Assume Nothing

The story of Dr William Jackson Crawford, an engineer and teacher, who carried out a series of strange experiments with a teenage medium and her family before his untimely death on the shores of Belfast lough in 1920.
Dr Crawford’s findings were extraordinary and widely published – but was it all a hoax?
Episode 3 – Mr Splitfoot
1848, Wayne County in rural New York. Two young sisters claim they can communicate with a strange presence in their home – the ghost of a murdered pedlar who uses raps, knocks and bangs to answer their questions.
The Fox sisters become key in the creation of a new religious movement known as Spiritualism – the belief that the dead may be contacted by the living. Word spreads fast and it soon takes root in Ireland, where Spiritualism finds its way to Belfast – and the Goligher family.
Written and presented by Reggie Chamberlain King
Readings by
Dave Fleming
Lucy McConnell
Mark Claney
Stephen Beggs
Produced by Conor McKay
Editor Andy Martin
A BBC Northern Ireland Production

The story of Dr William Jackson Crawford, an engineer and teacher, who carried out a series of strange experiments with a teenage medium and her family before his untimely death on the shores of Belfast lough in 1920.
Dr Crawford’s findings were extraordinary and widely published – but was it all a hoax?
Episode 2 – The Unseen Operators
Dr Crawford invites a visitor to attend a séance with Kathleen and her family, known as the Goligher Circle. Sir William Barrett, a highly respected physicist and parapsychologist, is astonished when a wooden table appears to float into the air.
Meanwhile, nearly one hundred years later – Reggie Chamberlain King’s plans to give a lecture about Dr Crawford and Kathleen Goligher are disrupted when a protest is announced.
Readings by
Dave Fleming
Lucy McConnell
Mark Claney
Stephen Beggs
Produced by Conor McKay
Editor Andy Martin
A BBC Northern Ireland production

The story of Dr William Jackson Crawford, an engineer and teacher, who carried out a series of strange experiments with a teenage medium and her family before his untimely death on the shores of Belfast lough in 1920.
Dr Crawford’s findings were extraordinary and widely published – but was it all a hoax?
Episode 1 – A Man in His Usual Health.
The body of a man is found on a rocky shore near Bangor, Northern Ireland. In his pockets are a sealed letter to his wife, a silver watch stopped at 7.50 and a small bottle of whiskey.
Dr Crawford was a respected engineer, but in the years before his death he carried out a series of elaborate and increasingly unusual experiments – to prove that Belfast teenager Kathleen Goligher could communicate with the dead.
Written and presented by Reggie Chamberlain King
Readings by
Dave Fleming
Lucy McConnell
Mark Claney
Stephen Beggs
Produced by Conor McKay
Editor Andy Martin
A BBC Northern Ireland production

The story of a 35 year old nursing assistant who collapsed and died following an altercation with a patient at a psychiatric hospital in Northern Ireland.
35 years later, her family is still searching for answers.
Episode 6: Duty of Care
Nathan brings his findings to Mary’s family – the possible implications are far from straightforward.
Questions remain for Mary’s former employer. Will the family receive any answers?
Series produced by Nathan Edgar
Executive editor Andy Martin
A BBC Northern Ireland Production

The story of a 35 year old nursing assistant who collapsed and died following an altercation with a patient at a psychiatric hospital in Northern Ireland.
35 years later, her family is still searching for answers.
Episode 5: The Rhythm
As Norman’s legal battle comes to an end, could something the family was unaware of provide new answers?
With the benefit of modern knowledge, a group of leading experts re-examine the case.
Series produced by Nathan Edgar
Executive editor Andy Martin
A BBC Northern Ireland Production