an almost life work. But with good reason as the Victorian monolith seemed to be doomed right from when it was built in 1863. Henry Bull had the large Rectory built on the site of the previous rectory of which little is known. The Bull family really seemed to be a catlyst of the later hauntings even long after there deaths. The range of the hauntings would scare even the most hardened ghost hunter and parasicologyst. From wall writings to a flying brick to furniture being thrown about in an empty building. Then there was the Ghost walk in the rear walled gardens to the fire instigated by Captain Gregson who was the final owner. The Author digs deep into the history of the Rectory and it's many residents with great chilling detail. But most interesting is the 'Locked Book' which was written by Sidney Glanville before his death. This book was said to have a complete record of the hauntings and was sold. Off to a rich American to the Glanville family could pay off there debts, or that the book was stolen from the family ?. There is no doubt that though this book tries to solve the mystery that it still only skims the surface. Maybe the owner of the 'Locked book' might have it in there hands to finally solve the mystery ??.

Another Price Spoof (1/1 people found this helpful)

All Ivan Banks has done is look at work from other Borley books and come up with a way of supporting Harry Price's evidence. According to Richard Morris' excellent Harry Price: The Psychic Detective, there's a letter in Harry's archive at the University of London which he wrote to the theologian Sir Arnold Lunn admitting the writing on walls at the rectory was the work of Marianne Foyster. A few years later, when Harry was short of money, he changed his story and made out it was the work of a ghostly nun.

Excellent detail down to the most minuet. (11/12 people found this helpful)

As the summary of this excellent monograph dedicated to the Borley hauntings states on the nack cover, it is '...one of the most historical, compelling and investigative books about Borley yet.' The book attepts and completes much historical research into such people as the Bull family and inparticular, the Katie Boreham mystery and the 'screaming girl.' It stands steadfast on neutral ground between complete sceptisism and uncritcal belief. The case of Harry Price is handled with much meloncholy and does not completely dismiss the hauntings as a fraud )in similarity to Trevor Hall) but does not rule it out. As the author states, 'Borley will blend into folklore long after we are all dust in the ground.'

Most exciting and fasinating book i ever read, I believe it (0/15 people found this helpful)

Has i am a medium and a spiritral reader, in my line of work i believe the book to be true and every thing that is mensioned in this book really happened. I think to my self that the place [Borley Rectory] should even now be investagated because i think there,s more to come. Borley Rectory has not finished it's haunting YET? PS.....I think that it has a lot to do with the tree's and there ENIGMA.

BEST BEST and EVEN BETTER (2/13 people found this helpful)

This is the best book I have ever read in my life it is packed with true facts and the history of borley. It is also the most historical and compelling book on borley yet. I have visited borley and it is very misteroius. The book is very accuarate, it has many thories on borley. They write the book in so much detail. THE BOOK IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Enigma of Borley Rectory

Ivan Banks

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