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

Tonight’s highlights Secret History ' (Channel 4,9 pm) - In 1944 Helen Duncan was charged with pretending to ..

... Tonight’s highlights Secret History ' (Channel 4,9 pm) - In 1944 Helen Duncan was charged with pretending to “exercise.or -, use a-kind of conjuration of spirits of decéased persons, contrary to’ section’a of the Witchcraft-Act,” | 1735: The trial ...

Published: Monday 20 July 1998
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 305 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

Of. 3 At Aberdeen, the Rev. Mr Gilbert Gerard, minifter of the Englifh church in Amfterdam, to Mifs Helen Duncan,

... Of. 3 At Aberdeen, the Rev. Mr Gilbert Gerard, minifter of the Englifh church in Amfterdam, to Mifs Helen Duncan, daugh- ter of John Duncan, Efa; late Provolt of Aberdeen 8. At the manfe of Cardrofs, Thomas Babbington, Efg; of Ruthly Temple, Lei- cefterthire ...

Published: Monday 01 October 1787
Newspaper: The Scots Magazine
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 89 | Page: 48 | Tags: none

r„4,, . Helen Duncan, who works at the Queenswav factory, moves the horses along the track for punters visiting ..

... r„4,, . Helen Duncan, who works at the Queenswav factory, moves the horses along the track for punters visiting tile fete and children's sports organised by the Sports and Social Club of Thomas Potterton Ltd. The event was held on the company's sports ...

Published: Monday 06 July 1970
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 47 | Page: 25 | Tags: none

SEANCE TRIAL: MRS. DUNCAN MRS. HELEN DUNCAN throughout Ordain as ' a spiritualist medium , collapsed moaning in ..

... SEANCE TRIAL: MRS. DUNCAN MRS. HELEN DUNCAN throughout Ordain as ' a spiritualist medium , collapsed moaning in the Old SENTENCED Bailey dock today when the Recorder. Sir Gerald Godson, sentenced her to nine months' imprisonment for her part in the Witchcraft ...

Published: Monday 03 April 1944
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 190 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Mrs Helen Duncan and Family wish to thank all relatives, friends ; . and neighbours for their kind expressions of

... Mrs Helen Duncan and Family wish to thank all relatives, friends ; . and neighbours for their kind expressions of sympathy. extended to them, by cards, phone calls and floral tributes, during their sad loss. Grateful thanks to Ambulance Crew and Staff ...

Published: Thursday 13 April 1995
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 80 | Page: 24 | 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