Helen Duncan
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Victoria Helen McCrae Duncan was a Scottish medium best known as the last person to be imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act 1735 for fraudulent claims. She was famous for claiming to produce ectoplasm,
Portrait of Helen Duncan
Photograph shot by Harvey Metcalfe during a 1928 séance, revealing Duncan with dolls.
Duncan with cheesecloth and a cut out newspaper face
Duncan with ectoplasm made from a rubber glove
Cheesecloth
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Cheesecloth is a loose-woven gauze-like carded cotton cloth used primarily in cheesemaking and cooking. The fabric has holes large enough to quickly allow liquids to percolate through the fabric, but
Helen Duncan
…under the Witchcraft Act 1735 (9 Geo. 2. c. 5) for fraudulent claims. She was famous for claiming to produce ectoplasm, which was proven to be made from cheesecloth. Victoria Helen MacFarlane was born in Callander, Perthshire on 25 November 1897, the daughter of Archibald McFarlane, a slater, and Isabella Rattray…
Cheesecloth on sauerkraut (fermented cabbage)
Cheesecloth under a microscope