Moberly–Jourdain incident Moberly–Jourdain incident The Moberly–Jourdain incident (also the Ghosts of Petit Trianon or Versailles, / "les fantômes de Versailles") is a claim of time travel and hauntings made by Charlotte Anne Moberly (1846–1937) and Eleanor Jourdain (1863–1924). In 1911, Moberly and Jourdain published a book entitled "An Adventure" under the names of "Elizabeth Morison" and "Frances Lamont". Their book describes a visit they made to the "Petit Trianon", a small "château" in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles where they claimed to have seen the gardens as they had been in the late eighteenth century as well as ghosts, including
Petit Trianon Paris. With the enforced departure of the royal family the next day the Petit Trianon was almost abandoned except for the gardeners and other staff who continued to live there. Renovations that had been underway were interrupted, leaving large sums owed to builders. The former Queen's gardener Antoine Richard was appointed as curator of the gardens and plant nursery in 1792 by the Minister of the Interior. After the final overthrow of the monarchy in July 1792, all of the furniture, art works and other valuables of the Petit Trianon were given to auction, under a decree of the Convention