The South Shields Poltergeist: One Family's Fight Against an Invisible Intruder [Hardcover]

Michael J. Hallowell (Author), Darren W. Ritson (Author), Guy Lyon Playfair (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2008

In December 2005, a family began to experience typical but low-level poltergeist-like phenomena in their home. Slowly but steadily the phenomena escalated, and in July 2006 the authors were asked to investigate the case. During the following four months, the investigators documented on audio tape, video, and still photographs the following phenomena: the male occupant of the house having his upper torso slashed severely, without human intervention; knives, coins, and other objects being thrown around without human intervention; a bottle of mineral water balancing on its edge and defying the law of gravity for several minutes; sinister telephone and text messages being received by the female occupant of the house, whilst the telephones the calls were seemingly coming from were disabled; written messages, seemingly from the poltergeist, being left on a child's "doodle board;" bizarre lights floating in and out of solid objects; and children's toys spontaneously "bursting into life" and speaking to the investigators. The authors have collected many eye-witness statements and have consulted experts in numerous fields. These include graphologists, university lecturers, paranormal researchers, and medical personnel, some of whom have witnessed these startling phenomena for themselves. Here is a chilling diary of an ongoing poltergeist case which rivals any previously documented.

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About the Author

Michael J. Hallowell is a full-time freelance writer and paranormal investigator. He writes the UK's longest running paranormal column, Bizarre, in the Shields Gazette. Darren W. Ritson is also a freelance writer and paranormal investigator. He contributes regularly to PARANORMAL magazine and has also written Ghost Hunter: True Life Encounters from the North East.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: The History Press (March 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750948744
• ISBN-13: 978-0750948746
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,898,170 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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