Episode 210: Everybody be giving Shirley side-eye

Left of Skeptic

Happy Spooky Wednesday, folks!

Are you ready for a story that’s sure to shiver your timbers? We hope so! Because Brittany is about to tell you all about the Battersea Poltergeist. In the 1950s, a family in Battersea, London began experiencing strange noises, flying objects, and unexplained fires. Yeah. That’s right. More fires. This ghost (who the family named Donald) became BIG NEWS in the UK and was even discussed in Parliament.

But was it real? Or the imaginings of a teenage girl? Considering this took away more than a decade of her life, we’re tempted to believe her.

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