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Borley Rectory in Essex, built in 1862, should have been an ordinary Victorian clergymans house. However, just a year after its construction, unexplained footsteps were heard within the house, and from 1900 until it burned down in 1939 numerous paranormal phenomena, including phantom coaches and shattering windows, were observed. In 1929 the house was investigated by the Daily Mail and paranormal researcher Harry Price, and it was he who called it the most haunted house in England. Price also took out a lease of the rectory from 1937 to 1938, recruiting forty-eight official observers to monitor occurences. After his death in 1948, the water was muddied by claims that Prices findings were not genuine paranormal activity, and ever since there has been a debate over what really went on at Borley Rectory. Paul Adams, Eddie Brazil and Peter Underwood here present a comprehensive guide to the history of the house and the ghostly (or not) goings-on there.
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Paul currently works in the product team at Facebook. Prior to that he led social research at Google.In Nov 2011, Fortune magazine described Paul as "one of Silicon Valley's most wanted." He is broadly recognized as one of the leading thinkers on the emerging social web, and his work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, AdWeek and many more leading publications. His work on describing the next evolution of social networks, "The Real Life Social Network" is one of the most viewed and downloaded presentations on the web.At Facebook, Paul works on developing new products for advertisers and marketers. He works on research, design and product strategy. He often works directly with the worlds biggest marketers and ad agencies, helping them understand the foundational changes taking place in their industry.At Google, Paul's work formed the foundation for Circles, the primary feature in Google+. He also worked on Gmail, YouTube and Mobile.Prior to Google, Paul worked as a User Experience Consultant at Flow, leading research and design projects for clients including the BBC, The Guardian, Vodafone, UK Government and Betfair. Before Flow, he worked as an Industrial Designer, designing electronic appliances at Dyson, including Japan's best selling vacuum cleaner, and also worked designing car interiors at Faurecia.Paul holds a Master of Science in Interactive Media and a Bachelor of Design in Industrial Design.
