The Enfield Poltergeist: A Haunting Too Terrifying to Deny
The Enfield Poltergeist: A Haunting Too Terrifying to Deny
In the quiet, working-class neighborhood of Enfield, North London, something terrifying unfolded in the autumn of 1977—something so chilling, so unnatural, that it would become one of the most infamous poltergeist cases in modern paranormal history. The Hodgson family, especially eleven-year-old Janet, found themselves at the center of a supernatural siege that would torment their home for over a year. What started as inexplicable knocking soon spiraled into a waking nightmare of levitating children, flying furniture, growling voices, and a sinister force that refused to be ignored.
The house at 284 Green Street was unremarkable—a typical council house in a row of others just like it. But inside, it became a vortex of horror. Peggy Hodgson, a single mother of four, first noticed strange occurrences when her daughters Janet and Margaret claimed their beds were shaking violently in the night. Skeptical at first, Peggy witnessed the nightmare herself when a heavy chest of drawers slid across the room—seemingly under its own power—slamming into the door and trapping them inside.
As the activity escalated, the local authorities were called, and even a policewoman reported seeing a chair slide across the floor without any visible cause. Objects flew through the air. Cold spots enveloped rooms. Lights flickered or burst. Disembodied voices echoed from nowhere, often growling obscenities or cruelly mocking the family.
