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(Some ghost)		250 years ago this month, a London ghost claimed to have been murdered in what was to become a nationwide scandal (ianvisits.co.uk)		26
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phyrkrakr

2012-01-04 10:21:23 AM

Who ya gonna call?

cscanlon7

2012-01-04 10:22:20 AM

Stabone33

2012-01-04 10:24:19 AM

dittybopper

2012-01-04 10:24:34 AM

Was the ghost carrying a Cherokee tomahawk?

Jake Havechek

2012-01-04 10:26:11 AM

Hoax.

karnal

2012-01-04 10:28:12 AM

Cock Lane? Isn't that just down from Ragged Ass Road?

cptjeff

2012-01-04 10:28:20 AM

I'd show her my cock lane ghost...

\Got nothin'.

Lesbian Trapped in a Mans Body

2012-01-04 10:30:24 AM

It's funny to think that people back in those days believed in things like ghosts, spirits and the afterlife.

Oh, wait.........

Slaxl

2012-01-04 10:35:40 AM

I went looking for more info and I came across this on the wiki

He told the court about his relationship with Fanny and of her resurrection as "Scratching Fanny" (so-called because of the scratching noises made by the "ghost")

See that's funny to me because here in Britain a fanny is... the front one, not the bottom. So scratching fanny does sound like a medieval name for something... something uncomfortable. It helps that I have the sense of humour of an 11 year old.

bdub77

2012-01-04 10:35:58 AM

A ghost was murdered? That sounds improbable.

NobleHam

2012-01-04 10:36:24 AM

250 years ago this month, a sickly girl trolled a whole city.

MBooda

2012-01-04 10:37:41 AM

Funny things happen in London lanes.
www.ghostofaflea.com

KatjaMouse

2012-01-04 10:40:50 AM

And the moral of the story is... pay your debts and be a responsible parent.

special20

2012-01-04 10:42:59 AM

Cock Lane's Scratching Fanny

furterfan

2012-01-04 10:46:43 AM

karnal: Cock Lane? Isn't that just down from Ragged Ass Road?

London street names got a lot more basic than that.

back in the 1600's there was a gropecnut lane (small typo to get past the word filter) in the city of London, which was known as a place to pick up 'ladies of horizontal exercise'

HZS9PK

2012-01-04 10:48:20 AM

Subby, for crying out loud, you've got cock and Fanny in the article and you didn't use either in the headline!

Agent Smiths Laugh

2012-01-04 11:02:31 AM

HZS9PK: Subby, for crying out loud, you've got cock and Fanny in the article and you didn't use either in the headline!

Subby failed...failed bad!

drew is pedal

2012-01-04 11:04:53 AM

I read the article twice and ftill dont get the gist of it, anyone care to explain?

dittybopper

2012-01-04 11:09:45 AM

drew is pedal: I read the article twice and ftill dont get the gist of it, anyone care to explain?

Sometimeʃ you juʃt have to know what iʃ going on, and having someone give you the giʃt of the article iʃn't going to help your comprehenʃion.

Mr Guy

2012-01-04 11:10:12 AM

HZS9PK: Subby, for crying out loud, you've got cock and Fanny in the article and you didn't use either in the headline!

Something tells me, most of the readers here haven't REALLY used either in their life, let alone the headline.

Walker

2012-01-04 11:36:14 AM

Cock lane huh huh huh huh huh huh
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Spiralmonkey

2012-01-04 12:21:02 PM

So who haunts Fartfrompoopen Road, Fannie, Arkansas?

Monkey MKIII

2012-01-04 12:38:44 PM

phyrkrakr: Who ya gonna call?

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Cockblockers?

Oznog

2012-01-04 12:48:57 PM

I now call as my witness... the Ghost That Never Lies.

darthdrafter

2012-01-04 12:53:01 PM

This article proves to me that 250 years ago, graphic artists couldn't draw a decent text bubble to save their life.

netringer

2012-01-04 01:34:11 PM

drew is pedal: I read the article twice and ftill dont get the gist of it, anyone care to explain?

I went back and re-read like four times. The key evidently is that the landlord Parson's daughter is also named Elizabeth - Elizabeth Parsons. Not that the writer thought it was necessary to say that or anything. The first dead wife is named Elizabeth Kent.

"The sounds emanated from Elizabeth." Well, that clears it up.

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