This book examines the lives of these curious and often eccentric characters, their families, beliefs, clients and unfortunate victims, in an effort to shed a little more light on the more recent history of belief in the supernatural.

1. Introducing the Southcottians / Jane Shaw and Philip Lockley -- 2. Joanna Southcott's Apocalyptic Theology, 1792-1814 / Matthew Niblett -- 3. Southcottians in Britain, 1801-51: Revealing a Popular Religion / Philip Lockley -- 4.