[colorado tanker]

The Witchcraft Act of 1735 did not prohibit the practice of witchcraft per se, but rather criminalized claiming a person has magical powers or was practicing witchcraft. It was enacted by the British Enlightenment Aristocracy to force the poor ignorant commoners to quit believing in witchcraft.

It turned out later that the Barham secret was leaked by a secretary of the First Lord of the Admiralty to an official in another ministry. Pillow talk?

A photo someone snapped at one of Mrs. Duncan's seances, where you see the "spirits" she summoned were dolls.

It was finally repealed in 1951.

[Tax-chick]

Very impressive “phantoms”!

[henkster]

For some reason Mrs. Duncan's phantoms remind me of this guy:

Indy's own "Sammy Terry," host of "Nightmare Theater" on Friday nights. I'm sure Mrs. Duncan was his inspiration. By the way, it wasn't until I was in college that realized that "Sammy Terry" was a play on "cemetary" when one of my friends pointed it out to me. I felt like a total dumbass.