In 1944, the Old Bailey Criminal Court (the highest criminal court in Britain) sentenced Helen to nine months' imprisonment according to the Witchcraft Act promulgated in 1735. Previously, in a psychic process, Helen inadvertently came into contact with the soul of a warship member who claimed to have sunk at the bottom of the sea. What is incredible is that at that time, the warship really sank, just to keep it secret, and the news was not made public until a few months later. Helen, on the other hand, was convicted of treason and arrested and imprisoned.
Winston Churchill, then British Prime Minister, visited Helen while she was in prison. After Churchill was re-elected as British Prime Minister in 1951, the Witchcraft Act was abolished. In 1954, witchcraft was identified as one of the religious schools.
The following is a BBC report:
helen Duncan, a psychic who was arrested during World War II, was born in Calende, a small town in Perth, England. At a rally in 1943, she revealed to the audience her experience of talking with the souls of the fallen soldiers on the sunken "baham" warship. The news of the sinking of the warship was a highly military secret at that time, and it was not announced until a few months after the accident. Since then, Helen has been targeted by the British government.
It's said that when Duncan was very young, she already showed unusual talent-when she slept, she could release a white fiber substance from her mouth, which could make her soul manifest and talk with her.
During the 1931s and 1941s, especially during the Second World War, Duncan visited many cities in Britain and held a "seance". Some people are convinced of Duncan's psychic ability. It is said that a man named Vincent Woodcock came to Duncan with his sister-in-law. Vincent's wife died young, and after years of getting along, Vincent developed feelings with his wife's sister. They want to live together, but they feel ashamed of their dead wife. So, I want to ask the meaning of "wife" through Duncan.
Duncan started her "sleep channeling" as usual. Before falling asleep, Duncan prepared some white gauze and cotton substances. Soon, Vincent's dead wife appeared on these white cotton gauze and began a dialogue with Vincent and his sister-in-law. A year later, Vincent married his sister-in-law. They found Duncan again and had a conversation with his dead wife. This time, Vincent's dead wife gave her deep blessing to their marriage. For this, Vincent is very grateful to Duncan.
But there are also many people who question Duncan. In 1933, 36-year-old Duncan met someone who questioned her psychic ability on the road, and they had a heated argument in public. A few days later, Duncan received a summons from the court, and she was charged with quarreling in public and "fraud". In 1935, Duncan was once again brought to court by a local organization and a newspaper. This time, he was also charged with "fraud". However, this lawsuit ended in nothing.
Although helen Duncan's reputation is very high, in fact, her life is very poor. Duncan was born on October 25th, 1897 in Perth County, Scotland, England. Her father was a skilled carpenter. At the age of 21, Duncan married someone, and her husband Henry was an ordinary local carpenter. Duncan still has to find ways to make a living after marriage.
She was pregnant 12 times in her life, but only six children survived. Her husband was injured in World War I and left with a lifelong disability. The burden of family economy fell on Duncan. In order to support the family and take care of her disabled husband, Duncan had to wear several hats. At first, she worked in a bleach factory in her hometown of Calende during the day, and continued her psychic career at night. Although many of her followers donated money to her, her life was still tight.
Duncan's life was devastated by his imprisonment in p>1944. She has been living in seclusion in Nottinghamshire since she was released from prison. But bad luck did not let the witch go. Although the Witchcraft Act was repealed in 1951, in October of 1956, Nottingham police raided her home again when she was psychic on the pretext of "suspected fraud". Fortunately, Duncan and others were not jailed this time. However, Duncan was frightened by this. After more than 1 months, Duncan, who had become a "frightened bird", passed away at the age of 59.
Helen's granddaughter still resents her grandmother's accusation of treason. She said: "Some people say that it is treason, but my grandmother is just an ordinary housewife with six children. What kind of information can she provide to whom? "
In any case, helen Duncan is one of the most famous mediums of his time, leading a group of mysterious witchcraft groups. During World War II, Helen lived in Portsmouth on the southeast coast of England.
Supporters of the "Forgive Helen" campaign made a website. The "Forgive Helen" movement has always been supported by the British Society for Supernatural Studies. At the end of 1941, an English mother found Duncan. She said that her son had joined the British Navy, but he had lost contact for a long time. Mother had a premonition that her son had been killed and hoped to communicate with her son through Duncan. Duncan did not refuse the mother's request and began to do it for her. Unfortunately, Duncan really "summoned" the soldier's soul, and his mother cried on the spot. The soldier's soul claimed that he had sunk with the famous British warship "barham" forever. In fact, on October 25th, 1941, barham was really hit by three German torpedoes and sank into the sea. However, due to the needs of the war and maintaining the morale of the military and civilians, the British military did not disclose the news of the sinking of the warship for a long time afterwards. At a rally in 1943, Duncan revealed to the audience his conversation with the fallen soldiers on the battleship "barham". Duncan's activities caused great tension in the British government and intelligence agencies. In order to prevent Duncan from revealing more state and military secrets through "channeling", the British police arrested Duncan in October, 1944. Duncan's sentence was very quick. The Old Bailey Criminal Court in England sentenced her to nine months in prison for "treason".