Table Of ContentIntroduction EXAMINING THE POLTERGEIST ENIGMA The Eyewitnesses The Theories The Electrical Connection The Frauds: Things That Go Sneak in the Night SCARY BEGINNING, GOOD ENDING A Cop Goes Flying Our Only Visitor at Halloween Police Controversy in New England THE FLYING PHONE The House of Styrofoam Cups The Circus Comes to Columbus Tragedy The Ghostbuster (William Roll) and the Mythbuster (James Randi) PK IN THE UK Enfield: Watch out for the Lego Bricks Enfield: Strange Twists and Turns Enfield: The Voice Enfield: Epilogue The Irish Gal and Wee Hughie Lively Case in Cheshire AROUND THE WORLD The Super-Static Girl and More Electricity The Detective Puzzler on Long Island Kentucky: The Poltergeist Who Move Around Miami: Fire Sale at the Souvenir Place POLTERGEISTS IN POP CULTURE AND THE FUTURE The New Frontier: Tapping Psychokinesis The Poltergeist in Popular Culture Show Me the Money Sources and Recommended Reading
Synopsis"A compelling examination of poltergeist phenomena." At least thirty-five police officers around the world -- in at least thirteen separate cases dating back to 1952 -- claim to have witnessed some form of poltergeist activity. Nine of them were assaulted by what they say was a poltergeist, but none was seriously injured and no one has been charged nor have the mysteries been solved definitively. There are numerous cases of "hauntings" studied throughout the world every year, many of which hold up to close scrutiny. Poltergeists takes a look at a number of these in-depth case studies: An eleven-year old boy inhabited by a poltergeist, who causes photographs to become moving pictures and elevates a chair with a police officer sitting on it; Fourteen-year-old Tina Resch who, with her anger, appears to make glasses airborne, move tables, and send telephones flying; The Hodgson family who are terrorized by flying Lego pieces that are hot to the touch and furniture that moves of its own accord, usually in the presence of eleven-year-old Janet; Eleven-year-old Virginia Campbell who seems to cause heavy furniture to move at home and desks to float at school, always in twenty-eight-day cycles; A twelve-year-old Kentucky boy who -- subconsciously -- moves heavy objects in the presence of two parapsychologists watching him closely for signs of trickery. For his investigations, Clarkson interviewed hundreds of witnesses, paranormal experts, psychologists, professors, magicians, and skeptics. While it may raise as many questions as it answers, Poltergeists is an undeniably fascinating study of the paranormal., An examination of poltergeists -- unexplained visible or audible phenomena associated with a haunting -- that looks at a number of cases in-depth. Based on hundreds of interviews with witnesses, experts and skeptics., A compelling examination of poltergeist phenomena. At least thirty-five police officers around the world -- in at least thirteen separate cases dating back to 1952 -- claim to have witnessed some form of poltergeist activity. Nine of them were assaulted by what they say was a poltergeist, but none was seriously injured and no one has been charged nor have the mysteries been solved definitively. There are numerous cases of "hauntings" studied throughout the world every year, many of which hold up to close scrutiny. Poltergeists takes a look at a number of these in-depth case studies: An eleven-year old boy inhabited by a poltergeist, who causes photographs to become moving pictures and elevates a chair with a police officer sitting on it; Fourteen-year-old Tina Resch who, with her anger, appears to make glasses airborne, move tables, and send telephones flying; The Hodgson family who are terrorized by flying Lego pieces that are hot to the touch and furniture that moves of its own accord, usually in the presence of eleven-year-old Janet; Eleven-year-old Virginia Campbell who seems to cause heavy furniture to move at home and desks to float at school, always in twenty-eight-day cycles; A twelve-year-old Kentucky boy who -- subconsciously -- moves heavy objects in the presence of two parapsychologists watching him closely for signs of trickery. For his investigations, Clarkson interviewed hundreds of witnesses, paranormal experts, psychologists, professors, magicians, and skeptics. While it may raise as many questions as it answers, Poltergeists is an undeniably fascinating study of the paranormal.