Episode 3: Interview with a Ghost
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What connections exist between the Battersea case and the Enfield Poltergeist?
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Her back was arched.
Rigid.
Help me! It was like she was hovering, floating, maybe six inches over the bed. So I was wrong. You were close, John. This is all to do with Shirley.
What?
It's you, my dear. You're the focus. Donald is here because of you. Chip really frightened me, you know. He said it's always a teenage girl at the centre of it. And I was horrified. Did you feel in danger, Shelley? I think so, yeah. I thought something horrible was going to happen to us. We were all really scared out of our wits. I just can't put it into words. I thought this is going to be the end. We're all going to die.
Heart of me Make me yours You can...
This is a lot for a teenage girl to cope with. It was. Looking back, you know, I was so traumatised by it all. Today, I think they'd put me in care and I'd be taken away from the family. Why do you say that, Shirley? Because I wasn't mad. I thought I was going mad. I was crying all the time, very traumatised. But what you're describing is someone who's very frightened. Oh, yes. Yes.
Bloody bastard!
I hate him and I hate you, Donald!
What? It's Chib, Shirley.
I heard flying objects. Oh. Elvis survived. I'm sorry if I upset you. I'm not upset. You do seem a little... I'm bloody scared.
Surely. It's all fun and games to you, poncing it round with your pipe in your bag full of ghost-hunting gizmos like a spooky Sherlock Holmes. But this is my life. My family. And now you're saying it's all my fault.
I didn't.
I'm not the focus. Donald attacks everyone and you can't put this one on me.
It's not your fault. A poltergeist is like your radio. It needs power and an energy source. You are Donald's battery.
No.
I think you should leave, mate. Wally! Shirley's right. We're not having this. Come here, girl. I do apologise. Out, please. Just answer me one thing first. You don't have to, Cheryl. Poltergeists follow a pattern. Noises. Then objects moving. The next stage is communication. He's made contact, hasn't he?
Yes.
Wally, I will leave if you want me to, but let me warn you, Donald won't.
Well, better tell him what happened next. Next? Our old world fell apart.
You saw heavy pots and pans. fly through the air in your room? Yes, yes. I remember that the sheets were coming off and we were tossed about in the bed, you know. It's just got dark outside and I'm sitting in the shed in my garden where I've set up my little home recording studio and I'm listening back to my interviews with Shirley and I'm just trying to pull together my thoughts on the case, really, and it's hard, because objects floating through the air is impossible, right? And what the newspapers call Shirley's levitation. I was floating above the bed. When John pulled me down, I was stiff. But I keep listening to her voice, and I don't think she's lying. which leaves some pretty big questions to answer.
And then earlier today, I got this message from one of our investigators, Evelyn Hollow. Let me play it to you.
So the Enfield Poltergeist is a bit of a legend in Ghost Hunting Circles.
It's one of the best documented of all hauntings. It's spawned various fictional movies, including The Conjuring 2.
Who are the reporters involved in the Battersea case and what did they experience?
It takes place in Enfield, a suburb of North London, about 20 years after Battersea, 1977. Like with our case, most of the activity focuses around a young girl, 11-year-old Janet Hodgson.
You need to contact a man called Graham Morris. Now, he was the first photographer on the scene, and not only that, but he actually claims to have been hit by a flying object. All right, happy ghost hunting, Godspeed.
So I've managed to track Graham down. I'm going to talk to him now. He's a sensible, sporty looking man in his 60s. Back in 1977, he was working for the Daily Mirror newspaper. You as a man who normally goes out and photographs very real life events, what did you actually think you might be asked to do?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What connections exist between the Battersea case and the Enfield Poltergeist?
0:00–6:42
2
Who are the reporters involved in the Battersea case and what did they experience?
6:42–14:17
3
What is Shirley Hitchings' story and how did it gain media attention?
14:17–19:39
4
What evidence supports the claims of paranormal activity in the Enfield case?
19:39–26:01
5
How did the Enfield Poltergeist case evolve into a media sensation?
26:01–31:59
6
What role do teenage girls play in poltergeist phenomena?
31:59–32:37