This week, the Wyrdo's dive head-first into the most famous, controversial, and thoroughly documented haunting in British history: The Enfield Poltergeist of 1977.

We go back to the original source, Guy Lyon Playfair’s This House is Haunted, to track the phenomena right from the first knocks on the party wall in the Hodgsons’ quiet council house.

• We track the bizarre events, from objects flying—including that infamous, skull-cracking Lego brick—to the guttural, deep male voice recorded by investigators.
• We explore the bizarre evidence that split the world between paranormal enthusiasts and hardened skeptics.

We discuss the desperate personal motivation of investigator Maurice Grosse, the bizarre spiritualists who offered diagnoses of leaking 'Orick Fields', and the undeniable truth that the haunting stopped the moment the family moved out.

Finally, we wrap up with the Block Universe Theory, suggesting that perhaps the living were haunting the past, caught in a shared, tragic loop with the deceased. Was it a genuine entity, the greatest hoax, or a tragedy of mass hysteria? We leave it for you to decide.

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Written by Craig Brooks and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy Stevens

Edited by Craig Brooks

Intro music by Leonell Cassio - The Paranormal Is Real (ft. Carrie)

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