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'''Mocata Grange''' was a place in [[England]].
'''Mocata Grange''' was a place in [[England]].


While investigating strange occurrences at Mocata Grange in [[1904]], [[Thomas Carnacki]] met [[Iris Wildthyme]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Iris Rides Out (audio story)|Iris Rides Out]]'')
While investigating strange occurrences at Mocata Grange in [[1904]], [[Thomas Carnacki]] met [[Iris Wildthyme]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Iris Rides Out (audio story)|Iris Rides Out]]'')
==Notes==
 
The name is a reference to Simon Mocata, the villain of Dennis Wheatley's 1934 novel ''The Devil Rides Out'' and its 1968 film version.
Carnacki later told others about his glimpse of a world beyond while investigating "the squealing of the [[Hog Lord|Pig Lords]]" at Mocata Grange, including [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[John Watson]] and, separately, [[Dodgson (The Screaming Ceiling)|Dodgson]], who wrote down the story. ([[NC]]: {{cs|The Breath of God (novel)|The Breath of God}})
 
== Notes ==
* The name was a reference to Damien Mocata, the villain of [[Dennis Wheatley]]'s 1934 novel ''[[The Devil Rides Out]]'' and its 1968 film adaptation. Like the character Julian Karswell in [[MR James]]' {{wi|Casting the Runes}}, Mocata was based on [[Aleister Crowley]]. Both Crowley and Karswell appeared in [[Guy Adams]]' [[Titan Sherlock Holmes books|''Sherlock Holmes'' novel]] ''The Breath of God'', which introduced Mocata Grange before its appearance in ''[[Iris Rides Out (audio story)|Iris Rides Out]]''.
 
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Mocata Grange was a place in England.

While investigating strange occurrences at Mocata Grange in 1904, Thomas Carnacki met Iris Wildthyme. (AUDIO: Iris Rides Out)

Carnacki later told others about his glimpse of a world beyond while investigating "the squealing of the Pig Lords" at Mocata Grange, including Sherlock Holmes and John Watson and, separately, Dodgson, who wrote down the story. (NC: The Breath of God [+]Loading...["The Breath of God (novel)","The Breath of God"])

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