Helen Duncan made a living from conducting séances—until her uncanny knowledge of classified World War II tragedies spooked British authorities.
Helen MacFarlane Duncan was a Scottish medium best known as the last person to be imprisoned under the British Witchcraft Act of 1735. During her act, seen here, she would produce ectoplasm from her mouth and nose—although skeptics said it was likely cheesecloth. On March 23, 1944, deep into World War II, crowds filed into London’s Old Bailey, just as they had for two centuries.
By 1926, Hellish Nell—whose name changed after she married Henry Duncan in 1916—was working as a medium, first in Dundee, Scotland, and then across the country, to support her growing family, which would eventually include six children. Price’s conclusion did not deter her fans, however. They scrambled to attend her séances, even as Britain careened once more toward war.
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