poltergeist

In some scenes, the spirit is a poltergeist nuisance, spilling glasses and knocking down shelves; in others, it’s confoundingly trapped behind some sort of plasma screen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025

He said he also dealt with reports of poltergeist activity, which is the belief held by some people that a spirit or force can move furniture or throw objects around a house.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024

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

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

My father wrote books, many of them for children, on science and history and astronomy as well as poltergeists and ghosts and U.F.O.s.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 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

“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