Poltergeist: A Classic Study in Destructive Hauntings

Colin Wilson

Nov 2010 · Llewellyn Worldwide

About this ebook

Crashing noises and disembodied voices, coming from nowhere and everywhere at once. Invisible tormentors slapping and pinching and pulling hair. Fires starting spontaneously, pools of water materializing out of thin air, pots and pans and knives and knick-knacks flying through the room. These are the hallmarks of the poltergeist phenomenon.

In this classic book on destructive hauntings, Colin Wilson, renowned authority on the paranormal, examines the evidence and develops a definitive theory of the poltergeist phenomenon. Countless true-life cases of poltergeist infestations have been recorded since the days of ancient Greece and Rome to the present. But what are poltergeists? Where do they come from? And why do they appear in our world?

From the case of a black-robed monk that terrorized a family for years, to the investigation of a talking mongoose, to true stories of gnomes, sorcerers, witches, and demons, this guide explores a bone-chilling gallery of the mysterious entities known as poltergeists.

Ratings and reviews

Good overview of this fascinating paranormal phenomenon. Like its coverage of the Black Monk of Pontefract haunting/poltergeist: a famous Northern British case which eventually changed this book's skeptical existentialist author's mind in favour of the paranormal... :)

Very interesting...sheds some light on some long thought of conclusions

About the author

Colin Wilson, who lives in Cornwall, England, has written over fifty books on crime, philosophy and the occult.