– From the book “Ghost Hunters” by Deborah Blum, pg 188 “In reply received from Mrs W the sad, but to me not unexpected, intelligence that her husband was dead.” But now he was afraid that it wasn’t an illusion.Īfter hurrying home, he wrote the letter and sent it anyway. “Treating the matter as an illusion, I went on with my composition.” The same voice spoke again, this time louder with some impatience, “What, write to a dead man write to a dead man?”Īgain, he turned around. There was only the fading light glazing on the grasses with gold. The clergyman turned hastily around, expecting to see someone behind him. He had barely begun when a voice spoke sharply in his ear: “What, write to a dead man write to a dead man?” He was composing in his head a congratulatory letter to a good friend whose birthday would be two days later, on August 20, 1874. From “Ghost Hunters” by Deborah Blum, documentation of crisis apparitions compiled originally for “ Phan tasms of the Living “ published 1886Ī British clergyman was taking a summer evening walk over the downs near Marlcombe Hill.
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