The Enfield Poltergeist

01/12/2024

Margaret Hodgson (1977)

30/06/2024

A house and family bombarded by poltergeist phenomena.
284 Green Street, Enfield, North London
1977

18/05/2024

Present day Graham Morris, the photographer who was responsible for having captured so many of the now famous photos from the Enfield case. Thank you Graham for all of the weird and wonderful images you've given us!

06/04/2024

Johnny Hodgson

17/03/2024

Aftermath of poltergeist activity at 284 Green Street, Enfield. Photo taken in the large, back, upstairs bedroom. (1977)

13/03/2024

The Observer (November 20th, 1977)

25/02/2024

Continuation of last post (wallpaper ripping from the walls) …

John Kenyhercz Jr. was one of many visitors to Enfield whose story is unique in that he visited the Hodgson homestead, along with Ed Warren and fellow psychical research colleague, Paul Barts, in August of 1979, when the poltergeist phenomena had at this point diminished significantly. That said, he, along with his collegues, were able to experience the strange goings-on at 284 Green Street first hand.

During his 30 hours in the Hodgson home, Ed gave John the task of interviewing Margaret Hodgson. During the interview, the voice of “Fred” began emenating in the room .. not directly from Margaret but, in the room. Fred wanted the lights cut off. Ed overheard this but, refused to abide in his wish. Shortly after, John heard a sound in the kitchen, and as he looked over, noticed that the kitchen was becoming darker. John then walked into the kitchen and to his astonishment, noticed a large amount (in his words, “a lot”) of wallpaper ripping off the wall and floating up to the kitchen ceiling light. Without touching the light, the wallpaper hovered around the light, almost completely dimming the light.

More to come on John’s Enfield experiences in future posts.

24/02/2024

Rare photo of Janet and Margaret Hodgson sleeping. Notice how both, the wall on the left side (Janet’s side) of the room (with the widow), as well as the wall behind Janet's bed, are bare of posters, while the right side of the room is covered in posters. Supposedly, the poltergeist energy that centred on Janet was sometimes fond of pulling down both poster art, as well as wallpaper (hence, her side of the room). Note - before and at the onset of the poltergeist, these walls on Janet's side of the room were covered in posters.

This point will be elaborated upon in future posts.

09/12/2023

Margaret and Peggy Hodgson pictured here with Lorraine Warren, post-poltergeist period. (Left to right - Margaret, Lorraine, Peggy).

18/11/2023

The Hodgson family with renowned paranormal investigator and clairvoyant, Lorraine Warren. This photo was taken at the end of the long-standing poltergeist period. From left to right - Margaret, Lorraine, Janet, Peggy, Johnny, Billy. (Late August, 1979)

10/11/2023

Happy birthday Janet Hodgson!

05/11/2023

Chair overturned by poltergeist energy in the Hodgson home. Photo taken in the large, back upstairs bedroom (1977).

22/10/2023

Settee and Chair Overturned - extremely rare photo of the aftermath of poltergeist activity. This photo was taken in the living room of the Hodgson’s home. (1977)

07/10/2023

13/08/2023

The Hodgson Home | 284 Green Street, Enfield (1979)

15/07/2023

Deep in the blur and grain of 1970s suburban England, a young girl levitates night after night due to poltergeist phenomena. Seen here is Janet Hodgson levitating from her bed. Interesting to note how she is almost perfectly vertical and straight. Equally interesting to note that her bedsheets are practically unrustled, from where she would otherwise be jumping from. Perhaps in this particular incident, she wasn’t jumping from the bed but, was lifted up off the floor? Such strange happenings at 284 Green Street, Enfield. (1977)

02/07/2023

The House of Strange Happenings - 284 Green Street, Enfield (1978)

07/05/2023

Settee and chair overturned by poltergeist (Oct. 16, 1977)