Major Edward Moor reported strange bell ringing at his home in Great Bealings in 1834. Was it a poltergeist, a hoax, or something else?

Research:
Briggs, Stacia, and Siofra Connor. “Weird Suffolk: Poltergeist activity at Great Bealings.” East Anglia Daily Times. Feb. 1, 2019. https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21445662.weird-suffolk-poltergeist-activity-great-bealings/
Britannica Editors. "Mysore Wars". Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Feb. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/event/Mysore-Wars
Cohen, Daniel. “In Search of Ghosts.” Dodd, Mead. 1972. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL5708323M/In_search_of_ghosts.
Hall, Trevor Henry. “New Light on Old Ghosts.” London. Gerald Duckworth & Co. 1965.
Moor, Edward. “Hindu Infanticide.” London. J. Johnson. 1811. Accessed online: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=W7YIAAAAQAAJ&rdid=book-W7YIAAAAQAAJ&rdot=1
Moor, Edward. “The Hindu Pantheon.” London. 1810. Accessed online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu58661581&seq=7
Moor, Edward. “Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms of that County. 1823. J. Loder. London. Accessed online: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=6BMLAAAAQAAJ&rdid=book-6BMLAAAAQAAJ&rdot=1
Moor, Edward. “Bealings Bells: The Suffolk Poltergeist Mystery.” Woodbridge. John Loder. 1841. (Reprint.)
Moor, Edward. “To the Editor of the Ipswich Journal.” Ipswich Journal. March 1, 1834. https://www.newspapers.com/image/390311876/?match=1&terms=Bealings&search-id=adc3c27c-67f1-4077-9a3e-ee9434b6159f&search-rank=6
Podmore, Frank. “On Poltergeists.” Journal of Society for Psychical Research. June 1899. https://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/zPodmore1899JSocPsyRes2.pdf
Stephen, Leslie, ed. “Dictionary of National Biography.” Volume 38. 1885-1900. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofnati38stepuoft
“To the Editor of the Ipswich Journal.” Ipswich Journal. March 8, 1834. https://www.newspapers.com/image/390311986/?match=1&terms=Bealings&search-id=89f037b5-7abe-4ea6-a92e-093ecb6de2e6&search-rank=2
Willin, M. “Trevor Hall.” Psi Encyclopedia. 2021. https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/trevor-hall

Major Edward Moor&nbsp;reported strange bell ringing at his home in Great Bealings in 1834. Was it a poltergeist, a hoax, or something else?
Research:
<ul>
<li>Briggs, Stacia, and Siofra Connor. &ldquo;Weird Suffolk: Poltergeist activity at Great Bealings.&rdquo; East Anglia Daily Times. Feb. 1, 2019. https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21445662.weird-suffolk-poltergeist-activity-great-bealings/</li>
<li>Britannica Editors. "Mysore Wars". Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Feb. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/event/Mysore-Wars</li>
<li>Cohen, Daniel. &ldquo;In Search of Ghosts.&rdquo; Dodd, Mead. 1972. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL5708323M/In_search_of_ghosts.</li>
<li>Hall, Trevor Henry. &ldquo;New Light on Old Ghosts.&rdquo; London. Gerald Duckworth &amp; Co. 1965.</li>
<li>Moor, Edward. &ldquo;Hindu Infanticide.&rdquo; London. J. Johnson. 1811. Accessed online: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=W7YIAAAAQAAJ&amp;rdid=book-W7YIAAAAQAAJ&amp;rdot=1</li>
<li>Moor, Edward. &ldquo;The Hindu Pantheon.&rdquo; London. 1810. Accessed online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu58661581&amp;seq=7</li>
<li>Moor, Edward. &ldquo;Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms of that County. 1823. J. Loder. London. Accessed online: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=6BMLAAAAQAAJ&amp;rdid=book-6BMLAAAAQAAJ&amp;rdot=1</li>
<li>Moor, Edward. &ldquo;Bealings Bells: The Suffolk Poltergeist Mystery.&rdquo; Woodbridge. John Loder. 1841. (Reprint.)</li>
<li>Moor, Edward. &ldquo;To the Editor of the Ipswich Journal.&rdquo; Ipswich Journal. March 1, 1834. https://www.newspapers.com/image/390311876/?match=1&amp;terms=Bealings&amp;search-id=adc3c27c-67f1-4077-9a3e-ee9434b6159f&amp;search-rank=6</li>
<li>Podmore, Frank. &ldquo;On Poltergeists.&rdquo; Journal of Society for Psychical Research. June 1899. https://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/zPodmore1899JSocPsyRes2.pdf</li>
<li>Stephen, Leslie, ed. &ldquo;Dictionary of National Biography.&rdquo; Volume 38. 1885-1900. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofnati38stepuoft</li>
<li>&ldquo;To the Editor of the Ipswich Journal.&rdquo; Ipswich Journal. March 8, 1834. https://www.newspapers.com/image/390311986/?match=1&amp;terms=Bealings&amp;search-id=89f037b5-7abe-4ea6-a92e-093ecb6de2e6&amp;search-rank=2</li>
<li>Willin, M. &ldquo;Trevor Hall.&rdquo; Psi Encyclopedia. 2021. https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/trevor-hall</li>
</ul>

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