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Famous Poltergeist Hauntings Famous Poltergeist Hauntings www.Ghost-Story.co.uk Contents 1) The Zaragoza Poltergeist. 2) The Enfield Poltergeist. 3) The Amityville Horror. The Zaragoza Poltergeist, Aragon, Spain In the 1930's the Palazon family, residing in an apartment complex on the "Gascon Gotor" street, encountered a frightening ordeal when they started to hear maniacal laughter and voice coming from inside their home. The poltergeist phenomenon quickly turned its attention to the young maid, Pascuala Alcocer. She had reported that the voice was tormenting her and that it came from the wood stove. As the news of this poltergeist spread, thousands, of people started to visit the building. The spectators all came interested in hearing the so-called "duende of Zaragoza". The word spread so fast and so wildly that the London Times had made a report on the case. Taking it upon themselves to "put an end to the circus", local police and judges personally investigated the home and brought with them a few psychiatrists to analyze Pascuala Alcocer, informally putting the blame on her from the beginning. All the tenants in the building were evacuated, and the whole While investigating, the officials found more and more evidence to block was quarantined and Pascuala was removed from the prove that this was not a hoax. The entity was reported to not only premise. An architect was called to examine the whole building, speak, but also to be able to see what was going on around the corner to corner. home. It would accurately state the number of people that were in a room at a time. Even the army was called in to investigate the case; all communications (radio/telephone) were cut from the outside. The With no real answers to the strange events, the judges, police and maniacal voice continued emanating from the wood stove, but psychiatrists assumed that Pascuala was using ventriloquism to now with a different attitude. create this hoax. They were in extreme pressure to come up with a solution to this hysteria, blaming the girl was the best way they It started yelling and insulting everyone in the room, telling them could think of quieting the situation. that it would kill them all! When the architect called a skilled mason in order to take some Today, the building no longer stands it was demolished and in its measurements of the kitchen, something else happened. The place, stands a modern building with many residents, none of voice showed them it had knowledge of the building. While the these have reported any strange occurrences. man was measuring a certain part of the kitchen the voice said: "Don't worry, it measures 75 centimetres." Of course when he measured, it was exactly 75 centimetres. The mason was so scared he left the building never to come back leaving his tools behind. Arturo Grijalba was only a kid when the entity spoke to him. He was the building owner's son and the only remaining witness alive to this case. While the investigation was taking place, he had wondered into the kitchen to take a look at the kitchen for himself. When Arturo turned to his dad and said: "Let's go dad, this thing is crazy" a voice replied: "Not crazy little one." in a guttural response everyone in the room heard it and were visibly shaken. After two months of insults and threats, the maniacal voice suddenly stopped. Like in all poltergeist cases, it manifested quickly and without warning and vanished the same way. Pascuala was stigmatized with being the hoaxer, the police blamed the girl and her ability to "throw her voice", even though skeptics had retorted with the argument that Pascuala was not even near the neighborhood when these voices occurred during some of the investigations, the police and judges closed the case blaming Pascuala. She lived a very reclusive life after this whole ordeal had ended. Never fully recovering from the blame what was put on her, she refused to socialize with the people of the city. In old age, she gave an interview about this incident. When asked where the voice was coming from, Pascuala answered: "From the wall." The Enfield Poltergeist, London, England The family was kept awake all night long with strange noises and knockings. The following morning, exhausted, the family went into the neighbour's house and described the night's events. Vic In 1977 a family who lived in a council house in Enfield, UK, Nottingham the neighbour went into the house to see if he could began a terrifying ordeal when a Poltergeist took over their lives. explain what was going on. He too heard the noises, and says The phenomena experienced included knocking on the walls, that the knocking followed him from room to room. furniture moving, fires igniting and a child levitating. The phenomena continued, the family experienced knocking on The family consisted of divorcee Margaret Hodgson and her four the walls, Lego bricks and marbles were thrown at the family, children: Margaret aged 12, Janet 11, Johnny 10 and Billy 7. The furniture was moved, fires would ignite and extinguish themselves paranormal activity started one night, when the two girls were in spontaneously, and Janet would be thrown out of bed, and made bed, a chest of drawers started shuffling forwards, towards them. to levitate. One of these incidents was witnessed by two passers Their Mother went upstairs to see what the commotion was, the by, who stopped in amazement to watch Janet levitating girls were told to get back into bed and stop messing about. With horizontally in her bedroom window, whilst toys were swirling that, the chest of drawers suddenly lurched forwards. The Mother around in the air behind her. pushed it back in place only for the chest to immediately move forwards again! A priest and a medium were called in. They could do nothing and the knocks and unusual movements of objects continued. On one occasion the mother was so scared by the events and was at such a loss of what to do that she called the police. When they arrived on the scene they witnessed a chair lift up in the air, which as it came to rest shot 4ft forward across the floor! The police even wrote a statement to this effect. The Newspapers were called and a senior reporter for the Daily Mirror went to interview the family. Their patient waiting was finally rewarded with a host of flying objects, including a pan that hit the photographer on the forehead. In a series of well known photographs journalist Graham Morris photographed her being levitated out of bed by an unseen force while her sister looked on. On one occasion the sheets on Janet's bed tried to strangle her and it was only her muffled cries that caused her mother to come to her aid. Mrs. Hodgson was at such a loss of what to do that she called the police. When they arrived on the scene they witnessed a chair lift up in the air, which as it came to rest shot 4ft forward across the floor! The police even wrote a statement to this effect. It was then suggested that paranormal investigators should be To speak in this way is painful and damaging, and to speak in this brought in. And so began an intensive study that was to last for way for any length of time is said to be medically impossible. The many months with paranormal researchers, Maurice Grosse and voice was recorded on many occasions, Janet was seemingly Guy Lyon Playfair they recorded over 2,000 unexplained events at possessed, she was made to take a sip of water and have her the house. mouth taped up. After the voice was heard and recorded, she would be un-taped and would spit out the water. Electronic equipment would occasionally refuse to work inside the house but operated perfectly as soon as it was taken outside. The spirit claimed to be that of a man called Bill who said that he Pools of water would suddenly appear around the house. Late was the previous occupier of the house, and stated that he had one evening, when the children were asleep in their rooms and died of a brain hemorrhage in an armchair in the living room. A Maurice Grosse was downstairs compiling his day's findings, he recording of the voice was played to the deceased mans son; he was disturbed by the sound of Janet screaming. Maurice ran to confirmed that the voice was his fathers. The paranormal activity the foot of the stairs only to see the 12-year-old apparently being at the property lasted for approximately 2 years it ceased as dragged through her bedroom door by an unseen force she was suddenly as it had started. hauled down the stairs and dumped unceremoniously at Maurice's feet. The barrister, Mary Rose Barrington, who reviewed the case on behalf of the Society for Psychical Research, is in no doubt that One morning when Guy Playfair was working at the house, he the investigators did a thorough and honest job. She re- heard a "tremendous vibrating noise". "I really thought someone interviewed and cross-examined many of the witnesses and was drilling a great big hole in the wall of the house," he says. "I double-checked the evidence. Nothing she found suggested a tore into the bedroom and there was quite a commotion. The wider conspiracy. whole fireplace had been ripped out. "It was one of those old Victorian cast-iron fires that must have weighed at least 60lb.
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