Professor Marcus Effington Christy

Professor Marcus Effington Christy (1902 – 1963) was the author of Essays on Popular Delusion and the Madness of the Masses published in 1962. As part of this work, he dismissed the events that happened in London in 1886 as a mass hallucination resultant from the high prevalence of disease there during the time period. He also made note of the disappearance of Lord Palethorn of Shoreditch, a mystery that remained unresolved at the time of writing.