Battersea Poltergeist
What turned a London home into a poltergeist nightmare?
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40 mins
Explore the strange events reported at 284 Battersea Park Road, London, where the Gorman family experienced unexplained noises, moving objects and increasingly disturbing activity during the 1950s. Uncover how investigators, journalists and paranormal researchers became involved as the alleged activity appeared to center around young Shirley Gorman, creating one of Britain's most famous poltergeist cases.
Ep 1:
Twelve Years of Terror Begin
In 1956 Battersea, teenager Shirley Hitchings finds a mysterious key on her pillow, and soon her family's terraced home erupts into deafening banging, levitation, and a poltergeist that refuses to leave.
Ep 2:
Séances, Scandal, and the Tax Man
As Wycliffe Road becomes national news, Parliament debates the haunting, a black-magic panic backfires, and tax inspector Harold Chibbet arrives to investigate a spirit the press dubs Donald.
Ep 3:
The Lost Dauphin's Fire
Donald finds his voice through letters and taps, claiming to be France's lost prince, while fires, claw marks, and a chilling voice from beyond push the Hitchings family toward collapse.
Ep 4:
Stockholm Syndrome With a Ghost
Obsessions with celebrities, eerie 'conferences,' and Shirley's strange devotion to dolls reveal a family entangled with Donald—until a handwriting expert forces a reckoning with the truth.
Discussions (5)
Yusuf
Level 10 · 1 day agoBBC confirmed those bangs had to exceed 100 decibels to wake multiple neighbors. That's louder than a jackhammer.
Stone
Level 3 · 1 day agoShirley was literally writing those letters herself tho
Ashley
Level 2 · 1 day agoShirley writing 60 letters 'subconsciously' and placing them in a locked room is sending me 💀
