The Original Ghost Hunter: The Terrifying Cases That Made Harry Price Famous

The Original Ghost Hunter: The Terrifying Cases That Made Harry Price Famous

Every strange occurrence.

Price called it a scientific investigation.

Critics called it a publicity stunt.

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Either way, the world was watching.

The Nun Nobody Could Explain

Among all the reports from Borley Rectory, one story stood out.

The ghostly nun.

Witnesses claimed to see a dark figure moving silently through the grounds.

Sometimes the figure appeared at a distance.

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Sometimes it vanished before anyone could approach.

Stories circulated that the nun had been murdered centuries earlier.

Others claimed she had been buried alive behind the walls.

No evidence was ever found to support these legends.

Yet sightings continued.

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The mystery became one of the most famous ghost stories in British history.

Was Harry Price Being Haunted… Or Doing The Haunting?

As Price’s fame grew, so did the criticism.

Some investigators accused him of exaggerating events.

Others believed he may have staged some phenomena himself.