The Borley Rectory haunting investigations

Record summary

Reports of apparitions, inscriptions, bells, thrown objects, and other disturbances at Borley Rectory became internationally famous after the building was investigated by Harry Price and later by the Society for Psychical Research. Price’s 1940 book presented the site as a major haunting, but subsequent SPR analysis criticized aspects of his methods and documentation. The case matters for comparing folklore, witness memory, investigative publicity, alleged fraud, and institutional skepticism. The rectory burned in 1939, and the surviving evidence consists largely of testimony, records, photographs, and contested interpretations.