Peter Barraclough had a connection to occultist Netta Fornario in the fact that he was originally religious and latterly, when he lived in Cumbria, he was near enough to Scotland to visit regularly.
Peter had always wanted to go to St Andrew's University in Scotland to read classics as he was fluent in Latin and Ancient Greek. Instead he became a customs officer. However his elder daughter did attend St Andrews University and his younger daughter attended the Heriot Watt school of Art and Design, Edinburgh, getting closer to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at every turn.
The family went to Glasgow on shopping trips and when not engaged in these activities Peter Barraclough enjoyed sailing his boat on Lake Windermere.
He is similar to Netta because he died mysteriously of a brain tumour and many people who used Lake Windermere for recreational sports had health problems thought to be caused by a leak in to the lake system of radioactive material from the nuclear power plant, Sellafield.
The Netta Fornario Experience
