Bird of ILL Omen -The Gothic Tales of Catherine Crowe Edited by Ruth Heholt
From the British Library of the Weird Catherine Crowe (1790-1872) has been called the 'first ghost hunter' or the 'first paranormal investigator'. A fluent German speaker, Mrs Crowe translated The Seeress of Provorst (1829) by prominent German scientist Justinus Kerner ( who discovered botulism and somnambulism). She was also inspired by other German scientists such as Heinrich Jung-Stilling, Karl Eschenmayer, Joseph Ennemoser, and Gotthilf Henrich von Schubert. All who were interested in the spirit world as an extension of their own research. Mrs Crowe also wrote a series of novels published from around 1841 including, The Story of Lilly Dawson ,The Adventures of Susan Hopley or Circumstancial Evidence ( her most famous work ), The Adventures of a Beauty ,...