Mr. Robert James Lees Buried at Ilfracombe
Mike H sends in the following newspaper item and notes: Again the Jack the Ripper story surfaces, as we all know Robert offered his services to the police on two…
The Sale of Robert James Lees’ Birthplace
Robert James Lees was born on the 12th of August 1849 in the bakery owned by his father-in-law and situated on Bond Street, Hinkley between the Black Horse and Queens…
Robert’s Shorthand Mystery
The following image is from what is believed to be the only shorthand notebook still existing from the journalistic career of Robert James Lees and probably dates to the late…
Death of Mr R.J. Lees
His many Ilfracombe friends will hear with deep regret of the death of Mr. Robert James Lees, which tool place at Hazlehurst, Fosse Road South, Leicester, on Monday, at the…
Robert James Lees Centenary
ROBERT JAMES LEES was born at Hinckley, in Leicestershire. on 12th August, 1849, and showed psychic gifts in early infancy. It is the lot of some men to be best…
The International Physic Gazette – 1931
ROBERT JAMES LEES, one of the most gifted and highly respected authors of Spiritualistic works of classical repute, passed-on to the higher stage of life at Leicester, on January 10,…
Famous Dead Medium Returns to Niece
Copied from “Physic News, Sept 18 1971” FAMOUS ‘DEAD’ MEDIUM RETURNS TO NIECE I heard last week the story of how famous Victorian medium R.J. Lees returned to a relative…
Queen Victoria and the Spiritual Medium
Reprinted from “The Australian Women’s Weekly – April 8, 1981 “What exactly did go on between Queen Victoria and her faithful Scottish servant John Brown after Prince Albert died? Why…
The Physic Detectives
On a crisp autumn day in the London of 1888, a well-known scholar and philanthropist was quietly at work in his study. Robert Lees was reflecting on a séance he…
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