Ep 23 HAUNTED: The Lindley Street Poltergeist | Bridgeport, CT

With a remarkable range of witnesses—police, firefighters, religious leaders, and neighbors—reporting impossible events, this might be one of the most convincing cases of poltergeist activity.  We are breaking from our current season on Los Angeles and taking a trip to 1974 Bridgeport, Connecticut to tell the story of the Goodin family haunting on Lindley Street.

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📚 In a world of viral history clips and quick hot takes, we do right by the many historians, journalists, and researchers who made this episode possible by citing their work.  Our key references for this episode are below.  For a full list of sources, visit us at www.darkcitypodcast.com.  We hope you will check them out!

Hall, William J. The World's Most Haunted House: The True Story of the Bridgeport Poltergeist on Lindley Street. Publisher: The Career Press. Kindle Edition. Publication Date: 2014.

The Day. (October 30, 1995). Supt Walsh - Lindley was a Hoax. Newspapers.com. Retrieved November 14, 2024, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-day-supt-walsh-lindley-was-a-hoax/157626236/

Romano, A. (2023, October 31). From Amityville to Annabelle, the Warrens on film are a lie: The onscreen version of exorcists Ed and Lorraine Warren is a far cry from their real-life counterparts. Vox. Retrieved November 14, 2024, from https://www.vox.com/culture/23939024/ed-lorraine-warren-cases-hoax-real-conjuring-amityville

Urquhart, A, & Kelley, A. (Hosts). (2024, October 17). The Amityville Horror conspiracy (No. 610) [Audio podcast episode]. In Morbid. Wondery. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-amityville-horror-conspiracy/id1379959217?i=1000671835155

Urquhart, A, & Kelley, A. (Hosts). (2024,October 10). The Snedeker haunting: A haunting in Connecticut (No. 608) [Audio podcast episode]. In Morbid. Wondery. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-snedeker-haunting-a-haunting-in-connecticut/id1379959217?i=1000671001222

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