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Chapter 1: What strange phenomena does the Hitchings family experience?
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Chapter 2: How does Harold Chibbett attempt to communicate with Donald the poltergeist?
i would say a little bit scary and immediately it builds in your mind expectations about well given everything else we've experienced what on earth are we going to be experiencing now
Really, to me, it's like, is that a threat or a promise? It sounds almost romantic. It's got almost that kind of period gothic romance letter thing. Like, my dear Shirley, I come to you, my Shirley, from far across the moors or whatever. And then, on the flip side of that, it also sounds kind of like a threat. What is he actually coming to do?
Because so far, it's destroying the house, keeping the entire family awake, destroying Shirley's teenage years, setting fire to things... So, yeah, if you think of Donald through the lens of being an abusive, omnipresent partner, or stalker, I guess would be more accurate, then it's like, I'm coming for you whether you want me to be in your house or not.
So was that note written by a ghost? We should be open to all explanations, but my issue with it is, can we be assured that the little note that was there when Chip picked up his notebook wasn't there prior to that incident?
So we can't discount the possibility the note was written, put into Chip's notebook when he wasn't looking, and then when it flew out of his hand, he discovered the note, he said, well, that wasn't there before.
Kieran's right that Chib desperately wants to believe. You really see that in his notes here. And from this point on, he's at number 63 as much as possible. He's coming straight from his job at the tax office to stay the night, barely making it home to see his wife Lily. The mission that he's increasingly devoting his life to is simple. It's finding out who or what Donald is.
After that first written message, there's tantalisingly no more. But we heard last step about how Chibs started using alphabet cards, pointing at letters, waiting for Donald to bang to spell out words. L. Was that B?
Did you mean A?
At first, the messages are menacing threats or random nonsense. But on the evening of March 27th, 1956, a different kind of information comes through.
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Chapter 3: What psychological state does Shirley reveal about her family's fear?
Ten? So young.
It might explain his rather mischievous personality. You really reckon it could be him, Jim? It's impossible to know yet, Wally, but with Shirley's help, I'm receiving a lot of information.
Chip thinks I'm a natural medium, that it's me that gives Don the power to talk.
So he must have been born in 1785. Oh, yes, well, that's a matter of historical record. And how did he watch them actors in Drury Lane back in, what was it, 1720? Well, that may not be relevant now.
You said spirits sometimes give misleading information at first.
Yes, he may have been testing us. But he's not there. All I can do, John, is try to confirm each new piece of information. Or you could stop. Pardon? It's you, mate. You're keeping all this going. When did we last have a journalist round?
John?
It's been months, Jo. They found better things to write about. But, Chip, he's here every flipping day, nearly. God knows what your poor wife thinks. Sitting up with a teenage girl every night talking to spirits. That's enough, John. I'm sorry, Chip. Look, things have happened. Stuff I can't explain. But this... What's that test called where they show you ink blots?
You say it looks like a bat or a butterfly or someone's private parts and they decide if you're crazy. The Rorschach test. Right, that's what this is. You're hearing a noise, mate, and imagining a story. It could be the Prince of France or Julius Flipping Caesar. It's all in your head.
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Chapter 4: What new developments occur in the poltergeist activity?
Prince of Darkness, more like. Oh, you don't like that, do you? Someone telling it how it is. In return for Ethel's defiance, Donald leaves out messages about her, laced with vitriol. Wally, for Nan's disobeyment, tip her out of bed, silly old bugger. She is old battleaxe, face like overgrown beetroot.
Blimey, Donald, that's a bit rude.
This is the thing about Donald. The messages veer from playful to vicious. And they're always controlling. When there's talk of Shirley getting a new job, he reacts to the idea of her leaving the house with a shocking level of violence. Front room. Occasional table. Polished top. Badly scratched. Lampshade wrenched from standard lampholder, thrown on floor and material torn to shreds.
John's bedroom. Best trousers torn, quite unrepairable. Kitchen. Crocker is smashed. Spoon bent double. I understand that before I arrived, knives had been thrown. Evelyn, we've seen photographs of this and it's on another level. Good Lord, when you see the pictures of the front room, he obliterates the place. The wallpaper is destroyed, not just scrawled in, but like torn off the wall.
It's almost gouged into the wall. It's really vicious looking. Shreds, I think, like the bedclothes and stuff. Steals things. It's really violent. I guess I won't be going to work.
It's chaos, Chip. He's destroyed the place.
Why would he do this? Kieran? Yes? Evelyn? Yes? Something has happened to us here. We're saying he and him... Uh-huh. We're getting sucked in too, but this is the thing, isn't it? Donald feels like such a clear and distinct personality. Kieran, you're the hardcore sceptic. Does this mean that you have drunk the Kool-Aid? Are you fully signed up now to believe that Donald is real?
No. Donald, as in whatever that manifestation is, is in the house. But from my perspective, it still doesn't mean he's an actual poltergeist. It's more a case of using the name and using those pronouns to signify how the family have built up this narrative. But absolutely not. I'm certainly not using his name as an indicator that I've drunk the Kool-Aid and I'm starting to believe.
Evelyn, do you believe that Donald is real? Yeah, I do at this point believe that the core of the phenomena is paranormal and that it is being caused by something being in the house. What that something is, is up to us to debate and explain. But yes, I do. I'll take a pint of Kool-Aid, please. Throughout all these crazy months, Chib sticks at his research.
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Chapter 5: What messages does Donald convey through letters?
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