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Is haunting section relevant? edit
Every tourist trap automatically claims a ghost infestation as a free promotional stunt for their business; as such, it's meaningless unless the ghost has been on the premises prior to, say, the release of the film "Ghostbusters" and reality tv shows that shoot a lot of green-tinged video through night-vision lenses and purport to be "ghost hunters".
Jamaica Inn's notoriety is due to its piratical associations and its inclusion in the Hitchcock film. I think the haunting business is ephemeral and could be said about any landmark these days. Thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.140.43.221 (talk) 16:21, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
THe story of the owners James and John Broad which hung a criminal in this building is real and proven, as well as that they legally got hung on the gallows themselves for this. It is their "ghosts" which are used for the haunting stories today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.157.44.251 (talk) 06:50, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Smugglers edit
Is there any evidence that the Inn has any real association with smugglers, rather than just in the novel and the imaginations of those with commercial interests to promote? It is over 10 miles from the sea in hostile countryside, so not likely to be a convenient base for coastal operations. The article conflates smugglers, wreckers and pirates. It explains what wreckers are but does not give any association between them and the Inn; as I understand it there is no evidence that organised wrecking ever happened, let alone for any connection with Jamaica Inn. Cyclopaedic (talk) 23:27, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
- I doubt there would be anything more concrete than folklore, otherwise any facts would by now probably be very easily sourced for a place this famous. Early guide-books that mention the Inn make no reference to the subject prior to the appearance of the novel, but this website about smuggling is informative about the general nature of what was going on, so the association isn't entirely without any basis. [1] I think the only wrecking association however comes directly from the novel.Mighty Antar (talk) 00:57, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
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Hamlet? edit
The formal (OED) definition of a hamlet is an gathering of housing without a church. The church was built in the mid 19th century raising it from a hamlet to a village. So should we refer it to a hamlet overall, or even in the introduction which relates to the period before the building of the church. Ender's Shadow Snr (talk) 21:15, 21 January 2022 (UTC)