The Archive · 1938

Mysterious Fire

Once more the form of the dead rector appeared. Fire broke out my-seriously in the skirting-board and floor on one side of a disused bedroom. The crowning manifestation came when Mrs. Robinson, lying ill in bed, was tossed upon the floor with the mattress on top of her; this occurred' three times in one morning.

Other unaccountable things happened: pepper was thrown in the eyes of the rector and his wife; one night Mr. Robinson awoke to receive a hará crack on the head from his own hairbrush; on another occasion ware: from the ewer was poured slowly over the sleepers. Other people, besides the rector and his wife, witnessed some of the occurrences. r. Price has now a vast dossier.

case is documented fully, his statements are marshalled, and he has evidence from many independent sources. He believes that his book will be the complete record of the most inexplicable case in the history of British psychical investigation.

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