Hogg's Cognitive Dissonance

    

Elizabeth                            Jacqueline

These images are Seán Manchester's lawful copyright. Hogg nevertheless stole them to publish them on his website in order to aid his stalking of the two women, one of whom he misidentifies.

Seán Manchester has been a close friend of both women. He now offers his final word on the matter:

In the last few hours, Anthony Hogg has claimed that his and Swale's widely disseminated stalking of two women also included others who are not female. He identifies Keith Maclean in a recent comment on his Facebook group, but nobody else, certainly nobody who is unconnected to me.

I have taken a look at all the newspapers and their respective websites where the advertisement appears and only the names of Jacqueline and Elizabeth appear. No other names are included. This is confirmed in Trystan Lewis Swale's original statement: 

"Through [my] site I recently issued a joint appeal with [Anthony Hogg and Erin Chapman] to trace two alleged victims of the Highgate Vampire: Jacqueline [surname deleted] and Elizabeth [surname deleted]. Collectively, we are keen to obtain something that nobody else has — first hand recollections from the pair."

Swale and Hogg made it abundantly clear their pursuit concerned only the two identified women.

Despite all that has been shared, Hogg insists that the women must speak out or be forever stalked:

"We don't really know if they want to be left in peace. As explained, several times over, [Seán Manchester] is not their guardians. [He's] not their representatives. ... Our position on this matter is fairly clear and reasonable." - Anthony Hogg (The Enfield Independent newspaper)

Jacqueline made me her representative a very long time ago. She was absolutely explicit about her privacy not being violated, and I intend to uphold that wish. I knew her extremely well, and am all too aware of how she would react. Elizabeth reiterated her desire to have her privacy protected when we recently spoke at length about this matter. I represent her, too. Should either female be run down by these stalkers it might easily become a police matter. I knew both these women extremely well and am in no doubt how they would feel about being exploited by the likes of Anthony Hogg, Trystan Lewis Swale and Erin Chapman. Brushing aside my words while insisting that the women speak for themselves defeats the exercise because by that point their privacy will have been violated.

Hogg keeps referring to both women as "witnesses," but only one of them was a witness. He demands that he hears what she has to say, and insinuates that I might be "scared" of what she reveals. This ignores the fact that she gave her testimony at the time. It features in her own voice on the Discovery Channel's True Horror: Vampires where Elizabeth can be heard from the late 1960s discussing her experiences at Highgate. The other person named by Hogg was a personal friend and photographic model. Jacqueline is not identified by me as a witness in the Highgate Vampire case because she was not a witness. She is misidentified by Hogg as "Lusia" who, in fact, has never been identified and is not the person used to illustrate her in my books. Like Elizabeth, "Lusia" was not referred to in the media during the time when massive interest was being shown. 

Though her experiences, eg nightly visitations etc, were briefly touched upon in 1970 during television interviews I gave, Elizabeth was not actually identified by name. That came later when the hysteria had died down and she was eventually identified in Peter Underwood' anthology The Vampire's Bedside Companion and, of course, my own The Highgate Vampire. Regarding Jacqueline, Swale and Hogg are pursuing this woman due to their own Farrant-inspired false attribution.

Yesterday Hogg reiterated that his stalking of the women will continue:

"We made it very, very clear to Manchester, repeatedly, that we were not going to take his word on the matter. The only people we were going to listen to is Jacqueline and Elizabeth. The reason is obvious: a) Manchester isn't these witnesses, b) his word is notoriously unreliable. The search still stands."

Hogg's condition undermines the wishes of Jacqueline and Elizabeth to be left in peace. Why should they be obliged to explain why they do not wish to be contacted? And were they to do so (something I know will not happen) they would have created the very situation they want to avoid because Hogg and Swale will by virtue of that fact have established contact with the women and will have successfully run down their quarry.

Finally, I should remind these offenders that stalking and harassment of another or others can include a range of offences such as those under: the Protection from Harassment Act 1997; the Offences Against the Person Act 1861; the Sexual Offences Act 2003; and the Malicious Communications Act 1988.

Seriously Suspicious Stalking

"Two female victims of the 'Highgate Vampire' are being sought to help solve this decades old supernatural mystery. Editors of the on-line Highgate Vampire magazine are confident that new testimony could expose the assailant. Trystan Lewis, the magazine's editor, is particularly looking to contact Elizabeth [DELETED] and Jacqueline [DELETED]. Those with information regarding their whereabouts can contact Mr Lewis Swale on severnforteana@[DELETED].com and Mr Hogg on anthonyhogg@[DELETED].org." – ASSAP  "Research Request" (ongoing from March to October)

The official ASSAP member's E-News bulletins have been constantly featuring this stalker's charter on behalf of Swale and Hogg, whom they identify, and their lackeys, Chapman and McWilliams, since March 2016. Indeed, they are still including it in bulletins and no doubt will continue to do so.

Trystan Lewis Swale and David Farrant have been invited speakers at ASSAP conferences on various occasions in the past where Seán Manchester has been the subject of defamation, and the Highgate Vampire case that he investigated has been misrepresented and ridiculed. Seán Manchester ceased giving interviews on the topic in 2011, prior to which he was never once invited by the ASSAP to present his account of what happened despite him being at the centre of the investigation and the author of The Highgate Vampire (BOS, 1985; Gothic Press, 1991). Swale was not around when the case was ongoing, and Farrant had nothing whatsoever to do with the Highgate Vampire case beyond attempts to exploit it for his own self-serving publicity. Farrant has not claimed to have investigated the case and regularly reiterates that he does not believe in vampires.

The ASSAP's chairman, Dave Wood, protested earlier this year that nobody had shown any interest in the past for Seán Manchester to discuss the case before one of his audiences. It was pondered who had shown any interest in hearing Swale or Farrant pontificate about the Highgate Vampire? There was no response from the ASSAP who are a charity and must, therefore, conform to charity regulations, which means they must demonstrate impartiality, guarantee balance and a right of reply.

As we now know, having invited Seán Manchester to rebut what was being said about him on their forum, he was banned after a mere two weeks of doing so. Hogg, McWilliams et al saw to it that the whole discussion descended into a flame war with them setting fire to every thread with their trolling.

The ASSAP continue to evince partiality by providing a platform to Hogg and Swale in order to facilitate the stalking of two innocent women who do not wish to have their names dragged into it all after half a century. One of them was not involved in the case, and is misidentified as "Lusia" by those stalking her in order to justify their behaviour. This piece of misogynistic malice originates, as does much else, with Farrant who is exacting revenge on a female whose witness statement at Highgate Magistrates Court forty-six years ago contributed to him losing a case he had brought. Jacqueline had received harassing and threatening telephone calls from this person whom she did not know and had not met. The calls were tape-recorded. Seán Manchester identified the voice.

"I had publicly released a request for Elizabeth [DELETED] and Jacqueline 'Lusia' [DELETED] to step forward to speak to me, Erin [Chapman] or Trystan [Lewis Swale] about their experiences. That sentiment echoed Manchester's claim exactly. But the most basic scrutiny will show that it simply doesn't make sense. How is asking for WITNESSES to step forward the same thing as posting up someone's (supposed) home address, especially when it was Seán [Manchester] himself who made Elizabeth and Jacqueline 'famous' in the first place?" – Anthony Hogg (13 November 2016)

Hogg, true to his trolling temperament, will not accept that the women do not wish to be contacted (after Seán Manchester made it clear that they do not), and insists on hearing it from them. That would entail them doing the very thing they wish to avoid. Hogg denies them that right, and wants both women to contact him or Swale and say that they do not wish to be contacted. He cannot see how illogical that is because what is logical, legal and moral has no bearing on the stalker's mind.

Seán Manchester did not make Jacqueline "famous," ie she is not "Lusia," as alleged by Hogg.

Elizabeth put her experience on record herself almost half a century ago, and Seán Manchester chronicled it when he came to write about the case in 1975, 1976, 1985 and 1991. Elizabeth and everyone else have since moved on, and all concerned wish to have their privacy respected.

Shortly after this blog appeared, Anthony Hogg posted on one of his Facebook hate groups:

"FoBSM also reveals why the search continues; we made it very, very clear to Manchester, repeatedly, that we were not going to take his word on the matter. The only people we were going to listen to is Jacqueline and Elizabeth. The reason is obvious: a) Manchester isn't these witnesses, b) his word is notoriously unreliable. The search still stands."

We have made it very, very clear to Hogg and his fellow stalkers that the condition he sets overrides the desire of Jacqueline and Elizabeth to have nothing to do with these people, much less explain that they do not wish to be contacted - by which time they would have created a communication they do not want. This is how stalkers operate. They always excuse their own unacceptable behaviour and blame others when their stalking does not pay off. However, enough evidence has been accumulated for a criminal case should either female fall prey to this degenerate or his accomplices.

Aaron Mahnke's Lore Variations on the Facts

Narrated by Chad Lawson, written and researched by Aaron Mahnke.

(To listen to the podcast, click on the above image.)

From 11:15 Highgate Cemetery is discussed and by 12:40 Aaron Mahnke already has his facts muddled. It is claimed that in 1970 David Farrant was at the centre of the British Occult Society investigatory group. He was not. In fact, the British Occult Society were to publicly warn against Farrant's lone activities in Highgate Cemetery. By 13:10 we have been misinformed that on 21 December 1969 Farrant camped out overnight in the graveyard. Farrant is described as a "paranormal investigator." Neither of those statements are true. Farrant stated originally, as confirmed in his letter to a local newspaper (Hampstead & Highgate Express) on 6 February 1970, that the occasion was on Christmas Eve 1969 while he was walking down Swains Lane past the cemetery's top gate. Far from being a paranormal investigator, Farrant made clear in the same letter that he had "no knowledge in this field." He said he had seen a tall, dark figure, but there was no mention of eyes "glowing brightly" in his letter, or any of the interviews he gave immediately afterwards. When interviewed by Sandra Harris on a television programme the following month he only described the figure as being tall and resembling someone who was dead. He felt it was evil.

At 13:50, we are told that "Farrant's partner, Seán Manchester, left the group to start his own and made further discoveries." How can such recent history become so distorted in so short a time?

Seán Manchester was President of the British Occult Society from 1967 to 1988 when the BOS was formally dissolved. A specialist research unit within the BOS became autonomous in February 1970 to concentrate on the Highgate Vampire case, and is still extant. It is the Vampire Research Society.

At no time were David Farrant and Seán Manchester "partners." They met as a result of Farrant writing a letter to his local newspaper in which he claimed to have sighted an unearthly spectre. Farrant agreed to show Seán Manchester where he thought he had seen the spectre. This incident where they met in the cemetery was covered by the Hampstead & Highgate Express, 6 March 1970.

Following his arrest in August 1970, David Farrant became increasingly belligerent toward Seán Manchester who nevertheless agreed to visit Farrant in prison after he had received a written plea from him. By which time the British Occult Society had already condemned Farrant's behaviour.

     

At 14:25, we hear a repeat of the "King Vampire" attribution which nomenclature Seán Manchester did not utter. He explains in detail how it arose in his concise vampirological guide. It is then claimed that Seán Manchester had already staked two vampires by the time he started investigating Highgate Cemetery case, which is more "creative" writing falsely attributed half a century after the events.

At 16:39, we hear the narrator claim: "They weren't on the same side anymore." They were never on the same side. Only Aaron Mahnke, who wrote the Lore podcast's script, is claiming otherwise.

At 18:40, it is absurdly alleged that Seán Manchester "preferred to conduct his exorcisms in broad daylight which allowed him to be safer and, as some critics pointed out, also made it more likely there would be an audience around to watch him." The "critics" being Farrant and his cronies. 

Seán Manchester's exorcism at Highgate Cemetery was later described by the uninvited media as "secret," and, as it happened, was the only one he carried out during the daylight hours. All the other exorcisms were held in the dead of night. There were never members of the public or media present. The nocturnal exorcism at the derelict house in 1974 and the final exorcism in the night at the Great Northern London Cemetery only involved Seán Manchester and anyone who was assisting him. Nobody else was aware of them taking place. Compare this with Farrant's arrests at Highgate Cemetery in 1970 and Monken Hadley churchyard two years later in 1972. Not only were journalists and photographers conveniently to hand, but Farrant was accused in Court of having alerted the police himself in order to ensure coverage throughout the media. His appearance on a Hallowe'en afternoon at Highgate Wood, ostensibly to demonstrate his prowess as a sorcerer (in full knowledge that he would be arrested long before his "magic" could be put to the test), resulted in every national and local newspaper in the country being invited by him. There was also a heavy police presence.

At 20:08, we are told that "Manchester found a way to make a career out of his adventures in Highgate." The narrator adds that Seán Manchester has written two books. In fact, Seán Manchester has written seven books with further unpublished manuscripts in abeyance which he has not tendered in favour of a private life out of the spotlight. He ceased giving interviews about the Highgate Vampire case for the same reason, and nowadays avoids any contact with the media. Not so Farrant who remains every bit as desperate for publicity today as he did back in 1970 when he was twenty-four-years old. Indeed, it was Farrant's hunger for attention that led to him receiving a four years and eight months prison sentence in 1974. Nobody ever really believed any of his claims.

Totally absent from Seán Manchester's career profile is that he is an accomplished photographer, musician and artist who entered the minor order of exorcist in early 1973, and later took holy orders.

At 20:50, we are told that after Farrant left prison "he went back to heading up the British Occult Society where he still works today." If Aaron Mahnke has researched this history beyond visiting Farrant's self-published works and online self-pronouncements he would know that David Farrant was at no time ever a member of the British Occult Society which organisation was instrumental in declaring him a lone publicity-seeker and charlatan in search of a bandwagon to jump on. Sadly, the eerie history (often talked about in local pubs in the 1960s) of Highgate Cemetery and its sinister spectral manifestation provided a suitable vehicle for Farrant and some others to ruthlessly exploit.

So who is Aaron Mahnke who managed to get so much wrong, and has obviously not read the two books he identifies in the podcast, ie The Highgate Vampire and The Vampire Hunter's Handbook?

He was born and raised in Illinois, and now lives with his wife and children on the north shore of Boston where he works on Lore, a bi-weekly (twice a month) podcast. He has apparently written three thrillers and one fantasy novel. What a shame he couldn't entirely move away from fiction?

Hogg's Trolling Days Are Numbered

Hallowe'en 2016: Angie Mary Watkins, who knows Hogg better than most, posted this on her group:

"Anthony Hogg has announced on his group, Did A Wampyr Walk in Highgate, why he was booted out of THIS [Angie Mary Watkins' Highgate Facebook] group again. It wasn't quite like he says. He knew before he came back that there were people in the group, one person in particular, he actually did not like. Yet he wanted to come back. But after that, he complained to me privately that he felt victimised, and bullied and steamrollered. Several times he called me a bully. He said we all 'ganged up' on him. So, in addition to all the other things he has called me in the past-like a fuckwit , a moron, a liar, arrogant, a lowlife and of course, last but not least, a c**t, I am now also a bully! He said he was not my 'peasant,' that I was in "Seán [Manchester]'s pocket,"and in his opinion, letting him back in the group was not a huge concession. He also said I singled him out and suppressed his say. I don't look at it that way? What more can I really add to that?" - Angie Mary Watkins

Not a lot. Many have had an identical experience with Hogg. Some have suffered worse things from this troll who probably has narcissistic personality disorder, which is a mental disorder in whereby people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others. But behind this mask of ultra-confidence lies a fragile self-esteem that is vulnerable to the slightest criticism. That describes the Australian troll Anthony Hogg perfectly.

McWilliams' Antisemitic Jibe Backfires

Seán Manchester commented: "If I was any of the things Redmond McWilliams accuses me of being I would hardly have worked with Jane Goldman and become her friend. Neither would she have supported me and written about my investigation at Highgate sympathetically. Ironically, Redmond McWilliams and Kevin Chesham [along with David Farrant] are friends and collaborators. Chesham is not only antisemitic, but is also connected to more neo-Nazi groups than you can shake a stick at."

Moping of the Morden Molly

"The best way to deal with trolls [sic] like Manchester is to block them. He's had his fair share of chances, and he's blown each one. And I for one will no longer enter into any further dialogue with him - either directly or indirectly. Instead I'm going to try and seek out his past associates. Maybe they can help shed some light on past activities? Only time will tell I guess." - Redmond McWilliams 

The methodology of trolls like Anthony Hogg and Redmond McWilliams is sometimes to project onto their victims their own bad behaviour. Thus McWilliams has recently taken to calling Seán Manchester a "troll" - a stratagem he has learned from Hogg - while in his second sentence providing clear evidence, if evidence were ever needed, that McWilliams himself is the troll.

McWilliams declares that he will "directly or indirectly try to seek out Seán Manchester's past associates" without fully realising the implication of what he is saying. He supports Hogg's stalking of females who really do not want their privacy compromised and will involve the police if it is.

This most curious person, who has been David Farrant's lackey for quite a number of years, claims that Seán Manchester has had his "fair share of chances" and apparently "blown each one." What is this odd character blathering on about? Seán Manchester has had nothing to do with McWilliams and has neither sought nor wanted any "chances" (whatever that means) from this Farrant puppet. What McWilliams really means is that he has vainly lived in hope that he might be given a chance to get a foot inside Seán Manchester's door, but, since renewing his allegiance to Hogg earlier this month, has now abandoned any hope of achieving that, which includes dialogue with Seán Manchester.

Redmond McWilliams' cherry on the cake is his advice to block trolls, something Seán Manchester would absolutely endorse, which is why Seán Manchester has had McWilliams blocked on Facebook for as long as McWilliams has been on Facebook. This sad individual stalks Seán Manchester and posts derogatory abuse wherever he finds any mention of him. He has trolled compulsively on Farrant's (and now Hogg's) behalf for a decade. It must be very frustrating for the Morden Molly (one of several nicknames he has acquired, another being the Gnome) because his obsession has failed to be satiated, and he has achieved nothing besides becoming a figure of much odium and ridicule.

Trickster Trystan's "Witness" Exposed

Trystan Lewis Swale dredged up David Farrant's claims about the two women Swale is currently attempting to stalk with the help of Anthony Hogg, Erin Chapman and Redmond McWilliams. But Swale has had no contact with either of the women and could only repeat Farrant's false claims.

Here is what Seán Manchester wrote about the stalking of the two females earlier this year:

"Those pursuing 'Lusia' were not born when these events took place and one particular character, Anthony Hogg, has never visited the United Kingdom, much less Highgate Cemetery. There are some people on Facebook and elsewhere who are facilitating the wanton stalking of two females who wish to be left in peace. What happened almost half a century ago should not be used as an excuse to pursue them relentlessly now. I am the author of The Highgate Vampire but I, too, all these years later, have a right to a private life, as does anyone mentioned in my account. Those seeking to gain their fifteen minutes of fame on the coat-tails of my book and incidents that occurred almost half a century ago should not be aided and abetted by members of the online community.

"As the author of The Highgate Vampire, I should know who and what is what. Jacqueline was a model who, like a number of actresses who came after her, represented 'Lusia' in pictures. She was not 'Lusia.'

"The identity of 'Lusia' has always been shielded by me, and always shall be. Hence members of her family cannot be traced and her grave remains hidden from the public and such compulsive individuals who potentially might disturb its tranquility for their own nefarious reasons. I allowed just enough confusion to arise much closer to the time to protect her true identity. Jacqueline and 'Lusia' are completely separate people.

"Elizabeth was indeed involved in the Highgate case at its inception. Her testimony can be heard in a video [which can be viewed by clicking on the image below]. I spoke to her recently. She once again reiterated that claims made by David Farrant that she was contacted at work by an emissary of his decades ago is arrant nonsense and utterly false. Moreover, she was completely horrified at the prospect of being contacted by strangers obsessed with the happenings in the 1960s, and made it very clear that she would take every measure to prevent it.

"If a complaint should be made to the police it will, of course, come from her and not me; though I will naturally do everything to assist either Jacqueline or Elizabeth with their endeavour and right to enjoy a private life without this latter-day stalking by publicity-seeking bandwagoneers."