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[[File:Cock lane ghost.png|250px|thumb|alt=A monochrome illustration of a narrow street, viewed from a corner, or intersection. A large three-storey building is visible on the right of the image. The ground floor has three windows, the first and second floors have two windows each. The roof appears to contain a row of windows, for a loft space. The word "KING" is written between the first and second floors, and a sign, "(contracted; show full)

==Exposure==
With [[Lord Dartmouth]] Aldrich began to draw together the people who would be involved in his investigation.  They chose the matron of a local [[Lying-in Hospital|lying-in hospital]] as principal [[lady-in-waiting]], the critic and controversialist Bishop [[John Douglas (
Anglican bishop)|John Douglas]], and Dr George Macaulay.  A Captain Wilkinson was also included on the committee; he had attended one séance armed with a pistol and stick; the former to shoot the source of the knocking, and the latter to make his escape (the ghost had remained silent on that occasion).  James Penn and John Moore were also on the committee, but its most prominent member was Dr [[Samuel Johnson]],<ref>{{Harvnb|Grant|1965|pp=56–57}}</ref> who documented the séance, held on 1&nbsp;Februa(contracted; show full)[[Category:Hoaxes in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:History of the City of London]]
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[[fr:Fantôme de Cock Lane]]
[[ja:コック・レーンの幽霊]]