The Haunting of Cock Lane
5/4/20261 hr 5 min
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/
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First 90 secondsMaddy Pelling· Host0:00
Hello, everyone. It's me, Maddie. I am back. Well, not quite. I will be back on the pod very soon. But in the meantime, if you've missed your fix of Anthony and me together, you can now catch us live on stage at Conway Hall in London on the 7th of May. There we'll be discussing my brand-new book Hoax: Truth and Lies in the Age of Enlightenment, out that very same day. We'll be discovering how fake news is nothing new, chatting about what it's like to spend time in the darker side of the Georgian world, and meeting the three extraordinary, bizarre, and often frightening characters at the heart of the book. Copies of Hoax will be available on the night, which I'll be signing after the show and hopefully chatting to as many of you as possible. So get your tickets now. The link is in the show notes. You can go to the Conway Hall website or follow the link in my Instagram bio. I'm so excited about this book, and I just can't wait to share it with you all. Do come along. It is gonna be the most fantastic evening. See you there. [gentle music] Death was no stranger in 18th century London. It peered from the city's heaped graveyards, swung with the heads of traitors from the heights of Temple Bar, and drifted through alleyways with the fog. And yet, in the wet, colorless January