Poltergeists – what they are, famous stories

Poltergeists… what are they, and what makes them different from other ghosts?

In this 19-minute podcast, Fiona Broome explains what a poltergeist might be, and she shares stories of famous poltergeists.

To learn more about topics mentioned in this podcast, visit the following links.

Colin Wilson – Ghost Sightings

This book reads like a children’s series of “ghost stories,” but it’s actually filled with unique and fascinating information about ghosts and poltergeists.

Often overlooked by researchers, this book is among Fiona’s favorite resources for unusual insights about the spirit world.  Fiona  agrees with Wilson when he says, “…the evidence is that we do continue to exist. And I don’t think that there’s any possible doubt about it.”

Winchester Mansion (aka Winchester Mystery House) – Wikipedia entry – One of the world’s strangest and most haunted houses.

Cases mentioned: The Drummer of Tedworth, Enfield Poltergeist

(Fiona will write more about these events, later, and include previously unreported facts that shed new light on these famous poltergeist stories.)

Movie mentioned: The Entity

This movie — hard to find as a DVD, since the movie studio discontinued it — is based on a true story.  The content in this film is very disturbing, since the victim was raped by three spirits, and that scene is represented in the movie.

Produced in the early 1980s, the movie is dated, but those who’ve watched it consistently describe it as disturbing and too realistic for entertainment.

That may be why the movie was discontinued.

Books mentioned: Harry Potter books, by J. K. Rowling

The poltergeist, Peeves, appears during every school year.  However, when he is visible, he generally looks solid.  (That’s not common among poltergeists.  They rarely appear in visible form, at all.)

Other Hogwarts spirits, such as Nearly Headless Nick, usually look translucent and slightly glistening or pearlescent.

Listen to this podcast on your computer (MP3 recording)

Music: Zombie, written & orchestrated by Devin Anderson