The Enfield Poltergeist
- Date of account
- 1977–1979
- Location
- 284 Green Street, Brimsdown, Enfield, London
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Enfield poltergeist concerned alleged voices, knocking, furniture movement, and apparent levitation in the Hodgson family home. Journalists, police, neighbors, and psychical researchers, including Maurice Grosse and Guy Lyon Playfair, recorded or investigated different episodes. Some observers reported apparent events, while investigators also documented the children attempting to fake phenomena, leaving the evidential record contested. The case is valuable for studying observation, family dynamics, media framing, and retrospective reconstruction rather than as settled proof of paranormal activity.
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