Enfield poltergeist case

E731027

The Enfield poltergeist case was a highly publicized late-1970s alleged haunting in a North London council house, involving reports of violent poltergeist activity centered on two young sisters and extensive investigation by paranormal researchers.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alleged haunting ⓘ
alleged poltergeist case ⓘ
paranormal incident ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Enfield haunting ⓘ
authorOfAccount Guy Lyon Playfair ⓘ
centeredOn two young sisters ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
coveredBy BBC ⓘ
Daily Mirror ⓘ
ITV ⓘ
documentedIn This House is Haunted ⓘ
endTime 1979 ⓘ
genre paranormal investigation ⓘ
hasControversy fraud allegations ⓘ
skeptical criticism ⓘ
hasSubject poltergeists ⓘ
inspiredWork The Enfield Haunting ⓘ
documentaries ⓘ
television dramatizations ⓘ
investigatedBy Guy Lyon Playfair ⓘ
Maurice Grosse ⓘ
Society for Psychical Research ⓘ
involvedFamily Hodgson family ⓘ
involvedPerson Janet Hodgson ⓘ
Margaret Hodgson ⓘ
locatedIn Enfield ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

North London ⓘ
mediaType highly publicized case ⓘ
notableFor extensive audio recordings ⓘ
involvement of psychical researchers ⓘ
long duration of reported activity ⓘ
photographic evidence claims ⓘ
paranormalInterpretation genuine poltergeist activity ⓘ
primaryLocation 284 Green Street ⓘ
reportedPhenomena disembodied voices ⓘ
furniture being thrown ⓘ
knocking sounds ⓘ
levitation claims ⓘ
moving objects ⓘ
poltergeist activity ⓘ
skepticalExplanation misinterpretation of natural causes ⓘ
pranks by children ⓘ
psychological factors ⓘ
startTime 1977 ⓘ
subjectOf The Conjuring 2 ⓘ
timePeriod late 1970s ⓘ
tookPlaceAt council house ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Conjuring 2 → featuresEvent → Enfield poltergeist case ⓘ
Ed Warren → notableFor → Enfield poltergeist investigation ⓘ
linked to: Enfield poltergeist case
Society for Psychical Research → hasNotableCaseStudy → Enfield poltergeist ⓘ
linked to: Enfield poltergeist case
Enfield poltergeist case → alsoKnownAs → Enfield haunting ⓘ
linked to: Enfield poltergeist case
Lorraine Warren → notableWork → Enfield poltergeist investigations ⓘ
linked to: Enfield poltergeist case
Maurice Grosse → notableWork → Enfield Poltergeist investigation ⓘ
linked to: Enfield poltergeist case
Maurice Grosse → notableEvent → Enfield Poltergeist case (late 1970s) ⓘ
linked to: Enfield poltergeist case
Ed and Lorraine Warren → notableWork → Enfield poltergeist case ⓘ
Peggy Hodgson → inspiredByEvent → Enfield poltergeist case ⓘ
Janet Hodgson → notableFor → Enfield poltergeist case ⓘ
Janet Hodgson → eventParticipantIn → Enfield haunting ⓘ
linked to: Enfield poltergeist case
Guy Lyon Playfair → notableFor → Enfield poltergeist case ⓘ
The Enfield Haunting → basedOn → Enfield poltergeist case ⓘ