The Cock Lane ghost was a purported haunting that attracted mass public attention in 1762. The location was a room in a building in Cock Lane, London. Several accounts of strange knocking sounds and ghostly apparitions were reported, William Kent the lodger is the building claimed that they were the ghost of his dead wife, named ‘Scratching Fanny’ from the supernatural scratching sounds that were allegedly heard from the room. Regular séances were held and Cock Lane was often made impassable by the throngs of interested bystanders. On or about the 25th February, a pamphlet named ‘The Mystery Revealed’ was published, most likely written by Oliver Goldsmith. Goldsmith would later write the poem ‘The Deserted Village’.