The Enfield Poltergeist: Britain's Most Haunted House - 30 Witnesses, Police Report, Real or Hoax?
Britain's most documented haunted house. The true story of the Enfield Poltergeist. August 1977, 284 Green Street, Enfield, London: 11-year-old Janet Hodgson's bed shakes. Knocking from inside walls. A police officer witnesses paranormal activity—chair slides 4 feet by itself, official report. 18 months of supernatural events: ghostly possession, levitating children, flying furniture, horrifying voice claiming to be a dead man. 30 witnesses. This is the Enfield haunting. THE CASE: Aug 30, 197...
Britain's most documented haunted house. The true story of the Enfield Poltergeist.
August 1977, 284 Green Street, Enfield, London: 11-year-old Janet Hodgson's bed shakes. Knocking from inside walls. A police officer witnesses paranormal activity—chair slides 4 feet by itself, official report. 18 months of supernatural events: ghostly possession, levitating children, flying furniture, horrifying voice claiming to be a dead man. 30 witnesses. This is the Enfield haunting.
THE CASE: Aug 30, 1977: Bed shaking, rhythmic knocking | Furniture moves alone | Neighbors witness knocking that responds | WPC Carolyn Heeps documents paranormal activity (official police report) | Society for Psychical Research investigators Maurice Grosse & Guy Lyon Playfair: 180 visits, 25 vigils | Dec 1977: Deep masculine voice from Janet claims to be Bill Wilkins, 72, died in house | Records confirm Bill Wilkins lived & died at 284 Green Street | How did 11-year-old know?
WHAT WE COVER: Poltergeist & RSPK theory | Hodgson family & haunted house history | 30 witnesses (journalists, photographers, BBC) | Graham Morris levitation photos | Ghostly voice from false vocal cords | Scientific explanations: infrasound, EMF, carbon monoxide | The "confession": Janet admitted 2% fakes | Investigator believed 98% genuine supernatural activity | Disturbing incidents: fireplace ripped from cement, scratches, teleportation | 2,000+ documented events
BILL WILKINS GHOST CONNECTION: Possession voice: "I come from the grave, I am 72" | Died in chair, brain hemorrhage, blind | Pre-internet 1977—no Google | Grosse taped Janet's mouth—voice continued | Filled mouth with water—ghost still spoke
REAL OR HOAX? Police documented supernatural activity | Too many witnesses for hoax | No financial gain | But: 2% admitted pranks, photos could be staged | Psychologist Chris French: "Not slam-dunk hoax" | 50 years later, still debated
SOURCES: Playfair "This House is Haunted" (1980) | Willin "Enfield Poltergeist Tapes" (2019) | Society for Psychical Research archives | WPC Heeps report | Daily Mirror photos | BBC recordings | Janet Hodgson interviews (2015-2023) | Apple TV+ documentary (2023) | Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OWgImgIRic&t=24s | Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efA4nVnshd0 | Tandy & Lawrence infrasound | Persinger EMF | French Time Out (2016)
WARNING: Discussion of possession, trauma, child witnesses. Audio may disturb.
DISCLAIMER: Educational/entertainment only. We present documented accounts and multiple perspectives on the Enfield Poltergeist haunting. Not paranormal investigators. Scientific explanations presented alongside supernatural theories. Case unsolved. Janet Hodgson's trauma is real regardless of cause.
The true story of Britain's most famous haunted house. Police documented paranormal activity. 30 witnesses saw supernatural events. An 11-year-old spoke in a dead man's ghostly voice. Real haunting or hoax? 50 years later, w
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