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Date Posted: Tuesday, June 29, 11:16:26 GMT-4
Author: liz
Subject: Re: essex ghosts
In reply to: SPECTRE 's message, "Re: essex ghosts" on Monday, June 14, 06:43:58 GMT-4

>>'Matthew Hopkins' was the Witchfinder General and his
>>reign of terror started near Manningtree, where he
>>examined Elizabeth Clarke, a poor one-legged old woman
>>in the Thorn Inn, Mistley in 1644. By July of the
>>following year, Hopkins had condemned 29 others to die
>>for Witchcraft in what is known as the 'Chelmsford
>>Trials'. Ten of them were hanged in Chelmsford whilst
>>the other nineteen suffered the same fate at Seafield
>>Bay.
>>Having just moved to Chelmsford myself, I find the
>>history of the place fascinating and indeed it is hard
>>to find a better place for 'Ghost Hunting' than in
>>Essex. If any of you are interested in maybe starting
>>a small group of us that would like to persue this
>>subject, then we may be able to start some sort of
>>group. E-mail me if you are interested.
>>If you have cable or satelite TV, tune into Living TV
>>over the Easter weekend. The Most Haunted TV
>>programme is live from Canewdon and they will have
>>webcams set up throughout the village each evening.
>>They are on the trial of Matthew Hopkins. Should make
>>for some interesting TV.
>>As I said, if you would like to form a group contact
>>me, it would great to hear from you.
>HELLO, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN JOINING A GROUP, I
>LIVE IN CHELMSFORD TOO!

I would like to find out if there is a local group to me, I live in Witham.

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