Ghost stories, although not believed in them, are fascinating for many people.Scotland takes the palm in the number of haunted houses, but it is not the only place in the United Kingdom that has ghostly legends.In London too they had theirs and one of the most famous cases was that of the extraordinary ghost of Cock Lane .He was so well known that even Charles Dickens himself quoted him in three of his works.Join us and discover the story!
The extraordinary ghost of Cock Lane
In the story of the Ghost of Cock Lane , various elements come together that make it different from others: the strict norms of the Methodist church, usury, revenge and parental fear .Although, as you can imagine, everything that happened was a fraud.
The common story It is located in Norfolk, at the beginning of the 60s of the 18th century , with a usurer of the place, called William Kent .This man married Elizabeth Lynes and, when soon I became pregnant, the sister of the girl, Fanny, moved to live with them. Elizabeth died of childbirth and Fanny became pregnant in the house taking care of his nephew and when the child also died, he remained helping his crib. The couple started a relationship , but since they were cradled and also the baby had lived a time, according to the rules of the Methodist Church, they couldn't get married.To continue with their love, they moved to London where they rented a flat in Cock Lane .
The house was close to the Smithfield market and St.Paul's Cathedral. William lent money to his landlord named Richard Parson , that she had an 11-year-old daughter, also called Elizabeth .Fanny got pregnant and Richard, who had to go on a trip, asked Elizabeth Parson to sleep with her in case she felt bad.During the night began to hear squeaking similar to what a cat would do with his and both women explained the next day and the successive ones in which the horrifying sound continued to be heard.The inhabitants of the area, very interested, started talking about the ghost of Cock Lane , until it became famous.The newspapers and magazines of 1762 mention it many times. The girl said she believed that the ghost was William's first wife , although I didn't know why it was manifested.
Actually, it was Elizabeth herself who made the noises to please her father , who took advantage of the stir for blackmail the usurer: either forgive him what he owed or explain to the church that lived in sin with his crib . William and Fanny denounced Richard Parson , leaning on the Anglican church , who did not consider his union sinful. Fanny, before giving birth, died of smallpox , and the Ghost of Cock Lane reappeared. In addition to the sounds, several people saw white shadows in the house and a spiritualist and a priest were called who in a session interrogated the spirits.These, based on blows that meant yes or no, explained that Fanny she had died poisoned with arsenic .The commotion around the case of the ghost of Cock Lane was then enormous and many Londoners believed in him without any doubt a.
Fortunately, a commission was sent led by several honest and rational people who discovered that everything was a farce from Richard Parson to take revenge on the lender William and forced his daughter Elizabeth to make noises.
Richard Parson was sentenced to two years of Prison , but the case was so famous that in addition to Dickens it is mentioned by other authors of the time.It also stoked the controversy between the Methodist and Anglican churches about marriages between cunados.You know the case of the ghost of Cock Lane ? Do you know similar ones? Share them with us! We are great enthusiasts of the stories of spirits.If you like ghost stories, don't stop reading: Are there Real Ghosts? | 3 Chilling Stories.
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