A famous writer once embarrassed himself by getting involved with two young ladies and some quite interesting photographs. Who was the writer, and what, exactly, did he get mixed up in?

MaggieG 5

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was involved in the Cottingley Fairies incident and wrote a pamphlet stating that he believed photographs which two young girls, Elsie Wright and her cousin Frances Griffiths, had taken of themselves with fairies, were genuine. http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/doyle.htm Feb 13 06, 6:02 PM

lanfranco

Yay, Maggie! Sir Arthur, as your site points out, was attracted to spiritualism, and he was fair game for frauds. Here's another useful site on the Cottingley Fairies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairies Feb 13 06, 6:07 PM

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