Artist conception of poltergeist activity claimed by Therese Selles, a 14-year-old domestic servant of the Todescini family at Cheragas, Algeria. From the French magazine La Vie Mysterieuse in 1911.

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In folklore, a poltergeist (German for "noisy ghost" or "noisy spirit") is a type of ghost or spirit that is responsible for physical disturbances, such as loud noises and objects being moved or destroyed.

No one wants one of these ghosts in their house. But that is not something you get to decide when you buy a house.

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Stalkers are complex people. They love you so much they want to kill you. No one wants a stalker but you don't get to decide that.

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If we hadn't read these stories, we wouldn't have believed this to be possible. People having sex with ghosts.

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Possession scares us all. It's believed that these demons attack you at your weakest. Danielle Arce joins us as we read these stories and tells us a few of her own tales.

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Edi and Nick tell stories of the woods.

A third of the world works late at night. Late at night, you are often alone... or so you think you are.

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Most of the sea has never been explored. Some of the stories of the sea never come back to land. Here's a few that made it back.

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This episode, we talk about the most haunted paintings in the world. I never want to see these paintings in real life.

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You want to strike fear in someone? Tell them to spend the night in a haunted house.

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Dolls are innocently believed to be just toys for children. But every now and then dolls become toys for demons and evil spirits.

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