Poltergeists

thumb|Artist conception of poltergeist activity claimed by Thérèse Selles, a 14-year-old domestic servant of the Todescini family at Cheragas, Algeria. From the French magazine La Vie Mystérieuse in 1911. In German folklore and ghostlore, a poltergeist ( or ; ; or ) is a type of ghost or spirit that is responsible for physical disturbances, such as loud noises and objects being moved or destroyed. Most claims or fictional descriptions of poltergeists show them as being capable of pinching, biting, hitting, and tripping people. They are also depicted as capable of the movement or levitation of

Edward Warren Miney and Lorraine Rita Warren were American paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of alleged hauntings. Edward was a self-taught and self-professed demonologist, author, lecturer and artist. Lorraine professed to be clairvoyant and a light trance medium who worked closely with her husband.

building in Borley, Essex, England

Legendary 19th century haunting in Middle Tennessee

claim of supernatural activity

British writer (1881–1948)

German psychologist (1907-1991)

Auchencairn, , () is a village in the civil parish of Rerrick, and historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. It is located on the coast of the Solway Firth at the head of Auchencairn Bay and lies on the A711 road between the town of Dalbeattie to the east and Kirkcudbright to the west.

Hungarian psychologist (1895–1964)

village and former civil parish in Hampshire, England

poltergeist reported in 1967 in Rosenheim, Germany

paranormal transference of an article from one place to another, or an appearance of an article from an unknown source

thumb|George Scott's sketch of Gef the talking mongoose, from 1936 thumb|A 1932 article that suggested trickery and ventriloquism from Voirrey Irving was the cause of the Gef phenomena Gef ( ), also referred to as the Talking Mongoose or the Dalby Spook, was an allegedly talking mongoose which inhabited a farmhouse owned by the Irving family, located at Cashen's Gap near the hamlet of Dalby on the Isle of Man. The story was given extensive coverage by the tabloid press in Britain in the early 1930s. The Irvings' claims gained the attention of parapsychologists and ghost hunters, such as Harry

British Accountant, Stockbroker and Essex Magistrate (1883–1964)

book by Joseph Glanvill

British parapsychologist (1935–2018)