Paul Weatherhead
British author of Weird Calderdale, Demonic Lancashire and Phantoms of Christmas Past, writing on the strange history and ghost folklore of Northern England.
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Oct 4, 2026
Paul WeatherheadGUEST
Lancashire Seven's a strange story because it's one of the few cases of mass demonic possession that happened in England.
Paul WeatherheadGUEST
And if you do a bit of reading around it, there are some cases of nuns in France where it was a whole convent or a group of nuns in a convent.
Paul WeatherheadGUEST
Possession wasn't much of a thing in England, but the Lancashire Servant is England's best case of mass demonic possession.
Paul WeatherheadGUEST
And it started with the Starkey family, who had a house called Cleworth Hall somewhere near Leigh in Lancashire.
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