Regarding the Bridey Murphy Case

[Manners]

I have been looking into the Bridey Murphy Case lately and I had already had it down as 'debunked' before hand. It turns the woman who recalled living the life as this 19th Century Irish Woman, Virginia Tighe at the age of two had a woman opposite the road who apparently used to babysit for her. And her name was Bridey Murphy Corkell so sceptics immediately put this down to repressed childhood memories.

There are still things however, Virginia could not have ever known. Here is a list of them from an old newspaper article:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/bridey-murphy-Books/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n:266239,k:bridey murphy

Scroll down to the bit which says 'Here are facts reporters found in Ireland about Bridey Murphy'. It's still for me not plausible to give a feasible explanation as to how she knew some specific names and areas. It could me that most of the memories were mere confabulations and these got mixed in with actual real genuine memories of a past life although 'Bridey Murphy' may never have existed.

 

[BriarRose]

It could be that most of the memories were mere confabulations and these got mixed in with actual real genuine memories of a past life although 'Bridey Murphy' may never have existed.

It's been many, many years since I read about Bridey Murphy, but from my memory, I would tend to agree with you, Manners. Reincarnation was an "out side the box" topic in the Western world at the time, and I don't remember the topic of childhood memories being discussed at all. I suspect that some people's memories are like Virginia Tighe's - a combination of real memories and confabulations. I think our subconscious minds could take a base of real memories, and "fill in the blanks", without any conscious intention to distort, or mislead. It doesn't take away from the fact that some of the recollections, or reincarnation itself, are real. Thank you for bringing that case up for consideration. The same thing might be done for Jesse Sterne's "The Girl With Green Eyes". Once again, it's been decades since I read that book, and it would be interesting for people on the forum to consider it, in light of the greater information and understanding that we have now.

 

[Shiftkitty]

I consider the Bridey Murphy case as very unreliable due to the outside influence of the baby-sitter. She may not have intentionally been calling up false memories, but the influence is enough to file it under "tainted".