Name |
About |
Job |
Role |
Sex |
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The word "thugs" originates from Hindi and Sanskrit word, and here is referenced to suggest a group of organized criminals. |
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group |
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Stone, George W. |
Stone is the author of Electro-Biology: or, the Electrical science of life |
|
showman |
M |
Hayden, Maria B. |
Maria B. Hayden was an American medium who gained popularity in England during the 1850s. |
|
medium |
F |
Wordsworth, William |
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|
poet |
M |
Parsons, Elizabeth |
Elizabeth Parsons was the child involved in the Cock Lane Ghost story. Parsons rappings drew the attention of the neighborhood, though eventually it was discovered she was fabricating the story, possibly at the behest of her father. |
|
medium child |
F |
Lynes, Fanny |
Fanny Lynes was the woman supposed to be haunting the Parsons' home. It has been suggested that Lynes was poisoned with arsenic, though this cannot be confirmed. |
|
ghost |
F |
Robinson, J. |
|
|
spiritualist author |
U |
Fox, |
|
|
family |
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Culvern, |
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|
family |
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Brown, |
|
|
reporter |
M |
Thompson, |
|
|
reporter |
M |
King, Horatio Nelson |
King was identified using the Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2013. |
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photographer |
M |
Black Shag, |
|
|
ghost |
M |
Schweim, |
|
|
ghost |
M |
Crowe, Catherine |
Catherine Crowe was a spiritualist and author. |
|
author |
F |
Spring Rice, Thomas |
Thomas Rice was an Irish politician |
|
politician |
M |
Russell, John |
Lord John Russell was British Prime Minister (Whig) from 1846 - 1852, and again from 1865 to 1866. |
Prime Minister |
politician |
M |
Brougham, Henry Peter |
Lord Henry Brougham was a Whig politician and lord chancellor of England from 1830 - 1834 |
Lord Chancellor |
politician |
M |
Nelson, Horatio |
Horatio Nelson was a Naval official known for his death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. |
Vice Admiral of the Royal Navy |
admiral |
M |
Paine, Thomas |
Thomas Paine was the author of the pamphlet Common Sense. |
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writer |
M |
Wood, Matthew |
Matthew Wood was a mayor of London from 1815-1817. |
|
mayor |
M |
Jones, George |
George Jones was a Coldstream Guard, possibly part of the Buckingham House Guard. |
|
guard |
M |
Donkin, Richard |
Richard Donkin was a Coldstream Guard, possibly part of the Buckingham House Guard. |
|
guard |
M |
Ford, Richard |
Sir Richard Ford was a police magistrate in London during the early 1800s. |
|
magistrate |
M |
Stafford, |
|
|
clerk |
M |
Ady, Joseph |
Joseph Ady was a famous fraudster in London. |
|
fraudster |
M |