How I uncovered the Borley secret.

The Internet changed my life - dramatically! It also changed the lives of my children and everyone I come in contact with on a daily basis.

It started September 8, 1994 when I typed in a generic 'net request for some help with my genealogy. After contacting an Internet friend in England, I began sharing the very few leads I had. Then, on September 22, 1994, my friend sent the following over the 'net:

"Please before you read any further, would you sit down with a coffee and take a deep breath. NO! I haven't found [the person you wanted] but a lot more information that you may or may not be surprised at.
"All the following data results from your mention of 'Borley Rectory.' It meant something to me, so I researched it. It was known as THE MOST HAUNTED HOUSE IN ENGLAND."

My friend then listed details about my life - about my mother - and about my father. Intimate details I had even forgotten - or had never known. Then he told me:

"How did I find all this out? - It's in a BOOK!!! Your mother was one of the most amazing women of her time and also became one of the most notorious.
"Your mother seems to have had a number of marriages as well as many real and adopted children."

The Internet message was signed, "Nick Rowland - Stowmarket."

I was in complete shock.

The shocks continued as I researched my library and book stores. My mother was in HUNDREDS of books! She lived in the haunted house for five years, and became one of the most famous people in the world of the supernatural - Marianne Foyster of Borley Rectory.

Because of the 'net, scores of people have come to my aid, including world famous authors and ghost hunters. People who knew about me, but who had been sworn to secrecy about my past. I have become known as "The Son of Borley."

Among other things I confirmed on the 'net was the fact that I was adopted. More and more mysteries are unraveled every day.

My research continues. I have devoted my life to gathering every fact about my mother and about Borley that is available.

I am writing books about her and myself, and have established this web page to share my knowledge.

WITHOUT THE INTERNET, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

My life has changed forever. My children's lives have changed as they learn more about their heritage and about their link to ghosts, poltergeists, and phantom coaches.

My life will never be the same - nor will theirs.

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