In 1977, a council house in Enfield, North London became the stage for one of the most documented poltergeist cases in history. The Hodgson family endured months of terrifying supernatural activity that baffled investigators and police alike.
The Enfield Poltergeist case began in August 1977 when the Hodgson family reported strange occurrences in their home at 284 Green Street. Eleven-year-old Janet Hodgson appeared to be the focus of the activity, which included furniture moving on its own, objects being thrown across rooms, and disturbing knocking sounds emanating from the walls. Most chillingly, Janet began speaking in a rough, guttural voice claiming to be that of Bill Wilkins, a man who had died in the house years earlier. Society for Psychical Research investigators Maurice Grosse and Guy Lyon Playfair spent months documenting the phenomena, capturing photographs of Janet levitating above her bed and recording the disembodied voice. Despite attempts by skeptics to dismiss the case as an elaborate hoax, numerous witnesses including police officers, journalists, and BBC reporters observed unexplained events that could not be easily rationalized.