Della Farrant (based on an original photo by Polly Hancock, Ham & High, 31 October 2013)
"The Highgate Vampire Symposium 2015 is the brainchild of Della Farrant. Frustrated with the lack of public debate about the nature of the Highgate Cemetery / Swains Lane entity (or entities), but inspired by private conversations with witnesses, local people, fellow historians and paranormal enthusiasts, Della decided that something must be done. So she did it! Della is married to David Farrant, who himself witnessed the entity in 1969. She is an active member of the British Psychic & Occult Society." - Farrant's Highgate Vampire Symposium publicity
Like so many contributing their two pennyworth at Farrant's money-spinning unspectacular, Della Farrant was not born when the Highgate Vampire case was under investigation and in the news.
She emerged out of the shadows in 2010, prior to which few had ever heard of her. She was calling herself something else back then. A year later she claimed that she had married David Farrant on Hallowe'en 2011. That she is the brains behind the Symposium and, indeed, behind Farrant is not in doubt. He has always required somebody to do things for him, and she currently fills that rôle.
David Farrant is divorced from Colette Sully aka Colette Gee who was his second wife, according to the Public Records Office. His last marriage was registered on 21 June 1979 to Colette Sully aka Colette Gee at Wood Green Registry Office. There is no public record of any subsequent marriage.
David Farrant is divorced from Colette Sully aka Colette Gee who was his second wife, according to the Public Records Office. His last marriage was registered on 21 June 1979 to Colette Sully aka Colette Gee at Wood Green Registry Office. There is no public record of any subsequent marriage.
A photograph, albeit wearing sunglasses, appeared of Della Farrant in the Hampstead & Highgate Express, 31 October 2013 and this is the only glimpse the public have had of her to date, apart from her being masked and in a Hallowe'en costume one year later, despite her courting publicity at every available opportunity and, of course, boarding the Highgate Vampire bandwagon. Like Farrant, she does not believe in vampires, but she entertains the notion of ghosts and claims to be a medium.
So why not call the event "The Highgate Ghost Symposium" instead of exploiting something she dismisses out-of-hand? The reason is that The Highgate Vampire book and public fascination with its author (who ironically does not give interviews and guards his privacy) is the only way to gain the sort of attention she and David Farrant seek. Without Seán Manchester's presence in name and mention of his famous work nobody would be remotely interested in what either of them have to say.
Della Farrant argues on her website that "the media circus surrounding Highgate Cemetery amounted to little more than a latter day witch hunt, based on the prevailing social and religious views of a period when ghost hunting was a new and generally unacceptable way to spend your time."
How does the sending of voodoo death dolls to police witnesses and cavorting about in a mausoleum with a naked girl where satanic symbols are inscribed on the floor equate with "ghost hunting"?
David Farrant sought publicity above all else and was willing to do anything to achieve it. There was no "witch hunt" and certainly no "ghost hunt." There was only a charlatan who sought to outrage the public in order to secure his own notoriety and coverage in the media. It is too pathetic for words.
So why not call the event "The Highgate Ghost Symposium" instead of exploiting something she dismisses out-of-hand? The reason is that The Highgate Vampire book and public fascination with its author (who ironically does not give interviews and guards his privacy) is the only way to gain the sort of attention she and David Farrant seek. Without Seán Manchester's presence in name and mention of his famous work nobody would be remotely interested in what either of them have to say.
Della Farrant argues on her website that "the media circus surrounding Highgate Cemetery amounted to little more than a latter day witch hunt, based on the prevailing social and religious views of a period when ghost hunting was a new and generally unacceptable way to spend your time."
How does the sending of voodoo death dolls to police witnesses and cavorting about in a mausoleum with a naked girl where satanic symbols are inscribed on the floor equate with "ghost hunting"?
David Farrant sought publicity above all else and was willing to do anything to achieve it. There was no "witch hunt" and certainly no "ghost hunt." There was only a charlatan who sought to outrage the public in order to secure his own notoriety and coverage in the media. It is too pathetic for words.
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