Poltergeist! A study in destructive haunting

Crashing noises & disembodied voices, coming from nowhere & everywhere at once. Invisible tormentors slapping & pinching & pulling hair. Fires starting spontaneously, pools of water materializing out of thin air, pots & pans & knives & knick-knacks flying through the room. These are the hallmarks of the poltergeist phenomenon. In this classic book on destructive hauntings, Colin Wilson, renowned authority on the paranormal, examines the evidence & develops a definitive theory of the poltergeist phenomenon. Countless true-life cases of poltergeist infestations have been recorded since the days of ancient Greece & Rome to the present. But what are poltergeists? Where do they come from? And why do they appear in our world? From the case of a black-robed monk that terrorized a family for years, to the investigation of a talking mongoose, to true stories of gnomes, sorcerers, witches & demons, this guide explores a bone-chilling gallery of the mysterious entities known as poltergeists.