This episode unpacks the dark history behind the Moberly Jourdain incident, a bizarre encounter that sparked theories of time travellers, ghostly nobles, and a possible Marie Antoinette ghost haunting Versailles. Was it paranormal, psychological, or something far more ordinary- and why does the story still refuse to die?

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• Old plough and harrow, Queen’s Head garden – CC BY-SA 2.0. Photo by Patrick Roper (2016).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_plough_and_harrow,_Queen%27s_Head_garden_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5228577.jpg

• Panorama at the Château de Versailles – Temple of Love – CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo by DiscoA340 (2022).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panorama_at_the_Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Versailles_-_Temple_of_Love.jpg

• Fountain in the gardens of the Château de Versailles – CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo by DiscoA340 (2017).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fountain_in_the_Gardens_of_Versailles_2.jpg

• Panorama at the Château de Versailles – Pathway – CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo by DiscoA340 (2022).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panorama_at_the_Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Versailles_-_Pathway.jpg

• Pathway near the Petit Trianon – CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo by DiscoA340 (2022).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pathway_near_the_Petit_Trianon.jpg

• Petit Trianon, Salon de compagnie – CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo by Pedemann (2025).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Petit_Trianon_Salon_de_compagnie.jpg

• Château de Versailles (exterior view) – CC BY-SA 3.0. Photo by Simdaperce (2008).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chateau_de_versailles30.jpg

• Temple de l’Amour, Versailles – CC BY-SA 3.0. Photo by GFreihalter (2017).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Versailles_Temple_de_l%27Amour_379.jpg

• Laundry in Piran – CC0 1.0. Photo by MemoryCatcher (2013).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laundry_in_Piran_2013.jpg

• Queen Marie Antoinette of France and two of her children walking in the Park of Trianon (painting by Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller, 1775) – Public Domain.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Adolf_Ulrik_Wertm%C3%BCller_-_Queen_Marie_Antoinette_of_France_and_two_of_her_Children_Walking_in_The_Park_of_Trianon_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

• Marie Antoinette, Queen of France – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marie-Antoinette;_koningin_der_Fransen.jpg

• Révolution de 1830 – Combat de la rue de Rohan – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R%C3%A9volution_de_1830_-_Combat_de_la_rue_de_Rohan_-_29.07.1830.jpg

• Elegant Ladies Gathering Flowers in a Garden (painting by Hippolyte Henri Dubois, 1874) – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hippolyte_Dubois_-_ce94d7e829.jpg

• Etching of the Palace of Versailles (c. 1680) by Adam Perelle – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Etching_of_the_Palace_of_Versailles_in_circa_1680_by_Adam_Perelle.png

• View of the Gardens and Palace of Versailles – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gezicht_op_de_Tuin_van_Versailles_en_het_Paleis_van_Versailles,_RP-P-1921-800.jpg

• View of the front of the Palace of Versailles – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gezicht_op_de_voorzijde_van_het_Paleis_van_Versailles_A_view_of_the_Palace_of_Versailles_(titel_op_object),_RP-P-1932-424.jpg

• Panoramic View of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles (MET 49KK 617AR3) – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panoramic_View_of_the_Palace_and_Gardens_of_Versailles_MET_49KK_617AR3.jpg

• View of the orange trees before the Orangerie of the Palace of Versailles – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gezicht_op_de_sinaasappelbomen_voor_de_Orangerie_van_het_Paleis_van_Versailles_V%C3%BCe_de_l%27Orangerie_de_Versailles_(titel_op_object),_RP-P-1980-394.jpg

• Versailles et les Trianons – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Versailles_et_les_Trianons_-_btv1b8432376p_(10_of_28).jpg

• Funck77 0024 (used as base image for uniformed gardeners) – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Funck77_0024.jpg

• Figures near a tree – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Figuren_bij_een_boom,_RP-P-1904-2180.jpg

• Musea Brugge, HUB, 2014 GRO1958 II – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Musea_Brugge,_HUB,_2014_GRO1958_II.jpg

• Petit Trianon – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Petit_Trianon_-_btv1b105182320_(1_of_2).jpg

• Marie Antoinette (adult portrait) – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Antoinette_Adult3.jpg

• Screenshot from An Adventure, with Appendix and Maps by Moberly & Jourdain (1913), p. 183 – Public Domain.
https://archive.org/details/adventurewithapp00mobe/page/n7/mode/2up

• Screenshot from An Adventure, with Appendix and Maps by Moberly & Jourdain (1913), p. 189 – Public Domain.
https://archive.org/details/adventurewithapp00mobe/page/n7/mode/2up

• Tour de Marlborough in the snow-covered gardens of Petit Trianon (c. 1880) – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tour_de_Marlborough_in_de_besneeuwde_tuinen_van_Petit_Trianon_JARDINS_du_PETIT_TRIANON_La_Tour_Marlborough_(..)_(titel_op_object),_RP-F-F01092-BC.jpg

• Two Men Wearing Sheepskin Tunics by Johannes Rach & Odvardt Helmoldt von Lode – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johannes_Rach_and_Odvardt_Helmoldt_von_Lode_-_Two_Men_Wearing_Sheepskin_Tunics_-_NMK.2021.0112.005_-_National_Museum_of_Art,_Architecture_and_Design.jpg

• Field in Angermünde with snow – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Field_in_Angerm%C3%BCnde_with_snow_2025-01-12_04.jpg

• Bravoure des femmes parisiennes à la journée du 5 octobre 1789 – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bravoure_des_femmes_parisiennes_%C3%A0_la_journ%C3%A9e_du_5_octobre_1789.jpg

• Grand Rocher and Belvédère du Petit Trianon – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Rocher_et_Belv%C3%A9d%C3%A8re_du_Petit_Trianon.jpg

• Title page of Légendes de Trianon, Versailles et Saint-Germain by Mme Julie Lavergne (1891) – Public Domain.
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k69166k

• Map of the Versailles estates from Paris and Environs by Karl Baedeker (1900) – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paris_and_environs_with_routes_from_London_to_Paris;_handbook_for_travellers_(1900)_(14765638501).jpg

• Portrait of Eleanor Jourdain – Public Domain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EleanorJourdain2.jpg

• Portrait of Charlotte Anne Moberly – Public Domain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charlotte_Anne_Moberly.jpg

• Belvedere building at the Petit Trianon from Le Petit-Trianon : histoire et description by Gustave Adolphe Desjardins (1885) – Public Domain.
https://archive.org/details/lepetittrianonh02desjgoog/page/98/mode/2up

• Grand Trianon (painting by Jean-Baptiste Martin, 1700) – Public Domain.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Grand-Trianon1700.jpg

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