Harry Price, a showman and psychic researcher, investigated Borley Rectory, a large, red-brick house in rural Essex, which was known for its ghostly figures and spectral messages.
The house had a reputation as one of the most haunted in England by the 1930s, with nearby villagers reporting strange occurrences.
Price's investigation turned Borley Rectory into a national sensation, making him a celebrity and adding to the British obsession with the paranormal.
Its infamy as a haunted house hasn’t gone away
Author's summary: Harry Price investigated Britain's most haunted house, Borley Rectory.