"Della Farrant," Patsy Sorenti, Carol Page

"But as for stalking and trolling women, isn't that more your forte Manchester? For example - how many years now have you been targeting David Farrant's wife with your hateful bile? I've lost count! And before all that you were harassing Patsy Sorenti, Christine Jacob (née Maloney), Catherine Fearnley, Barbara Green, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Janet Bord, Chrissie Demant, Carole Bohanan, Jaqueline Simpson, Carol Page, Dorothy Nixon, Jeanne 'the Prez' Youngson, etc. The list goes on and on. And ALL of them female. Look, you have plenty of form when it comes to stalking and trolling women you sociopath. Or did you forget the injunction that Patsy had served against you ... not to mention the much more recent legal notice to desist that was mailed to you direct from the Farrant's? That, as David himself would say I'm sure, is very much an ongoing case. ... P.S. Of course, going by your own logic, your very public appeal on TV for Elizabeth W to come forward would also be tantamount to stalking." - Redmond McWilliams (Facebook, 31 December 2016)

It would be difficult for anyone to "target" Farrant's wife in view of the fact that he doesn't have one. The person McWilliams is alluding to is someone who pretends to be Farrant's wife, someone claimed by those who have had contact with her to be a lesbian by the name of Anna Hinton who has been responsible for a great deal of defamation against Seán Manchester since she suddenly appeared out of nowhere a number of years back. The so-called "legal notice" consists of five pages of threatening abuse sent by "Della" and David Farrant by recorded delivery to Seán Manchester's private address on 27 April 2015. The highly derogatory rant was signed by "Della Farrant" and David Farrant. Though the envelope was postmarked 27 April 2015, and the correspondence within was also headed with the same date, the senders dated each of their signatures as having taken place on 27 February 2015. This was probably a Freudian slip because on that day and in that month in 1970 Seán Manchester came to prominence on the front page of the Hampstead & Highgate Express.

"Della Farrant," Anna Hinton or whoever she is, needless to say, was not yet born. That would be some years in the future. This is how the five-page threatening letter to Seán Manchester signed off:

To Redmond McWilliams' pathetic mind this unsolicited garbage, stinking of cigarette smoke, constitutes a "legal notice" to have Seán Manchester "desist" from rebutting the endless stream of abusive incitements of hatred made against him by the likes of Farrant, "Della" and their associates.

Patsy Sorenti (née Langley) published allegations of a malicious falsehood fed to her by David Farrant, and claimed to have a witness to back the claim. Seán Manchester challenged her to produce this mythological witness so that the veracity of hers and Farrant's allegation could be put to the test. She never did produce her "witness." The only other occasion Seán Manchester confronted Patsy Sorenti is when she infringed his copyright in a self-published "casebook" that she produced in tandem with Farrant. The allegation that Sorenti "served an injunction" is as bogus as all her other claims. No injunction was served, and there is no evidence to the contrary to suggest otherwise. 

Christine Jacob (née Maloney) and Seán Manchester have never had a problem with each other, but they certainly have a problem with McWilliams' friend and mentor David Farrant. What follows is correspondence sent by Isaac Ben Jacob to Seán Manchester on 15 April 2012 regarding David Farrant and the person calling herself "Della Maria Vallicrus," "Della Escarti" and "Della Farrant":

"Me and my wife have discovered with a lot of surprise the existence of several blogs where we are notably being associated with David Farrant and his wife or girlfriend (I don't know if she is his wife or his girlfriend), whereas we have absolutely no contact with him, and we absolutely do not share his ideas. I wish to underline that my wife met David Farrant once or twice during meetings, and that it was David Farrant who started to talk to her, whereas she didn't know anything about him or his past. We recently found out that the reason why David Farrant initially made contact with my wife was in order to manipulate us, and to make you believe she was Della. If you look closely at the pictures of Della [posted in blogs], you will notice that the Della shown on the photos is always hiding her face, and that she always takes a posture which does not allow anyone to determine exactly how tall she is. I have attended a meeting myself three months ago, and I have seen Della and David Farrant together at this occasion. And when I tried to take a picture of them, Della immediately threw herself at me and my wife in order to force us to delete the photo from our camera. We do not have any relation or contact with Della and David Farrant, and we don't want to be associated with these two persons in any way, shape or form, because they have a sulfurous past, they have a reputation of being Satanists, and they are acquainted with people like Jean-Paul Bourre, whom I don't want to hear about. I know you have done research about me, and consequently you know I am an earnest academic researcher who uses scientific methods. Therefore you also know that I reject and condemn all magical practices, heretical deviancies, and obviously people such as David Farrant, who have practised Satanism. I think that you and I have been manipulated in this case, and that you could help us reestablish the truth. Yours sincerely, Isaac Ben Jacob." 

Next we come to Catherine Fearnley and Barbara Green whom McWilliams identifies as "victims."

Catherine Fearnley has accepted that she was led astray in the past by David Farrant with whom she had a relationship earlier this century. She subsequently had Farrant arrested and his computers seized for matters that are irrelevant to this discussion. What is important is that she harbours no resentment toward Seán Manchester and considers both herself and him to be victims of Farrant.

Barbara Green is someone who tends to fall out with everyone. The only person she has not fallen out with is "master of the black arts" John Pope who is a stalwart defender and supporter of David Farrant. For decades Seán Manchester ignored Green, but when she applied to join one of his groups a couple of months ago he permitted it, using the opportunity to ask why she was still publishing derogatory and blasphemous cartoons in which he is depicted. She could not answer, and swiftly left the group. Later she blocked Seán Manchester on Facebook so that he could not see the abuse she frequently posts about him. Her ability to get things wrong and then refuse to acknowledge corrections put before her is truly astounding. Green, who is slightly older than Farrant, is obsessed with Seán Manchester, and it is his misfortune that he has become the object of her compulsive nature. He has shown incredible restraint whilst enduring for years overwhelming hostility from her.

Rosemary Ellen Guiley and Seán Manchester (pictured above) have no problem with each other. Indeed, Guiley, who has met Seán Manchester and enjoyed his company, is a member of groups administrated by Seán Manchester who appeared in a television documentary with Guiley in 2011. They have both referred to each other in books published in the previous century, mostly Guiley referring to Seán Manchester in her book Vampires Among Us. She made it crystal clear to Seán Manchester that she wanted nothing to do with Farrant and would not be mentioning him in her book. He makes states that there is no malice in what Guiley wrote about him, albeit there being some error.

Seán Manchester has only ever contacted Colin and Janet Bord as a couple due to errors made by them in print about him and the Highgate Vampire case. His correspondence was ignored, and that was an end to it. It transpires they were friends of David Farrant and promoted his jaundiced version of the history. Some of their error is mentioned briefly in The Vampire Hunter's Handbook (1997).

McWilliams only refers to the female of couples to make it appear they are being singled out. When Kevin and Chrissie Demant turned to the dark side and supported Farrant for their own self-serving reasons it was Seán Manchester who became the victim of their collusion and libellous intent. However, although Chrissie Demant had provided artwork prior to this treachery, Seán Manchester's relationship was with her husband, and any antipathy felt at the time would have been aimed at him. It would not be long, however, before the Demants washed their hands of Farrant and anyone associated with him. By which time the damage was done. Farrant still republishes Demant's bile.

Carole Bohanan is mentioned briefly and sympathetically in The Vampire Hunter's Handbook where the history of vampire interest societies is chronicled by its author. Beyond that reference there has been no allusion by either Carole Bohanan to Seán Manchester, or indeed him to her.

Jacqueline Simpson, other other hand, decided that she should write the entry on the Highgate Vampire case for Wikipedia, and invariably in doing so got just about everything wrong. Seán Manchester offered to help her correct her mistakes in both the Wikipedia article and subsequent entries about Highgate Cemetery in a book she co-authored. She seemed resistant to any assistance. She was greatly influenced by an American called Bill Ellis who had met David Farrant in July 1992. Simpson herself would speak as an invited guest at Farrant's somewhat farsical "Highgate Vampire Symposium" in July 2015 where she was predictably dismissive about the supernatural.

Carol Page, an American journalist, wrote the following to Seán Manchester on 20 October 1989: “It is clear that you have a great deal of knowledge and experience with the subject [of vampirology] and I will gladly devote an entire chapter in my book to your work.” They met in a London suburb for a little under two hours on 15 November 1989. This was the only time they held a conversation. It became apparent that Page was out of her depth and knew nothing about vampires or vampirology. Despite employing Seán Manchester’s work to provide, albeit in altered form, one fifth of the text for her book Blood Lust, she failed to mention him in her acknowledgements and would not supply him with a complimentary copy when her book was published. She requested the loan of some photographs, two of which were not returned, and none of which were used as her book contains no illustrative material. Page wanted inside information about the subculture, and anything vaguely sensational. She was to be disappointed. It was explained that Seán Manchester is a researcher into supernatural phenomena and that his published work The Highgate Vampire might best inform her about his modus operandi. During the meeting, conducted in an indoor café, Page wore exceptionally dark sunglasses, which made it impossible to see her eyes. Seán Manchester had no real wish to constantly look only at his own reflection and, therefore, averted his gaze from time to time. Page makes an issue of this in her book. Hence she is indescribably petty. It is incredible that her book ever came to be published. Save for the text devoted to defaming Seán Manchester, her effort dwells on a few people she met, plus a catastrophic television show beamed by satellite from Budapest to the USA on which Seán Manchester, while invited, declined to appear. His instinct proved correct.

Having by now met Seán Manchester and absorbed his work from cover to cover, Page wrote on 23 February 1990: “The chapter about your work is based on your book, The Highgate Vampire, and the transcript of the interview we did in November.” It was nothing of the sort, needless to say. Her letter continued: “I told [Julian Henriques of the BBC] that I did not think any look at the modern vampire ‘scene,’ if you will, was complete without a look at Seán Manchester and his work. I hope that is all right with you.” This was written by Page an entire three months after she had met Seán Manchester, and long after she had read and absorbed the contents of The Highgate Vampire. She concluded her letter with the following sentence: “Your work in this area is important and I congratulate you for taking the time to do it.”

When she came to write her book she wrongly attributed the damage to tombs at Highgate Cemetery, not to the person actually convicted of such crimes, but to Seán Manchester whom she portrayed in what can only be described as defamatory terms. Seán Manchester has not been convicted of any crime or misdemeanour. She also claimed that he has been banned from entering Highgate Cemetery. This is totally false as the Friends of Highgate Cemetery will gladly confirm. It is hardly surprising that her publishers are not interested in reprinting her book. It misinforms and offends.

The catalogue of distortions and half-truths in Carol Page's book will not be dignified with too much repetition, save that one of the milder inaccuracies, ie the false attribution that Seán Manchester considers Lady Caroline Lamb to be a vampire, is not untypical of the journalistic style employed. Her attention to what is a matter of public record took a very poor second place to the agenda which Seán Manchester describes in The Vampire Hunter's Handbook as being reliant on “squalid sensationalism, silly gossip and malicious falsehood.” He also raises the very significant point that “Page sought no comment” from him “on any of the charges she brings.”

Readers of her book were quick to voice their disapproval. A representative sample follows:

“I would treat anything this woman said with the utmost scepticism.”

~ Clare Emmett, Norwich, Norfolk, England.

“Regarding Highgate Cemetery, as I recall, the criminal damage was done by David Farant, not Manchester who I believe was on record then as attempting to counter [the true offender’s] odd behaviour.”

~ Phædra Kelly, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, UK.

“I have pretty much concluded that Ms Page doesn’t care about what she has written, she is only waiting for royalties.”

~ Dorion Cable, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

“She is snide and condescending, both to the people she interviews and to the reader. She incessantly states her own opinions, interpretations, and snotty comments at every opportunity.”

~ Chad Savage, San Francisco, California, USA.

“She’s not at all objective and it definitely colours the way she writes. She takes things I said so far out of context that even though I said certain things they have a totally different meaning than I meant. Carol took one isolated incident and exaggerated it and made me out to be bi-sexual, which I am not. … Sexual preference is a big thing to her, all through the whole book. It seems what Carol wanted to write about was sex, not ‘vampires.’ … I don’t appreciate being used as a tool to sell her book.”

~ Shannon, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Shannon, like Seán Manchester, was interviewed by Carol Page for Blood Lust. Chad Savage knew her personally, and at the time was the editor of a gothic magazine. Apart from rebutting her malicious claims, Seán Manchester has not mentioned Carol Page, much less has he contacted her.

Dorothy Nixon was someone who supported Seán Manchester and wrote favourably about him. They remained on good terms until they lost contact with the passing of time. Like Nixon, Jeanne Keyes Youngson lives in the USA. Being sympathetic to Aleister Crowley and the dark arts, Youngson was not sympathetic to Seán Manchester and chose to lend her support to David Farrant. She is mentioned in passing in Seán Manchester's coverage of vampire societies, and also some of her unkind and barbed comments are addressed in the process. Many in the sub-culture are critical of Youngson with whom Seán Manchester has had no relationship, nor has he sought to enter into one.

It was put to Seán Manchester by a member of the audience on a live television show whether he had any recent contact with Elizabeth (her full name was not disclosed). He said he had not, but that if she was watching the programme he would be delighted to restore contact. Since that time they have done precisely that, and his relationship with Elizabeth is as convivial and pleasant as it ever was. To suggest, as does McWilliams, that this is "tantamount to stalking" is patently absurd.

Redmond McWilliams is, of course, under the influence of Farrant; the same Farrant he claims sent a "legal notice" (nothing more than personal abuse) to someone his mentor refers to as "bonkers":

Jamie Coster of Southampton emerged on social media ten years ago using the tag chatty gef.

A female calling herself various names (sometimes Anna Hinton, sometimes Della Vallicrus), among a raft of other pseudonyms, emerged on social media at precisely the same time as Jamie Coster. She, too, evinced more than a passing interest in a mongoose called Gef, and claimed to be haunted by it.

We are expected to believe that they were yet to become acquainted; despite one obsessing about a talking mongoose, and the other employing chatty gef as his online tag, and e-mail address nickname. They were both disingenuously looking for a man called David Farrant who advertised his contact e-mail, telephone number and London Muswell Hill home address on his website. It would have taken all of three minutes. Jamie had not had personal contact with David Farrant for over four decades, and when he decided to speak to his father for the first time, he needed little persuasion to carry on the legacy of enmity toward myself. Ditto "Della" when she "joined forces" with Jamie Coster.

The first time David Farrant saw his son, Jamie, born 9 November 1967, since his wife, Mary, departed from London to live in Southampton in August 1969, never to return save for an appearance at the Old Bailey in the summer of 1974 due to a subpoena issued by her estranged husband, was in 2010. Jamie's half-brother, Daniel J Coster, had no contact with David Farrant who only saw him briefly as a new born baby in 1968. David Farrant's first wife was Mary Coster (previously Farrant née Olden). After they divorced, he married his second wife, Colette Gee aka Colette Sully at Wood Green Registry Office on 21 June 1979. Colette was complicit in much of her husband's black arts, and assorted vendettas. She notoriously appeared naked during a videoed Luciferian ceremony at their Muswell Hill Road home. They divorced after a short marriage. David Farrant did not remarry despite "Della" claiming to be his legitimate third wife. She adopted the style "Mrs Della Farrant."

Jamie Farrant, a resident of Southampton, dropped his surname "Coster" after meeting his biological father in 2010. Within weeks of meeting David Farrant, Jamie was calling himself "Jamie Farrant."

"Della" also wrote the following in her tribute:

"David had various framed images on the wall of the room where he spent the last weeks of his life, all of an occult nature – which Jamie helpfully  put up. Some of these you will all be familiar with from the many videos which were filmed at the flat David and I shared in Muswell Hill. It seems that a member of nursing staff (who had grown up in a part of the  world where spirits and witchdoctors are greatly feared) took exception to these images, and found out more than a little about his reputation.  So much so that within half an hour of David’s passing I came under an  extraordinary amount of pressure from her to arrange for him to be  ‘taken away’ – as soon as possible. Not when the sun rose – but  IMMEDIATELY! The member of staff’s fears were entirely supernatural in origin. It turned out that she was terrified of his living presence – but his mortal remains sent her paranoia through the roof." — "Della Farrant" (9 April 2020)

This, along with a black hole of information, and the absence of any records, led to all the speculation.

All roads, therefore, lead to the mercurial "Della" about whom most people know precious little.

“Della Maria Vallicrus” aka “Della Escarti” aka “Della Farrant,” for someone claiming to be the young girlfriend (and, since Hallowe’en 2011, wife) of a man born in January 1946 who immersed himself in the outer trappings of the dark arts, has flitted from being “Roman Catholic” to someone obsessed with magical rituals, shamanism, witchcraft and the occult. She used images of a young Shakira as her own until she was rumbled. Then she occasioned upon Christine Moloney with whom Farrant was loosely acquainted. Christine and “Della” have a similar build, are the same age and claim to have been married on precisely the same day (but to different people). Christine and “Della” apparently design websites, dabble with interior design and have CVs that are practically identical.

Christine and “Della” claim to come from the exclusive Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Christine and “Della” claim to have Roman Catholic origins which they each cling onto in a heretical way. Christine and “Della” show a strong interest in witchcraft, the occult, Freemasonry and ceremonial magic. Christine and “Della” have each engaged in Farrant-inspired enmity toward me.

One might be forgiven for thinking that they are one and the same person. However, they are not. One of them, Christine, is real enough. The other adopts people's personas, even their CVs and interests. "Della" does not live in Kensington and never has. She lives in penurious circumstances.

Christine                                           "Della"

Journalist Sam Volpe stated in the Hampstead & Highgate Express, 24 April 2019, that "Della" is David Farrant's second wife, which would make her Colette Sully whom it has been suggested by numerous people is, in fact, the person who gave birth to "Della." Hence the latter not wanting to be easily identified by wearing large sunglasses or full face masks. Their is a strong resemblance between them, and, of course, Colette was thoroughly immersed in the dark arts and Luciferianism.

"Della" allegedly ventured through the snow on 21 December 2010 to spend some of her time with David Farrant at his bedsit in London's Muswell Hill Road. Now in his seventies, Farrant described "Della" as "a very attractive lady aged about 30 with intent brown eyes, and dark hair that flowed down her back," adding, "I knew she’d been touch with certain people." Whoever these people are with whom she had been in touch, it certainly wasn't me or anyone known to me because she supposedly instantly recoiled at the very idea of meeting me and became extremely defensive. Her claims of impartiality and being a Roman Catholic had attracted the attention of someone who was less than convinced. Within a matter of days after visiting David Farrant for allegedly the first time, she was attacking me on public forums, and accepting the word of a biased individual above all else. Prior to around Hallowe'en 2010, when she began commenting on the Supernatural World forum, however, absolutely nobody had ever heard of "Della Vallicrus." It was, like so much else, invented.

"Della" liked to remind everyone of her supposed "Roman Catholic" credentials. She appeared on the surface to paint a picture of herself as being traditionally Roman Catholic. She is anything but traditionalist, or indeed a Catholic. Heresy is constantly on her lips, as will be revealed, and, despite giving her religion as "Roman Catholic" on Facebook, she does not have a single Roman Catholic Facebook friend. In fact, none of her friends are Christian of any of denomination. Farrant and his Facebook friends made up the majority of them, and her declared interests, along with more general topics, embrace "Kabbalah, Judaism, Mediumship, Psychology, Ghosts and the Paranormal." This should come as no surprise to anyone who guesses the true identity of "Della Farrant," or, at least, the person adopting that persona in photographs where she is careful to keep her back to the camera so her face cannot be seen when not wearing a full face mask with full-length fancy dress costume. 

So who is this person who "listened sympathetically when she realised things were not quite as they had been portrayed by some others claiming to have had an interest in that case." That "case" being Farrant's personal obsession out of which he had succeeded in carving a notoriety based on nothing more than exploiting my investigation into the supernatural, and my subsequent book when the case was eventually closed. Ten days after meeting Farrant in person, "Della" visited him again on 31 December 2010. Her interest on this occasion was his claim to be involved in the dark occult. 

"This time she brought round some very intriguing letters and photographs relating to the Black Magical activities that took place in and around Highgate and other nearby parts of north London spanning over a ten year period from the late 1960s onwards." She unsurprisingly overlooks mention of the fact that he was charged and convicted at the Old Bailey for black magic activities in and around Highgate Cemetery. Farrant continues: "One particular thing that concerned her was her set of photographs relating to HC taken in 1971. We spent some time discussing the meaning of various glyphs and symbols, and their significance – as well as the identities of other people that she felt were definately connected with the use of Highgate Cemetery at the time. One of these people apparently was also making ‘nocturnal visits’ to Kensal Green cemetery in North London, with his friend who was by profession a taxidermist."

By a curious coincidence, 1971 is the year when Farrant claimed (in an article published by New Witchcraft magazine) to have summoned a satanic entity with a naked female assistant from whom he withdrew blood for the purpose of the ritual. This allegedly took place at Highgate Cemetery in September 1971. "Della" apparently asked for Farrant's word that he "would not release any material." Yet he could apparently make mention of the same material on his blog. She was playing Farrant's game, and he was seemingly playing hers. That notwithstanding, the pair of them identified the person they were talking about at a "symposium" over a pub in Highgate in July 2015. The victim of their miserable conspiracy was a chap called Welch who was not a "professional taxidermist" and had nothing but contempt for those engaged in the occult. Neither did he believe in the supernatural.

How could an approximately thirty-year-old London-based female born ten years after the events themselves be privy to "confidential material" which pertains to people and events in the Highgate case? Did "Della," in fact, possess anything of interest or worth? Or was she merely attempting to catch a ride on the coat-tails of people? Many were becoming increasingly aware that this was so.

When "Della" visited Farrant on a third occasion at the end of January 2011 and stayed the night, he was blogging about it before she had barely got out of the door: "She told me little about herself, but I learned that she was from Kensington but recently moved to Knightsbridge, where she now had her own apartment and a good job as an Interior Designer. She was not attached to anyone now, she told me, but like myself, she had encountered the turmoil in one or two past relationships." Once again, Highgate was discussed: "Absorbed in old Press reports we again spoke about the Highgate ‘vampire’ case, and I showed her other articles about other people who claimed that they had been involved. She read many meticulously, and some private letters I showed her about the case which highly amused her." "Della" decided to accept Farrant's offer to stay the night, which he could not restrain himself from publishing on the internet for everyone to read: "She was in bed and although all covered the sheet revealed that she had bare shoulders." Already this is beginning to sound more than a little fraudulent, and well it might. "Della," of course, has never lived in Knightsbridge or Kensington in her life and, according to one person who was in contact with her prior to all this, she lived in circumstances every bit as desperate as Farrant's in a far less than salubrious part of London.

Three weeks earlier on the Supernatural World forum, "Della" attempted to offer an explanation as to how she was in possession of material about matters that occurred well before she was born: 

"This is largely to answer the allegations that I am ‘playing a dangerous game’ – it would be very naïve to assume that with all the people involved in the Highgate situation that there are not children, relatives, friends and partners extant who have knowledge of various aspects of the events that were going on at the time. I am not willing to talk publicly about who I am related to or know in connection with the original events, and why I have a personal interest in the case. If anyone reading this was in my peculiar position, I assure you, you would feel the same."  Certainly relatives! 

"Della" quite obviously was playing a dangerous game; something she acknowledged in her next statement: "The dark side of occult magic underpins any serious discussion about many aspects of what happened back then. By default there are certain matters that it would be dangerous to discuss openly pertaining to this, not least because the people who were most centrally involved may not all still be around, but their successors are still very much active in the ‘field.’ I am referring here specifically to ‘Satanic’ activity focused in the Highgate area and in other areas of the south east of England subsequent to their decision to stop using Highgate Cemetery."

"Della" continued: "There really was no one else I could talk to about this. Certainly not Seán Manchester who is entirely on the periphery of the matters I wanted validating and does not feature heavily. This may give some indication as to the gravity of matters I am referring to." 

Indeed, it does. Yet she can apparently only talk about matters involving black magic outrages at Highgate Cemetery and elsewhere with a man who sought publicity which led to him being branded a black magician by the law courts and the media; a man, moreover, who was imprisoned for black magic crimes which included tomb desecration and vandalism. Among the not insubstantial evidence against Farrant were photographs he had taken of his naked girlfriend, Martine de Sacy, posing in front of satanic markings on the floor of a Highgate mausoleum in 1971. Then there were the black magic effigies sent to police witnesses in another man's case (a self-proclaimed Satanist who was later convicted of sexual assault on a minor); something Farrant did not even try to deny. 

In mid-January, "Della" posted on the Supernatural World forum that she is "someone who has no choice but to believe in reincarnation." This is by no means the first time she has confessed to beliefs which, by her own admission, are heretical not only to Roman Catholics but all Christians.  

Again, on the Supernatural World forum she went on the attack: "I am not interested in being given lectures about my faith by people entirely unqualified to do so, who are also intricately involved with someone who made up their own religion because they chose to pick and choose the parts of Roman Catholicism which did not suit their lifestyle or supposed beliefs." It must, of course, be asked how someone who believes in reincarnation (an essentially Buddhist and Hindu philosophy) is qualified to lecture anyone about Christianity? "Della" quite obviously picks and chooses those bits of various religions and philosophies which suit her, and to appease her belief in spiritualism, witchcraft, paganism and a wide spectrum of other occult beliefs. The practice of any of these is forbidden in scripture by all mainstream Christian churches. But it gets worse, as the facts, or possibly Farrant's fevered imagination, reveal. "Della Vallicrus" invited him to her non-existent "Knightsbridge flat" in February 2011 about which occasion his blog positively explodes with enthusiastic imagination: 

"Her own bedroom was dominated by a large Edwardian brass bed, and another marble fireplace, this one complete with two busts, one of a Greek god adorned with grapes, and another gilt mirror over the mantle." 

It would seem "Della's" pretend home is devoid of anything remotely Christian, much less Catholic. 

Farrant continues: 

"This time she brought things round again to asking me about the potential of some magical ceremonies.  I reminded her that I was no longer involved; but still she still wanted to question me. ... She had a personal reason for asking as she had come across others and she wanted to compare what I had practiced, and what she had since found out about, and her own formed views on High Magic." 

Perhaps not the sort of conversation one might expect from someone so quick to berate others for not belonging to the modern post-Vatican II Roman Catholic Church? Things did not improve that night with one thing leading to another, as Farrant could not wait to inform all and sundry via his blog: 

"We moved to the sofa, and Della suggested that as we were being ‘wicked smokers’ and talking about ‘wicked things’ we may as well drink something more exciting, it being the weekend after all. She fetched one of the decanters from the marble half table which abutted one of the walls, along with a couple of old fashioned shaped glasses and some sugar cubes, and asked me if I would like some absinthe. The lit sugar cubes she placed on the slotted spoon seemed to flame violet as she prepared the drinks in a way that was quite fascinating to watch, and before long our conversation had got even more animated than usual. It was not something I would usually feel comfortable doing, but in this strange sense of isolation and intimacy, the combination of absinthe and agreeable company seemed to make everything around me easier and even more fluid."

Absinthe is a dangerously addictive psycho-active drug derived from an alcoholic beverage (75% alcohol) with a distinctive bitter taste caused by wormwood. It is mixed with distilled spirit, such as brandy, and other herbs and spices. In the nineteenth century, the yellowish-green drink became popular in Europe, particularly France, and in American cities. Its hallucinogenic properties made it chic among poets, writers, and artists, prompting one scholar to label it "the cocaine of the nineteenth century." In the early-twentieth century, absinthe was widely banned because of fears that it severely impaired the physical and mental health of its users, as well as the morality and social fabric of nations. Absinthe is quite obviously something an upstanding Roman Catholic [sic] like "Della" has no problem imbibing. She also lists on Facebook drug-inspired groups such as Pink Floyd and The Doors as her favourite musicians and composers. Yet "Della" and her persona are completely fake.

On the matter of events at Highgate Cemetery a decade before she was born, "Della" had this to say on the Supernatural World forum: "I have my own reasons for deciding what really happened. I really have no choice but to believe them as I know them to be fact." How is that remotely even possible? 

"Della" described Farrant as a "poster boy."

On his sixty-fifth birthday (23 January 2011), Farrant posted the following hypocritical falsehood: "Genuine Roman Catholics are one thing (and personally I am not opposed to that religion - or any genuine religions for that matter), but when people tend to adopt the term 'Catholic' to add to self-made Churches that attempt to copy authentic Catholic doctrines ... I can find absolutely no patience for that self-imposed deviation from genuine Catholic beliefs." He was quite obviously attempting to butter-up "Della" who at first protested she is Roman Catholic whilst believing in reincarnation, mediumship, spiritualism, magic and the occult — beliefs Roman Catholics would insist place her outside their Church and in a state of technical excommunication. Furthermore, "Della" has reached ill-considered judgements not in her gift to make. Why does she refer to me and my Faith in such an inaccurate and hostile way? I took Holy Orders at the end of a long journey which began with me as a young Anglican choir boy and church youth leader. Then I became a Roman Catholic convert which developed into my embrace of Traditionalist English Catholicism I today hold that has witnessed my becoming a deacon, priest, and, finally, a bishop. My spiritual odyssey is detailed in my book The Grail Church which is illustrated throughout and contains photographs of my taking holy orders. 

Perhaps we should remind ourselves of some of the statements made by "Della Vallicrus" about her own beliefs on the Supernatural World forum:

"I know that some of my own beliefs are technically in opposition to my Catholic faith. For example, my belief that some 'spirits of the dead' are actually people trapped between worlds, in need of help, and are not demonic representations of the living here to fool us and lead us away from God's truth. But my personal experiences of this since childhood, as a natural medium, just do not allow me to reject the concept on principle. ... I also believe in the validity of ceremonial High magic. ... When I say 'validity', I mean that I do believe that it does work, when performed properly. ...  I believe it is possible to interact with angels and demons through structured processes, but I cannot extend this to nature deities."

On the following day, 27 December 2010, she posted this on the same forum:

"I also believe in a range of beings which exist incorporeally, including spirits of the dead which replicate the behaviour of demons as we perceive it. These can be people who have not passed over and have degenerated into negative and menacing spirits because of unresolved issues in life. My belief in spirits, in this instance the consciousnesses of the departed interacting with the earthly plane, is not based on scripture. It is based on a lifetime of personal experience. It may be at odds with my religion, but I believe in both, and I cannot renounce either. I know there are incompatibilities. Mediumship can be a very dangerous art, yes. I have never thought of it as necromancy."

All this from a theologically naïve female barely turned thirty who gives the impression she inhabits the moral high ground as a "holier than thou" Roman Catholic, who is qualified to attack a bishop twice her age, while swooning over Farrant as might some wayward schoolgirl, albeit one infatuated with a self-procalimed Luciferian craving for public attention. There is something rather distasteful, as well as disgraceful, about this female. Yet it is now known that "Della," as a person in her own right, as self-described on the internet, does not exist, and that she is in reality quite something and somebody else. Her Facebook account comprises mostly a dozen or so of Farrant's "occult" friends.

Someone claiming to be the young girlfriend (and, since Hallowe'en 2011, wife) of a man born in January 1946 just happened to pick the precise same wedding date as her alter ego who really did get married (in Normandy) at Hallowe'en 2011 to a man called Isaac Ben Jacob. 

Isaac Ben Jacob found it necessary to issue a statement the following year which confirmed: 

"We do not have any relation or contact with Della and David Farrant, and we don't want to be associated with these two persons in any way, shape or form, because they have a sulfurous past, they have a reputation of being Satanists, and they are acquainted with people like Jean-Paul Bourre."

One person who claims to have known "Della Farrant" before she became a public figure is Angie Mary Watkins who had already by that time visited David Farrant on various occasions at his bedsit.

These are a few of many comments about "Della" that Angie Mary Watkins has posted on Facebook:

"Her ['Della's'] name is Anna Hinton, and she is an attractive lady with long dark hair.Yet she uses a false name and won't be photographed. And when she is, it's her ...ahem... body parts we see. Lets face it, there is something distinctly dodgy about the whole thing. At first, no one believed he HAD a wife, or girlfriend, because he kept rabbiting on about her 'bear shoulders in the moonlight' and other such crap - and playing the whole thing for laughs! Once, years ago, Farrant's friends were treated to his liaison with a mysterious lady - called, above all things, Veronica Lake. This turned out to be non other than one of his mates [Rob Milne] dressed up! Quite why Farrant pulled this childish stunt was never revealed. Yet pulled it. He said when his liaison with Della was first bought out into the open, 'Why does no one believe I've got a wife?' With his track record, it's hardly surprising." (11 August 2015)

"Well after all her crowing that she didn't want the Bishop following her or doing whatever dastardly deeds she imagined he's going to do, I'll wager he's not even interested? She seems to have this over-inflated opinion of herself that no one else shares. Her real identity, after all the posturing and preening, is of a 'nobody' and a petulant 'nobody' at that. A nobody who is such a silly little twat that she goes mad every time someone does something outside of her circle. Like, for example, befriending those she seeks to smear as her 'enemies'!" (8 August 2015)

"Well, it WAS written, you have to remember, by someone who lived in a complete fantasy world? I got to know the real Della - her real name and quite a good deal of everything else that she chose to tell me about,backwards of 3 years ago. And all I can say is that this person came up with such a lot of rubbish in my chat box, about talking mongooses haunting her home etc, that it was clear to me she was absolutely doolally." (17 June 2015)

"I'll see you all in court! That should see a packed gallery.What I don't get is all this about eating lobsters, acting all refined, with David [Farrant] portraying himself like some kind of posh bloke. The Della I encountered (and I've no reason to doubt that she WAS the same Della) was someone the complete opposite to posh - she had had lesbian encounters, was a single mother who had to move out of her home through lack of money, ate ice cream, had experienced pretty dark things happen in her past, went to the pub, and had an ASBO! Mystery, indeed! With a capital M!" (7 December 2014)

"What was the asbo for? Probably trying any means of attracting attention to herself - when she kept popping up in my chat box - that was the impression I got. That she was the kind of person who just wanted to be noticed. ... In spite of not encouraging her at all she constantly popped up - and each time told a different tale - whether it was about being haunted by a mongoose who lived in her house to things she got up to with women. Not surprisingly, after being fed a diet of this on a regular basis, I got fed up with her and told her to bugger off. Which bought the response 'I'll talk to you in the morning when you are less annoyed'!" (8 December 2014)

"Perverse rumours which he alone started. These include David being my father, my mother being David’s second wife, [Colette Gee also known as Colette Sully, pictured above]. He also sees fit to challenge the parentage of David’s youngest son [Danny]." — "Della" (31 May 2020)

Extremely rare image of "Della" unmasked.

© Polly Hancock, 31 October 2013