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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)is, the séance was ended.  Frazer and Franzen remained alone in the room, the latter reportedly too terrified to move.  Frazer asked if he would like to pray and was angered when he apparently could not.  The séance resumed and Franzen later returned to his home, where he and his wife were reportedly tormented by the ghost's knocking in their bedchamber.<ref>{{Harvnb|Grant|1965|pp=34–36}}</ref>

==Investigation==
On 20&nbsp;January another séance was held, this time at the home of a Mr
. Bruin, on the corner of nearby Hosier Lane.  Among those attending was a man "extremely desirous of detecting the fraud, and discovering the truth of this mysterious affair", who later sent his account of the night to the ''London Chronicle''.  He arrived with a small party which included Reverend James Penn of [[St Anne and St Agnes|St Ann's]] in [[Aldersgate]].  Inside the house, a member of the group positioned himself against the bed, but was asked by one of the ghost(contracted; show full)
Initially only the ''Public Ledger'' reported on the case, but once it became known that noblemen had taken an interest and visited the ghost at Mr
. Bray's house on 14&nbsp;January, the story began to appear in other newspapers.  The ''[[St. James's Chronicle]]'' and the ''[[London Chronicle]]'' printed reports from 16–19 January (the latter the more sckeptical of the two), and ''Lloyd's Evening Post'' from 18–20 January.  The story spread across London and by the middle of January the crowds gathered outside the property were such that Cock Lane was rendered impassable.  Parsons charged visitors an entrance fee to "talk" with the ghost, which, it was reported, did not disappoint.<ref name="Benedictp172"/><ref>{{Harvnb|MacKay|1852|p=232}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Westwood|Simpson|2005|pp=463–46(contracted; show full)

Elizabeth was taken on 26&nbsp;January to the house of Jane Armstrong, sleeping there in a hammock.  The continued noises strengthened the resolve of the ghost's supporters, while the press'
s ceaseless reporting of the case continued.  [[Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford]], announced that with the [[Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany|Duke of York]], [[Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland|Lady Northumberland]], [[Lady Mary Coke]] and [[Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford|Lord Hertford]], he was to visit Cock Lane on 30&nbsp;January.  After struggling through the throngs of interested visitors though, he was ultimately disappointed; the ''[[Public Advertiser](contracted; show full)[[Category:18th century in London]]
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[[fr:Fantôme de Cock Lane]]
[[ja:コック・レーンの幽霊]]
[[ru:Коклэйнский призрак]]