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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)

[[File:Cock lane ghost wooden board.jpg|right|thumb|upright|alt=An illustration of an oblong and vaguely human-shaped piece of wood, viewed from the top, and a
n plan view diagram of the haunted room.|The piece of wood used by Elizabeth Parsons, and a map of the haunted room, as illustrated in 1762]]
Another séance on 3 February saw the knocking continue unabated, but by then Parsons was in an extremely difficult—and serious—situation.  Keen to prove the ghost was not an imposture he allowed his daughter to be examined at a house on [[Strand, London|The Strand]] from 7–10 February, and at another house in [[Covent Garden]] from 14 Februar(contracted; show full)[[Category:History of the City of London]]
[[Category:Crime in London]]
[[Category:18th century in London]]
[[Category:18th-century hoaxes]]

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[[fr:Fantôme de Cock Lane]]
[[ja:コック・レーンの幽霊]]