# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helen-duncan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:39:23.679Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helen-duncan"
name: "Helen Duncan"
slug: "helen-duncan"
description: "Victoria Helen McCrae Duncan was a Scottish medium best known as the last person to be imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act 1735 for fraudulent claims. She was famous for claiming to produce ectoplasm, which was proven to be made from cheesecloth."
tagline: "Scottish medium (1897–1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Helen_Duncan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1897-11-25"
deathDate: "1956-12-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.56596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.helenduncan.org.uk/"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Helen_Duncan"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "هيلين دنكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Duncan"
    title: "Helen Duncan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Duncan"
    title: "Helen Duncan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Duncan"
    title: "Helen Duncan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Duncan"
    title: "Helen Duncan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Duncan"
    title: "Helen Duncan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ヘレン・ダンカン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Duncan"
    title: "Helen Duncan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Дункан, Хелен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86_%DA%88%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%86"
    title: "ہیلن ڈنکن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q444764"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump