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poltergeist

[pohl-ter-gahyst] / ˈpoʊl tərˌgaɪst /


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She will be playing Liz Rich, who moved into the farmhouse with her husband Bill in 1989, claiming they saw ghosts and experienced poltergeist activity.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

On a more intimate scale, Gemma and Cady’s new Bay Area rental is a smart house where everything is a potential poltergeist, from the ice dispenser to the vacuum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

Here’s what you should know about the mysterious rise and fall of the purported poltergeist.

From National Geographic ● Sep. 19, 2023

Both have reportedly claimed that a Skinwalker ranch poltergeist followed them home.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 27, 2023

Peeves was the school poltergeist, a grinning, airborne menace who lived to cause havoc and distress.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

Here are a few insulation options of which your poltergeists will surely approve.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

The latest is a 512-acre ranch in rural Utah that is supposedly a “hotspot” for UFOs, poltergeists, animal mutilations and “shadow creatures.”

From Scientific American ● Jun. 27, 2023

Families who swear their homes have been taken over by spirits, poltergeists, shadow people or demons call upon “The Dead Files” team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2020

The American writer Charles Fort noted that poltergeists often emanated from those who had no direct power – women, servants, adolescents, children.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2020

“Exactly. I have always liked the notion that the American twins were actually a poltergeist phenomenon; certainly poltergeists can overshadow any more interesting manifestation. Bad ghosts drive out good.”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson


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