This House is Haunted—An investigation of the Enfield Poltergeist (1980 HC)

by Guy L. Playfair

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template This House Is Haunted THE INVESTIGATION OF THE ENFIELD POLTERGEIST By Guy Lyon Playfair Hardcover: 290 Pages — Publisher: Stein & Day Publishing; First American Edition (1980) This is the amazing Story of the Enfield Poltergeist. On August 31st 1977, normal life ended for Mrs Harper and her four children in their modest council house in a hitherto quiet corner of the north London suburb of Enfield. Compared to what was to come, the initial phenomena were relatively minor - knockings on the walls, and pieces of furniture moving in ways that did not seem normal. The neighbors came in and searched the house, finding all in order, though they too heard the knocking. The police were called, and were able to witness a chair sliding along the floor. The disturbances went on, getting more intense and more frightening. They were eventually witnessed by at least thirty people. They included examples of everything a poltergeist can do - overturning chairs and tables, flinging things about, whipping off bedclothes, levitating one of the girls in full view of passers-by, making her speak with the voice of an old man and defying the laws of physics by passing matter through solid matter. Much of this bewildering and often terrifying activity was captured on tape and film by Maurice Grosse of the Society for Psychical Research and his colleague Guy Lyon Playfair, who were on the case within days of its outbreak stayed on it until it finally came to an end, with a twist as unexpecte

• Publisher: ‎ Stein & Day
• Year: 1980
• ISBN: 9780812827323
• Condition: Fine

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