斯托克韋爾騷靈事件

斯托克韋爾騷靈事件是指1772年發生在斯托克韋爾的一起騷靈事件。此事件在後來被揭穿為一場騙局。^[1]^[2]^[3]

據報道，1772年1月6日，戈爾丁夫人家裏的杯子、碟子和盤子莫名其妙的從架子上掉落，而家裏的食物則被胡亂扔到房間四處，房子周圍也聽到了異常猛烈的噪音。戈爾丁決定到她的鄰居那裏避難並尋求幫助，但家裏發生的怪事卻依然沒有停止。但後來人們注意到，只有當她的僕人安·羅賓遜在場時，這些奇怪的事情才會出現，而當她的這位僕人被解僱後，奇怪的現象就徹底消失了。^[4]^[5]儘管羅賓遜行為可疑，但許多年來，公眾對該案件的解釋要麼是惡作劇要麼就是巫術所為。^[4]

威廉·霍恩（英語：William Hone）在他的《每日一書》(1825)中透露，安·羅賓遜後來承認她偽造了所謂的騷靈事件。她使用馬鬃和電線來移動陶器，並故意將其他東西亂扔，然後製造噪音。^[4]^[5]嘉芙蓮·克勞（英語：Catherine Crowe）在1848年出版的《自然之夜》中把斯托克韋爾騷靈事件當做一個完全真實的騷靈事件來描述，^[6]在書中她也並沒有引用霍恩所記錄的關於騙局的證詞。^[7]

參見

騷靈現象

參考資料

^ Mackay, Charles. (1852). Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Volume 2. London: Office of the National Illustrated Library. pp. 234-235
^ Chancellor, Edwin Beresford. (1926). Lost London: Being a Description of Landmarks which Have Disappeared. London: Chiswick Press. pp. 107-109
^ Walton, Geri. (2014). "Stockwell Ghost". Retrieved 2 June 2017.
^ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Hone, William. (1878 edition, originally published 1825). The Every Day Book. London: William Tegg. pp. 31-35
^ ^5.0 ^5.1 Roud, Steve. (2010). London Lore: The Legends and Traditions of the World's Most Vibrant City. Arrow. pp. 414-415. ISBN 978-0099519867
^ Crowe, Catherine. (1848). The Night Side of Nature. Volume 2. London : T.C. Newby. pp. 240-256
^ Anonymous. (1850). The Philosophy of Apparitions. British Quarterly Review 12: 395.

延伸閱讀

An Authentic, Candid, and Circumstantial Narrative of the Astonishing Transactions at Stockwell （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館） (1809)

[1] Mackay, Charles. (1852). Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Volume 2. London: Office of the National Illustrated Library. pp. 234-235

[2] Chancellor, Edwin Beresford. (1926). Lost London: Being a Description of Landmarks which Have Disappeared. London: Chiswick Press. pp. 107-109

[3] Walton, Geri. (2014). "Stockwell Ghost". Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[Hone_1878-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Hone, William. (1878 edition, originally published 1825). The Every Day Book. London: William Tegg. pp. 31-35

[Roud_2010-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Roud, Steve. (2010). London Lore: The Legends and Traditions of the World's Most Vibrant City. Arrow. pp. 414-415. ISBN 978-0099519867

[6] Crowe, Catherine. (1848). The Night Side of Nature. Volume 2. London : T.C. Newby. pp. 240-256

[7] Anonymous. (1850). The Philosophy of Apparitions. British Quarterly Review 12: 395.

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