Vincent said that Helen Duncan slipped into a trance-like state before the ectoplasm poured from her mouth. His dead wife then materialised from the ectoplasmic matter and asked Vincent and his ...

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 ...

The story of Helen Duncan, who was jailed for witchcraft ... At the shows, she wowed audiences by producing “ectoplasm” from her mouth. She appeared to summon her spirit guide, Peggy, who ...

A British high court last week upheld the conviction of a Scotswoman charged with practicing witchcraft. To jail for nine months, technically as a violator of a 1735 law forbidding ...

He took photos of Duncan's supposed 'ectoplasm' - the supernatural substance ... Four of them, including UK-based Anne, Sheila and Helen, speak in the series. All three believe in the existence ...

Helen Duncan One of the most intriguing items is ‘ectoplasm’ which was said to be produced by Duncan during a séance in 1950. The ‘silk scarf’ like material sits alongside a spirit ...

Helen Duncan, also known as Hellish Nell, photographed by a psychic investigator. The "ectoplasm" was later derided as fake and made from cheesecloth.

Nellie Duncan's missives from the other side caused a wartime scandal – leading to a trial Churchill dubbed ‘obsolete tomfoolery’ Jump to content UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...

Helen Duncan died in 1956 - the result, claim her supporters, of police yet again disturbing one of her seances. Spiritualists believe that sudden interference can cause the ectoplasm to recoil ...

Duncan initially faced fairly minor charges relating to fortune-telling, astrology and spiritualism under the section 4 of the Vagrancy Act of 1824, according to History Hit, but it was her 1941 ...

Jailed: The last woman to be convicted of witchcraft in Britain was Helen Duncan, pictured here with "ectoplasm" (Image: Rex) Vincent Woodcock was one man who said Helen Duncan changed his life.