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Victoria Helen McCrae Duncan (née MacFarlane, 25 November 1897 – 6 December 1956) was a Scottish medium best known as the last person to be imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act 1735 (9 Geo. 2. c. c.
Helen Smart (nee Don-Duncan; 9 June 1981 – 12 August 2023) [1] was an English competitive swimmer and backstroke specialist. [2] Swimming career.
Helen Margaret Duncan (May 3, 1910 – August 14, 1971) was a geologist and paleontologist with the United States Geological Survey from 1945 to 1971, where she ...
Helen Duncan (1897–1956) was a Scottish medium best known as the last person to be imprisoned under the British Witchcraft Act 1735 (9 Geo. 2. c. 5). Helen Duncan may also refer to: Helen Duncan (politician) (1941–2007), member of the New Zealand House of Representatives; Helen M. Duncan (1910–1971), United States geologist and paleontologist
The Witches' Well is a monument to accused witches burned at the stake in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the only one of its kind in the city. [1]The memorial drinking fountain is attached to a wall at the lower end of the Castle Esplanade, below Edinburgh Castle, and located close to where many witches were burned at the stake. [2]
Helen Patricia Duncan MNZM (7 November 1941 – 6 February 2007) was a New Zealand politician and a member of the Labour Party. Early years.
Yorke's case demonstrated that, following the earlier trial of Helen Duncan, the Director of Public Prosecutions had decided that the Witchcraft Act 1735 was still useful in dealing with cases involving mediums. Although the Act was used as a threat in several subsequent cases, the last in 1950, this was the last in which someone was actually ...
Helen Duncan with a roll of cheesecloth. In 1931, the National Laboratory of Psychical Research took on its most illustrious case. £50 was paid to the medium Helen Duncan so that she could be examined under scientific conditions. [53] Price was sceptical of Duncan and had her perform a number of test séances.