A reviewer for the Society for Psychical Research, Tom Ruffles returns to old cases with a careful eye. At Raynham Hall, he took up G.V.C. Herbert's 1937 report on the Brown Lady photograph, rediscovered by Alan Murdie in 2006. Ruffles argued that several of Herbert's anomalies were simply flash reflections. In Battersea, reviewing Shirley's 2013 memoir, he judged it more likely she was actively and consciously involved, since Donald's demands served her. And at Meadow Cottage in Dodleston, he recorded how the SPR investigation fizzled. No report was filed.
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The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall photograph
36Partially documented
Researcher who re-examined the SPR report
The Battersea Poltergeist: "Donald" of 63 Wycliffe Road
20Thinly documented
Reviewed the 2013 book for the SPR, arguing for conscious involvement by Shirley
Pro earlyThe Penyffordd Farm haunting ("Brother Doli"), Treuddyn
30Partially documented
Critic who reviewed the case and Daniels' investigation