poltergeist

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In some scenes, the spirit is a poltergeist nuisance, spilling glasses and knocking down shelves; in others, it’s confoundingly trapped behind some sort of plasma screen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

In an interview with the Telegraph, Lord Lloyd Webber said the poltergeist would take theatre scripts and place them in neat piles in odd places.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2024

Here’s what you should know about the mysterious rise and fall of the purported poltergeist.

From National Geographic • Sep. 19, 2023

Both have reportedly claimed that a Skinwalker ranch poltergeist followed them home.

From Scientific American • Jun. 27, 2023

Peeves was the school poltergeist, a grinning, airborne menace who lived to cause havoc and distress.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling