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poltergeist

[pohl-ter-gahyst] / ˈpoʊl tərˌgaɪst /


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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

A play about the Enfield poltergeist which was said to have wreaked havoc in a north London council house in the 1970s is to come to London's West End.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023

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

From Scientific American ● Jun. 27, 2023

One night in the middle of winter a fierce storm came along and shook the shack as if it were made of matchsticks, and shrieked at the ceiling like a poltergeist.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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

They are either annoying, like poltergeists, or vengeful, like the girl from “The Ring.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2022

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 middle chapter looks at belief in supernatural agency—witches, demons, poltergeists.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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