Poltergeists

Poltergeist-type incidents that occurred in 1829 in Ontario, Canada, and are described in eye-witness accounts published in the book The Baldoon Mystery.

Case of psychokinetic phenomena of the poltergeist type experienced in 1956 by a family in Battersea, London, the subject of media controversy and a 2013 book. 

Until its destruction by fire in 1939, Borley Rectory, a Victorian building in Essex in southern England, was the focus of persistent claims of poltergeist and haunting phenomena. 

Mid-nineteenth century French poltergeist case, with testimonies given in court about the phenomena experienced

French girl who in 1846, aged fourteen, was the centre of psychokinetic disturbances that caused an international sensation, earning her the soubriquet 'electric girl of Bouvigny'.

Adolescent Romanian girl (1913-1991), the centre of a 1920s poltergeist-type episode that was fully documented by researchers in Austria, Germany and Britain.

Celebrated 1970s poltergeist case in a north London suburb, in which anomalous disturbances were witnessed and documented over a two-year period. 

'Ghost hunting’ is a popular term for the investigation of claims of site-based paranormal phenomena, such as ghosts and poltergeists. 

Seventeenth century clergyman (1636-1680) and member of the Royal Society, one of the first intellectuals to take a scientific interest in paranormal claims.

James Houran is an American psychologist and parapsychologist whose research interests include the study of transliminality, ghostly phenomena and paranormal belief.