Spectral Evidence: The Chilling Case of Anne Walker’s Ghost | A Notorious November Episode
News of the Times | Episode 579 | 1631
In 1630s County Durham, the dead didn’t just whisper… they testified.
This is the gothic true crime story of Anne Walker — a young servant girl who vanished, only for her ghost to return, describe her murder, name her killers, and send shockwaves through a superstitious society. Incredibly, the courts listened. And a conviction followed.
In an era before fingerprints or forensics, “spectral evidence” was taken seriously — and in this case, it led to the gallows. Was it justice? Superstition? Or something stranger still?
Join us as we uncover a forgotten case where the veil between life and death thinned just enough… for a voice to cross it.
🕯️ Part of our Notorious November series exploring infamous, eerie, and unjust cases from the past.
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If you think a ghost naming her killer is the strangest thing you’ll hear today, wait until a reaper with a sickle meets a Welsh clergyman, a vanishing horseman, and a suspiciously well-timed “Amen.”
There’s divine intervention, roadside skulduggery, and possibly the politest haunting on ecclesiastical record. The Lord moves in mysterious ways. So, it seems, do mysterious men on white horses.
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