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Atthe centre of it all was Helen Duncan, born in Callander in 1897, an otherwise ordinaryif severely overweight ..

... Atthe centre of it all was Helen Duncan, born in Callander in 1897, an otherwise ordinaryif severely overweight mother of six and sometime bleachworks employee,whobetween thewarsattracted alarge following as aspiritualist medium, travelling around Britain ...

Published: Saturday 27 July 2002
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 176 | Page: 39 | Tags: none

Colmer has no doubt that Helen Duncan was a gifted medium, and a martyr to the spiritualist cause. Cambridge ..

... Colmer has no doubt that Helen Duncan was a gifted medium, and a martyr to the spiritualist cause. Cambridge historian Malcolm Gaskill, however, believes the woman nicknamed “Hellish Nell” (not through any Satanic dabblings but because of her childhood ...

Published: Saturday 27 July 2002
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 83 | Page: 39 | Tags: none

Pharmacy - Honours - Ist Class - Lisa Helen Duncan. Bachelor of Science - Alexander Robert Maclean. s Pharmacy -

... Pharmacy - Honours - Ist Class - Lisa Helen Duncan. Bachelor of Science - Alexander Robert Maclean. s Pharmacy - Honours - Ist Class - mm%&m stone, Clare &hr:m gor, Donna Robin Murfl Catriona Alison A hnetialib, Selena A 1 mhd.hunlhhemudn Sarah .Brown ...

Published: Wednesday 04 July 2001
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 106 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Helen Duncan: limprisoned for witchcraft Hello Bollywood We're lapping up Indian films, but can the magical ..

... Helen Duncan: limprisoned for witchcraft Hello Bollywood We're lapping up Indian films, but can the magical musicals change with the times? - - Fake fakir or medium rare, will the late Helen Duncan ever receive a pardon? Poet in the pink Having long since ...

Published: Saturday 27 July 2002
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 102 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Britain has never really made up its mind whether Helen Duncan was a good witch or a bad fraud, writes

... Britain has never really made up its mind whether Helen Duncan was a good witch or a bad fraud, writes Anna Carey IN 1944 a large Scottish woman called Helen Duncan sat in the Old Bailey. A famed medium, Duncan made her living conducting seances in which ...

Published: Sunday 22 April 2001
Newspaper: Sunday Tribune
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 629 | Page: 90 | Tags: none

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... urgently to promote brands D u blin. SupermartriVs across Experience and transport desirable. V. Competitive rates. Contact Helen Duncan at The Achievers Group on OMB 3113 2622 or email helerygachltiv•r•group.le Immediate vacancies In Dublin South starting ...

Published: Sunday 13 July 2003
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 43 | Page: 77 | Tags: none

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... medium Helen Duncan was prosecuted under a witchcraft statute | dating from 1735. Campaigners for her pardon are now looking to the European Court of Human Rights to clear her name, writes Jim Gilchrist ometimes the dead come back. Helen Duncan, fraudulent ...

Published: Saturday 27 July 2002
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 213 | Page: 38 | Tags: none

Weird sister

... Weird sister How Helen Duncan became the last woman in. Britain to be convicted under unjust, outmoded witchcraft laws Hair of the dog? After the hubbub of another busy festive period has died down, find out how to beat those hangover blues ...

Published: Tuesday 02 January 2001
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 42 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

S2TUESDAY

... S2TUESDAY Helen Duncan: Convicted as a witch in 1944 Rake's progress At 76, Leslie;’Phillib's is still playing the quintessential . English gent with a rapierwit and a twinkle in his eye » | | . Castaways: 4 BBC's guinea pigs one year on . Vorderman: ...

Published: Tuesday 02 January 2001
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 53 | Page: 2 | Tags: none