Today's research for #UncannyCountry took me on a macabre little side quest to the 1884 Maori Creek murder. Not a ghost story, but backstory of a barrister who later features in the Supreme Court trial of a medium charged with 'pretending to exercise sorcery' and commune with the dead. #amwriting

Today I'm having fun unraveling the sensational trial of a medium tried for 'pretending an enchantment' (1735 Witchcraft Act, still in force in colonial NZ!) Exhibit A was a 'photograph taken at seance'. You'd better believe I'm hunting out that ghost photo! #amwriting #UncannyCountry #legalhistory