Curious Britain

20 | The Strange Case of Mary Jobson: The Sunderland Poltergeist


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Explore one of the most little-known and unsettling cases of poltergeist activity ever to take place in the UK. This is the case of 12-year-old Mary Jobson from Sunderland, who was brought almost to the brink of death by a series of disembodied phenomena which could not be easily explained away. Where did the music come from? And was she really hearing the voice of God?

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Sources:
A Faithful Record of the Miraculous Case of Mary Jobson by W.R Clanny
The Sunderland Echo, December 1950
The Yorkshire Post, June 27, 1932
Newcastle Chronicle September 19 1874  

Music: "Night Vigil" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Curious BritainBy Melissa & Prash