The Haunted Castles and Ruins of the Palatinate in Germany
A new illustrated book explores these intriguing stories…. In 1938 a gentleman from Oberdonau in Germany wrote to Times newspaper in Great Britain having learned from the German press that there were reputedly 150 haunted castles in England that were proving difficult to sell. He stated: “ I am very interested in these ghosts and […]
A Note On The Alleged ‘Confession’ Of A ‘Hoax’ in the Enfield Poltergeist
A Note On The Alleged ‘Confession’ Of A ‘Hoax’ in the Enfield Poltergeist What the man who recorded an alleged ‘confession’ had to say…. By Alan Murdie
GUY LYON PLAYFAIR (1935 – 2018) – Obituary Notice
Guy Lyon Playfair By Alan Murdie It is with great regret and sorrow we record the death of psychical researcher Guy Lyon Playfair who died in London early on 8th April 2018, at the age of 83. Born in Quetta India, the son of Major General Ian Playfair and novelist Jocelyn Playfair he was educated […]
WEBSITE ZUGUN
Eleonore Zugun (1913-1998) focus of aggressive poltergeist activity 1925-27 THE ROMANIAN POLTERGEIST GIRL It is some 90 years since Eleonore Zugun, a young teenager from Romania, became the most closely observed, investigated and tested poltergeist girl of the 20th century. The disturbing poltergeist phenomena which pursued her across Europe makes the case one of the […]
Do Poltergeists Strike Twice ?
The Dagworth Poltergeist – the return of a medieval spook? In spring 2000 I received a letter from the late Major Patrick de Vere Patey of Dagworth, near Stowmarket in Suffolk, England, concerning some ghost experiences within his family. Also included in passing in his letter was a mention of a haunting at Dagworth Hall […]
CHARLES FORT’S POLTERGEIST
Charles Fort (1874-1932) the famed collector of anomalies was the centre of one himself…. By Alan Murdie “I was reading last night, in the kitchen, when I heard a thump,” So might begin many personal accounts of poltergeist activity. But this one was different. The words are those of Charles Fort himself, published in his […]
POLTERGEIST KNOCKS
Scientific evidence of poltergeist knocking? A potentially repeatable paranormal phenomenon – if we look for it…. Illustration of the sound pattern of an unexplained rap occurring in poltergeist activity It is six years since Dr Barrie Colvin published an article ‘The Acoustic Properties of Unexplained Rapping Sounds’ in the Journal of the Society for Psychical […]
WHY NO POLTERGEISTS IN CHURCHES?
WHY NO POLTERGEISTS IN CHURCHES? Haunted churches and religious buildings in the UK have long been recorded in tradition and in the literature of psychical research (see Haunted Churches (1939) Elliot O’Donnell and Haunted Churches of England (1989) by Graham J. McEwan). Apparitions, strange sounds and unexplained music are amongst the most commonly reported phenomena. […]