About this episode

The episode discusses the iconic ghost story of Cock Lane from 1762, exploring its authenticity and connection to Maddy's new book.

Today we are celebrating the upcoming publication of Maddy's new book 'Hoax: Truth and Lies in the Age of Enlightenment' by sharing one of the stories from it. The haunting of Cock Lane is the most iconic ghost story in London's long history, taking place in the year 1762. Was it a hoax? Pre-order your copy of Maddy's book now: https://profilebooks.com/work/hoax/ Maddy tells Anthony Delaney the story today. Edited by Hannah Feodorov. Senior Producer is Freddy Chick. For tickets to see Anthony and Maddy talking about her new book, Hoax, click here: https://www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/event/hoax/ Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   You can take part in our listener survey here . All music from Epidemic Sounds. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Anthony Delaney

Guest: Maddy

Topics covered

• ghost stories
• history
• hoaxes
• Enlightenment
• London

Keywords

• Cock Lane
• haunting
• ghost story
• Maddy
• Enlightenment
• hoax
• London
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: History Hit, Epidemic Sounds, Acast

Books & works: Hoax: Truth and Lies in the Age of Enlightenment

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