Borley Rectory Haunting Investigations

Record summary

Reports associated with Borley Rectory included bells, thrown objects, writing, apparitions, and alleged unexplained damage. Harry Price investigated the property during the 1930s, and his books helped establish it as a major modern haunting narrative. The case is valuable for studying witness testimony, media amplification, investigator intervention, and the interaction between an allegedly haunted building and its owners or occupants. Later research, including work by the Society for Psychical Research, challenged important parts of Price’s presentation and proposed conventional explanations for several incidents.