It may come as a surprise to you that the horror classic Poltergeist was actually based on true events.

In February 1958, strange things were happening at the Herrmann House on Long Island. The family was besieged by flying objects, popping lids, and all manner of paranormal phenomena. Was the family really being plagued by the paranormal, or was there a more pedestrian explanation?

SOURCES

Popper the Poltergeist: The First Haunting Shown on TV (Real-Life Ghost Stories); by Megan Atwood

LIFE Magazine, March 17, 1958; House of Flying Objects, By Robert Wallace

https://www.nytimes.com/1958/03/04/archives/mystery-in-l-i-house-deepens-family-experts-police-stumped-house-of.html

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poltergeist-amityville-horror-survivor-real-fear_n_1335948

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